"Across the boundless myriad worlds, who shall rule the tides? Only I, the Celestial Thearch!"
The Purple-Gold Divine Dragon chanted and transformed into a heroic man with purple hair and a face full of wild arrogance. He produced a golden cloak from who knew where, one that radiated a divine aura.
He draped it over Su Lin's shoulders and said softly, "It's gloomy here, Celestial Thearch. Put on another layer."
After dressing Su Lin, the Purple-Gold Divine Dragon stood quietly at his side. He even stepped back half a pace. Not a trace of his usual roguishness remained; he looked solemn and dignified, his head deliberately lowered like a personal guard or herald.
Su Lin: "..."
My Invincible Battle Dragon still needs a dragon soul. Want to hop in?
Just then, Klein, hiding with Han Li among the heaps of bones airlifted from Lion-Camel Ridge, smiled and snapped his fingers, drawing on Sefirah Castle.
Mysterious Gray Fog instantly spread across the battlefield, spilling from the gaps between the bones.
As though time had flowed backward, organs, flesh, nerves, and skin grew over those bones. Even clothes long since reduced to ash reappeared on their bodies.
Mortals, cultivators, Immortals, demons, and the monks who had made up most of the Bone Sea in earlier days all "returned" to the world.
"Greetings, Celestial Thearch!"
A terrifying force surged, vast as a sea beneath the heavens. An ancient slaughter formation slowly came to life. Immortals, demons, gods, and devils filled the cosmos. Countless beings assembled in ranks, waiting only for the "emperor" to give the order to attack.
Thanks to their two previous experiences in the Simulated Universe, they had rehearsed the Battle to Defy the Heavens several times. The first thing on their minds after revival was no longer burning away their