There was no warmth in its light, no wind to carry its brilliance — only a looming tension that gripped the sky like a blade pressing on taut skin. The Constellation Vanguard stood before the colossal black gate that led to the Sky Ascension Arena, a place that would become the battlefield for the Heavenly Collision.
This was no ordinary trial.
This was war disguised as a test — a proxy battle for supremacy between Constellation Vanguard and the Twilight Reign Sect, with the Upper Realm Council silently watching from above, judging, calculating… perhaps even gambling.
Chen Yu stood silently, Chaos Energy coiling gently beneath his skin like a living beast. His silver-black robe fluttered in the stagnant air, sleeves embroidered with the crest of the Constellation Vanguard — seven stars orbiting a chaotic core.
