Hum!
That sound pierced through heaven and earth.
It was something that had crossed untold billions of miles of void, pierced countless layers of primordial chaos barriers, and disregarded every restriction sealing the Eternal Imperial City before falling upon the Eternal City Lord-
A gaze.
It was not heavy, nor did it carry even a hint of oppressive intent.
It was simply a glance.
Casual, indifferent, like someone looking toward a distant place from long ago, whose eyes happened to sweep over a speck of dust beside the road.
Di Zhao's expression changed drastically.
Throughout his life, through countless ages, he had subdued True Immortals, sealed ancient domains, and looked down upon the rise and fall of myriad worlds with the power of eternity. Nothing had ever caused so much as the slightest crack in his Dao heart.
But at that moment.
His spine turned ice-cold.
It was not caused by an outside force, not suppression by the Great Dao, not anything that could be explained, resisted, or measured through cultivation.
It was instinct.
His instinct, tempered through the ages and long since as unyielding as eternity itself, told him something unprecedented in that instant-
That person is far older than you imagine.
Far stronger.
Di Zhao did not move.
He remained standing atop the city wall, utterly motionless, but the thread of time pinched in his palm quietly tightened at that moment.
It was an unconscious movement.
Even he had not noticed it.
The primordial chaos purple qi remained frozen thirty feet around him, and the Eternal Imperial City's myriad Dao restrictions continued operating silently. Everything was as usual, yet everything was utterly different.
He slowly raised his eyes toward the direction the voice had come from.
There was nothing.
Across billions of miles, the primordial chaos void churned