A dragon's unwilling roar rang through heaven and earth.
At that moment, almost everyone could hear the helplessness and fury in its roar.
It had been divine source nurtured by the Immortal Land. Had nothing gone wrong, it would surely have become an immortal fetus, with limitless potential.
It might even have attained the Dao.
But now, everything would vanish like smoke and clouds.
Such was the way of the world.
How many heroes of old had fallen, their broken halberds buried in the sand?
How many mighty cultivators had dominated the world for thousands of years, only to pass away silently in meditation and dissolve into the long river of time?
Even Great Emperors, sovereigns, and Supremes, glorious for a lifetime, would ultimately see their curtains fall, worn away entirely by time.
No one could defy such a fate.
Boom!
Only a head-sized core of origin remained of the shattered immortal fetus, crashing onto the ground.
It gouged a hole straight into the earth.
In the blink of an eye, Blood Lake swallowed it, and it fell utterly silent.
Yet the boundless Immortal Radiance and essence released by its explosion scattered like rain and dew throughout the small world.
The immortal fetus had shattered, its origin had regressed, and all its fortune would return to the Immortal Land that had nurtured it.
After some years, perhaps that divine source origin would develop spirituality again, give birth to consciousness, and begin transforming into an immortal fetus.
"Heavens... such rich Heaven and Earth Essence!"
"Hiss... this essence is simply terrifying!"
Watching the endless Immortal Radiance fall like immortal rain, countless people cried out in astonishment, staring around them with their jaws hanging open.
In that instant, plants sprouted throughout the small world, and boundless vitality spread.
Vast life essence drifted like