"Has it finally come?"
Above the River of Cosmic Light, the Heavenly Emperor, locked in battle with the Five Directional Gods, lowered his gaze slightly toward the sword light rising from below.
Let me see whether this sword light, which Supreme One believed capable of striking him down with a single slash and guiding all things back into nothingness, can sever my connection to Heaven!
At this moment, the Heavenly Emperor possessed no human form. He was an immense will running through the River of Cosmic Light. His so-called lowered head and gaze were merely descriptions observers gave based on changes in his aura.
As his gaze descended, scenes of all the myriad heavens emerged above the River of Cosmic Light.
One great universe after another, grotto-heavens and blessed lands, Buddhist realms and pure lands, divine domains and demon worlds, stellar seas and heavens—all manifested one by one. Each world seemed incomparably tiny beneath the Heavenly Emperor's gaze, yet was in truth boundless. Even the least among them was equivalent to the Golden Edict World Yu Chen had once experienced.
Within these layered worlds, hazy immortal qi, resplendent Buddhist light, supreme divine radiance, obscure demonic qi, and human civilization rose one after another. These worlds overlapped while remaining independent, together forming a barrier before Tongtian.
Is this the Heavenly Emperor's power? Tongtian was astonished. He could already see that the heavens before him were not illusions. Like when the Nüwa Sovereign revealed creation, they were genuine worlds.
He could even see through the myriad heavens and glimpse figures seated amid their mountains and rivers. Some discussed the mysteries of the Dao, some demonstrated divine abilities, while others faced off against one another.
Their auras churned and intertwined without cease, displaying their respective Dao principles and laws.
If Tongtian's sword light