They shattered into radiant rain that filled the sky, blotting out heaven and earth—yet unable to conceal the deep starlight of the Dark Gold Nine-Horned Star.
Rahula, Eastern Medicine Master, and Wanshou, watching from outside the Divine Domain of Light, all had the same thought: "Shen Zhengwu is finished..."
Shen Zhengwu was not yet dead. He still retained most of his divine powers and cultivation, having suffered no fundamental damage.
From the standpoint of battle, Shen Zhengwu could continue fighting. He could even burn his divine soul to unleash even greater divine arts.
But all of that was merely the struggle of one at death's door!
Three ninth-rank figures—Shen Zhengwu, White Jade Emperor, and Dao Wuji—had joined forces, only for Gao Xian to kill Dao Wuji first. Not only was Gao Xian unscathed, he had barely even exerted himself!
Dao Wuji's death meant that Shen Zhengwu and White Jade Emperor's cause was already lost.
When Shen Zhengwu shattered the solar wheel and White Jade Emperor fled without hesitation, it showed that even Shen Zhengwu had accepted his fate. This man simply would not surrender or bow his head; even in death, he intended to die with some dignity!
Of course, Gao Xian would never accept Shen Zhengwu's surrender either!
The brilliant divine light gushing and streaking across the sky suddenly contracted inward against its momentum, and the heavens abruptly darkened.
In an instant, the sky seemed to collapse and shrink inward toward a single point. Darkness engulfed the entire Divine Domain of Light.
Even the hanging, gleaming Dark Gold Nine-Horned Star was swallowed by the boundless darkness. Even Gao Xian, dressed in white and bearing a sword, was swallowed by that endless gloom.
Red light gleamed in Rahula's eyes. She knew that Shen Zhengwu had unleashed his ultimate secret art,