The silent murmur faded.
The next instant.
The majestic golden figure vanished without warning, just as he had appeared.
Only the faint golden afterglow, not yet fully dispersed, still flowed slowly through the void.
And the direction he departed in was precisely the direction in which Zhou Heng had just disappeared.
At the same time, his eyes, shrouded in golden halos, began opening to their utmost extent.
His gaze stretched frantically in the direction Zhou Heng had fled, like two invisible, endlessly extending divine swords, seeking to lock onto Zhou Heng as quickly as possible and bring that human who had fled all the way here from Present World Space-Time completely within his killing range.
But.
The instant he extended his gaze, seeking to look down upon Zhou Heng's location and lock firmly onto him, the countless "Divine Kingdoms" throughout "Heaven Realm," formed from the layered, intermingled ruins of the Divine Kingdoms left behind by countless fallen bearers of the title "Heaven," suddenly burst with brilliant, glorious light.
That light came not from any single place, but erupted simultaneously from every inch of land in "Heaven Realm," every Divine Kingdom ruin, and every drifting fragment of will.
The light was gentle yet steadfast, like the last trace of unyielding will retained by countless long-departed "Heavens" even after endless epochs had passed since their fall.
They gathered into an invisible barrier, like an impassable wall of will spanning heaven and earth, forcibly blocking the majestic golden figure's outstretched gaze.
"A bunch of... long-dead 'Heavens'..."
The majestic golden figure was none other than Frontier God Lord "Boundary Setting," who had come in pursuit of Zhou Heng-in the depths of his eyes, a barely perceptible ripple finally appeared within that indifferent, godlike calm.
"Since when were you worthy of obstructing a mighty Sea