"What?!"
The Sun God's pupils contracted sharply. He clearly sensed that those black suns contained his own blazing power—not destroyed, but transformed, assimilated by the Netherworld energy into some strange creation that retained the characteristics of the blazing sun while being mixed with the Samsara energy of reincarnation.
"What kind of power is this?" the Sun God asked in a trembling voice.
Data streams swirled wildly in the eyes of the God of Law, his face growing paler. "This isn't pure Samsara power... it's Samsara power combined with some kind of... Aggregate of Evil Karma power? No, that's not right, it's more like... the Abyss? Hell? Not entirely..."
He suddenly stopped, because he sensed the essence of that power.
"It's cause and effect." The voice of the God of Law was extremely dry. "It's the karmic force, the greed, anger, ignorance, and resentment—the collective negative emotions—of the billions of beings in the Spirit Saint Domain, and even the Endless beings in the entire Chaos Sea. He used the Heaven-Bearing Reincarnation Disc to guide this karmic force out and merge it with the power of Samsara..."
Heavenly Emperor of Profound Arms coldly said, "Speak like a human."
"Simply put," the God of Law said, enunciating each word clearly, "The power He now wields is the power of Samsara combined with the power of the sins of Endless beings. This power naturally counters any pure Yang, light, or orderly law. Sun God, your Blazing Sun Divine Light will not only fail to penetrate it, but will also be assimilated by it, turning into a weapon to attack us."
The Sun God's expression finally changed.
Rumble--
Rumble--!!!
Like the sound of a river surging violently, it suddenly arose from the void. At first, the sound was far away, but in an instant, it seemed to be right next to you, causing the entire Spirit Saint Domain to tremble slightly. The sound grew louder and more urgent, like a great river bursting its banks or the Milky Way hanging upside down, carrying an unstoppable and magnificent momentum, surging out from the deepest part of the Nether Realm Netherworld and Yang realms, and soaring into the sky!
Black light surged wildly from beneath the earth.
The light was extremely dense, as viscous and black as liquid ink. It seeped from every crack in the earth's surface, gushed from every spring between mountains, and spread across every inch of the water in rivers, lakes, and seas. In just a few breaths, the black aura had covered the entire surface of the Spirit Saint Domain, and was still rising upwards at a frenzied speed!
In no time, the entire Spirit Saint Domain was transformed into a black sea.
The black sea is boundless, filled with surging underworld energy up and down, left and right. It is as thick as ink and bitingly cold, with a chill and deathly silence that makes one's soul tremble. In the black sea, one can vaguely see countless ferocious faces surging - those are the accumulations of hundreds of millions of creatures over the long years. Tired of greed, anger, obsession, resentment, and evil karma, they are a collection of their resentment, anger, greed, obsession, fear, despair, and all negative emotions. They are struggling, roaring, and writhing in the underworld, like a group of evil spirits that never rest, looking for a target to devour.
Meanwhile, the outside world...
In the Chaos Sea outside the Spirit Saint Domain, the power of that wave also penetrated the barrier between realms, completely encompassing the remnants of the three-way allied forces scattered outside the realm.
The Profound Arms Realm was the first to be affected.
The vast realm that had once floated in chaos was now entangled, enveloped, and eroded by countless streams of dark, nether energy. Countless cracks appeared on the realm's surface, spreading and widening at a visible speed, each crack releasing even more and denser nether energy. The Profound Arms Realm cultivators remaining within the realm were horrified to discover that their fighting spirit was fading, their will to fight was waning, and an indescribable sense of exhaustion, despair, and resignation surged from the deepest recesses of their hearts, causing them to gradually lose even the strength to grip their weapons.
"What's going on?!"
"Where is the Heavenly Emperor?!"
"This black aura... it's devouring my fighting spirit!"
My hands are shaking... I... I can't hold the knife anymore...
"No--Don't come any closer!!"
Chaos reigned.
