Chapter 428: The Sky is Falling
The moment those words fell, the fifteen silhouettes slowly raised their hands.
In that instant, the entire dimensional barrier separating the Lower Realm and Upper Realm began to tremble in a way that transcended mortal comprehension, like a tremor that erupted from the depths of existence.
The countless dimensions embedded within the barrier began shaking simultaneously.
Countless concepts that ordinary Immortals could not even comprehend began producing ripples.
A supreme power slowly gathered around their hands.
It was not Divine Energy, and neither was it the power of the concepts of heaven and earth used by Immortals, but something far higher, a power that transcended the concepts of heaven and earth, originating from the very foundation of reality in this piece of heaven and earth.
The silhouettes slowly pushed forward.
At that very moment, something stirred ever so slightly.
In the endless Myriad Worlds, countless beings, whether mortal or cultivators, suddenly looked up in confusion.
In the Lower Realm, every Half Immortal and Vagrant Immortal felt their hearts tremble, feeling that ever distant "will" had suddenly come incredibly close.
In the Upper Realm, countless ancient Immortals sensed something indescribable.
And in the 33 Heavens Divine Realm, some supreme existences slowly raised their heads, looking at the depths of existence.
An impossibly vast, primordial will that seemed to have existed since the beginning of creation slowly began to awaken.
It was the Heavenly Dao.
At this moment, the Heavenly Dao had already sensed the disturbance.
*Boom!*
The endless primordial void suddenly shook as the primordial will began to descend.
It was impossible to describe even by Immortals and Gods alike.
The Heavenly Dao was not an ordinary "existence", or even a "being" in the common sense of the word.
It was the manifestation of the countless laws and principles that governed this vast structure of heaven and earth.
It had no emotions, treating all beings indifferently.
Even those Chosen Ones with connections to the Heavenly Dao were not usually favored by it; they had just obtained a trace of the Heavenly Dao’s Providence, bearing the karma of the Heavenly Dao to do its bidding, with a purpose from the very beginning, like subordinates or even... puppets.
The fifteen silhouettes had already begun interfering with the dimensional barrier, and the Lower Realm was being forcibly connected to the Upper Realm, forging a passage that could allow beings vastly stronger than the limits of the Lower Realm to descend.
Naturally, the Heavenly Dao’s attention fell here at the first instant.
However, at that exact moment, the endless primordial void suddenly rippled.
One moment, there was nothing, and the next, twelve figures had already appeared there silently, as if they were always there.
Each of the twelve figures shimmered with endless starlight, and chaotic principles revolved around their bodies. The stars of countless worlds seemed to be reflected within their eyes.
Their auras were so terrifying that even the fifteen silhouettes who had been standing within the dimensional barrier core appeared insignificant in comparison.
It was like comparing a few droplets of water to an endless river, or a handful of stars to the boundless night sky.
The twelve figures did not waste any words; their Immortal might directly erupted without reservation.
*Boom!*
The primordial void shook as countless chaotic principles surged outward.
Time became distorted and space collapsed and reconstructed. It was as if time and space seemed to have lost their meaning before these beings.
The twelve figures simultaneously pushed their power to its absolute limit.
A vast barrier slowly formed between Heaven and Earth, intertwined with myriad principles of immortality.
They formed an enormous veil, a veil that temporarily concealed the disturbance from the Heavenly Dao, isolating the Lower Realm from the perception of heaven and earth, briefly erasing its existence from the structure of heaven and earth.
The awakening will of the Heavenly Dao suddenly paused.
For a brief moment, it seemed as though the entire primeval reality had become still.
The twelve figures remained silent, their power still terrifying, but it was clear that even they were clearly struggling.
The Heavenly Dao was simply too vast.
Even supreme beings capable of suppressing countless ages of the 33 Heavens, those Emperors, could not permanently deceive it, much less them, who had not even touched the domain of Kings.
They could only temporarily isolate it for a few days at most.
...
At this moment, within the 33 Heavens Divine Realm.
Several terrifying existences cast their gazes downward, their eyes capable of penetrating endless dimensions to see everything happening below.
For a brief moment, they paused.
𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎
Some appeared indifferent and some contemplative, while most merely glanced at the scene before withdrawing their gazes.
