He slowly stepped forward, and the earth beneath his feet shattered with each step he took. The shattered continents exploded, turning into countless tiny fragments of stars that tumbled and flew through the Void. The shattered lands erupted with blinding light, and all the fragments, drawn by the light, rapidly converged, spun, and coalesced, eventually evolving into two enormous vortexes.
The vortex, like two gaping maws, stretched across the Void at the core of the Astral Realm. From the depths of the vortex, two incredibly powerful auras suddenly burst forth, like ancient beasts that had been dormant for a long time being awakened, releasing a terrifying aura that could make the entire Astral Realm tremble!
The gazes of all the Eternal were drawn to the two vortexes.
From within one of the vortexes, a gigantic hand enveloped in lightning and frost suddenly emerged. The hand was enormous, each finger like a mountain range spanning the heavens and earth, its surface covered in dense lightning patterns and frost totems, emanating a terrifying, oppressive, and frenzied aura. With a violent tremor, the entire vortex shattered like fragile glass, transforming into countless points of light that dissipated into the Void.
A tall and imposing figure emerged from the shattered vortex.
His figure was extremely tall, his muscles bulging like cast iron, every inch of his skin radiating a light interwoven with the laws of lightning and frost. His wild hair danced wildly, each strand wrapped with fine lightning bolts, crackling and popping. His eyes were like two stars that had gathered the essence of ancient glaciers, cold and mad, sweeping across the surrounding battlefield with a deep, oppressive sense of indifference.
He surveyed his surroundings, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes, which were shrouded in lightning, before he burst into laughter. "So many Eternal! Truly worthy of the Astral Realm! The second most powerful realm in the Chaos Sea after my Eternity Domain!"
"Lord of Frost and Thunder, it's you?!"
The Magic Pioneer's sharp shout came from the side. His gaze was fixed on the newly appeared, imposing figure, his eyes filled with deep apprehension and vigilance. As one of the veteran Eternal of the Astral Realm, the Magic Pioneer was naturally very familiar with the top experts of the various forces in the Chaos Sea. This Lord of Frost and Thunder was infamous throughout the Chaos Sea —he was a top existence in the Eternity Domain, wielding the dual ultimate laws of lightning and ice, and his combat power belonged to the very top tier among Second-Step Eternity One.
"Oh, it's you, Dale."
The Lord of Frost and Thunder looked in the direction of the voice and saw the Magic Pioneer. He spoke nonchalantly, his tone filled with undisguised arrogance and disdain. "What, have the injuries I inflicted on you in the Chaos Sea healed already?"
The Magic Pioneer's expression instantly turned extremely grim. He had indeed had a fierce battle with the Lord of Frost and Thunder —it was in the previous era when he unexpectedly encountered the Lord of Frost and Thunder while exploring a ruin deep within the Chaos Sea. In that battle, he was almost completely overwhelmed by the Lord of Frost and Thunder, and only managed to escape by sacrificing a supreme treasure. That crushing defeat was one of the few humiliations in the Magic Pioneer's long history, and for it to be mentioned so casually now was tantamount to rubbing salt into his wounds.
The Magic Pioneer ignored the Lord of Frost and Thunder and abruptly turned to the Mother of the Stars, shouting sternly, "You actually brought in a powerful alien! Aren't you afraid of inviting a tiger into your house?!"
The Mother of the Stars did not answer, but merely raised her chin slightly, gesturing for the Magic Pioneer to look at another vortex.
From another vortex, another figure was slowly emerging.
He was much shorter than the Lord of Frost and Thunder, with the physique of an ordinary human, dressed in an extremely plain white robe. His face was extremely pale, almost transparent, as if he had not seen the sunlight for countless years. But what was most striking were his eyes—he had no pupils, his entire eye was a pure milky white, like two marble moons that had solidified Endless years, exuding a cold and desolate aura.
White-Pupiled Venerable.
"It's you?!" The voice of the Ruler of the Abyss echoed from the other side of the battlefield, filled with shock and disbelief. "Weren't you lost in the Destruction Tide?!"
The Destruction Tide, the most terrifying calamity in the Chaos Sea, sweeps across the entire Chaos Sea every time it appears, annihilating everything in its path, causing the laws to collapse, and disrupting Space-Time. Everything is Destruction, including the Eternal themselves.
So-called transcendence is essentially just a means to cross the Destruction Tide.
Before the final Destruction Tide takes shape, ordinary Eternal can briefly enter it and attempt to cross it, but it is still fraught with danger.
Those who survive an already formed Destruction Tide are extremely rare; even those One-Step Eternal death rate. The White-Pupiled Venerable disappeared in one such Destruction Tide, and everyone believed he had perished.
Hehe...
The White-Pupiled Venerable let out a low, hoarse laugh, like the rustling of dry twigs. "Thanks to the Mother of the Stars, I was able to escape. But after this, I owe you nothing, Stars."
He looked at the Mother of the Stars, his tone indifferent and detached.
"Hmm." The Mother of the Stars nodded slightly, her attitude equally indifferent.
The Lord of Frost and Thunder and Thunder quickly spoke up, his tone matter-of-fact and self-assured, "My condition remains the same! After you advance to the Third-Step Eternity, help me take over the Eternity Domain!"
"Yes." The Mother of the Stars nodded again.
"Very well!" The Lord of Frost and Thunder laughed heartily, his lightning and frost laws surging simultaneously, releasing an overwhelming sense of oppression. "Then I'll help you suppress all these troublesome fellows!"
He casually drew a long staff, which appeared in his hand.
The long staff was coiled in shape, like two giant pythons twisted together. One end of the staff was pure white, emanating an aura of extreme cold that could freeze the very soul; the other end was a deep purple, wreathed in Destruction lightning powerful enough to incinerate the laws of nature. At the top of each end of the staff, there was a gem that seemed to be formed from chaotic stars, emitting a faint light in the Void, each flash accompanied by a subtle tremor in the Astral Realm space.
Frost and Thunder Staff.
A Miracle Creation of twelve-star quality belongs to the top tier among all twelve-star creations in the Chaos Sea. It inherently carries two completely opposite ultimate laws: lightning and ice. In the hands of the Lord of Frost and Thunder, Eternal who cultivates both paths, it can unleash terrifying power far exceeding that of ordinary twelve-star creations.
The moment the long staff was in his hand, the Lord of Frost and Thunder's aura surged several levels higher. His hair moved without wind, each strand like a silver snake ignited by lightning, dancing wildly in the Void. Two tangible beams of cold light shot from his pupils, which were like ancient glaciers, and the Void swept by those beams faintly formed a layer of fine frost, which was then shattered into countless fragments by the following lightning.
Boom!
Countless bolts of lightning materialized out of thin air, striking the Frost and Thunder Staff like a torrential rain. The staff absorbed the power of the lightning, emitting a deafening hum, and then, with his hair flying wildly, the Lord of Frost and Thunder Lightning swung the staff out!
The staff's momentum carried an extreme sense of madness, as if it wanted to unleash all the pent-up frenzy and violence in this one strike. Wherever the staff passed, the Void was torn apart, leaving a long black trail, and the spatial structure on both sides of the trail was eroded by the intertwined aura of ice and fire, making it creak and groan.
The target of the staff strike was none other than the Magic Pioneer.
This Lord of Frost and Thunder, though seemingly domineering in his words, is actually quite cunning, choosing to target a Magic Pioneer has already suffered severe injuries.
However, theoretically speaking, the Magic Pioneer are indeed Second-Step Eternity, with soldiers against soldiers and generals against generals, and their realms are equal, so there doesn't seem to be much to say about it.