A few breaths earlier, somewhere in Central Province, within a secluded, tranquil white jade pavilion of refined elegance.
A vigorous old man in purple robes and an ornate crown sat cross-legged on a cushion, his eyes closed. His hair was white as a crane's feathers, yet his face was youthful.
To his left, incense burned in a copper crane, sending up wisps of pure, ethereal purple smoke. To his right, yellow talismans hung suspended in the air, and an exotic beast sat nearby. This rare, ape-like creature crouched with its eyes wide open, its body roughly ten feet tall, faithfully guarding its master.
This old man was none other than Yin Zheluo of the Supreme Heaven Sect, a mighty figure among the hundred or so Heaven Tier experts in the world.
There was no trace of vital energy about him, nor even a single beat of his heart. He seemed to have sunk into deathly stillness, but in truth, he was using the Yin Spirit Projection Method to send his spirit roaming thousands of miles away. He remotely controlled the Chaos Behemoth, using the descent of a deity's manifestation as the foundation for his attack on Fang Qianyuan.
He had thought that, even if success was not assured, no great upheaval would occur. However Fang Qianyuan resisted, it would amount to no more than a dying struggle.
Earth Rank Experts could not contend with the Heaven Tier. That had held true throughout the ages.
Yet Fang Qianyuan had unleashed an attack comparable to the Heaven Tier, tearing through Chaos's body with one claw. At the same time, he had torn through the void, and boundless power pursued Yin Zheluo across the barriers of time and space and the fences between myriad worlds.
The entire white jade pavilion shook violently. Amid