"Dong!"
The Immortal Bell thundered, pouring down endless power of time that enveloped everyone and halted their sacrifice.
Li Qingyue raised her head and looked toward the firmament.
She looked at the Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable seated cross-legged at the center of the Five-Colored Altar.
"There is no need for you to sacrifice yourselves. I alone am enough!"
Li Qingyue murmured. Though her voice was faint, it swept across the firmament with the myriad spirits' willpower and faith surrounding her.
It resounded through heaven and earth like thunder.
At that moment, every living being across the Five Regions of the Big Dipper raised their head and looked at Li Qingyue.
"What is that?"
Everyone was horrified. At that moment, Li Qingyue stood straight in the firmament like a long sword with its edge fully bared.
Her white dress snapped in the wind, dancing with her black hair. Her immortal bearing towered above the world, her grace without equal.
She seemed like an immortal awakening, endless power of time swirling around her.
The sharpness emanating from her stunned the world, like an Immortal Sword tempered for a thousand years, poised to pierce the firmament.
It was an indescribable obsession and will.
All of it became a keen edge that filled Li Qingyue's entire being, making her seem both immortal and demonic as her might pressed down upon heaven and earth.
She bore the domineering force of sole supremacy, of who but her could rise to the task, intent on overpowering all beneath heaven.
It was an indescribable resolve.
Above heaven and below, I alone reign supreme!
She would rather die than yield, trampling over everything to reach the summit.
Everyone could see endless light radiating from Li Qingyue at that moment.
Her Sea of Bitterness manifested.
It was the phantom of a