After many twists and turns, the Primordial Heavenly Demon who had wreaked havoc in the present age was finally slain for good. With that ray of sword light from beyond all worlds, the last hidden threat to the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands Universe was thoroughly eliminated.
Yet although the chief culprit had been executed, the Great Sacrifice that had nearly destroyed the world still left enormous scars upon the Heavens and Myriad Realms. Across the sea of stars, devastation filled the eye, and the losses were grievous.
At this moment, an aura like the coming apocalypse still shrouded the universe. Beings above the Saint Dao could even hear the Myriad Daos of the universe collapsing and decaying, and the Heavenly Heart Imprint teetering on the brink.
For heaven and earth themselves, these wounds were far worse than when He Mu and the Chaos Body had torn apart the Myriad Daos one after another over a hundred thousand years ago. Under the Primordial Heavenly Demon's methods, even the universe origin had suffered enormous losses, and all of this was almost impossible to make good.
Moreover, the severing and collapse of the Road to Immortality, along with the Immortal Ascension Cauldron's self-destruction while connected to heaven and earth, had compounded the damage to the universe itself, making the present situation deteriorate again and again until it was utterly beyond saving.
He Mu could foresee that what followed was destined to be the longest Age of Declining Dharma in history. Cultivation would truly become difficult to the utmost degree. This was an overwhelming tide of heaven and earth that even the likes of He Mu and Lingbao could never stop.
In fact, the effects of this upheaval did not end there. As another Age of Declining Dharma began, heaven and earth would