The gray mist surged like sea and tide, pouring in from all directions toward Bai Zi, whom it had occupied.
Bai Zi's feet had already withdrawn from the Boundary Wall of Underworld Prison's heavens, floating in the vacuum where the mist had been cleared away.
It looked at the deep-blue Soul Sea, likewise situated within that vacuum, as well as the majestic Hall of Gods and the Queen Bee atop its roof.
The Soul Sea and the Hall of Gods were pressed right against each other at this moment, yet an invisible barrier between them prevented the two from merging.
Inside the hall, those gods whose true forms were Bee Insects had already died without anyone noticing.
Struggle showed in the Queen Bee's golden compound eyes, as though it were doing everything it could to mobilize the Hall of Gods' power and enter that Soul Sea, which would bring it immense advancement.
From time to time, a flash of silver light flickered through its compound eyes, erasing its consciousness.
It was in pain, unwilling, its heart filled with pent-up fury.
Yet there was nothing it could do.
It—or rather, she—had originally come from the star river beyond the heavens.
Having sensed the malice of the will beyond the heavens, she chose to hide within the Sea of Ghost Mist and formed a pact with its will.
When she realized that the clash between those two supreme wills was accompanied by the downfall of Dao Sources like herself, one after another, she came to believe that everything those two did was meant to hunt and kill Dao Sources, solely to strengthen and elevate themselves.
She sought to escape the fated destiny of the other fallen Dao Sources. Thus, she chose to fight against both of them, wishing to become a supreme