There had never been any heavenly paradise.
There was only a stretch of twisted void.
Within the void, Absolute Nothingness, Mingxin, Guangfa, and the others had all transformed into fiendish, malevolent beings. Grotesque and terrifying, they were like vicious ghosts returned to the world.
They—no, not they. It.
With shrill howls, waves of black radiance continued to surge forth.
Chi Wanning and the others were among the few who could still maintain their original forms, yet standing in this void, they could still feel the endless baleful resentment and hatred.
It was the resentment of having been sealed here for hundreds of millions of years, with no path to break free.
It was selfish desire and greed magnified.
Twisting the mind, darkening the soul.
Would every sovereign will that entered this place ultimately become like this?
Would they all ultimately become such dark and evil wills, controlling the Heavenly Dao and destroying everything?
No!
There was one exception.
Ning Ye.
He still stood in the void in flowing white robes, untouched by even a speck of dust.
Though Absolute Nothingness's tides of darkness surged wildly and swallowed him time and again, Ning Ye remained as immovable as a reef.
He even smiled. "You haven't eroded me all these years. You couldn't do it before, and you won't be able to do it in the future."
Absolute Nothingness let out a piercing shriek. "Shut up! I am the Heavenly Dao; my will is Heaven's will. You dare oppose me? You are destined for a calamity from which there is no return for ten thousand years!"
Mingxin and the others also shouted, "Ning Ye, wake up! Heaven is vast, earth is vast—freedom is greatest! The Heavenly Dao is about to perish; this is precisely our chance to break through. So long as