Forbidden Sea—due east!
High above the Golden Light Sea Region.
Across this stretch of sea, golden light flowed like solid substance, as though molten divine gold had blanketed the entire ocean and sky.
It surged and roiled, radiating a vast, sacred pressure, yet faintly carried the stern intent of laws that imprisoned all things.
Deep within the core void shrouded by golden clouds, the scene was stranger still...
Two towering figures sat cross-legged in the void, motionless.
Like two statues.
Yet the boundless fluctuations emanating from around them made them look nothing like statues.
They were more like gods and devils who had existed since time immemorial, contemplating the mysteries of heaven and earth.
One wore ancient, plain hemp robes. His face was as resolute as a mountain, and a sharp, majestic aura capable of cleaving through all things permeated his body...
This was none other than Island-Moving Venerable.
The other wore a dark-red sacrificial robe symbolizing Purgatory's authority. His face was concealed beneath the shadow of his hood, with only two scarlet points of light flickering within, exuding law fluctuations of chaos, scorching heat, and destruction...
He was unmistakably the Purgatory Clan's High Priest.
Their eyes remained shut, as though they were comprehending the supreme Great Dao.
Beneath them were not physical meditation cushions, but two tangible spheres of light condensed from pure Dao Wen and scarlet runes.
The spheres were shaped like meditation cushions and radiated palpitating fluctuations.
Even more astonishing was...
Below those cushion-shaped spheres, countless tiny, oval scarlet motes of light—like minuscule living stars—continuously gathered toward the two "cushions" in a thin, ceaseless stream, merging into them!
Against the backdrop of rolling golden clouds and flowing bloody light, the entire scene...
presented a "harmonious" sense in which ultimate power and ultimate eeriness coexisted, so silent it