In the boundless starry sky, all was silent. Suddenly, ripples shimmered outward, while tiny seven-colored bubbles emerged throughout this vast region. Like water brought to a boil, they erupted in an instant. The bubbles grew ever larger, and once they reached a certain size, they burst with a series of crackles. When all returned to stillness, an incomparably enormous phantom appeared within the region. The phantom flickered indistinctly, twisting again and again, with threads of purple lightning flashing around it. At its center, an enormous triangle suddenly emerged, turning slowly. It resembled a human eye, holding endless expressions.
At that moment, the triangle seemed confused. A moment later, a trace of realization and fury appeared. The entire phantom rotated slightly, seeming to want to turn in another direction. Yet the instant it moved, it halted again. Space trembled, as though releasing a sigh, and it returned to its original direction. Then the phantom flashed and gradually blurred. The entire space spun rapidly, and even the starlight was absorbed by the vanishing phantom, slowly forming a black hole. The black hole rapidly shrank until, at last, it disappeared... Before long, everything had returned to normal!
Meanwhile, within the Ruins of Huan, Zhang Xiaohua set Xia Qing down and immediately tunneled underground. Only after traveling for a long while did he emerge from beneath the earth.
"Eh, what happened here?" The moment Zhang Xiaohua reached the surface, the ruins before him caught his attention. Though the Ruins of Huan had been greatly damaged before, the destruction had been caused by battles between immortal cultivator seniors, and the main structures of many palaces had remained. Their former appearance could still be discerned. Yet now, all those remaining structures had vanished, leaving only a scene that looked as though it had been thoroughly trampled