Chapter 1828: The Grand Finale

The instant Sect Master An's two pupils transformed into emerald snake pupils, her body abruptly stiffened.

A wail filled with resentment and unwillingness surged out from within her, dimming the stars, robbing the sun and moon of their light, and causing the world to change color.

"Ah! I am unwilling! I had clearly already reached this step!"

"I was supposed to be the most perfect existence! I am their fusion; the chaos of this world should have been ended by me!"

"Li Luo! Li Luo!!"

Li Luo listened calmly to the unwilling wail emanating from within Li Li Lingjing's body, and said lightly, "You are merely an error. I promised Xiao E that I would help her correct this error born of her."

"Then, farewell."

The Staff of Rank that Li Luo gripped tightly in his hand slowly stomped down. The will of the world churned, and an invisible great hand descended, piercing through Li Li Lingjing's body and directly clutching Sect Master An's final consciousness.

The great hand of the world's will suddenly clenched tight.

The wail cut off abruptly.

The wind in the world seemed to stop at that very instant.

Silence, utterly still.

Not a single strange sound arose in the entire world.

Yet that once heaven-and-earth-oppressing terrifying aura, accompanied by the gradually excited expressions of countless living beings in the world, began to dissipate.

At this moment, Sect Master An had finally fallen!

All living beings could clearly feel that destructive pressure once hanging over their heads receding. They knew what had happened, yet still could hardly dare believe it.

They feared it was merely an illusion.

That Sect Master An, who had nearly plunged the Ten Great Outer Shenzhou into destruction and driven many Li Li Tianwang to despair and terror, had truly fallen?!

No one knew how long the silence lasted, but finally countless sobs suppressed to the extreme rang out throughout the Outer Shenzhou world. No one could imagine what fear and despair the world's living beings had endured when Sect Master An had been on the verge of seizing the world's authority.

Boom!

The next instant, the sobs transformed into earth-shattering cheers and acclamations.

Countless living beings were so excited their eyes brimmed with hot tears; it was the wild joy of having survived a calamity. They were now madly venting the fear within their hearts, hysterically.

The entire world seemed to tremble at this moment.

This world-destroying calamity, at this moment, had finally met its end.

Winds rose and clouds surged between heaven and earth; dawn light tore through the cloud layers, spilling into every corner of the Outer Shenzhou world.

And Li Luo gazed at the woman before him. On that fair yet bewitching cheek, the original cold harshness had all melted away, and within the emerald snake pupils still lingered a thick blankness.

Her red lips parted slightly as she gazed at the man before her, and in a dazed and indistinct voice, she softly said, "Li... Li Luo?"

Li Luo revealed a gentle smile.

"Cousin Li Lingjing, welcome back."

The blankness in Li Li Lingjing's eyes gradually receded. From the memories remaining in her body, she understood everything. She was silent for a long while, then finally broke into a faint smile.

"Thank you."

Her gaze, complex, fixed upon the man before her. She had not expected that the youth who had once walked into her grey world during her life's most desperate moment would, many years later, have reached this step.

Even this chaos stretching over countless years would be ended by his hand.

He would undoubtedly become the most magnificent legend of this world.

"For some time to come, I'll still need to ask Cousin to help me hold down the Dark World. The evil thoughts have not been completely eliminated, and aberrations will still breed." Li Luo waved his hand and smiled.

Li Li Lingjing said nothing more, merely giving a light nod in assent.

And Li Luo turned his head again, his gaze cast toward the Dark World.

With his current rank and realm, he could naturally see through this Dark World—it was a world of two sides in one with the Outer Shenzhou world, the two inherently being the sides of good and evil.

As long as the living beings of Outer Shenzhou produced negative emotions, those emotions would transform into evil thoughts, accumulating in the Dark World until reaching a certain threshold before erupting once more, forming calamity anew.

At that time, what was born might not be aberrations, but other sinister entities.

This was a law.

Therefore, completely eliminating the negative emotions of living beings was impossible, but they could be dissolved through other means.

Li Luo's eyes showed contemplation. Finally, fresh blood dripped from his fingertip; the blood fell into the Dark World and transformed into towering golden giant pagodas, as if Buddhist chants echoed through.

"Mortal beings possess good and evil. Today I forge the Aspect of Merit. Mortals who cultivate may cultivate the power of merit, dissolve their own evil thoughts, slay inner demons, and ascend to the Great Dao."

