The shadow slowly turned, brilliant light blazing in his eyes.
Dark and unfathomable, he radiated boundless demonic energy. This shadow was none other than the Demon Emperor of the Demon Realm. Somehow, he had come here without anyone knowing.
And the map in his hand was identical to the one held by the Flower God.
At the same time, countless hidden, powerful beings—Exotic Beasts, mighty gods, and things stranger still—held maps that gave off a steady breath of Chaos.
A closer look revealed darkness and Chaos swirling inside each map, shrouded in mist. Holding one was like cradling a mass of chaotic divine light. Now and then, mysterious points of starlight flashed within it, stirring ripples across its surface.
"Interesting map. What's hidden behind it?"
Deep in a star-filled expanse, a man sat cross-legged, his body drawing in endless starlight. He shone with dazzling brilliance. Lightning seemed to circle his eyes, and with every blink, stars winked out.
This place seemed forbidden to all living things. For over ten thousand years, not a single creature had set foot here.
Boom!
The man rose. His aura climbed without pause, setting starlight surging and the vast starfield trembling. Countless threads of Laws appeared, overlapping layer upon layer until they wrapped the starfield like a cocoon.
Strange Runewords were inscribed across the enormous cocoon. At its peak, a great divine glyph for "star" lit up the entire world.
Boom!
The next moment, endless ripples spread. The whole starfield began to shrink visibly. The immense star glyph contracted with it, until everything returned to the man's body.
The man's body swelled rapidly. In an instant, he towered between heaven and earth, leaving the beings and even the powers of the surrounding planes aghast.
An aura more terrifying than that of an ordinary god, one