Darkness over the sea and sky.
Above the raging storm, the Eye of Great Evil continues to expand at an astonishing speed, unceasingly creating waves of disruption.
From a high altitude, it looks like a terrifying torrent of ripples, transforming into tides, repeatedly crashing against the already fragile present world.
Each upheaval makes one's heart jump with fear.
No one knows when it will all completely collapse.
"We're getting closer to the Vortex!"
"The degree of overlap is deepening further..."
In the pallid space, the oppressive report of unease continued until an uncontrollable cry of excitement broke the suffocating atmosphere:
"Message from t5 — Sky Rail will maintain the situation, ensuring the present world is not lost!"
In an instant, cheers erupted, and everyone couldn't help but dance with joy.
Yet the elder's expression remained grave.
Sombre.
With the situation falling apart to this extent, can Sky Rail still make it in time? While maintaining the Shadow Sun Seal, how much force can still be deployed?
"At this point, one cannot rely on Sky Rail to turn the tide..."
The elder sighed hoarsely and raised his voice: "Prepare the Light Focus Foundation for energy storage, under necessary circumstances, actively sever that region, completely annihilating it before it falls into the Vortex!"
Everyone turned back in shock, incredulous.
Immediately after... the alarm ceased abruptly!
Numerous anomalous parameters instantly returned to normal.
Within the colossal Projection, that expanding darkness suddenly halted, and the precarious Crack Realm incredulously stopped in place...
As if held up by an invisible hand!
Tightened.
Just like that, it contended with the terrifying attraction from the Vortex, allowing no wavering or collapse.
In that moment, within the deepest darkness, amid the howling storm, lightning thundered across.
Illuminating the sky dome above, stood a gaunt figure in the void.
A face blurred, unseen to the naked eye.
Yet, the billowing white robe fluttered like a flag, and as his staff struck the air, visible ripples spread across the void.
Disturbing the storm, whipping up a tempest, reversing the firmament!
A mere staff, yet like debris thrown into the workings of a hub, caused the invisible gears to abruptly halt, halting the overlap between the Vortex and the present world!
At the critical juncture, turning the tide!
Fiery brilliance emerged from the staff, winding and flowing, like a new Heavenly Pillar, standing between the sea and sky, stabilizing the cosmos!
Unimaginable, such magnificent power appeared in the palm of someone.
Yet exaggeratedly... at this moment, this grandeur and vastness could not steal the silhouette's grace even slightly.
No witness could tear their gaze away from that gaunt figure.
Above him, in the absolute darkness of Great Evil, the radiant brilliance of the stars rose once more, converging, pouring like torrents, cascading like a waterfall toward the mortal realm.
The image of the Heavenly Furnace manifested!
"Leave it to me."
In the pallid space, as everyone was dazed, a low voice sounded.
As if the anchor of the sea and mountain.
Instantly, stabilizing the situation.
"He-Heavenly Furnace?!" The elder was overjoyed.
"Wonderful!"
"It's actually the Heavenly Furnace!" Others were instantly elated: "We're saved!"
"No time... for chatting..."
As if through intense interference, the voice of the Heavenly Furnace was intermittent: "Everything... with me, temporarily do not need to... worry, let Ellis and... Pang Pei's speed, be faster...
Faster..."
Before the communication was cut off, the last thing delivered was a sigh of exasperating fatigue.
"Situation, a bit troublesome."
Pa!
A crack silently appeared on the back of the Heavenly Furnace's hand...
In the moment of crisis, holding up the collapsing heavens!
No one, upon witnessing this scene prior, could imagine—someone could single-handedly forcefully intervene between the Vortex and the present world, separating the two, holding the entire Crack Realm from falling into the Vortex!
Re-establishing the foundation of Superior from the domain of Great Evil.
Even compared to the boundless darkness, this tiny pillar of flame was so slender and insignificant. But even in the moment it manifested, it made various sinister silhouettes in the darkness freeze in place, instinctively retreating.
"Heavenly Furnace..."
From the deepest darkness, came a venomous whisper, followed closely by grotesque figures hidden in the darkness emerging.
Blood-red eyes, malice like a tide.
And among them, two massive worm-like contours unknowingly encircled the Heavenly Furnace completely, surrounding him!
But upon close inspection, the worm-like grotesque bodies were actually composed of silhouette-like human figures, as though a distorted timeline overlapped the main body, pulling a seemingly endless afterimage from chaotic void and time...
And in the forefront 'heads' of the two worms, two emaciated figures rose from the darkness, their faces seemingly those of twin brothers.
The escaped fish net of the Star Core Association, the disordered Great Evil of Shadow Sun, and there were two of them!
Just behind those two Time Worms, in the surrounding misty darkness, countless contours seemed to shift, subtly coalescing into an ever-changing human silhouette, hard to define... it turned out there was a nearly extinct Polluted Demon!
Not only were those few standing out, but in that darkness of Great Evil, who knew how many other evil-doers it had attracted to gather, how many yellow finches hid within, hoping to take advantage amid the chaos.