The time Song Shuhang had spent choosing a "law" had simply been far, far too long—so long that even the "Manifestation Before All" segment had grown impatient.
The instant Song Shuhang finished choosing, it did not even give him a chance to [Confirm payment], dragging him straight into the image that had remained black for so long.
Under the watchful eyes of the cultivators of the Myriad Heavens and Realms and the Nine Nether Demons, the long-black screen finally changed!
A dazzling light suddenly exploded across the pitch-black image!
"Aaaah, my eyes!" some weaker cultivators cried out in pain. They had been staring up at the black screen for ages, and their eyes had already adjusted to the darkness. That sudden burst of light nearly blinded them.
Someone appeared in the black screen? Were our guesses wrong all along? This wasn't some "black hole that gained sentience making its Sage Manifestation," but just an ordinary black screen? Some stronger cultivators squinted at the now-brilliant Manifestation Before All scene, thinking to themselves. It made sense, really. Black holes were copyrighted now; they could not just go gaining sentience willy-nilly.
"Huh? Huhhh? Doesn't that figure look a little familiar?"
As the brilliant light gradually returned to normal, a thoroughly bewildered man appeared before the cultivators of the Myriad Heavens and Realms and the Nine Nether Demons. His eyes were filled with confusion, as though he still had not made up his mind.
The cultivators of the Myriad Heavens and Realms shuddered in unison.
"It's him! There's no mistaking it—it's him!"
"Ty... Tyrant Song!"
"Ty... Tyrant Confucian!"
Enormous cries rang out almost simultaneously in both the present world and the Nine Netherworld.
Countless cultivators and Nine Netherworld demons blurted out those two Sage Titles.
The Myriad Heavens and Realms and the Netherworld chanted