The seven-day deadline vanished in the blink of an eye.
Beyond the Myriad Heavens Divine Pass, the once-dead starry sky had now transformed into a suffocating black ocean.
This was no metaphor, but a true "black sea." The Silent Abyss Royal Court's three main armies—the Realm-Hunting Army, the Returning Silence Knights, and the Counter-Law Priest Legion—numbered in the hundreds of millions, carpeting every inch of visible space like black locusts. The Jiemie aura emanating from them gathered together, forcibly swallowing even the starlight and plunging the outskirts of the Divine Pass into absolute darkness and oppression.
Atop the walls of the Divine Pass, fierce winds whipped Chu Tian's dark-gold battle robe until it snapped loudly.
Chu Tian stood proudly upon the command platform, his gaze cold and sharp as a blade. Behind him stood not only the Human Race army, poised in strict formation, but also troop after troop of alien clans whose momentum soared to the heavens.
Led by the Withered Wood Ancient Ancestor, the Elemental Heaven Clan shone with five-colored divine light; under God Son Xing Zhui's command, the Star God Clan glittered with starlight; even some Holy Spirit Clan experts who had broken free of the blood contracts stood shoulder to shoulder with the Human Race, holy light swords in hand. This was the awakened power among the Ten Azure Heaven Clans, standing for the first time without reservation upon the front line defending the myriad worlds.
"Chu Tian! Hand over the Human Emperor's Heart, and this king may consider granting you a quicker death!"
From the center of the black ocean, a colossal warship forged from the bones of countless Primordial Giant Beasts slowly sailed forth. Upon its deck stood three men clad in dark-gold imperial robes—the Silent Abyss Royal Court's First Prince, Second Prince, and