In the inner layer of the world, all things lay still. Only darkness endured.
Then the void trembled. A streak of brilliant light shone in from outside, bringing a different hue to this dark world.
"So this is the inner layer of the Azure Sky Minor Realm? Compared with the outside, the energy here seems far more stagnant, almost as if it were dead."
Jiang Chen's divine sense spread outward, and his consciousness entered the inner layer.
But just as his divine sense reached deeper, seeking to uncover its secrets, an overwhelming sense of danger engulfed him.
Almost by instinct, he tried to withdraw his divine sense. Too late. An unfathomable sword light fell, cutting the divine sense he had extended clean away without the slightest resistance. It even traced that divine sense back to its source and locked onto his true body.
"What is that?" Realizing something was wrong, Jiang Chen immediately called upon the Heaven-Stealing Jade Tablet.
This treasure had an unusual nature and could exert power far beyond the ordinary within the Azure Sky Minor Realm. Over the years, through the strength of his soul and his understanding of the ways of heaven and earth, he had gained complete control of it.
In that instant, heaven and earth answered. Jiang Chen's presence vanished entirely, merging with heaven and earth until he became a
part of them.
This change checked the sword light tracing him, but only for an instant. It still fell.
At that moment, all things lost their color. Heaven and earth turned gray and white, as though their life force had been severed.
Ten breaths passed before the raging sword light finally faded.
"What terrifying sword light. If I hadn't hidden myself with the Heaven-Stealing Jade Tablet and let heaven and earth bear most of