The forces left outside by the Divine Realm and the Northern Spirit Empire also encountered the invasion of the Netherworld energy. The Angel were horrified to discover that their proud Holy Light was as fragile as paper before the Netherworld energy, easily penetrated, eroded, and assimilated. The silvery-white divine light quickly dimmed in the black energy, turning into strands of twisted, malicious dark light. The energy shields of the technological warships rapidly Dissolution under the erosion of the black energy, and the armor began to rust, crack, and peel off.
And that dark energy continued to spread.
Centered on the Spirit Saint Domain, they spread wildly in all directions like a drop of ink falling into clear water. Wherever they passed, the chaotic energy was dyed black, space was corroded with strange patterns, and even the flow of time became sluggish and distorted. Centered on the Spirit Saint Domain, the Chaos Sea within a radius of hundreds of millions of miles was transforming into an ocean of nether energy at a visible speed.
The three Eternal stand at the very core of this Nether Sea.
The Sun God, the God of Law, and the Heavenly Emperor of Profound Arms —three Eternity beings who have traversed the Chaos Sea for countless years—stood back to back in the vast ocean of black Nether Qi, their faces displaying an unprecedented solemnity.
The Sun God's most prized Blazing Sun Divine Light, the blazing sun, was fiercely suppressed by the dark energy. Every time he tried to unleash his power, he would be engulfed, eroded, and assimilated by an even denser dark energy. His Eternal Blazing Sun trembled violently, as if it were waging a life-or-death struggle against some power far more ancient and profound than itself.
The God of Law's power of order is also suppressed. The Netherworld represents chaos, disorder, and confusion, and naturally restrains the power of order. Once his divine chains of order extend beyond his body, they are corroded by the Netherworld, leaving them covered in rust, and he has to retract them into his body to nurture them anew.
The situation was slightly better for the Heavenly Emperor of Profound Arms. His Tiger Soul God-Seizing Saber was known for devouring divine souls, and it had a subtle resonance and antagonistic relationship with the Nether Qi, allowing him to maintain a certain level of combat power. However, he could feel that the Nether Qi was also trying to erode his sword intent and devour his fighting spirit. Although it could not defeat him for the time being, it was constantly wearing down his sharpness.
They were trapped.
They were trapped in Logo's world.
In the distance, at the highest point of the Heavenly Court, Logo stood with his hands behind his back.
The Heaven-Bearing Reincarnation Disc slowly rotated above his head, and the black Netherworld Qi, like his most loyal subjects, obediently surrounded him, daring not to overstep its bounds in the slightest. He looked down at the three Eternal who had been swallowed by the Nether Sea, his eyes as calm as ever, without any pride, elation, or condescending attitude.
He just watched them quietly, as if they were three insects caught in a spider's web.
Then, Logo raised his hand.
With palm facing down and fingers slightly spread, it's as if you're grasping an invisible chess piece.
·Slap.··34;
A crisp sound of a piece being placed echoed in his mind.
The entire Spirit Saint Domain froze completely in that instant.
The Heavenly Net, the Great Dao, the Spiritual Qi, the Nether Sea, the Power of Samsara —all of these were simultaneously tightening, compressing, and condensing, transforming into an invisible giant net that firmly locked the three Eternal within it.
An overwhelming aura of killing intent surged forth like a flood bursting its banks, descending upon the hearts of the three Eternal.
The ferocity, chilling intensity, and immense scale of that killing intent were something the three of them had never experienced in the long, Eternity years.
The Sun God's pupils suddenly contracted.
He finally understood one thing.
From beginning to end, from the first attack on the Spirit Saint Domain thousands of years ago until this very moment, the Heavenly Emperor of Spirit Saint Logo has only been stalling for time. He is waiting for the moment when the Heaven-Bearing Reincarnation Disc is fully repaired. And when that moment arrives, the three of them—no, the three of them along with their armies, their realms, and everything they own—will become pawns on Logo's chessboard.
Everything was under Logo's control.
This thought sent a chill down the spine of the Sun God.
In the distance, the figure in black still stood with his hands behind his back, as calm as ever, as if all of this was truly just a game of chess.
I am the only one who matters.
These four words were exceptionally clear in the Spirit Saint Domain at this moment.