Beyond the borders of Yang Capital, amid the densely packed flying vessels encircling it, an inconspicuous flying vessel slowly entered the formation.
Inside the cabin, armored soldiers pushed an object into the central hall and pulled away the cloth covering it. What lay beneath was a grayish-white round egg, within which a hazy yellow light flickered into view—bright one moment, dim the next—as if something were brewing inside.
This was the "Voidforged Astral Crystal" King Xi had mentioned.
This was not a pure Creation like Blazing Crystal. Instead, it had been modified from an ancient living creature of the Myriad Spirits Office and had originally been a forbidden object imprisoned there.
This creature, called "Calamity," underwent three transformations from birth to death. Every transformation and metamorphosis would trigger a disaster, a calamity capable of collapsing ten thousand miles of land. Thus it had earned its name.
Because this thing could rise from death and begin the cycle anew, endlessly repeating itself, there had been no way to truly destroy it at the time. The ancient cultivators had later captured and suppressed it, forcing it to remain in one form for long periods and preventing any further transformation, thereby cutting off the possibility of catastrophe.
After gaining control of the Myriad Spirits Office, King Xi discovered through investigation that although this creature had been forcibly kept in a certain state, its power had no outlet and had instead accumulated. One day, it would inevitably erupt.
Rather than being alarmed, this result delighted him.
He had always harbored ambitions toward Yang Capital in the Central Domain. But Yang Capital's defenses were far too solid, and this thing seemed to him a fitting weapon for breaching the city.
He had spent more than twenty years gathering numerous Creation masters skilled in their craft,