(Chapters 385 and 386 combined)
Boom!
A thunderous crash swept across Heaven and Earth and echoed in every heart.
Everyone at prayer fell silent. Then an even grander sound rang out.
They did not know how far Heavenly Emperor Fei Peng had progressed. They knew only that he was doing his utmost, and if their prayers could help him, that was enough!
The sounds that had rung in their hearts earlier had not disturbed them. Instead, they had left them feeling lighter.
The final sound, as though heaven itself had opened, filled them all with a sense of profound release and freedom.
Ordinary mortals only felt that something about Heaven and Earth had changed. They could not say what.
But powerful Cultivators, gods and Demons, and monsters and ghosts clearly felt invisible shackles fall away from them!
Of them all, Chonglou felt it most keenly!
"Nothing is pressing down on me anymore." Chonglou raised a hand and stared at it with Blood-colored eyes, excitement in his voice.
He could sense the next realm!
It was an entirely new Heaven and Earth—the place Fei Peng had once reached! Now Chonglou, too, had hope of stepping into it and catching up with him!
"Did he succeed?"
Chonglou looked toward the giant and murmured to himself.
It was the question on everyone's mind.
Fei Peng gazed at the shattered barrier and felt a wave of relief.
"It isn't over yet."
Meng Chuan's voice reminded him that it was not completely finished.
Sure enough, as soon as Meng Chuan spoke, the fragments of the barrier glowed black. They buzzed and trembled where they hung.
Fei Peng's expression changed. He swung his sword, unwilling to let the fragments undergo another change.
"It's no use." Meng Chuan watched quietly from the side. This was a trial