It was as though heaven and earth were falling, plunging into an endless abyss.
Some time after the Ancestral Dragon's will awakened, the will of the Supreme Heavenly Demon awakened as well.
Resurrection was a miracle.
Resurrection was transcendence.
Resurrection was the breaking of shackles, the creation of an entirely new possibility, an ascension beyond the cycle of life and death.
It was the absolute opposite of [Fallen].
And so, it had to be stopped.
In that instant, as all things in heaven and earth converged and all Inert Devilish Qi boiled over, every resurrection, restoration, and repair that was taking place came to an abrupt halt.
But only the resurrections came to a halt.
This time, in this world, the will of the [Supreme Heavenly Demon] had lost its contest against the [Ancestral Dragon]. Thus, though it could awaken and hinder the Ancestral Dragon from accomplishing certain earth-shattering feats, it could do no more than that.
But it did not matter if it could not.
Heavenly demons never insisted upon "victory."
The will of heavenly demons did not demand the death of all living beings. Indeed, they did not demand that all living beings suffer, that all living beings grieve, or even that all living beings despair.
It merely sought to prevent "miracles" from occurring, prevent "transcendence" from becoming reality, prevent the arrival of all "guidance," and prevent the emergence of all "innovation."
The dead had to truly die. Like the utter severance of causality and possibility, all living beings and all things would have no other possibilities left. This was the most terrifying ending, one that absolutely could not be changed.
Those living beings altered by the power of the Blood Sea, suspended between life and death and not yet completely devoured, had their states frozen. They were