Tiandi seemed to have been hollowed out for an instant.
After that Thunder Dao Immortal Ancestor vanished completely—
There was no corpse.
No divine soul.
Not even a single echo of the Great Dao remained.
Only blankness.
A blankness so suffocating that even True Immortals felt stifled.
The next moment.
BOOM—!!!
An indescribable wail suddenly rang out across the Nine Provinces Celestial Continent.
It was not a sound.
It was Tiandi itself trembling.
Deep within the vault of heaven, a Thunder Dao trace spanning the Myriad Realms began to rapidly dim, as though someone were erasing it bit by bit from time.
The Thunder Sea collapsed.
Thunderclouds scattered.
The Thunder Dao Law that had once blanketed a territory of billions of miles actually developed a break within only a few breaths.
A True Immortal had fallen—
Heaven's Lament descended.
But this Heaven's Lament was far more terrifying than any before it.
Because this was not "falling."
It was—
The Great Dao had been severed.
Across the Nine Provinces.
Countless old monsters who had been in seclusion for myriad ages opened their eyes at the same time.
Their first reaction was not fury, shock, or terror.
It was confusion.
As if Tiandi had lost something.
Yet they could not put it into words.
Above the Heavenly Marrow Mine Vein.
The remaining dozens of Immortal Ancestors fell utterly silent, their breathing thrown into disarray in an instant from fright.
They no longer released their pressure.
Even their auras began to withdraw.
Because what they had just witnessed had wholly surpassed their understanding.
"Karma... was severed?"
A white-haired Immortal Ancestor spoke hoarsely.
His pupils trembled faintly.
That was not fear.
His Dao heart was wavering.
"Impossible."
Another Immortal Ancestor slowly shook his head.
"A True Immortal's karma cannot be severed."
He spoke slowly.