Chapter 454: The Final Battle, The Paramount Ruler

As the last vestiges of celestial energy settled within Payne Zimmerman, a profound and absolute silence fell upon the Kunlun Mountains. The Nine Dragon Veins, now harmonized and thrumming with a single, unified purpose, had found their master. Payne stood as the nexus of the planet's power, his consciousness expanding to touch every mountain, every ocean, every living soul. He was Earth itself, awakened. And at that exact moment, the universe screamed. High above the capital of Daxia, reality...