The scene before Chu Feng's eyes shifted.
The sky had turned a blood-red color, as though stained by countless streams of blood.
And the earth was even worse — rivers of blood truly flowed across its surface. It was not merely human blood, but the blood of other creatures as well.
Countless corpses were piled upon the ground like mountains. Setting aside the human bodies, even colossal beings towering ten thousand meters high lay in numbers too great to count, collapsed amid the pools of blood.
And this sight stretched on as far as the eye could see, with no end in sight.
This was a true mountain of corpses and sea of blood!
Booming sounds erupted continuously. With each explosion, the earth trembled violently, as if the world itself were on the verge of collapse.
What was exploding, however, were not things of this world — they came from the distant Nine Heavens above.
They were the stars of the Nine Heavens.
Those were stars, but also worlds — every star was a world unto itself.
Yet the stars that had once dotted the sky in countless numbers were detonating and perishing, one after another.
Doomsday. If true doomsday existed, then this sight before them was the real thing.
"Master, why is it like this?"
"What… what's going on?"
The Dao Sea Immortal Maiden's disciples had seen their share of spectacle.
But even they were thoroughly shaken by the scene before them.
More than a few of them spoke with trembling, tearful voices.
"It's an illusion," Chu Feng said first.
"An illusion? That can't be — how could an illusion feel so real?"
The Dao Sea Immortal Maiden's disciples studied their surroundings carefully, unconvinced by Chu Feng's words.
It wasn't that they hadn't considered the possibility that this was an illusion. After all, they possessed techniques of their own that could see through such things. But no matter how they looked at it, the scene before them appeared entirely real, not illusory at all.
"It is indeed an illusion," the Dao Sea Immortal Maiden confirmed, verifying Chu Feng's answer.
At that point, her disciples had no choice but to believe — after all, they had absolute faith in their Master's words.
But upon learning it was an illusion, they only found it stranger.
Even though they now knew with certainty that this was merely an illusion, they could barely contain the fear surging within their hearts.
It was as though if the world before them were destroyed, they would perish along with it.
Hummm— Just then, a change occurred within that apocalyptic world.
From the Nine Heavens above, a beam of light suddenly descended, landing upon the earth.
That beam of light was incomparably sacred, and within it was a figure, slowly descending from the Nine Heavens.
At that moment, the earth — which had been trembling without cease — finally stopped, as if this world were about to be saved.
And upon closer inspection, they all recognized the figure within the light. It was none other than Zhang Yingxiong.
That, too, was an illusion — but it was also a kind of symbol.
"All three lights have been illuminated."
Chu Feng turned his gaze toward the Ancient Heavenly Destiny Stone.
The rune patterns that had been discovered had all lit up.
The first light was that sacred, sun-like radiance.
The second light was the illusion that had plunged them into doomsday.
As for the third light — it was Zhang Yingxiong, who had shattered that doomsday and descended from the Nine Heavens.
Hummm— Suddenly, the light descending from the Nine Heavens began to expand, quickly spreading to cover the heavens and earth before them.
But the light that enveloped the world vanished in the blink of an eye.
After it disappeared, people realized that everything before them had returned to normal.
However, the rune patterns on the Ancient Heavenly Destiny Stone remained illuminated.
Every rune pattern across the entire Ancient Heavenly Destiny Stone — all of them were lit.
The spinning barrier gate twisted, and a figure dashed out from within.
Zhang Yingxiong had been transported out from inside the barrier gate.
And the moment he stepped out, the barrier gate immediately dissipated, and the rune patterns on the Ancient Heavenly Destiny Stone faded away as well.