[VOLUME 14: THE SHATTERED HEAVENS][ARC 4: THE HEAVENLY COURT & THE CONVERGENCE]
The breaking of the Heavenly Expanse did not sound like an explosion. It sounded like a gasp.
A horrific, suffocating inhalation that sucked the very breath from Elara's lungs.
Above the Ancient Archive, the crystal ceiling dissolved into fine, glittering dust. The perfect, eternal azure of Li's domain—a sky he had meticulously maintained for eons—was violently bleached away. A sickly, oppressive, absolute white took its place. It was a light without warmth. A light that felt like teeth.
"Behind me!" Aldren roared.
The Primeval of Shadows didn't just step in front of Elara; he eclipsed her. The temperature plummeted to absolute zero as his aura exploded outward, a pitch-black dome of abyssal energy meant to shield her from the searing pressure of the white sky.
Li was beside her in a fraction of a heartbeat, his golden eyes blazing with a fury so profound it made the ground tremble.
