The long night had completely faded.
A faint strand of gray daylight barely penetrated the thick, deathly stillness that had lingered over the Death Demon Cavern for hundreds of millions of years.
This purgatorial prison, shrouded in darkness all year round, finally welcomed a brief dawn-and the day Shiheng and the others would stake their lives on breaking free.
Inside his cave dwelling, Shiheng had already finished a full night of quiet rest and meditation.
He had drawn all his divine power and aura of rules back into his essence, concealing them to the utmost. He seemed utterly ordinary, but his body, mind, divine soul, and reserves were all at their absolute peak after a century of cultivation.
His four clones lay completely concealed within him, and all four Life-Bound Battle Blades had been withdrawn into his divine body, ready to be drawn in an instant.
In particular, the perfected essence of the other shore flower housed within his core life-bound weapon, the Death Battle Blade, resonated from afar with a drop of Overgod's Condensed Essence sealed deep within his soul.
With a single thought, he could unleash it instantly, adding tenfold peak combat power in a flash. It was his greatest killing move for breaking the deadlock and escaping today.
Everything was ready. All that remained was to await the battle.
The heavy stone door of the cave dwelling slowly shuddered, then gradually opened outward.
Oakes was already standing quietly outside. He had been waiting for some time.
The Azure Dragon Clan's chief overseer wore a dark, close-fitting outfit, his expression somber and still. Ten thousand years of imprisonment had long since tempered his resolve, yet an indelible layer of gravity and worry still weighed in his eyes.
Seeing Shiheng walk slowly out, Oakes immediately lowered his voice and