Shrouding the Heavens: The Years I Was the Empress's Strictest Master

Whoosh!

The Soul Pearl was activated.

All the firefly-like motes within a single Deep Crimson Light Point were consumed in an instant.

Weapon dissolution.

His divine soul separated, and the incomplete primordial spirit that had been recondensed was dissolved away.

His true soul in the outside world became truly illusory at this moment, eventually turning into specks of faint light that sank into the Soul Pearl.

The crimson mist vanished, and the lingering aura of imperial might in the surroundings dissipated.

The Causal Lines connected to the barrier of the Soul Pearl changed as well. Those that had been bright dimmed, while those already dim grew even fainter, some even snapping and fading away.

Buzz...

At the same time,

In the bustling outside world, utterly unlike the silence of the hidden realm.

The heavens and earth of the Five Regions of the Big Dipper seemed to tremble.

At that moment, presences within the Restricted Area sent out waves of divine sense.

Meanwhile, cultivators within and beyond the other regions who possessed Quasi-Emperor cultivation subconsciously frowned and looked up, before a trace of realization appeared on their faces.

From this day onward, the traces of the Dao that Human Emperor had left engraved upon this world no longer existed. The imprint he had left behind upon attaining the Dao in the Big Dipper could no longer be found.

"What a pity. Had he completed that final leap and merged with the Heart of Heaven, the grand Dao of this universe would at least have imprinted a mark of him. Not a single trace would have truly remained... What a pity."

Within the Restricted Area, a presence sighed regretfully.

He, too, had once been a human Dao Attainer, but he had chosen to sever himself and enter the Restricted Area.

Almost