Bzzzz—!
The entire Martial Arts Space—no, this very slice of the Nine Heavens Star Dome—let out a silent yet incomparably majestic hum.
It was as though the heart of a giant that had slept for countless ages had finally beaten for the first time.
The majestic figure coiled across the dome, its posture unchanged since time immemorial, showed signs of "life" for the first time.
"Illuminating the Great Thousand Universes..."
The murmured words seemed like the roar of the Great Dao, reverberating through the vast expanse.
No, they should not merely have seemed like it!
To the Martial Arts Space, this was the true Great Dao, the absolute sovereign!
Because—
The source of that voice came from the starry dome, from the majestic body coiled at the center of the Sky Dome!
That majestic body, which had remained silent ever since the Martial Arts Space appeared, opened its eyes for the first time.
Li Qingshan had opened his eyes!
He was no longer gazing up at the stars, but... looking down upon them!
Above the Nine Heavens, the higher one stood, the farther one could see.
At this moment, he had become the missing portion of the Nine Heavens Star Dome, standing even higher than the Supreme Gods!
His perspective rose without limit, instantly surpassing the boundaries of space and matter.
He "saw" the barriers of the Martial Arts Space itself—a separate spacetime bubble formed from a corner of the Nine Heavens torn away by the Intercept Heaven Immortal Venerable.
He "saw" the Main Hall outside the bubble, within that vacant stretch of the Nine Heavens, where seclusion was conducted.
He could even clearly "see" inside the hall—
The hall doors had already been pushed open. Yi Xing stood frozen in place, with his earlier shock and a faint, barely