The next second.
The Inner Castle Wall of Black Prison collapsed with a thunderous crash.
In midair, Alpha and the dean of Starry Sky Academy were trapped within a pale gray barrier; the Heavenly Mountain summoned by Dean Atlas had been banished beyond the heavens, already reduced to a faint phantom; the Three-Headed Eight-Armed Giant Ape still roared as it fended off attacks from several great demons and Dark Council members on all sides; the pureblood Mi-go glared furiously at the Rat Immortal, while Zhu Si hugged one of its limbs and curiously studied the kind-faced Big Rat across from her.
The greatest difference from the previous scene was that, in Zheng Qing's sight, there was more gold than blood in the sunlight this time. It gave the ordinary wizards tremendous support. Stirring battle hymns echoed across the battlefield, while the anguished howls of the Many-armed Giant Kotos rang out in the distance.
Yet what remained the same as before was that bizarre, kaleidoscopic sensation filling heaven and earth, growing ever stronger.
The shockwave kicked up by the collapse of the Inner Castle Wall arrived as expected. Fine grains of sand repeated their previous assault, striking the young wizard's cheeks and arms, scraping more thin streaks of blood across his old wounds.
From afar, a low yet distinct incantation faintly echoed through heaven and earth:
"Heaven and Earth, Yellow and Black..."
Boom!
Multicolored light, spinning skies and earth, a vast and chaotic torrent of information—everything was exactly as it had happened before. Only this time, Zheng Qing did not immediately close his eyes. He held on for one more second.
Then he saw the spellbook in his hand blaze with dazzling light. He vaguely heard the little tree in his heart-lake sprouting branches and spreading roots, along with the groan