Blackgold Divine Eagle Lord's taut body gradually relaxed.
Suddenly,
a voice sounded beside his ear.
"What are you so nervous about?"
The voice was hazy and echoing, as though it came from the depths of an endless dream. It entered his heart and stirred ripples upon ripples.
"Not good!"
Blackgold Divine Eagle Lord's expression changed drastically.
Without a second thought, he burned his blood essence. Golden light surged around him as he transformed into a Blackgold Divine Eagle as vast as a mountain range. His wings spread from earth to sky, and with a piercing shriek, he lunged at his own son with ruthless intent.
Golden Eagle True Venerable stood frozen in place.
Just as he was about to die, a finger emerged from his eye within the dreamscape.
The finger was slender, pale, and long. Before the raging Demon Race Divine Lord, it looked as fragile as an ant, as though a breeze could shatter it.
Yet that finger pressed down lightly. It broke through layers of golden light powerful enough to tear heaven and earth apart, pierced the countless slicing golden feathers of Blackgold Divine Eagle Lord, and sank between his brows under his utterly terrified gaze.
Crack!
The sound of bone collapsing.
A bloody hole appeared in Blackgold Divine Eagle Lord's mountain-sized head. Brain matter burst out, and blood gushed like a spring, spilling across sky and earth—only to be drawn back without leaving a trace.
This sturdy Demon Race body could withstand the bombardment of countless webs of rules without damage, yet before that finger, it was as fragile as tofu.
The soul within his body was snuffed out the instant the finger touched him, faring even worse than his flesh.
That was what happened on the material plane.
On another plane, within the Six Paths