Li Luo's grand, low voice resounded in the hearts of every living being in the world.

In the identity of the World Sovereign, he established new laws for the world's path of cultivation.

Evil thoughts cannot be severed; only merit, representing good, can dissolve them. When the two are balanced, the world will naturally be at peace.

"We bow to the Sovereign!"

Countless living beings prostrated themselves piously in worship. They knew Li Luo was opening everlasting peace for all ages; such magnificent power could only be achieved by Li Luo, who had attained the position of Sovereign.

From now on, the world would possess the power of merit, which could restrain the spread of evil thoughts.

Without sufficient accumulation of evil thoughts, the Dark World would gradually merge into the Outer Shenzhou world, and no more aberrations or sinister entities would breed.

Li Luo overlooked the world. He could sense that, as he attained the position of Sovereign, the Outer Shenzhou world seemed to have been completely activated as well; the world barriers were gradually expanding, and those Outer Shenzhou that had once vanished would gradually return.

The Outer Shenzhou world would, in the future, reach an unprecedented brilliance.

After enduring the chaos of long years, everything had been ended by his hand.

This story, too, would finally reach its end.

However, there were still many loose ends that needed his attention.

While the world was immersed in the wild revelry of having survived a calamity, Li Luo's figure appeared at a certain place in Outer Shenzhou. This was a forbidden zone that even Li Li Tianwang of the Divine Fruit level did not dare set foot in lightly, for it was a terrifying Huan Jing.

A Huan Jing laid down by Bai Bai Mengmeng at the cost of her own eternal fall, within which a Great Demon King of the Divine Fruit level was trapped.

Li Li Tianwang Jiang and the others had once come here, attempting to break the Huan Jing and awaken Bai Bai Mengmeng from within, but ultimately, lacking confidence and fearing they might cause negative effects to Bai Bai Mengmeng, they dared not act.

But now, all of this appeared trivial in Li Luo's eyes.

Deep, profound light flowed within his pupils. The Huan Jing before him, which even Li Li Tianwang himself had dreaded, had been seen through by him. At the deepest part of the Huan Jing, he saw a girl curled up, her pure and pretty face occasionally streaked with traces of fear.

Thinking about it, this kind of terrifying Huan Jing was undoubtedly like hell for Bai Bai Mengmeng, whose personality was already timid and weak.

But back then, she had still, without hesitation, chosen such a resolute method.

Only because she had no other options left.

Li Luo opened his mouth and gently exhaled a ball of flame. The flame spread silently, burning this terrifying Huan Jing before his eyes clean in an instant.

The space gradually returned to normal.

Li Luo extended his arms and held a petite figure that had fallen from the space horizontally in his embrace, smiling as he said: "Hey, Bai Mengmeng, time to wake up."

Hearing his call, Bai Bai Mengmeng's thick, brush-like eyelashes trembled slightly in his embrace, then gradually opened her big, dewy eyes. She gazed at the familiar face reflected in her sight, was stunned for a moment, then murmured: "Another illusion like this?"

Then she was about to close her eyes again.

Li Luo laughed in spite of himself, just as he was about to speak, a sudden burst of overwhelming, malevolent aura erupted within the Huan Jing — it was the "Evil Abyss Great Demon King" sealed within.

"Hee hee hee, who would have thought this seat would one day break free!"

That towering demonic shadow was wild with joy, letting out a sharp shriek.

Only then did Bai Bai Mengmeng suddenly open her eyes wide, staring at Li Luo with a pale little face, urgently saying: "Be careful! The Evil Abyss Great Demon King has also broken free from the illu—"

However, before her words had fully fallen, she saw Li Luo extend his palm and slap down through the air toward the Evil Abyss Great Demon King. That Evil Abyss Great Demon King, who had once forced her into a desperate corner, didn't even manage to let out a scream before being smashed into wisps of black smoke, vanishing into thin air between heaven and earth.

Bai Bai Mengmeng opened her little mouth wide, staring at this scene in shock.

Li Luo then released his arms, set her down, and said: "Bai Mengmeng, it's all over."

"Come, I'll take you back to Outer Shenzhou."

He smiled, the space around him shifted, and when he reappeared, he was already within the city of Outer Shenzhou.

And before his eyes, two people were embracing passionately, excited because the chaos of the world had come to an end.

It was Seeing Yu Lang and Bai Bai Doudou.

