Heaven and earth fell silent.
The world around them collapsed like a dream. Layers of light and shadow shifted, making illusion and reality impossible to tell apart.
The Heavenly Beast Supreme and the others looked around in a daze, then turned their eyes ahead. An inexplicable weight lifted from their hearts.
Before them, the Thunder-Yang Heaven Sword Master and the Seven-Kill Supreme were still there, talking about their worries for their sects' futures. Nothing was amiss. What had just happened was only a dream.
"So it was a dream..."
The Pill Heaven Supreme breathed a sigh of relief, only for his voice to catch in his throat.
The bodies of the Thunder-Yang Heaven Sword Master and the Seven-Kill Supreme suddenly crumbled. Every trace of them vanished, even their bonded treasures, scattering with the wind.
"Ugh..."
The Seven-Kill Daoist Heir's and the Heaven Sword Heir's eyes reddened. Tears poured down their faces.
The Pill Heaven Supreme and the Heavenly Beast Supreme said nothing.
In the distance, a young man in azure approached. He walked slowly, and with every step, the surrounding world and its arrays changed.
By the time he arrived, every protective array in the Heavenly Beast Garden had changed hands. The planar passage in particular had been sealed behind layer upon layer of barriers. Outsiders could not get close to it, let alone threaten to destroy it.
In an instant, the Heavenly Beast Garden, with its tens of millions of years of history, had changed hands without the slightest disturbance.
This was a being far beyond a Six-Tribulation Supreme!
"We pay our respects,"
"Great Sun Supreme!"
The Heavenly Beast Supreme and the Pill Heaven Supreme rose and bowed deeply, greeting him as subordinates. Neither dared treat him as an equal.
"We pay our respects, senior!"
The Seven-Kill Daoist Heir,