"Boom—crackle—!"
The Three Teachings Sage Wheel ground against the protective barrier formed by Yang Jian’s dying wish, emitting a piercing, soul-grating screech as the very laws of reality were forcibly torn apart. The pale gold protective grid buckled and warped violently, like a spiderweb struck by an invisible giant’s fist. Innumerable points of light, representing Yang Jian’s final will, flickered frantically before flickering out. At the core of the Sage Wheel, the twisted axis manipulated by Laozi's Evil Corpse erupted with an even filthier, deeper black radiance, doubling the pressure! The barrier's light dimmed visibly, teetering on the edge of total collapse.
The Lotus Platform shuddered violently under the terrifying pressure. The infant at its heart wailed until breathless, the projection of the Flawless God-Slaying Spear at the center of its brow trembling wildly. Within the swirling blood-red galaxy of the spear-tip, the demonic eye imprint at the vortex's core grew so crimson it seemed ready to drip, as if it would blink open at any second to unleash a world-ending malice! The canyon groaned in the wake of the collision between the Sage Wheel and the barrier, more cracks splitting the earth. The blood-red truth on the Giant Tortoise-Shell Monument—"The Path of Slaughter is unfinished, Karma is reset"—greedily devoured the collective consciousness of all beings, which surged ever higher out of fear; the humming sound was like a choir of a billion wronged souls…
Chapter 435