Boom!
The Dark Devil Master's palm struck the lightning, unleashing a burst of incomparably resplendent light, as though the universe had just begun. Even he did not dare extend his divine sense into it to see Zhou Heng's condition.
Under normal circumstances, no one in this world could have withstood that palm strike!
But the crucial point was that Zhou Heng was anything but normal!
The Dark Devil Master frowned slightly. Unable to see through it or sense anything, he could only wait patiently.
He was not the only one waiting. Everyone else was waiting as well. If Zhou Heng had been struck dead, they would lose their final hope.
The lightning gradually faded, revealing Zhou Heng's body.
He was still seated cross-legged, but his eyes abruptly flew open. An incomparably powerful aura radiated from his entire body, almost identical to that of the Dark Devil Master!
Huotian was the first to smile!
As the foremost Saint in the world, she immediately sensed that Zhou Heng's aura had reached the level of a Saint! No, it was not merely as powerful as a Saint—it was more obscure, more noble, seemingly the same yet somehow different!
That was it!
They stood at the same level of power, yet Zhou Heng's grasp of the laws far surpassed it, just like the Dark Devil Master. Though he possessed only Saint-level power, his command of the laws had reached ten thousand steps!
He had become a Saint by another path, shattered the shackles of heaven and earth, and yet far surpassed Saints!
He had succeeded!
Zhou Heng stretched his arms as though he had just awakened. He clenched a fist, then shook it through the air, familiarizing himself with his new power.
To the outside world, only a little over a month had passed,