The sky split asunder. A blood-colored star tore through Taixu and blossomed within the deep black abyss, like an eye gazing down upon the mortal world. The endless destruction contained within it was something anyone could understand at a glance.
After An Jing spoke, the three people facing him also fell silent, raising their heads to stare at the Northern Heaven Grotto-Heaven, which had descended upon Shenjing at some unknown point.
That was right. When An Jing had arrived and fought earlier, he had not said a single word. He was not a talkative man to begin with; rather than being curious about their thoughts, his question had merely been an offhand remark born of long-held expectations.
Yet after defeating Yin Gujin, he had suddenly begun to speak. None of them had noticed how abnormal that was. Thinking it over carefully, it had all been to divert their attention, allowing the Grotto-Heaven to unfold and charge up without interference.
Yes. So that was it. An Jing had come to Shenjing... from beginning to end, he had never intended to seize authority, power, or rank. He had come to utterly destroy the foundations of the Da Chen Imperial Dynasty.
Defeating the combined forces of the Celestial Official families and Yin Gujin had merely been something he did along the way.
"So this is your trump card? A Burning Heaven Divine Weapon from the era of the Dao Court..."
Gazing at the Northern Heaven Grotto-Heaven as it slowly unfolded amid Taixu, its countless streams of light swaying like feathers, Xuan Mingyu seemed to come to a realization. "So that was it. Lord Fuxie took you through Taixu, while the Heavenly Dao's special allowance for us Heavenly Fate let you travel to another world."
"That gave you a way to obtain power from