The words had barely fallen.
Dragon claws trod the void.
Space collapsed.
Dragon tails swung.
Heaven and earth lost their balance.
They were not escorting it, but pulling it.
Rumble-
The entire Immortal Palace slowly advanced.
Wherever it passed, space collapsed layer upon layer, then continually regenerated. The Heaven and Earth Laws were forced to give way, and even the flow of time fell into disorder.
Across the Nine Provinces.
True Immortal Realm powerhouses from every faction abruptly looked up.
Some felt their pupils sharply contract.
Some felt their souls quake.
Some even involuntarily took a step back.
Suddenly.
Deep within the Immortal Palace.
A hazy figure slowly rose.
In an instant-
Ten thousand dragons shuddered in unison!
Every dragon lowered its head at once, its body sinking slightly, as though bearing a will it could not defy.
Boom!
The entire Nine Provinces Heavenly Vein Immortal Firmament pressed down another measure.
Mountains and rivers shook.
Deep within the Immortal Palace.
That figure finally revealed himself in full.
He slowly took a step forward.
No phenomenon erupted.
No brilliance soared into the heavens.
Yet the instant he appeared-
The entire Immortal Palace drawn by ten thousand dragons sank slightly.
As though what bore him was not a palace, but a world bending beneath his weight.
His figure was tall and straight, as though cast by the Great Dao itself.
A plain white robe hung from his shoulders, yet it was not made of cloth. It seemed condensed from countless tiny fragments of laws. Dao patterns like starlight flowed faintly through its hem, and every slight movement drew ripples through the void.
His hair was black as ink, neither tied nor crowned, falling naturally without a trace of disorder.
Instead, it seemed bound by some invisible rule, each strand distinct.
That was