Hongjun's eyes flashed. He raised an arm toward the image and clenched his fist hard. "Let it begin!"
His voice was low and hoarse, as though he had wavered countless times, but at this moment, Hongjun's heart was iron!
The intense bloodlight was impossibly dark. The moment Hongjun clenched his fist, it began releasing a terrifying pulse that shot into the sky, tore through the atmosphere, and pierced the starry heavens like an enormous crimson sword of light.
With a boom, an enormous blood cloud spread out through the atmosphere. The bloody vapor, imperceptible to the naked eye, churned and surged, quickly spreading in every direction until it enveloped the entire Earth.
Thump. Thump, thump. Suddenly, the pounding of hearts became painfully loud. The Heavenly Demon heard it, the Queen Mother heard it, and Qin Fen heard it. Even the bewildered mortal mercenaries seemed to hear their own hearts hammering.
The entire world seemed to lose its luster. Dark clouds began gathering overhead, and countless people instinctively looked up, unsure what was happening. An almost imperceptible change had come over the world.
Heaven and earth had come into being through Qin Fen and taken shape from Pangu. Both had played a part in the Creation of Heaven; the only difference was who had played the greater role. Pangu's resentment had already filled heaven and earth at the moment of his death. Now, stirred by the tainted blood, it awakened, and heaven and earth changed color.
The Mortal Realm, however, did not panic. Many people merely muttered, "That's some serious smog!"
It was not just the Mortal Realm. Strange phenomena appeared in the Celestial Realm as well. The red sun overhead had turned truly crimson. Rather than burning, it seemed to drip blood.
On Spirit Mountain, Tathagata stared at the sky