The moment his strength gave out, it was as though someone had pulled a block from the foundation of a towering stack of building blocks.
Crash...
High in the sky, Tan Lin's body began to sway, and his vision started to blur.
At the moment his oil ran dry and his lamp went out, he seemed to hear a cracking sound from the Light Cocoon behind him.
He also heard Gu Qingying's anxious cry. In the haze, countless exclamations from the outside world reached his ears as well...
Then his body lost all strength and fell toward the ground.
"Sacred Body!!!"
Outside, countless people cried out in alarm.
Some could not bear to watch any longer and closed their eyes.
Could it... really end like this?
That thought rose in the hearts of countless living beings. Despair and terror spread through the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Domains.
But just as Tan Lin was about to fall from the heavens—before his body could even descend—the four Saint Spirits closed in from different directions, intending to seize the chance to suppress him.
Crack!
Crack... crack...
At the same time,
Behind Tan Lin, the blinding chaos light erupting from the Light Cocoon suddenly flared brighter!
The light was dazzling beyond measure, like a chaos sun rising above the Scarlet Glow River!
Then,
A slender, jade-white hand stretched out from a crack in the Light Cocoon!
The hand was delicate and long, its skin as lustrous as jade, as if it were Heaven's most perfect creation.
After extending, it casually swept forward. An invisible force immediately sent the Jade-Carved Saint Spirit and Flame Saint Spirit, who had been attacking Tan Lin, flying away!
So Tan Lin had not imagined it while his consciousness was fading. That had indeed been the sound of the