Time slowed infinitely at that moment.
Under the utterly terrified gazes of the Four Heavenly Kings and all the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals outside the South Heaven Gate.
Yang Jian's fist advanced slowly.
No magical power rippled over his knuckles, nor did divine light flow around them.
There was only strength condensed to its utmost limit.
The 840 Million Divine Elephant Particles roared in resonance, converging into a fist's might that could destroy heaven and earth.
Before his fist, space formed uncanny folds, collapsing layer upon layer.
Even light was distorted and swallowed by that invisible, tremendous force.
And the golden barrier laid down by the Dao Ancestor, gathering the power of the Heavenly Court's faith across the ages, finally revealed its own might before this fist.
Hum!
Across the barrier's screen of light, phantoms of the sun, moon, and stars spun wildly, while heavenly dragon and divine phoenix totems burst with dazzling golden light.
Endless chains of runes surged from the barrier's depths, overlapping layer upon layer to form indestructible bulwarks, attempting to block that fist.
This was the manifestation of Heavenly Dao Law.
This was the embodiment of the power of order.
Yet it was useless.
Before absolute strength, all laws and all order were too fragile to withstand a single blow.
Crack.
A faint yet distinct sound of shattering reached every deity's ears.
Yang Jian's fist finally touched the golden barrier.
There was no earth-shaking collision.
Nor was there a frenzied explosion from clashing energies.
His fist pressed into that golden screen of light with an unstoppable weight.
The first bulwark, formed from countless chains of runes, disintegrated soundlessly.
Over his knuckles, that strength condensed to its utmost limit crushed the runes and ground the laws out of existence, reducing them to the most primal particles of