"This is the great Lord of Time and Space's most powerful skill, 'Space-Time's Eternal Presence.'"
As Zhou Heng gazed out over it all, a voice came from beside him.
"Legend has it... when this skill is activated normally, the entire Boundless Starsea must undergo its judgment. The dead... live. Those who are not dead... also live. Until space-time is anchored to a particular point."
Zhou Heng turned to look. At some point, "Boundless Endless · Fated White River · Transcendence's Inferior Inferior Myriad Heavens Staff" had appeared beside him.
But he was no longer in the shape of a staff. Instead, he had transformed into human form.
He had the appearance of a tall, sturdily built middle-aged man with rugged features.
His left hand held the fused Truth Realm. It no longer looked as it originally had, but had taken on an even grander, more expansive new form after absorbing one layer of data from the eighteen chapters of the Fourth and Fifth Expansions.
His right hand supported Zhou Heng's "Health Ancient Tree · Reversal." The eerie ancient tree, poised between life and death, rested quietly in his palm like a potted plant.
"It's time for me to leave."
"Boundless Endless · Fated White River · Transcendence's Inferior Inferior Myriad Heavens Staff" no longer spoke with his earlier arrogant, overbearing tone, but with a rare calm that carried a measure of solemnity.
"I will report what I know about you... truthfully to the great White River..."
"You and I... on the battlefields of the future... will become partners with an even deeper bond..."
As he spoke, he tossed the Truth Realm and "Health Ancient Tree · Reversal" to Zhou Heng.
The two objects traced two arcs through the void and landed securely in Zhou Heng's hands.
"I don't know what