Chu Mo's body seemed to have turned into a sculpture, rigid and lifeless in the dark depths of the sea. The Celestial Mirror and Chaos Furnace still guarded him, while the Divine Inscription Battle Armor glimmered faintly. Heaven Slaying rested horizontally upon his chest.
Nearby, massive fingers resembling pillars supporting the heavens loomed like underwater mountain ranges, stretching across the space.
This place was cold, desolate, devoid of any living creatures.
And so, time passed, moment by moment.
Outside.
The battle between Great Saint Roc, Great Saint Snowy Sea Dragon, and the Nine Nether Patriarch continued relentlessly. After years of dormancy, Great Saint Roc and Great Saint Snowy Sea Dragon had reached states near the ancestral realm—nearly possessing power comparable to the ancestral realm, though neither had crossed the tribulation into true ancestorship.
