"How dare you!!!"
The instant that whale cry echoed, the "Lord of Compassion · ...%￥%...￥ · (•́へ•́╬) · Yixuxi," seated high above the entire Eleventh Dimension, abruptly opened his eyes wide.
Endless, brilliant radiance erupted from his sinister eyes.
That radiance was blinding beyond measure, like a blazing sun condensed from pure malice exploding in the night, instantly illuminating the entire pitch-black Fated Black River.
At the same time, that brilliant radiance cast his previously rather calm face into a twisted, savage visage.
Rage fierce enough to burn everything shot from his wide-open eyes, like a ferocious beast that had lain dormant for endless ages, now thoroughly enraged.
Even with the palace masters of the Boundless Celestial Palace, led by the "Lord of the Boundless," blocking his way, he brazenly struck.
An indescribably enormous hand suddenly reached down from high above.
That colossal hand tore through layer upon layer of space, pulverizing the clouds and undercurrents filling the sky. As its five fingers spread, even the Fated Black River, which had surged for endless ages, was forcibly pressed into a bottomless depression.
With the might to destroy heaven and earth, it viciously grabbed toward Zhou Heng, who was being carried along on the charging whale deep within the Fated Black River.
The instant that colossal hand descended, the "Lord of the Boundless" and the other palace masters of the Boundless Celestial Palace also unleashed their full power.
The "Lord of the Boundless" gently waved the Willow Tree Branch in his hand. A light of utmost gentleness yet utmost vastness abruptly spread out, like a curtain of light spanning heaven and earth, firmly bracing against the colossal hand.
Each wave of that Willow Tree Branch seemed to stir the rhythm of the entire world, dissolving the overwhelming malice clinging to that