Pfft...
Saint Zhunti, whose aura was the weakest, spat out a mouthful of golden Sage blood on the spot, his presence instantly withering.
To his horror, he discovered that the wisp of his primordial spirit imprinted within the Chaos Bead had been overwhelmed and obliterated by that savage power!
"Hold steady! Drive the Chaos Bead with all your strength!"
Saint Jieyin shouted sharply. Not a trace of sorrow remained on his face, only profound terror.
They were afraid!
Before this sudden power, which utterly surpassed their expectations, they felt the threat of death!
Saint Taishang said nothing. The phantom of the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda spun frantically behind him, its twin streams of mysterious yellow energy cascading down as he struggled to keep the Chaos Bead's origin functioning.
Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi likewise drove the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi to its limit. Streaks of sharp radiance that could tear through Chaos slashed out, not toward the center, but into the crystalline walls on all four sides, attempting to reinforce this world.
They wanted to suppress it once more!
To crush this upheaval before it could take root!
But it was already too late.
The Four Saints raised their heads in utter horror and looked toward the heavens.
Within that boundless darkness, an outline so vast that words could not describe it was slowly emerging.
It was a millstone.
A stone millstone of boundless immensity!
It consisted of an upper and a lower stone, its entire surface a deathly profound black, covered in ancient, sinister patterns. Every pattern seemed to speak of the universe's end and the return of all things to oblivion.
It hovered silently high above, slowly turning.
Each revolution seemed to set the entire Chaos Sea swaying.
Each grinding turn sent endless destruction energy cascading down,