Larvae are living creatures which cannot produce sound. However, in this instant, the metamorphosed Eyeless Larva emitted sound. This was a sound which would only be heard once.
It was the voice of the Larva!
When the voice called out, Meng Hao’s ears buzzed.
In that instant, the entire world seemed to grow still…. The Eyeless Larva spoke only once, and when it did, it silenced the world!
During this space of one breath, everything around Meng Hao, the wind, the people, the sky, the land, everything… grew still….
The five thousand running Cultivators, the dust they kicked up, the ripples of the magical techniques, everything in the area. The effect spread out to cover all of the Black Lands.
It spread to the Western Desert, covered over the Southern Domain, swept across the Milky Way Sea to enter the Eastern Lands, even the Northern Desert. In this moment… everything grew still.
This was an absolute stillness. Nascent Soul, Spirit Severing, even Dao Seeking experts were all the same. In this moment, within this silence… one breath was stolen from all of them!
This theft was incredibly difficult to detect!
It was a manifestation of the frenzied and indescribable dominance that the Eyeless Larva manifested upon its appearance. The Eyeless Larva had no life force, therefore, it needed to steal it. It plundered life from all existence. All living things which existed in the flow of time… lost one breath.
Plants, animals, mortals, Cultivators… all living things. Everything grew still and motionless, and then lost one breath.
One breath was not much, but when you combine everything in the entire world, it adds up to a myriad of years!
In all of the Southern Domain, all of the Western Desert, all of the Eastern Lands, all of the Northern Desert, there was nothing in existence that sensed this breath being stolen. Even experts at the peak of the Dao Seeking stage had no way to sense the loss of the breath or the stillness in the world.
Only Immortals could!
Other than Immortals, no one had any clue!
Although they could not sense it, their life force now lacked one breath. Their time in the world slipped down; the higher the Cultivation base, the greater the loss.
That breath belonged to the Eyeless Larva, and Meng Hao!
During the stillness, ripples suddenly emanated out from the Rebirth Cave in the vast lands of the Southern Domain. They spread up into the air, and a figure appeared, formed from countless strands of Qi. It looked toward the Black Lands.
“The Eyeless Celestial Larva….”
In the vast Western Desert, in a profoundly mysterious location, was a stretch of ruins and rubble. Countless years ago, this place had a name which shook Heaven and rocked the Earth. It was called… the Bridge of Immortal Treading!
Now, it was nothing but rubble. Even still, it was one of the most profound and mysterious places in the Western Desert.
Currently, within the endless ruins, an incredibly ancient voice heaved a sigh.
“Has the Celestial Larva appeared…? It doesn’t seem like it, it seems too weak….”
In the Eastern Lands, the Northern Desert, the Milky Way Sea, it was the same. A faint aura appeared and then vanished.