At this moment, near the immense Lingyun Side Palace, the millions upon millions of Righteous Qi Pillars still roared through the stalactite halls. Countless clouds and rosy vapors condensed, flashing with dazzling radiance, as though sun and moon had illuminated the entire space. Yet where there was light in space, there was darkness. Night, like the wrinkles of time, occasionally emerged amidst the brightness, and within those wrinkles, countless black specks would sometimes surface. Some hid in the void, others concealed themselves in the darkness. They emitted no fluctuations of magical power at all, truly like black stains that could not be easily detected! Yet where those black specks lay, time itself seemed like wind, swallowing the light. Strands of hollowed-out light silk formed with uncanny craftsmanship, like flowers blooming amid the rosy curtain of light.
As layer upon layer of black stains gradually thickened, a fist-sized black phantom emerged within the Righteous Qi Pillars. The phantom was not full-bodied, but instead resembled a thin image. Yet as that spectral image gradually stretched out, one could clearly see that it was precisely the World-Ending Strange Insect Xiao Hua had mentioned!
Half of the strange insect's body was its head! Two long feelers swayed freely atop its head. As they moved, the sheet-like phantom folded and stretched strangely within the glowing haze. After a moment, the strange insect seemed to devour the rosy light, and its entire body began to swell. But it only swelled by a few inches. Gray blotches had just appeared upon the slightly raised portion in the middle of its body when its shell collapsed entirely. Immediately afterward, the shattered pieces transformed into even smaller phantoms and hurriedly seeped deeper into the glowing haze. On every phantom, the rear legs, like long halberds, flashed with brilliance unlike