That torrent of destruction had been powerful enough to overturn heaven and earth and create the world anew.
Now, with an unstoppable momentum, it gradually subsided.
Next came the whole of the Primordial World.
The chaos storm tearing through the firmament receded at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The savage energy fell still, the shattered void began to mend, and even the laws of heaven and earth eroded by chaos qi regained their order beneath the guiding threads of the Myriad Dao Divine Net.
Deathly silence.
After that brief, deathly silence came jubilant cries of survival that rang through the clouds!
"It... it stopped?"
"The storm stopped! We... we're alive!"
"It's the Wine Sword Immortal! Senior Wine Sword Immortal has intervened!"
"Our deepest thanks to the Wine Sword Immortal for saving the world!"
Across the ravaged land, countless surviving creatures poked their heads out of hiding. When they saw heaven and earth rapidly regaining their clarity, they first rubbed their eyes in disbelief, then erupted into earthshaking cheers.
Tears of mingled sorrow and joy rolled down every creature's cheeks.
They fell to their knees and prostrated themselves before the white-robed figure standing above the highest heavens, offering him their most devout, most fervent worship.
Stream after stream, wisp after wisp of incomparably pure power of faith gathered into a golden ocean and surged toward Gu Changqing.
It was the purest gratitude and reverence of all living beings.
"The Wine Sword Immortal's divine might is unparalleled! We cultivators bow before him!"
"Heavens, thank you, Wine Sword Immortal! You have saved the common people. We shall never forget your grace!"
Their voices roared like mountains and seas, merging into a torrent that swept through the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, almost drowning out the Heavenly Dao's thunder.
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