The sun and moon shone bright, Heaven and Earth joined in harmony, and sixteen years passed in the blink of an eye.
Crack~
A crisp sound rang out inside Brightlight's main hall. Chu Mo looked at the Ten Thousand Methods Mirror in his hand, now covered in cracks, and the corner of his eye twitched.
"Senior Brother Zhi Su calculated this ages ago, didn't he? I only just finished deducing the Fifth Law, and the mirror broke."
Speechless, he put the mirror away, planning to ask Zhi Su for another one some other day. Though he had rarely seen his senior brother over the past decade or so, their bond had continued to deepen.
They were not quite as close as two people sharing one soul, but borrowing a couple of Spirit Treasures from him to play with was certainly no problem.
Chu Mo rose and walked to the hall entrance. Watching the disciples coming and going, he softly recited an incantation:
"Heaven-Defying Sect Annihilation Law... let heaven's bonds quake in solemn judgment, let baleful qi be severed at the root!"
Rumble-
A muffled peal of thunder suddenly exploded between heaven and earth.
In an instant, the winds and clouds above the Brightlight Blessed Land changed. Black clouds surged in from every direction, completely blotting out the sky overhead.
A gale suddenly rose, howling in fury. This was no ordinary wind: its chill pierced flesh and bone, sharp as blades and swords, as though it could extinguish a cultivator's spiritual radiance. It churned heaven and earth into darkness, robbing the sun and moon of their light.
Lightning flashed as well, its thunder deafening.
The lightning was black as ink. It tore through the clouds, winding through them like a dragon, as though charged with punishing sin and annihilating demons.
"What