Earth (Free)

Within the cosmos.

The starry vault of the universe shattered and collapsed, and the vast Source Sea emerged once more.

Yet this time, compared to that vast Source Sea brimming with opportunities, more Great Dao Honored Ones turned their gazes toward the deepest reaches of the Source River, toward Chen Mu's True Self Star, which had long since vanished without a trace.

At the same time, many also looked toward an empty expanse within the shattered starry universe. There stood the Heavenly Honored Hall, towering majestically. The impact formed by the universe's destruction seemed to have caused this palace not the slightest harm.

And within that palace,

Millions upon millions of living beings still survived.

The weakest among these beings were basically Divine Lords, yet even Nine Heavens Divine Lords would inevitably perish alongside the Cosmic Annihilation unless sheltered by a Venerable.

And even with the protection of a Great Dao Honored One, they had to temporarily leave the nihility universe in its state of annihilation. The Great Dao Honored One needed to fish them out from nihility and use their True Self Stars to bear them above the Source River. Only then could they evade the effects of Cosmic Annihilation.

Even a Primal Chaos Treasure such as the Eternal Ark could likewise not shelter living beings within a universe of nihility and annihilation.

But,

The present Heavenly Honored Hall was different. The rules formed by the Great Dao's annihilation in that nihilistic universe in a state of annihilation could not affect any corner of this palace whatsoever, leaving every living being in the hall safe and sound.

Xu Hongyu stood before the hall, gazing into the nihility beyond it. Just as she came back to herself from her daze, she saw Chen Mu standing beside her at some unknown