Beyond the planet, the cosmos lay deathly still.
Several figures of differing shapes loomed in the void.
Dense demonic energy surged like a vast ocean, dimming the surrounding starlight as it roiled.
Some had taken human form, while others revealed parts of their true bodies.
But every gaze was fixed on the inhabited planet where the Heavenly Peace Ancient Stockade stood!
"Heh..."
The Ox-Head Beast Venerable, tens of thousands of feet tall and covered in bulging muscles, slowly lowered his raised palm.
That world-destroying meteor shower had come from its Life-Bound Divine Ability.
Yet even with the other Saint Venerables helping conceal its aura until the moment it struck,
his opponent had still blocked every last meteor.
Two streams of scorching white vapor jetted from his nostrils as he chuckled in a deep, rumbling voice.
"He really does have some skill!"
"No wonder he killed that sermon-loving pig. I'm starting to believe your theory, Old Bone Demon!"
In the shadows,
A flicker of profound shock crossed the eyes of the Blackfeather Elder who had received that praise.
Everyone who had cultivated to the Creation Realm knew exactly what this meant.
In such a short time, their opponent had actually reacted and perfectly neutralized the Ox-Head Beast Venerable's divine ability...
Someone capable of that was anything but ordinary.
He stared fixedly at the planet below and murmured,
"There's no mistaking this aura."
"Perfectly integrated laws, a world unto himself... That brat really has entered the Creation Realm!"
"But how is that possible?"
"If he really became a Creation Realm Saint Venerable, how did he conceal it from our senses back on the Qingfeng Continent?"
"Did Miexiang really fail to notice anything right up until his death?"
It was truly inconceivable!
Not every Beast Venerable cared about that, however. An incongruous voice