Rumble—!!!
The instant the Human Emperor Seal entered the Heavenly King Emperor's body, his ruined half was restored. A terrifying pressure that had truly reached the threshold of Transcendence erupted from him, shaking the entire One True Realm Core.
The Heavenly King Emperor looked down at Chu Tian, who lay in a pool of blood, like a true ruler surveying his domain.
"Chu Tian, thank you for clearing away those meddlesome old fossils from Guixu for me. Now the Taiyi Realm finally belongs to me alone!"
The Heavenly King Emperor slowly raised a hand. Space throughout the One True Realm Core began to twist and reform.
"But I'm a man who remembers the past. As a reward for being the perfect final piece of my puzzle..." A cruel smile curved the Heavenly King Emperor's lips. "I've decided that I'll set the rules for this last battle."
Boom—!
As the Return-to-Silence Heavenly Emperor's words fell, the entire One True Realm Core exploded. Chu Tian's vision went black, and a wrenching sensation of weightlessness engulfed him.
When he steadied himself again and forced his grievously wounded body upright, the sight before him made him draw a sharp breath.
This was no longer the core space filled with threads of karma, nor was it the ruined Imperial Heart Hunting Grounds.
It was a vast, boundless starfield, strangely divided in two.
The left half blazed violet-gold, brimming with life, with faint visions of the mountains and rivers of the Heavens and Myriad Worlds. The right half was black as ink and heavy with deathly silence, reflecting the wasteland contours of the Silent Abyss Great World.
At the boundary between the two starfields stretched a vast abyssal chasm formed from pure Taiyi Law.
"Welcome to... the Taiyi Endgame Arena."
The Heavenly King Emperor's immense, imposing