Above Heavenly Gate City.
"Fulfill your final wish before death!" Jiang Ning said.
"How arrogant!" Wheel-Turning King shouted, his voice like thunder.
The next moment.
His gaze sharpened, and he pressed his palms together.
"Luo River King, then let me see where your confidence comes from!"
As his words fell.
Boom!
Heaven and earth suddenly shook.
Then golden light burst from Wheel-Turning King's body. Beneath its radiance, heaven and earth turned into a world of gold.
Afterward, hundreds of millions of thunderbolts appeared from nowhere high in the sky, spreading outward to form a golden sea of lightning that blanketed the heavens and earth.
The lightning sea churned, streaks of golden lightning winding through the sky like dragons and serpents, appearing and vanishing, flickering bright and dim.
That lightning was not wholly corporeal, but somewhere between illusion and reality. It contained the wild energy of heaven and earth, as well as the power of spiritual will.
On the city walls, Northern Pacifying King and Northern Azure King watched the golden sea of lightning, their expressions abruptly changing.
"This power does not belong to him!" Northern Azure King said gravely, his tone laden with deep solemnity. "If he possessed such might, there would not be a situation where five people jointly held the title of second under heaven."
Northern Pacifying King Xu Zhen slowly nodded beside him. "This is power borrowed from that deity of Big Snow Mountain! No wonder he is so confident. Luo River King is in trouble now!"
"Yes! He is in trouble!" Northern Azure King said in a deep voice.
Rumble—
Above the nine heavens.
A thunderous roar suddenly erupted, and countless golden divine bolts of lightning rioted, striking down toward Wheel-Turning King.
What followed was a world-shaking explosion, along with distorted, swelling light intermingled with golden