There were only a few left who continued watching.
However, in the end, no one intervened.
...
Within the Second Great Mortal World.
The bright, sunny sky instantly darkened all of a sudden with no warning.
*Boom!*
Thunder erupted, the sound spreading across the entire Mortal World.
Dark clouds gathered at an impossible speed as the originally clear sky became completely black in an instant.
Lightning began flashing through the heavens, countless millions of bolts tearing the firmament apart, transforming it into an ocean of lightning.
Countless mortals looked upward in confusion.
"What is happening?"
"Why did the sky suddenly change?"
"Is this a natural disaster?"
But before long, as more and more people looked up at the sky, their hearts couldn’t help but feel heavy for some reason.
An instinctive fear that originated from the deepest part of their existence seeped through their very soul.
Then, in the depths of the heavens above, Immortal Qi appeared, and the moment it did so, the entire Second Great Mortal World seemed to feel it.
Immortal Cultivators throughout the world were instantly stunned, Vagrant Immortals opened their eyes and rushed towards the Second Great Mortal World, Half Immortals stood up, and a great number of Immortal Ascension cultivators looked towards the sky.
All the existences capable of traversing between worlds began to gather in the Second Great Mortal World.
Some ancient existences immediately activated their Dharma Treasures, and others rushed towards the defensive formations that had been prepared for fifty years.
Yet before anyone could react, the Immortal Qi suddenly began expanding.
From a strand to a drop, from a drop to a river covering the sky like the milky way.
Pure Immortal Qi flooded the heavens, causing the cultivation environment of not just the Second Great Mortal World, but the entire Lower Realm to skyrocket.
The natural elements began going berserk as fire erupted from the void, water surged through the heavens, wind howled, thunder roared, and space began twisting, among other things.
The worldly laws became chaotic, and the heavenly rules surged.
The entire Mortal World seemed to be trembling beneath some invisible pressure.
Just then, a sound emerged, like glass shattering.
*Crack!*
It was faint, almost gentle in the backdrop of the events taking place, yet the moment that sound appeared, every cultivator present in the Second Great Mortal World froze.
*Crack!*
The sound became louder as a gigantic scar slowly emerged across the sky.
The firmament had split apart.
It began as a thin line before it widened, and within a few moments, the crack stretched across millions of miles.
It was enormous, an unimaginable scar that crossed the entire firmament.
The sky seemed to have been torn open.
Countless mortals stared up at the incredulous scene before their eyes with people faces.
Many fell to the ground, while some screamed and others began praying.
Some, on the other hand, simply stood there in a daze.
"The sky..."
Someone whispered in a daze.
"The sky is falling."
*Boom!*
The firmament suddenly collapsed inward as countless fragments of space fell from the heavens.
The clouds were torn asunder as lightning rained down.
The sun disappeared behind the enormous crack, causing the entire world to darken.
The heavens had collapsed, literally.
Atop Kunlun Divine Mountain, Tian Yun stared upward, his expression incomparably solemn.
The pressure coming from the crack was enormous, and even he felt a faint sense of suffocation.
Then there was the Immortal Qi, which made even Vagrant Immortals who had cut off their path to remain in the Lower Realm to feel an illusion of their cultivation beginning to stir.
At the same moment, throughout the Second Great Mortal World, countless Array Formations activated.
One after another, ancient formations erupted as brilliant divine light rose into the heavens.
The defensive formations established over fifty years were finally revealed, illuminating the mountains and seas, rivers flowed with Dao patterns, and entire regions were enveloped by enormous barriers as ancient Dharma Treasures awakened.
From the territory of the Great Path Holy Land, an incomparably vast radiance shot into the sky.
From the Celestial Valley of Light, the Dazzling Gold Celestial Halberd released a terrifying divine might.
Within the territory of the Benevolent Buddha Hall, an enormous golden Buddhist light illuminated the heavens.
From the endless Pristine Waters, a massive Flood Dragon slowly raised its head.
At this moment, the entire Lower Realm began moving.
But at the same time, the crack in the heavens continued expanding, going from millions to hundreds of millions of miles.
It was no longer possible to describe it as a crack; instead, it had become an enormous opening.
And from behind the opening erupted a dazzling golden radiance, spreading across every corner of the Mortal World.