The monitoring room fell deathly silent. Everyone held their breath. Nothing remained on the screen but pitch darkness; even the most advanced conceptual detectors could not penetrate it.
"Lord Lin Ye..." someone said, their voice trembling.
Theta stared fixedly at the readings. "Life signs... nothing detected..."
But in the next instant, a point of golden light burst out of the darkness.
That golden point rapidly expanded, like a sun ignited in the night, tearing through all seven layers of containment. Wherever its light reached, the darkness receded like a tide.
Lin Ye appeared once more, his scepter spinning in his hand, his body completely unscathed.
He said casually, "All seven of you came at me together, and that's it?"
"I thought you might have some coordinated tactics. Turns out you're just fighting on your own."
Lin Ye shook his head. "Apparently, nihility may be powerful, but it really is lacking in intelligence."
His words enraged all of the Seven Pillar Gods.
But Lin Ye was speaking the truth-nihility pursued absoluteness and purity. Each of the Seven Pillar Gods was an independent entity. There was no genuine coordination between them, only an accumulation of power.
"Do you know what your biggest problem is?" Lin Ye continued. "You're too pure."
"[Abyss of Annihilation] knows only how to end things, [Darkness of Restraint] knows only how to bind, and [Lord of Corrosion] knows only how to corrupt..."
"Each of you represents the pinnacle of a single attribute, but that has also cost you the ability to adapt."
He raised his scepter. "Reality, on the other hand, is the most changeable thing of all."
The light on the scepter began to shift, sometimes bright as day, sometimes dim as night, sometimes blazing as fire, sometimes cold as ice. Each change corresponded to a different