They hadn't noticed Li Luo and Bai Bai Mengmeng suddenly appearing, and Li Luo didn't alert them either. He just watched with great interest as the two kissed intensely. Just as the situation was about to grow more heated, Bai Bai Mengmeng finally couldn't take it anymore and called out with a flushed little face: "Sister!"

"Ah!"

Bai Bai Doudou was startled awake, only then noticing two people standing before her. She immediately couldn't help but shriek, and at the same time, with a grip of her hand, a long spear flashed into existence, ready to slash down.

However, the next moment, the long spear froze, because she saw the tear-stained cheeks of Bai Bai Mengmeng.

Clatter.

The long spear in Bai Bai Doudou's hand dropped. She gazed at Bai Bai Mengmeng trembling, tears sliding uncontrollably from her eyes, and finally rushed forward fiercely, embracing Bai Bai Mengmeng, her voice trembling: "Bai Mengmeng! Bai Mengmeng! Is it really you?"

Bai Bai Mengmeng wiped her tears and nodded: "Sister, it's me, I've come back."

Bai Bai Doudou could no longer hold back the emotions in her heart. She hugged Bai Bai Mengmeng and began to wail loudly, crying her heart out. Over these years, the longing for Bai Bai Mengmeng in her heart had driven her nearly mad. If it weren't for Seeing Yu Lang by her side, she didn't know how she would have endured.

But fortunately, the sister she had originally thought she could never see again had, at this moment, returned.

Li Luo watched the embracing, weeping sisters, then smiled and looked toward Seeing Yu Lang beside them. The latter looked back at him, licked his lips, rubbed his hands together and said: "Your status is way too high now, I don't even know what to say. How about I kowtow first?"

"If you're going to be that polite, I can accept it." Li Luo nodded with a smile.

"Huh?" Seeing Yu Lang was dumbfounded. Good lord, that shameless? Well then, don't blame me then.

Seeing Yu Lang directly went weak in both legs and kowtowed.

But before he could finish kowtowing, a feeling of the world spinning hit him. When he came to again, he found himself still standing in place, unmoved. He immediately let out a sheepish chuckle.

Li Luo smiled and extended his hand, patting Seeing Yu Lang on the shoulder.

The next moment, Seeing Yu Lang suddenly felt a scorching sensation emanating from his body, then he froze abruptly, because he detected that within his body, the phase palace that had completely dissolved from his previous use of the "Primordial Transformation Art" had, at this moment, grown back.

Seeing Yu Lang's expression froze. The disappearance of the phase palace was a problem in this world that even Li Li Tianwang couldn't solve, yet now, with a light pat from Li Luo's palm, it had been smoothly restored.

"In the future, you could try walking the path of the Ten Thousand Phases Seed." Li Luo smiled. At this moment, Seeing Yu Lang's phase palace was completely empty inside, which was perfect for walking the path of the Ten Thousand Phases Seed. After resolving the other's phase palace issue, he had also transmitted the cultivation method for the Ten Thousand Phases Seed along with it.

However, this path could only truly be the Ten Thousand Phases Seed, and could no longer transform into the Formless Seed.

Seeing Yu Lang's eyes gradually reddened, with tears welling up. Over these years, both his phase palace and phase nature had vanished. Although he acted as if he didn't care much, he ultimately couldn't truly let it go completely. And now, Li Luo had once again given him a new lease on life.

Seeing Yu Lang gazed at the smiling man before him. He knew that the other's status was now completely different from before. He was honored as the "World Sovereign," and even Li Tianwang-level powerhouses would hold reverence when facing him.

But Seeing Yu Lang could still feel that, when facing old friends like them, Li Luo still maintained that same mindset from before.

Compared to the sincere, honest youth from South Wind Academy back then, the current Li Luo had changed a great deal, yet also hadn't truly changed.

Li Luo looked at the emotionally stirred Seeing Yu Lang, smiled, and extended his fist, just like back in the academy when two youths first met.

Seeing Yu Lang extended his fist and bumped it against his, saying softly: "Li Luo, thanks."

Then he hesitated for a moment and asked: "There's a question I want to ask you..."

"Go ahead."

"Where's Qing'er?"

Li Luo was silent for several breaths. A woman as pure as ice and snow flashed through his mind — she had ultimately, without hesitation, chosen to self-destruct, buying him time.

"I'll find a way to revive her," he said.

Seeing Yu Lang looked at him and said: "Her self-destruction was thorough, not leaving behind a single trace of aura. Perhaps that was her attitude and choice. I don't doubt your ability to revive her, but..."

