But this was still far from enough. Destruction was easy; restoration was a massive undertaking, destined to take far longer.
With Nine Heavens and Ten Earths in its current state, external threats had to wait until internal matters were settled. In fact, some had proposed killing the faction led by Immortal King Ao Sheng, Tai Shi Immortal King, and Yuan Chu Immortal King first. But they also considered that once a great war began—especially an internal conflict—it might tear through and cripple Immortal Domain's perfect world.
Thus, after weighing all sorts of gains and losses, they had no choice but to compromise for the time being. They would deal with the enemies coming from the Boundary Sea first.
Without question.
This was an exceptionally brutal and direct battle. A gigantic black hand, large enough to wipe out an entire starfield with a casual sweep, came from the vast Boundary Sea and slammed toward the world barrier of Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
Two heavenly blades descended to meet the giant hand, severing it as blood splashed everywhere.
This was Chen Nan's ultimate move, Heaven's Will Is Like a Blade. He had successfully stolen from Heaven, grasping some of the Heavenly Dao's order and evolving it into two heavenly blades, which he refined into his eyes.
"Ah—"
The owner of that hand was an Immortal King Colossus capable of surviving in the Boundary Sea. In any world, he would have been an absolute powerhouse. He was furious that someone had dared to ruin his plans.
Meanwhile, a mysterious expert in the distance, who had drawn his bow and nocked an arrow, did not attack again. He too had once come from Nine Heavens and Ten Earths. He was an expert who had left during the Emperor's Fall Era and was unwilling