The voice echoing in her mind was extremely familiar, but amid the jumbled fragments of time, Shi Lan could not remember where she had heard it.
As the second dragon gate along her spine opened, the source energy brought by the river of spacetime flowing through her surged by several levels as well.
Shi Lan had never felt anything like this. As source energy poured into her, the annihilation power she could wield increased at a terrifying rate with every passing moment.
This was not the result of painstaking cultivation. Just as the God King had said, she was now seizing power that did not belong to her.
What she practiced... was the path of stealing from Heaven.
Now only the final dragon gate remained. At the rate her cultivation was advancing, it would likely not take long to open it.
Gathering her thoughts, Shi Lan rose and left seclusion, heading straight for the ancient city of Tianlu.
Along the way, she extended her divine sense and swept across the Lingyang Realm. At a glance, she saw killing and smoke filling the world. At the far ends of the universe, four figures held down the four extremes of Heaven and Earth, propping up the sky and bracing the ground as they slowly advanced from the four regions toward the Central Plains.
Shi Lan had not felt that much time pass while opening the second dragon gate, but more than ten days had already gone by outside.
During that time, the demigod race had launched an all-out war. A Great Sage personally oversaw the campaign, raising troops from the four regions and building momentum as they swept everything before them, intent on swallowing the Lingyang Realm whole.
Humanity had only just secured a few places to recuperate, yet once again found