The world around Wu Tian twisted in on itself, space unraveling like fragile threads being pulled apart. The intruder's power was no longer just an oppressive force—it was reality itself being rewritten.
The sky fractured into jagged shards of nothingness. The ground beneath them shifted, expanding and contracting in impossible ways. The battlefield was no longer within the limits of the Sealed World's reality.
Wu Tian gritted his teeth. The Fifth Gate—Draconic Veins had reached its limit. His blood surged like molten gold, his body responding with overwhelming power, but it wasn't enough. Not against someone who could break the laws of existence itself.
Yan Xue, her breathing ragged, steadied herself beside him. "Wu Tian… if we don't leave now—"
"There is nowhere to run," the intruder interrupted. His voice was eerily calm, his presence absolute. "You exist within my domain now. There is no escape."
A flick of his wrist, and the air collapsed inward.
A crushing force struck Wu Tian and Yan Xue like an unseen tidal wave. Gravity itself shifted. They were pulled forward, then backward, then downward—direction lost within the void.
Yan Xue gasped, her sword slipping from her grip. Wu Tian felt his bones strain under the pressure, his body resisting the pull of fragmented space.
If I don't break through now… I'll die here.
The book in his mind flickered again.
The whisper became a roar.
"The Sixth Gate—Void Heart."
Wu Tian's vision blurred. A surge of unimaginable pain struck him as his heart pounded with a force beyond mortal comprehension.
His breathing slowed.
Time itself seemed to freeze.
Breaking the Sixth Gate
The agony of his marrow hardening into iron had been unbearable. The transformation of his veins into draconic pathways had nearly torn him apart.
But this—this was different.
The Void Heart wasn't just strengthening his body. It was removing his limitations.
He could feel it—the flow of existence, the very essence of reality folding and stretching. He wasn't just sensing space. He was connected to it.
The force pulling him apart became… meaningless.
His heart pulsed once.
And then—
Everything stopped.
Yan Xue, frozen mid-air. The collapsing battlefield, still. Even the intruder, mid-step, his expression unreadable.
Wu Tian exhaled. He had stepped beyond mortal constraints.
Then—
He moved.
Turning the Battle
The moment Wu Tian took his first step, reality resumed, but he was no longer bound by its rules.
The intruder's eyes widened slightly. "What—"
Wu Tian's fist lashed out, faster than thought. This time, the man couldn't react.
The impact cracked the air itself.
The intruder was sent flying, his control over the battlefield momentarily shattered.
Yan Xue collapsed onto one knee, gasping. "What… just happened?"
Wu Tian turned to her, his body steady. He wasn't just moving faster—he was stepping through the layers of space itself.
He had broken through.
The intruder, now standing, dusted himself off. A slow, amused smile spread across his face. "Ah. Now this… this is interesting."
His aura surged again, space twisting anew.
But this time, Wu Tian could see it.
He could see the threads of space unraveling.
And for the first time, he wasn't just reacting—
He was in control.