"Hahaha! It worked! It finally worked!"
Meanwhile, in the Strange World, beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens, thunderous laughter rang out from a stretch of void wreathed in chaos qi. So vast, exuberant, and frenzied was that laughter that it shattered the void across untold tens of thousands of miles.
The source of the laughter was a burly man who resembled a towering peak, a demonic mountain. Holding a staff of Dao Tribulation Gold in one hand and a shield of Dragon Pattern Black Gold in the other, he stood outside a realm of the Thirty-Three Heavens called the Purple Ruins Universe, unable to conceal his excitement.
Across the outer boundary of the Purple Ruins Universe before him, pitch-black nodes lit up one after another alongside his laughter. Like bright lamps, they swiftly spread over the entire Purple Ruins Universe.
"Hahaha! I'm finished here too!"
Almost simultaneously, outside another realm not far from the Light-Dark Supreme, the Kun Emperor also burst into resounding laughter. Before him, nodes likewise lit up one after another, enveloping the world called Red Dust Heaven.
"Everything is ready on my end too!"
"Heng Emperor! Shall we begin?"
"I've long been itching to start!"
Excited laughter followed from all around the Thirty-Three Heavens. Those laughing were the Extreme Dao Supremes from the Shrouding the Heavens universe, and now they were all awaiting a certain command.
"Fellow Daoist Netherworld Treasure, what do you say?"
Beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens, Yuangeng's faith body had already changed into an ink-black robe. He sat cross-legged on a continent floating in the void, roughly as large as the Eastern Wasteland of the Big Dipper, making no attempt to hide the smile on his face.
"Clatter!"
Beside him, an ancient artifact wreathed in vast nether radiance floated quietly in the void. Heavy Lunar Essence Chains