This was a deep and boundless Starry Sky.
Its vastness held no trace of the past.
Beneath the Starry Sky lay dark, still waters.
Their depths reflected no future life.
Toward Cangwu says: Since ancient times, the dwelling of gods born of Heaven has barred distant guests from all ages.
This was the Primordial Spirit Sea.
A vast and majestic Spirit-Nurturing Palace stood between sky and sea. A Dao Vein Soaring Dragon, splendid in horn and crest, coiled atop its roof ridge.
Suddenly, a point of gold lit up at the farthest end of the Starry Sky, like the faint first light of dawn, like Venus rising. Then a beam of red-gold light shot forth from that distant edge of the sky, piercing through this world in an instant!
Drawing upon the soul-killing techniques from the Inner Palace and Outer Tower sections of the Dry Yang Pupil, with the Dry Yang Red Pupil as its practical foundation, Jiang Wang had devised this entirely new soul-killing technique. After expending a great deal of Merit and having it deduced through the Dao Evolution Platform, he had finally completed it.
It was called [Gold-Piercing Clapper].
A "clapper" was the wooden block used by night watchmen to sound the hours.
"Gold-Piercing Clapper" meant to strike through the long night with the force to pierce gold—the first ray of light to tear apart the curtain of night.
Its outward manifestation was a beam of red-gold light.
This was a true Divine Presence-level ocular technique, an extraordinarily powerful soul-killing art. This was also Jiang Wang's first time using it against an opponent, showing just how seriously he regarded Dou Zhao!
The moment Gold-Piercing Clapper emerged—
The Starry Sky split, and the still sea parted.
Like the first blaze of a scorching sun, it carried near world-ending