Facing this question, even Li Luo, as the World Sovereign, could only let out a soft sigh, then turn and leave.

After that, Li Luo's figure appeared in various places across the Ten Great Outer Shenzhou. With unfathomable divine power, he revived some Li Tianwang-level powerhouses who had self-destructed in the previous War of Return-to-One to protect him.

However, not all Li Tianwang were revived — only those whose aura remained could be done.

But just as Seeing Yu Lang had said, Li Luo had not found any aura left behind by Lv Qing'er.

Her self-destruction was too thorough, destroying everything about herself, including even the slightest trace of aura.

Li Luo stood in the eternal frozen soil that had formed after Lv Qing'er's fall, his expression somewhat complicated. Lv Qing'er's aura had vanished completely. Perhaps she knew he possessed means of revival, so she deliberately left thoroughly, not wanting to leave behind any trace of longing.

Li Luo extended his palm, and a wisp of cold qi was seen emanating from within his body, condensing into an ice lotus seed in his palm.

This was the "Heaven Lotus Cold Qi."

Long ago, in the Spirit Phase Cave Heaven, Li Luo had met Lv Qing'er. He had helped the latter obtain the "Ice God Lotus," and Lv Qing'er had extracted the "Heaven Lotus Cold Qi" from within it and given it to him.

This cold energy later helped Li Luo forge the Ice Aspect.

Lü Qing'er's aura had already dissipated into the world, yet within this wisp of "Heavenly Lotus Cold Qi," a trace of longing lay hidden.

Li Luo held the Ice Lotus Seed, silent for a long while, then pried open the frozen soil with his fingers and placed the seed at the deepest point.

He nurtured it with the most extreme Cold Ice rank in the world, hoping that one day the seed would bloom.

The chaos that had stretched across the long years of the world finally came to an end with Li Luo's ascension to "World Sovereign."

Outer Shenzhou welcomed an unprecedented era of peace.

The world's fortune, once overdrawn by the Ten Years of Heavenly Fortune, was now recovering at a staggering pace under Li Luo's urging, and the Outer Shenzhou world welcomed unprecedented development and growth.

Li Li Tianwang after Li Li Tianwang continued to emerge throughout the world, forging a resplendent golden age.

And amid that glorious age, within the House Luolan Mansion in the great Xia City, red candles were lit.

The small House Luolan Mansion was now the most honored place in the world; even Li Li Tianwang-level strongholds could hardly gain entry.

And tonight, House Luolan Mansion welcomed a special moment.

A small but profoundly meaningful wedding was held here.

Those present were few—Li Taixuan and Dantai Lan sat in the seats of honor; Li Li Jingzhe, Li Li Qingpeng, Li Li Jinpan, Yan Changsheng, Seeing Yu Lang, and other relatives and friends were seated, all watching with beaming smiles the perfect pair standing in the hall.

Beneath the red candles, Jiang Jiang Qinge in her phoenix coronet and colorful ceremonial robes had jade features tinted by candlelight, radiating an unprecedentedly bright and beautiful glow.

Li Luo held her hand and, in the witness of all, knelt and bowed to Li Taixuan and Dantai Lan in the hall.

Beneath the red candles, the bride and groom gazed at each other, tenderness and smiles flowing in their eyes.

The engagement forged in their childhood finally completed its last rite at this moment.

A hundred years later.

The Outer Shenzhou world had evolved from the original Ten Outer Shenzhou into forty-nine provinces, the golden age blazing like a great sun, its might extending across the heavens.

The Holy Profound Star Academy.

No—now this former Holy Academy had been elevated, not to an Ancient Academy, but had become the sole "Divine Academy" in the Outer Shenzhou world.

Hence its name had been changed to "Divine Profound Star Academy."

For the academy's dean was none other than the current "World Sovereign," Li Luo.

This was the matter he had once promised Pang Pang Qianyuan.

At this moment, within a grand hall in the academy, top geniuses from all over Outer Shenzhou sat upright and proper, waiting for today's instructor to arrive and teach.

Low murmurs of whispering rose within the hall.

"I heard today's instructor is an extremely beautiful woman, and she's only recently come to the academy."

"Oh? Just arrived and already daring to teach?"

"I heard her connections are very solid."

"Don't be ridiculous. In this academy, even the Lords only dare to act according to the academy rules—what connections would dare be used here?"

