Yang Qi had finally fused with King Heaven-Devourer’s deathless will, thus accepting his full legacy. He had devoured the Halls of Heaven so thoroughly that it was as if they had never even existed.

The will of the Sovereign Lord had been devoured along with them.

Although Yang Qi hadn’t reached the half-Annulled level in the process, his battle prowess was now roughly equivalent to that level. He was now about three times as strong as he had been before.

When he devoured the Halls of Heaven, the destiny of his empire surged upward and the Everlasting Aegis expanded, allowing it to take in even more primal-chaos paleo-energy. New resources popped into being every day, and the defensive greyspace was sturdier than ever, glowing with countless motes of sagelight. Not even a God-Lord could break through the defenses, and any who tried would suffer a vicious counterattack from the Hand of the One God.

By this point, Yang Qi was the Everlasting...