"Boom—!!!"
The Heavenly King Emperor's enormous hand was like five sky-propping demonic pillars, clamped tightly around the edge of the Imperial Heart Hunting Grounds. The terrifying pressure at the limit of the Creation Realm instantly sealed every dimensional coordinate in this space. Even time turned viscous and stagnant beneath that force.
"The space has been completely locked down! The cross-realm teleportation array can't be activated at all!" Chu Tianwang roared furiously, his face livid as he gripped the Creation Seal.
Chu Tian stood amid the crumbling ruins, feeling the powerful, vigorous beat of the Taiyi Dao Heart that had just been forged within him. There was not the slightest trace of panic on his face as he abruptly raised both hands.
"Taiyi Balance, appear!"
Buzz!
A colossal phantom of an ancient, mysterious balance, radiating gray-white light, formed above Chu Tian's head with a thunderous crash. The left pan bore the Primordial Purple Qi of the heavens, while the right carried the Return-to-Silence black mist of Silent Abyss. Driven by the Taiyi Dao Heart, this incomplete supreme sacred artifact unexpectedly erupted with heaven-defying power, forcibly balancing the laws of the two realms!
"Hold it steady!"
Chu Tian roared, and the light of the Taiyi Balance braced itself against the descending force of the Heavenly King Emperor's giant hand. The collapse of the hunting grounds miraculously slowed by a fraction.
However, the Return-to-Silence Heavenly Emperor had clearly anticipated Chu Tian's resistance. The giant hand suddenly paused in midair, its five fingers opening in an eerie fashion as its target instantly shifted.
An incomparably precise and vicious suction force burst from the palm of that hand. Its target was not Chu Tian at all, but Chu Yunshang behind him—
"Chu Tian, this Emperor cannot devour your Taiyi Dao Heart for now. But the