Seeing that Ling Qing truly meant what he said, and that whatever everyone had been promised in the wager would be paid out as the stakes once it ended, and knowing full well that observing the birth of a new world would bring them immense benefits in the future, they naturally had no wish to miss it.
Thus, after Orochimaru and the others followed Ling Qing out of the gradually shrinking Crystal Wall World, they chose a suitable spot and quietly waited for the new world to be born.
They wished to witness this rare spectacle.
Once Ling Qing saw that they were far enough away, he no longer paid them any mind.
Instead, he silently watched as the black hole drew all energy into itself and became a black sphere.
This had originally been Ao's plan: once the world had fully evolved, he would gather it all back into the black hole to nurture it anew, then create a world again and become its master.
But all of it had ended up benefiting Ling Qing.
The one now occupying his place was Emperor Miaoxiang.
It had also been he who had given Ao a push earlier, causing him to miss his chance to enter and be struck by Wondrous Splendor Emperor's sword.
Countless streams of energy flowed in and out, transforming into chaos primal energy that wove together, seeking to form an embryonic womb.
Seeing its sluggish circulation, and knowing that this was not the Realm of Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind, where an endless supply of energy could be absorbed by the embryonic womb, Ling Qing raised a hand, and several dozen swords appeared around him.
These were all swords he had refined to verify his own path.
The weakest among them were Second Tribulation spirit treasures that