Light.
Drew inward.
Ice frost, blood eyes, space and time.
All the powers sank into the intricate lines, withdrawing completely.
Shen Ye looked up.
The blood moon in the sky had lost its radiance and turned utterly dim.
The palaces and towers vanished into darkness, no longer giving off any icy aura.
Even the black city wall had lost its imposing presence.
Like a dead black hound, it lay quietly before the palace complex.
"Hey, I wanted to activate the Dharma Form's power, not destroy it."
Shen Ye spoke.
Dolphin Asino explained, "The power of such an ancient Dharma Form is beyond anything you or I can imagine, and it has its own rules. You must follow the rules of inheritance."
"What rules?" Shen Ye asked.
"I don't know either. Just wait and see. I suspect it's about to begin," the dolphin said.
A moment later.
The ground began to shake.
A small stone platform slowly rose.
On the stone platform.
Countless interwoven lines emitted overlapping layers of light, manifesting a miniature Guanghan Palace in midair.
With it came an ancient, weathered voice:
"Across endless ages, we failed countless times... only then did we finally establish such a powerful 'civilization'-type Dharma Form."
"That is why it received the Dharma Realm's recognition and could be called 'Guanghan Palace.'"
"No other Dharma Form in the world can so completely manifest the power of all living beings, complementing the power of the Dharma Realm to appear as a heavenly Palace Tower."
"And yet-"
"Even with a Dharma Form like this, we failed far too many times."
Layers of light and shadow appeared above the stone platform, taking the forms of monsters, vicious flying stars, war, plague, and famine.
Wave after wave of great calamities appeared in worlds filled with humans.
Professionals who possessed