The World Consciousness thundered into retreat, carrying endless clamor and a torrent of thoughts bursting forth.
Although Ren Tao did not know what it was trying to express, he knew its composure had shattered.
Boundless power surged from an unknown source toward an unknown destination, yet carried a chilling severity that made his heart tremble.
At that moment, the World Consciousness was like someone being dragged into prison, uttering all manner of meaningless sounds and memories of the past.
Under the sway of fear, those thoughts all became distorted, pointing toward an utterly bleak ending.
Ren Tao knew nothing of the secrets at the level of a "world," nor what punishment awaited the World Consciousness, but he suddenly realized that things were slipping out of control!
The sky and sea began to tremble, as though something invisible had awakened and wanted to burst out through the body of reality. Various powers collided with deafening crashes.
Unfamiliar scenes began appearing one after another.
For instance, a towering peak suddenly rose beside Ren Tao, while a vast garden appeared where the Divine Realm's projection had just been.
"This is bad!"
The Giant Kun broke free of the restraints and returned to Ren Tao's side, just in time to see the scene before them.
"The World Consciousness has been imprisoned! This world is going to spiral out of control!"
What?
Ren Tao had not understood and was just about to ask again.
Another tremendous sound rang out in the sky.
An incomparably vast shadow, its true size impossible to tell, suddenly sank, revealing a conical section resembling the enormous rock beneath a mountain.
Its passage from illusion to substance seemed to take only an instant, but the naked eye could see it undergo a "fall," accompanied by tremendous grinding noises.
"The Divine Realm