Within another realm.
Ancient trees towered into the sky, vines stretched a thousand zhang, and spiritual mist gathered into rivers. A waterfall ten thousand zhang high plunged from above the clouds, roaring like thunder.
Atop a lofty mountain, an ancient mirror reflected the place where Jiang Ning stood.
All the changes that had just unfolded appeared within the ancient mirror as nothing more than a great sun blazing across the sky, dazzling and blinding.
Only a moment later did the great sun vanish, leaving Jiang Ning standing in midair within the mirror, his eyes closed in deep concentration.
Watching the scene in the ancient mirror, Immortal Lord Xuan'e, wreathed in purple qi, narrowed his eyes slightly.
Beside him stood Immortal Lord Zixiao, purple lightning held within his eyes.
At their sides, Yu Jiuxiao and Miaoguan hardly dared breathe. They merely stared at the image in the ancient mirror, their pupils trembling with shock.
All those successive changes had erupted in the blink of an eye.
Now that the dust had settled, scarcely more than ten breaths had passed from beginning to end.
Yet within those ten-odd breaths.
Everything had already been settled.
"'White Lotus' has been completely erased!" Xuan'e said.
"Everything has returned to emptiness, to silence, to nothingness. Her divine authority no longer exists. There is no possibility of her reviving and returning," Immortal Lord Zixiao added.
Then Zixiao asked, "Can our fellow Daoists see this scene as well?"
"They can!" Xuan'e nodded. "With an anchor in place, the Tracing-Square Ancient Mirror can observe all heavens and the ten realms. The Mysterious Yellow Heaven, the Four Directions Heaven, and the Azure Sun Heaven all possess this mirror. They should all be watching now."
Meanwhile.
In the Mysterious Yellow Heaven.
Turbid qi sank while clear qi rose, drawing a