Chapter 927: The Pinnacle of the Dao of Darkness

With the Hall of Gods and two reigning Sovereigns looming in the starry skies above, even the Duke of Thunder, Great Demon God Fa Ji, and Long Di in the Nether Abyss instinctively hid away.

Even Pang Jian, for all his resolve, dared not step beyond the Abyss at this time. He simply lacked the strength to face that towering Hall of Gods head-on.

Only the Black Empyrean Phoenix dared to soar straight into the storm!

She passed through the barrier of the Abyss, gliding effortlessly over the desolate starry region above, and let out a piercing cry.

That single cry halted the Hall of Gods in its tracks!

Tian Yu's Void Singularity, roaring with turbulent spatial energy, suddenly imploded with a resounding boom before vanishing into nothingness.

"The Black Empyrean Phoenix!" Fu Ya and Luo Hongyan exclaimed in unison.

The two Sovereigns had both been seated within the Hall of Gods, preparing to join the fight against Pang Lin in the Bewildering Dustlands, when they heard that cry.

They materialized outside the grand palace, disbelieving gazes locked onto the Black Empyrean Phoenix.

Pang Lin herself had yet to step into Sovereignhood. Her strength in the Bewildering Dustlands stemmed from a few supreme divine artifacts.

The battle in the Bewildering Dustlands had already ended. Most of the Outer Gods sent there were already dead.

Pang Lin was not yet a Sovereign. In other words, Tian Yu had a good chance of winning, especially with his strength and cunning. At the very least, he could still flee. Death was not inevitable for him.

The being that emerged from the Abyss, however, was not Pang Lin, but the Black Empyrean Phoenix!

Her overwhelming aura of monstrous divine power and outpour of darkness around her told Fu Ya and Luo Hongyan that she was as powerful as before.

It had once taken three Sovereigns to strike her down, and they could not help but wonder if a mere two would be enough.

"So, you've finally shown yourself." Luo Hongyan frowned.

"You should've remained hidden in the Abyss instead of rushing out." Fu Ya stepped forward. "Is it because of that human body you forged? You just couldn't hold back?"

The Outer Gods, subordinates of the two Sovereigns, stared at the Black Empyrean Phoenix in shock. Yan Lie, Han Yi, Ying Yue, Sha Jia, and Ah Man were all among them.

"The Sovereign of the Fey Race!"

Cries came from every corner of the starry region.

The Outer Gods could feel her terrifying aura regardless of where they were in the starry region. They watched, terrified, as endless darkness spilled outward, clashing directly with Luo Hongyan's Dao of Light.

Arcs of pitch-black lightning visible to the naked eye collided fiercely with blinding beams of light, like two armies locked in brutal battle.

Every passing second brought countless laws into direct conflict with one another. The skies turned chaotic, flickering between light and shadow, with waves of destructive energy rippling outward with every collision.

Glorious divine kingdoms, divine beings, and various phenomena flickered in and out of existence amid the rippling shockwaves, forming and collapsing in an endless cycle.

The Outer Gods caught glimpses of countless scenes within the light, visions born of Luo Hongyan's divine power alongside wondrous creations.

The darkness, on the other hand, was different. It eroded the light with a pure intensity, so dark that not even the faintest image could be perceived within.

That ancient darkness stirred within the Outer Gods a primal memory of an era before the skies had formed.

In the beginning, there had been no stars, suns, or moons. There had been no light at all. It was a chaotic age, when even the oldest Dao Sources had not yet formed, and living beings had yet to be born.

The darkness emanating from the Black Empyrean Phoenix seemed to originate from that chaotic age, the essence of the starry skies from before creation, a force distilled from the infancy of existence itself.

It was a Dao belonging to her and her alone. That overwhelming darkness felt like the reversal of time, as though the starry skies rewound to that primordial void, where darkness ruled and chaos reigned.

"That darkness...it surpasses anything I've ever known!"

"Her Dao of Darkness is profound. No wonder it took multiple Sovereigns to bring her down!"

"Heavens! She's even more terrifying than the legends!"

"This—this is the true might of a Sovereign!"

The Outer Gods scrambled to retreat in fear.

Only after witnessing the might of the Black Empyrean Phoenix firsthand did they realize that even the most exaggerated legends had vastly underestimated her. The Black Empyrean Phoenix was more terrifying than any tale had dared suggest!

"The Black Empyrean Phoenix!"

"The Sovereign of the Fey Race!"

"She's descended upon the starry region above the bizarre mist!"

Powerful figures across the abysses—the Nether Abyss, Demon Abyss, Ghost Abyss, Thunder Abyss, Shadow Abyss, Celestial Abyss, and Fire Abyss—gazed up at that peerlessly aloof Black Empyrean Phoenix from beneath their barriers.

Despite knowing the grand event was upon them and that the bizarre mist was on the verge of erupting into chaos, the sight above still left them thoroughly shaken.

They watched with rapt attention as the Hall of Gods hovered in the desolate starry region above. Many of these powerhouses had already guessed the origins of that Hall of Gods.

That same Hall of Gods had once laid the four ancient abysses—the Fey Abyss, the Wood Abyss, the Spirit Abyss, and the Star Abyss—to waste.

Not a single denizen of the abysses wanted to see their worlds destroyed and their kin wiped out. However, their desires were useless in the face of the Hall of Gods.

It was a weapon that united the power of the Outer Gods and required Sovereigns at its helm!

Surely nobody in the bizarre mist could defy the Hall of Gods and the Sovereigns within. Even in their wildest imaginations, these powerhouses could not envision anyone capable of challenging the Hall of Gods.

Then, the Black Empyrean Phoenix appeared, confronting the Hall of Gods and the two Sovereigns without so much as a flinch.

This ignited a wildfire of fervor among the powerhouses of the abysses!

"I've been waiting many years for you to come." An ethereal voice echoed across the starry region above the bizarre mist.

Every Outer God in the starry skies above and every being in the bizarre mist below could hear that drifting voice.

There was no need to question whose voice it was. All the Outer Gods and powerhouses of the abysses instinctively knew that it belonged to the Black Empyrean Phoenix.

"Fu Ya. Luo Hongyan. You two came earlier than I expected. The Hall of Gods is incomplete, and your preparations are far from thorough. I hope you won't disappoint me."

Endless darkness surged toward the Hall of Gods like a tide, engulfing it.

Thunderous booms erupted from within. It sounded as if the heavens themselves were collapsing.

A Sovereign-level battle had commenced.

It was the Black Empyrean Phoenix against the two Sovereigns.