Above the Nine Heavens,
Crack!
A crisp sound rang out, like a signal.
On the last remaining layer of the heavenly curtain, cracks spread like a spiderweb. Massive shards of "glazed glass" silently peeled away and vanished into the void.
Every piece that fell caused the spatial structure of the Star Domains below to destabilize, triggering small-scale stellar chaos and gravitational tides.
The boundary between the Star Realm and the real universe was beginning to break!
"Only a hundred years remain..."
At the Human Territory's Borderlands, the Hidden Heaven Pavilion members gazed into that vast expanse, the hope in their eyes gradually fading.
Over nine hundred years of waiting, they had witnessed the Human Territory's strange transformations, witnessed the bizarre tide of "effort" sweeping across the entire realm, and witnessed countless Ordinary People setting foot in the Starry Sky...
Looking over all the calamities they had endured, they had never seen such a magnificent scene. It would not be an exaggeration to say that everyone was like a dragon.
But,
"Useless!"
Xue Qiong spoke decisively, thoroughly snuffing out the hope in her eyes as she looked coldly toward the Human Territory's nine Supremes.
"Li Qingshan has not returned to life!"
"If this tide of 'effort' is the contingency plan Li Qingshan left behind, then it is even more useless!"
"In just a million years, Li Qingshan reached beyond the Supreme not because of this inexplicable 'effort,' but because of his peerless talent and comprehension!"
As she spoke, she turned her gaze toward the hesitant Guangyi and several former fellow Daoists, warning in her eyes.
"Li Qingshan will not return. It is time for you to make your choice."
"Will you continue upholding the Hidden Heaven Pavilion's purpose and seek that sliver of life amid Calamity Rise and Fall, or will