Peace returned to the Sky Lotus Realm once more.
Xingtian Divine Son had come here to offer a sacrifice to heaven and weaken the fortune of the Human Path, and then—
He vanished in an instant.
That was what made it so chilling. The Divine Son had been perfectly fine, as had the many gods attending him: the Five-Qi Water Virtue Star Lord, Gouchen Upper Palace Star Lord, Plague-Heaven Star Lord, and the three billion divine troops of their various divisions. A moment ago, they had been lying hidden nearby, ready to answer the Divine Son's command. Everything had been normal.
Then a gust of wind blew through, and all that normalcy turned into a phantom, vanishing without a trace.
Hiss~
Hiss, hiss...
The Sky Lotus Realm's windswept sands blew on, unchanged for ten thousand years. The same wind had blown in Xiang Wang's age tens of millions of years ago, and it still blew tens of millions of years later. Through countless upheavals, it remained the same, watching seas turn to mulberry fields in the mortal world.
A full five breaths passed.
Longer than originally expected.
Boom!
Lightning erupted across the sky. Countless bolts roared, tearing through heaven and earth and ripping open the deep void. Terrifying lightning shone from the shattered space, bringing pressure powerful enough to crush the crystalline walls of a middle-thousand world. Its brilliance blotted out the sun.
Behind the lightning, an army of thunderous, terrifying might crossed countless mountains and rivers to descend!
"Who?"
"Who dares kill my Divine Son?!"
Within the boundless army of thunder gods, a towering figure of lightning roared in fury.
Beside him appeared a sacred, beautiful goddess named Wondrous Flower Primordial Sovereign, and another god with a refined face and emerald-green eyes, named Soul-Seizing Wisdom King.
These three were