Mu Chen returned to the Imperial Pass with Shi Hao and the Stone Clan members from the Primordial Imperial City, settling them in properly.
The Imperial Pass soon rang with voices. As the women and children from the Primordial Imperial City gazed at this comparatively secure, majestic stronghold, many felt their eyes redden.
At that moment, the depths of the Star Domain shuddered violently, and a shadow spread over it without a sound.
A wisp of mist descended from the sky, falling into the Borderlands and appearing in the vast desert, attempting to invade the Heavenly Abyss.
A wisp of black mist descended from the sky, so light it seemed weightless, yet carrying an eerie aura that made hearts tremble.
It drifted down into the Borderlands, appeared in the vast desert, and tentatively tried to enter the Heavenly Abyss.
Rumble!
The instant that wisp of mist touched the Heavenly Abyss, a sudden change erupted!
Somewhere unseen, an ancient power that had slumbered for ages seemed to awaken with a start.
That power was acutely sensitive to the mist, as though it had encountered its natural mortal enemy.
Deep within the Heavenly Abyss, chaos surged and endless runes lit up. The entire abyss seemed to boil, unleashing deafening thunder.
Hiss!
In an instant, something seemed to split open at the highest point of the Heavenly Abyss.
Light blazed there, too dazzling to look at directly.
Dimly, an Immortal Gate seemed to emerge, its radiance brilliant enough to illuminate past, present, and future!
Rumble!
The power of the immortal Dao poured down. Vast swaths of laws became Chains of Order, densely packed in their thousands upon thousands. Endless showers of ascension light enveloped the entire Heavenly Abyss in sacred, boundless radiance.
Everyone inside and outside the Imperial Pass froze.
They looked up