As the thoughts of Lone Yang and the other two descended, they seemed to touch upon a vast consciousness. In a daze, that dense mass of clear aura instantly thinned considerably.
Outside, the main trunk of the Azure Spirit Heavenly Branch trembled sharply. Some of the branches extending outward could be seen rapidly withering, while the void realms clinging to many of its joints abruptly dissipated.
Even the formations and restrictions of the middle ring, guarded by the many Profound Venerables, showed faint signs of instability. This was caused by the Azure Spirit Heavenly Branch consuming too much of its vitality in an instant.
To reverse effect into cause, even a treasure that suppressed the Dao had to pay an enormous price.
And so long as this matter had not truly been settled, it would continually consume the primal aura within the Azure Spirit Heavenly Branch. Fortunately, Lone Yang and the other two had three great powers of Upper Firmament Heaven behind them to underwrite the cost. Those three would not sit by and watch a treasure that suppressed the Dao exhaust its vitality, so the three of them were not anxious at this moment.
Their efforts also brought results. Somewhere in the void, a verdant, vigorous branch segment appeared out of thin air. One end bored a deep hollow into the void, while the other gradually faded into nothingness as it extended outward.
At that very moment, within the Suspended Heaven Dao Palace, the Chief Daoist and the twelve Court Executors all sensed something. They looked toward the branch segment and saw a huge, somewhat narrow hollow opened there. A branch that flickered between reality and illusion seemed to have chiseled through the wall of the void, connecting another realm to this world.
A crimson radiance faintly flashed within