Song Chi's guess was correct; the Ancient Mother Empress had chosen as her secondary target of rage the Dominator King Worm that had previously been banished into the void by Song Wujiang.
As the Dominator King Worm descended into fury, the recently repaired spatial rift began to reappear gradually. Clearly, the already brief banishment period was once again being shortened.
On the low-altitude Floating Land, after withstanding a direct strike from the main cannon of [Dinghai Dragon Steed], the Ancient Mother Empress's hulking body was torn open, leaving a significant wound. Though not fatal, it ultimately inflicted immense pain upon her.
Not giving [Dinghai Dragon Steed] another chance to injure her, the Ancient Mother Empress emitted an overwhelming energy wave from her swollen body—a concentrated release of high-purity Life Energy she had extracted and stored from previous mass absorptions, specifically as a contingency resource.