Just after the Eastern Sovereign Bell exploded, stunning every living creature and undead being within ten thousand miles...
"Dong..."
No one knew how much time had passed. Perhaps only an instant, perhaps a long while.
A clear, resonant bell tolled, like a morning bell and evening drum awakening the world. Its warning instantly spread throughout the land, causing the Eternal Supreme Treasures scattered everywhere to hum in response, as though cheering in excitement.
At the same time, the unconscious living creatures and undead within San Francisco Royal City were all jolted groggily awake by the bell...
"Rumble..."
"Crack, crack..."
Little had changed since the two armies lost consciousness. Heavenly might still surged, thunder shook the nine heavens, and light illuminated heaven and earth.
Whether through sight or perception, everything remained a boundless expanse of white. Beyond lightning, there was only more lightning!
But what neither army noticed was...
Amid the endless heavenly lightning that filled the world and raged madly, an ancient bell several feet tall hovered in midair. Its power fell short of heavenly might, yet it unmistakably possessed the authority of heaven and earth, as though its small body represented an entire world.
At that moment, the ancient bell endured the ravages of Heavenly Punishment Lightning, yet remained unmoving as eternity, as though facing nothing more than a gentle breeze and a trickle of water...
Another unknowable stretch of time passed. Crushed beneath heavenly might, heavenly wrath, Heavenly Punishment, and their overlapping pressures, both sides had lost all sense of time and space.
Heavenly might gradually receded, heavenly wrath slowly faded, and Heavenly Punishment dispersed...
Heaven and earth became clear again. Every unnatural phenomenon had vanished without a trace.
In particular, the Dark Sky Curtain, undead aura, and Ironblood Killing Intent that had filled the world had all