A cold, triumphant smile stretched across the face that had once belonged to Yun Lintian. Nian Shi took a single step forward.
Boom!
An aura unlike any that had ever been felt in the Land of Beyond Heaven erupted from him. It was not just the heavy, silvery-grey power of time's end that belonged to Nian Shi. Interwoven with it, responding to the new master's will, was the vibrant, life-giving energy of Creation and the silent, absolute nullity of Uncreation.
Two opposing supreme laws, which Yun Lintian had struggled so hard to unify, now coexisted perfectly within the vessel, both utterly subservient to the dominating will of the God of Time.
Above his head, space shimmered, and an ancient, majestic crown materialized. It was wrought from an unknown material, seeming to be formed from starlight and void simultaneously—the Beyond Heaven King's Crown, the symbol of authority over this land. It settled onto his brow, its presence amplifying his aura to a terrifying degree.
