A long while passed.
The Thousand-Eyed Star Lord let out a heavy, muffled grunt. As long as no one had seen through him.
"Star Lord." Beside him, a being of the "Great Dao" emerged, a creation born of his Great Dao.
"The world..." The Thousand-Eyed Star Lord faltered, his eyes so grave that a chilling fear surfaced within them.
"Your suspicions are correct, Star Lord."
The being lowered its head and said calmly, "An existence is correcting time and the Heaven and Earth Veins, slaughtering its way here from the Old Era. Star Lord, we have no way out. Even the Great Dao is showing signs of imminent collapse."
Just as I thought!
The Thousand-Eyed Star Lord's heart sank. His thousand eyes had collapsed, and Nanhua had emerged. A powerful existence must have been stirring the winds and clouds behind the scenes. He simply never imagined that it could stir his divine ability's Great Dao out of existence. That had been his means of survival since ancient times.
Just moments ago.
The Immortal Ancestor Tongyuan had wanted him to join the battle. How was he supposed to fight...?!
He had merely been forcing himself to keep up appearances. Now he was a paper tiger, stripped of all immortal power, without even his innate means of survival.
"I will go to the Outer Regions to fetch someone," the Thousand-Eyed Star Lord said impassively. "Lead the Dao Spirits and continue guarding the Star Abyss."
"Yes, Star Lord."
A day later.
The Thousand-Eyed Star Lord fled, vanishing without a trace. In any case, he never returned to his lair in the Star Abyss again.
The middle reaches of the Primordial Chaos Immortal River.
Heaven and earth erupted into turmoil.
Every sigh of wind and cry of a crane set nerves on edge.