Chaos

Hell joined forces with more than a dozen First-Rank Factions and numerous Second- and Third-Rank Factions. At its rallying cry, the world answered. Countless factions followed, determined to storm the Heavenly Court and destroy it.

Even the factions that did not answer Hell's call chose to stand aside rather than aid the Heavenly Court.

"Alas! With a great enemy before us, we're still slaughtering one another. This is a sign of our doom!"

"The enemy won't let this opportunity pass. The Primordial Realm is about to face a calamity unlike any before."

"What are we supposed to do?"

"..."

Many factions were gripped by fear, lost and despairing over the future.

The Clear Origin Domain seized the chance to expand on a massive scale. It reclaimed the entire Origin Expanse and sent vast quantities of resources to the Divine Dynasty.

Inside the Imperial Palace, seventy thousand Imperial Guards stood in formation, with the God Emperor at the army's center, drilling their battle array.

Boom!

The auras of more than seventy thousand people joined together as though they were one.

Starlight filled the sky above them, like the stars of the Heavenly Cycle.

Each soldier corresponded to a star in the heavens and formed a connection with it.

Li Xuancang poured vast resources into the Heavenly Cycle Star Array. The energy became pure starlight that descended into the soldiers' bodies.

Boom!

As they absorbed the starlight, the Imperial Guards' strength rose by leaps and bounds.

With the God Emperor at their center, everyone's cultivation climbed rapidly.

"Break!"

Qin Shouqian roared. Like a river bursting through its banks, he smashed through his shackles and broke into the next realm.

The other Imperial Guards broke through one after another. Even the weakest had reached the Dharma Body Realm, while a fifth had entered