"Seems like I heard... it was recommended by the Sovereign."

At these words, the unruly geniuses in the hall fell silent one after another. That name carried an indescribable pressure by nature, leaving no one daring to jest or gossip, so they could only exchange glances, and then boundless curiosity arose.

Suddenly, faint footsteps came from outside the hall.

Then, under the curious, awed gazes of the many geniuses, a cold current flowed through the air, as if freezing into frost on the ground. The next moment, a slender, shapely woman with ice-blue long hair stepped onto the frost and entered the hall.

Her features were like a goddess of ice and snow, radiating a piercing cold aura. Her long hair fell to her waist, seeming as if transformed from countless fine ice crystals, emitting light, pleasant notes as they drifted and brushed against each other.

The many geniuses in the hall did not dare to offend and rose in unison to bow.

The woman's ice-blue eyes gazed at those unruly young faces, and for an instant she felt a slight daze—she recalled scene after scene from years ago in this very place, but that was already many years past.

The next moment, her clear, pleasant voice, threaded with an icy clarity, echoed through the hall.

"My surname is Lü. From now on, you may call me Instructor Lü."

"Yes, Instructor Lü!"

All responded respectfully.

The woman's clear, pleasant voice echoed within the hall as she lectured the many geniuses.

A long while later, when the bell signaling the end of class rang, the woman finally stopped her lecture. Her beautiful features were as calm as Binghu, and she did not engage in excessive conversation with any student—merely quietly organizing her lecture notes before turning to leave.

Only as she walked out of the hall did she, as if by some intuition, raise her head. Her gaze pierced through space and saw atop a distant star tower two figures standing side by side.

One man, one woman.

Their eyes met. A faint, subtle smile surfaced on the icy-snow features of the woman called Instructor Lü, and she nodded in greeting.

On the star tower, Li Luo withdrew his gaze.

Over the hundred years, his appearance had not changed much, but his aura had grown ever more unfathomable. When his gaze, deep as an abyss, swept across Outer Shenzhou, even lofty Lord-realm strongholds could not help but feel a tremor of awe in their hearts, inwardly sighing that the Sovereign had reached an inconceivable realm.

And the one beside him was, naturally, Jiang Jiang Qinge.

The current Jiang Jiang Qinge had likewise reached the Lord realm, and the path she walked was not the "Lord realm" that Li Luo had pioneered, but—like him in the past—she had chosen a far more arduous path: proving the Ten-Rank Light Aspect.

This path could achieve the position of "Upper Lord," one tier higher than the Lords of the world.

Her matchless, breathtaking features, under the rendering of that sacred aura, seemed even more untouchable, beyond any hint of profanity.

"The Dark World is about to fully merge into the Outer Shenzhou world." At this moment, Jiang Jiang Qinge's golden gaze pierced through the void, looking toward that Dark World that had once brought endless chaos to the Outer Shenzhou world. The malice there had completely dissipated, gradually merging with the Outer Shenzhou world, and once the fusion was complete, it would cause this world's fortune and rank to rise once again.

Li Luo nodded slightly. By his ear, it seemed, rang the roar produced by the world's fusion. The will of the world gathered entirely within his heart; wherever his gaze reached, he could reshape heaven and earth at will.

When the Dark World fully merged into the Outer Shenzhou world, the river of years seemed to grow longer, and Li Luo glimpsed more secrets unknown to others.

"Jiang Qinge."

"Mm?"

"Do you know the origin of the Otherkind?"

"Isn't it because of the Source of All Evil?"

"Then what is the origin of that Source of All Evil?"

Jiang Jiang Qinge was momentarily stunned. Wasn't the Source of All Evil born from the negative emotions of the living beings of the Outer Shenzhou world? Li Luo's words—did they mean the Source of All Evil was not actually born from that?

Li Luo's calm voice came through: "Although the Dark World does accumulate the negative emotions of the world, and from them gives birth to evil aberrations, this 'Source of All Evil' was not born from the negative emotions of the Outer Shenzhou world."

"On the contrary, it was precisely because of this thing's existence that the negative emotions of the Dark World gathered together, and then, earlier than originally intended, transformed into a world-ending calamity."

Jiang Jiang Qinge's expression gradually grew solemn as she said: "Then where did this 'Source of All Evil' come from?"

Li Luo raised his head, his profound gaze piercing through countless spaces to the edge of the world, and said calmly: "Naturally, it came from beyond the world."

