Vast streams of energy surged into Pang Jian. Mu Duo watched as Pang Jian's body slowly rose from the Sanctum of Godly and Demonic Genesis and into the sky of the Ruin Realm. In an ocean on one of the continents below, a faint light glimmered. Closer inspection found its source to be a strange life seed. Similar specks of light emerged across the deep oceans and verdant valleys of the continents below and stars above as more life seeds took root. Streams of light burst forth from the Sanctum of Godly and Demonic Genesis, scattering into the stars and raining down upon the continents below. The life seeds transformed, becoming insects, avians, and beasts. This was the power of creation! Mu Duo observed silently, only to find that the entire Ruin Realm had become saturated with powerful vitality. A phantom World Tree stood tall within the Sanctum of Godly and Demonic Genesis, its jade-like branches and leaves shimmering with radiant luster, saturating the sanctum. "Rank Thirteen!" Mu Duo exclaimed. The World Tree had clearly evolved, ascending to a new height among Aberrant Spirits. The Rank Thirteen World Tree had sent a projection through Pang Jian's connection with the Sanctum of Godly and Demonic Genesis, triggering a fundamental shift across the Ruin Realm. This God King's skull now teemed with life. It had become a greater wonder than even the Nether Abyss or the Abyss itself. When Pang Jian steps into Sovereignhood, he'll fully merge with the Ruin Realm! The Ruin Realm, unlike the abysses, can move. Perhaps that supreme will of the bizarre mist intended to forge the Ruin Realm into a weapon of slaughter from the beginning, just like the Hall of Gods! A storm of thoughts raced through Mu Duo's mind as the threads came together. The Outer Gods above the bizarre mist were occupied with staying as far from the battle between the two Sovereigns and the Black Empyrean Phoenix as possible when they suddenly sensed an alarming drainage of energies. The light of the stars and the radiance of the sun and moon were all being drawn downward into the bizarre mist below. Even their divine power lurched out of control, rushing downward in the same direction. "Something is siphoning energies from this starry region!" the Outer Gods exclaimed, shaken. Darkness had swallowed the battlefield at the center of the starry region, preventing the Outer Gods from seeing what was happening within. They could only hear endless blasts and world-shattering explosions echoing without pause. The battle was evidently still raging. None of them dared to take part in a battle of that scale. Even approaching would risk instant death from the sheer shockwaves released by the Sovereigns. However, the unnatural flow of the energies and their divine power also filled them with mounting unease. Go down and take a look, Luo Hongyan mentally commanded Yan Lie. Yan Lie transformed into a blazing meteor and streaked down toward the bizarre mist, eager to uncover what was happening below. "The Ruin Realm! The God King's Skull!" The skull hovered unmoving in the bizarre mist. Blazing sun-like spheres roared silently in its hollow eye sockets, and boundless waves of flames surged around the skull. Staring at God King Yan Hao's skull felt like standing face-to-face with that ancient God King himself. An instinctive urge to kneel and pay homage rose uncontrollably within Yan Lie. The radiance of the stars, sun, and moon flowing down above was all being drawn into the massive skull. "It's Pang Jian!" Yan Lie realized in disbelief. More Outer Gods, unqualified to join the Sovereign-level battle and wary of the dangers blanketing the starry region above, took the gamble to descend into the bizarre mist. After entering, they found that their divine power was no longer being pulled away. It was as if the bizarre mist were a safe haven. "It's the starry skies! Some strange force in the bizarre mist was affecting it!" exclaimed an Outer God. Ying Yue and Han Yi entered the bizarre mist together. Spreading their divine consciousness to track Yan Lie's presence, they sped through the bizarre mist and eventually arrived at the location of the God King's skull. The moment they laid eyes on it, both women gasped. Neither had expected the source behind the upheaval in the starry skies above to be the Ruin Realm, and under Pang Jian's control no less. "He can pull energies from the starry skies above while within the bizarre mist?" Yan Lie muttered uneasily. The emergence of the Black Empyrean Phoenix had already told Yan Lie that the will of the bizarre mist intended to take a more active stance in the grand event this time. The upheaval in the Ruin Realm and its devouring of energies from the starry region above the Abyss signaled that Pang Jian was starting to interfere in the Sovereign-level battle in his own way. Not long after, Cang Feng and Mu Ya also arrived before the Ruin Realm. Fixing his gaze on the skull's hollow eye socket from afar, Cang Feng cried out in shock, "This violent surge of energies...could Pang Jian actually be attempting a breakthrough within that skull? I can sense extraordinary energy fluctuations even from this distance! That's not something a high-ranking God can do!" Mu Ya's face paled. "That's impossible! That brat's far too young!" "Age is not a factor for someone born of the Abyss," Yan Lie muttered, body flaring with streaks of fire. Those streaks of fire, guided by his divine consciousness, shot into the skull's mouth, only to be severed from his perception the instant they crossed the threshold. Just before the connection was lost, he caught a brief glimpse of the chaotic energy fluctuations churning uncontrollably within the Ruin Realm. It was the kind of upheaval that happened when someone was on the verge of becoming a Sovereign. "It does seem like someone inside the Ruin Realm is attempting to break through to Sovereignhood!" Yan Lie exclaimed, mind racing. Who in the bizarre mist could be breaking through to Sovereignhood at this time? Who has the qualifications? And who holds control over the Ruin Realm? This can only be Pang Jian! Yan Lie concluded. The Black Empyrean Phoenix was already causing enough trouble for Fu Ya and Luo Hongyan. If Pang Jian were to break through and join the battlefield as a Sovereign, their plan to invade the bizarre mist could turn against them instead. The source of thɪs content is 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵•𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮•𝓷𝓮𝓽 "There's life being born within the Ruin Realm!" Cang Feng cried, having also released a strand of divine consciousness to prove the Ruin Realm. He had sensed the emergence of new lifeforms in the split second before his divine consciousness was snuffed out. This was a miracle only possible for someone like Ling Yun, a God of Life, or with the aid of the Sanctum of Godly and Demonic Genesis. A realm underwent a qualitative evolution the first time living beings were born within it. The Ruin Realm was undergoing that very transformation right now! "There's no mistake. Pang Jian is attempting a breakthrough to Sovereignhood!" Mu Ya took a deep breath and said solemnly, "I know stopping him will be incredibly difficult. But we need to find a way to keep him from succeeding!"