Heaven and Earth seemed to be hollowed out for an instant.
After that Immortal Ancestor of the Thunder Dao vanished completely-
There was no corpse.
No soul.
Not even an echo of the Great Dao remained.
Only a void.
A void that left even True Immortals feeling suffocated.
The next moment.
BOOM-!!!
An indescribable lament suddenly rang out across the Nine Provinces Heavenly Continent.
It was not a sound.
It was Heaven and Earth themselves trembling.
Deep in the firmament, a trace of the Thunder Dao spanning ten thousand worlds began to dim rapidly, as though someone were erasing it from the river of time, bit by bit.
The Thunder Sea collapsed.
Thunderclouds scattered.
The Thunder Dao Law that had covered billions of miles of territory actually developed a rupture within mere breaths.
A True Immortal had fallen-
Heavenly grief descended.
But this heavenly grief was far more terrifying than any before it.
Because this was not a "fall."
Instead-
The Great Dao had been severed.
Across the Nine Provinces.
Countless old monsters who had spent untold ages in seclusion opened their eyes at once.
Their first reaction was not shock, fury, or terror.
It was bewilderment.
As though something were missing from Heaven and Earth.
Yet they could not say what.
Above the Heaven Marrow Mining Vein.
The remaining dozens of Immortal Ancestors fell utterly silent, frightened enough that their breathing went awry for an instant.
They no longer released their oppressive might.
Even their auras began to withdraw.
Because what they had just witnessed lay completely beyond their understanding.
"Karma... was severed?"
A white-haired Immortal Ancestor spoke hoarsely.
His pupils trembled slightly.
That was not fear.
His Dao heart was wavering.
"Impossible."
Another Immortal Ancestor slowly shook his head.
"A True Immortal's karma cannot be severed."
He spoke