Two points in the void were connected by a single line, and the void was torn open. Void Rip was one of the Celestial Frost Sect’s battle techniques, and Lu Yin had even learned it himself and faced it many times before. However, when Bai Wangyuan used the technique, Void Rip revealed a power beyond anything Lu Yin had ever seen. It was startlingly powerful.
A black line sliced through the void, shooting towards Lu Yin and Mu Xie. Its passage left everything behind it shrouded in darkness.
Mu Xie's expression changed, and he moved to defend the spatial passage. His śarīra crashed into the dark line of the Void Rip, only to be sliced in two.
Bai Wangyuan had always been powerful, and he was clearly stronger than Xia Shenji, but even so, the power that he had revealed in the past had been within certain limits, which was why Mu Xie had been so confident that he could block the Void Rip.
However, Bai Wangyuan had just revealed a level of power that he had never exposed before. His Void Rip was so powerful that Lu Yin’s scalp went numb. The black line almost seemed to be paving a road of the Hollow through space, and if Lu Yin could not stop it, it would continue unhindered until it swallowed the entire Heavens Sect.
In the past, Bai Wangyuan had been afraid of a massive war, and he had also been worried about Lu Yin harming Bai Xian'er through unknown means. After deciding to take action, the man was finally revealing his true power.
Mu Xie also stopped hiding his strength. If one śarīra was not enough, then he would use two. If two were still not enough, then he would use twenty. Bai Wangyuan had hidden his true strength, but Mu Xie had never fully exposed his own power either.
The jiao roared as Lu Yin pulled out his Champions’ Stage. E Chi appeared as the Investiture of the Gods unfurled, radiating a golden light across the Fifth Mainland. "Bai Wangyuan, do you really want to start a war?"
"Ridiculous!" Specter Progenitor shouted, and on Shenwu Continent, the Tower of Resonating Light shattered. Grandmaster Gu Yan, who was supposed to be stationed in the tower for the sourcebox array, had already left.
No one had anticipated this moment.
Specter Progenitor quickly pushed aside the Sealing Path, and his hand fell upon the spatial passage.
The path connecting the Fifth Mainland to the Three Monarchs Universe was opened.
As the seal shattered, powerful suction pulled in from every direction.
A distant sea was sucked up.
Fortunately, the people who were near the Tower of Resonating Light all possessed some level of strength, so the suction was not able to move them.
At the bottom of the tower, outer space could be seen. It was not the Fifth Mainland, but the Three Monarchs Universe.
There was an ugly expression on Lu Yin's face at this moment. "It's over."
Bai Wangyuan and Specter Progenitor looked thrilled. The passage had been opened, connecting the Three Monarchs Universe to the Fifth Mainland. Their agreement with Monarch Luo was thus official. They would join forces to eliminate the Heavens Sect and then divide the Fifth Mainland between them. That brat of the Lu family would unquestionably die.
More and more Progenitors began to arrive, including Wang Fan's true body, Xia Qin, Nong Yi, Progenitor Smoke, and more.
Everyone gathered before the spatial passage. War was about to erupt.
On the other side of the passage, in the Three Monarchs Universe, water had appeared in outer space. The cultivators standing guard at the spatial passage dispersed the seawater that had flowed through, and they stared through the passage, dumbfounded and confused as they saw the Progenitors from another universe. Surges of unimaginable power rippled through the passage, leaving the Three Monarchs Universe’s guards all a bit sluggish.
Cang Bi was among the guards at this moment. Their universe had long dreamed of opening this passage, but every attempt that they had ever made had failed. At this moment, the passage had suddenly opened, and the shocking turn of events caused the Demi-Monarch to turn pale.
After all, at this time, they did not want the passage open.
How could it have been opened at this time? Monarch Luo had given repeated warnings to protect the passage, so what had happened?
Silence filled the area as both sides of the passage stared at each other.
Specter Progenitor peered through the passage. "What are the three Monarchs waiting for? Where is Sage Yuan?"
The four ruling powers had already come to an agreement with Sage Yuan and the Three Monarchs Universe, and they had opened the spatial passage. Not only were the Three Monarchs supposed to attack the Heavens Sect, but Sage Yuan was also supposed to take action. This was to punish Lu Yin, as the four ruling powers were desperate to deal with the young man.
The jiao’s massive eyes stared, but it remained silent.
In the Three Monarchs Universe, Monarch Luo quickly appeared, and he stared blankly at the open passage, stunned by the sight.
Xia Shenji also appeared, though he was excited. "Monarch Luo, the passage is open! it's time to attack the Origin Universe!"
Arch-Elder Zen raced over from where he had been protecting the rainbow wall.
This meant that only Monarch Xing was at the rainbow wall right now, protecting the Three Monarchs Universe. Fortunately, the Aeternals were not attacking at this moment, and there were no Progenitor-level corpse kings present either. However, the rainbow wall could not be left unprotected for too long. The Aeternals were all too aware of what was happening in the human universes, and as soon as they learned that the peak powerhouses had left, they would undoubtedly launch an attack.
Monarch Luo was still staring at the open passage, and he saw Bai Wangyuan, Specter Progenitor, Wang Fan, and the other Progenitors in the parallel universe. He also saw Mu Xie, Lu Yin, and the enormous jiao. Under normal circumstances, he should take action. Chen Le could protect the rainbow wall for Monarch Luo, and the four ruling powers had agreed to send Bai Sheng to also protect the rainbow wall, while the Cyclic Universe’s Sage Yuan was supposed to appear and join the attack on the Heavens Sect.
This was the plan that had been agreed upon.
However, this plan had suddenly changed some time ago. Sovereign Shao Yin had forced Monarch Luo to agree to merge the Origin Universe into the Endless Frontier. Of course, the Monarch had wanted to refuse, but Sovereign Shao Yin's threats and coercion had left Luo Shan with no choice but to agree.
The Origin Universe would become a part of the Endless Frontier, so how could they allow the passage connecting it to the Three Monarchs Universe to remain open? That passage absolutely had to be permanently closed, as the moment it opened, the Three Monarchs Universe would also essentially become part of the Endless Frontier.
However, no one had mentioned this change in plans to the Perennial World’s four ruling powers, because their Perennial World was also part of the Origin Universe. Therefore, they would also be annexed to the Endless Frontier.
The moment that Luo Shan had agreed to support Sovereign Shao Yin’s proposal, he had betrayed the four ruling powers.
Never in Luo Shan’s life could he have anticipated that the four ruling powers would suddenly open the spatial passage, and this sudden development confused the Monarch. How had this happened?
He had failed to open the passage despite his many, many efforts over the years, and yet it had just been opened without any warning at all.
Things would have been so much easier if the passage had simply been opened a bit earlier.