Boom!
Violent upheaval surged outward. Countless spatial ripples crushed against one another, tearing open spatial rifts in an instant.
A blazing yellow strand of providence tried to escape the coming of death, only to seem to plunge into a boundless hell. It shattered with a crack, turning into endless dust.
The roiling sun hung above the Heavenly Thoroughfare. A single strike landed, and with a hum, it fell to the ground and died.
Another manifestation, a laurel-bearing moon, was pierced with a thunderous crash by a gleam spanning the sky, exposing a pale, pitch-black void.
All three manifestations of providence had perished.
The backlash of providence and destiny patterns had already declared the annihilation written into the three cultivators' destinies.
A cultivator versed in heavenly secrets narrowed his eyes. "It's over."
"Providence battling providence-truly brutal."
Neither side had yielded an inch.
As they watched the single-horned beast of providence devour the manifestations of Great Sun, Lunar, and Saturn in great mouthfuls after the battle, even these cultivators versed in heavenly secrets felt their hearts stir.
This was their first time witnessing such a scene of dharma combat. Once they returned, they might achieve another breakthrough if they entered seclusion to digest what they had gained.
Yet when they thought of how three Sons of the Human Emperor, all with considerable reputations, had perished just like that, a trace of fear rose within them.
"They've really punched a hole through the heavens this time. Who knows whether there'll be more moves to come?"
"Those three who died, Li Jiuyang and Chang Yuexian among them, all had people backing them. None of the Dao Protectors intervened this time. Who knows what those great powers are plotting?"
Someone muttered this, their mind shaken for a long while.
Realizing that the great powers'