"Beyond the world?!" Jiang Jiang Qinge's heart trembled.

Li Luo nodded slightly, saying with some emotion: "After I became the Sovereign of Outer Shenzhou, this world has already reached its peak. I can sense that beyond the heavens there are more heavens, beyond the realms there are more realms—this is called a cosmos."

The River of Time stirred in Li Luo's eyes, and extremely ancient images pierced through spacetime, reflecting into his gaze.

He saw everything.

In an ancient era, an incomparably terrifying existence once passed by from outside the Outer Shenzhou world. It paused outside this yet-to-be-awakened world, its gaze filled with covetousness and a far-reaching scheme, watching this world for a long time.

It discovered the tremendous potential contained within this world, and at the same time, a Sovereign of a Realm had yet to be born within it.

But at that time, the world had not yet connected with the outside realms, and the world's barrier was extremely tight. That terrifying existence could not forcefully shake it, so ultimately it exhausted every means, even going so far as to consume its own origin and foundation, to send one thing into the Outer Shenzhou world.

After completing this scheme, that terrifying existence lingered once more for a long time before gradually disappearing.

"The Source of All Evil was what It sent into the Outer Shenzhou world?" Jiang Jiang Qinge's voice rang out. Because Li Luo was holding her hand, these images were seen by her as well.

"What does It want to do?"

Li Luo said calmly: "It was a seed."

"A seed?"

Li Luo nodded and said: "A resurrection true seed. It was using the negative emotions of the Outer Shenzhou world to nurture that true seed. This was a contingency It had schemed. It seems It was about to do something major—something It had no absolute certainty of succeeding at. Therefore It buried this resurrection seed within the Outer Shenzhou world. In the future, if It failed and perished, It could use this resurrection seed to be reborn from within our world."

Jiang Jiang Qinge's eyes flickered with cold intent. So the most fundamental reason for the prolonged chaos that had continued in the Outer Shenzhou world was actually a contingency left behind by this existence from beyond the realms for Its own sake.

This was the true culprit!

"No need for anger. This resurrection seed has already been completely eradicated, and I think Its end was probably not a pleasant one," Li Luo said.

"Oh? It failed?"

Jiang Jiang Qinge was somewhat astonished. The power of that terrifying existence was unimaginably strong—perhaps only the current Li Luo could defeat it. Yet now, even such an existence had failed?

"But it's good that It failed. It saves me from having to seek It out in the future to settle this karmic debt."

Li Luo spoke calmly. The other party had stirred up such a calamity in the Outer Shenzhou world—this karmic debt was too heavy. If It were still alive, Li Luo would have to personally go and settle it.

Jiang Jiang Qinge nodded and said: "Then It really was unlucky. Of all places to put this resurrection seed, It had to put it in the Outer Shenzhou world. If you hadn't ultimately eradicated the Source of All Evil, It might really have succeeded in resurrecting."

Hearing this, Li Luo couldn't help but laugh.

"What are you laughing at?" Jiang Jiang Qinge asked, puzzled.

"I laugh that even if It truly could resurrect successfully, It would likely still be unable to escape a path of death," Li Luo said.

"Why?"

Li Luo's gaze looked far off beyond the world, his expression unreadable, and he said: "Because this unlucky fellow offended too many people. Others have already followed the traces of karma and found their way here."

Li Luo's gaze pierced through the world's barrier. He saw, in a distant place beyond the realms, in a void filled with vast thundering astral energy, the faint appearance of an ancient dragon shadow. The dragon shadow radiated the primordial, ancient-progenitor aura of the moment of creation.

Upon the dragon shadow, a towering figure could be seen seated cross-legged, Its gaze like an abyss, like a prison, looking over.

"Congratulations on achieving the Great Realm Sovereign," the figure seated upon the ancestral dragon spoke with a warm, ancient laugh.

Li Luo nodded in salute, then his gaze shifted once more, casting toward another, even more distant direction. In the endless sea of realms that even time could hardly reach, a towering light was released, illuminating all realms. Within that boundless, majestic radiance, three magnificent figures exuding world-suppressing auras could faintly be seen standing.

Their gazes pierced through the distant boundaries of spacetime, meeting Li Luo's gaze, and they cupped their hands in salute from afar.

At this moment, there seemed to be a vast laughter, coming from afar.

"We thank the new Sovereign for helping our Great Thousand World eradicate this lingering threat."