With the sound, at a certain moment, the sun completely turned black. At the same time, the Night Emperor arrived before Zhao Xiaoxiang. Facing her, he extended his hand, intending to extract the Star of Time from this shell.
But just as his palm was about to break through Zhao Xiaoxiang's chest, infinite light erupted. The blinding radiance continuously scoured the Night Emperor and this world alike, making the entire vast ritual tremble without cease.
Even the gods within the stickers beyond the world's boundary seemed to instinctively close their eyes at that moment.
"How is this possible?!"
The Night Emperor let out a shrill roar, like an insect in the darkness suddenly encountering a blazing light.
For creatures of darkness, dazzling brightness stabbed directly into their souls.
Not only the Night Emperor—even the Chess Player King, separated by an immense distance, clutched his head and trembled uncontrollably at that moment.
Within the sun, in Zhao Xiaoxiang's inner world that had been steeped in darkness, within that dark abyss, the nine-year-old Zhao Xiaoxiang tightly gripped a tiny heart-shaped gleam of light.
Opposite her, Zhao Cheng, who looked eleven years old, transformed into a beam of light and pierced the dark world.
"The time has finally come."
Within the subspace, the King of Light turned into a sun at this moment, swallowing Li Qingmeng and the others. Then, through the contract, all the Bright Light surged forth from the depths of Zhao Cheng's soul.
Zhao Cheng's body changed. He was growing up, seeming to leap from seventeen to his twenties in an instant. His body became taller and more slender, while the mark of the Crown emerged upon him. Though one corner remained unlit, its entire aura made the very space around it seem unable to bear the strain.
Yet the