[VOLUME 13: THE PRIMEVAL ASCENSION][ERA: THE PRIMEVAL AGE][LOCATION: THE HEAVENLY REALM - THE SHATTERED AXIS]
The sky didn't just break; it screamed.
The Primordial avatar—a titanic, undulating mass of cosmic static and weeping starry voids—descended. It had no face, only a gaping, multi-dimensional maw that hungered for the very concept of existence. And right now, all of its incomprehensible malice was locked onto the blinding, beacon-like flare of Elara's exposed Eternal Core.
Beneath her hands, Li drew in a sharp, ragged breath. The soul-tether Elara had violently forced between them pulsed with a steady, rhythmic thrum—thump-thump, thump-thump. Her mortal heart was dictating the rhythm of a god's life.
