This was the Primordial Forbidden Zone, one of the world's forbidden powers, located within a realm of the Mystic Heaven Immortal Domain and personally founded by a Great Emperor.
Immortal Mountains rose everywhere, divine waterfalls flowed, Chaos Qi permeated the air, and its spiritual energy was so abundant that no Dao Province outside could compare.
This was a grand and magnificent hall.
At this moment, Ye Ming, who had just returned to the forbidden zone, sat upon the high seat within the Primordial Demonic Palace.
"Thank you, Elders, for saving my life this time. Otherwise, I, Ye Ming, would likely have died without even a burial ground!"
Ye Ming's voice carried gratitude.
"The Imperial Son is blessed by fate. Even without us old fellows, I believe you would have remained safe and sound."
Three elders stood below, speaking calmly. The one who spoke was the Sixth Elder, Blood Soul, a Saint Realm Fifth Heaven expert.
Besides him, two other elders of the Primordial Forbidden Zone had accompanied him on this expedition. When Ye Ming encountered danger, they had spared no effort and risked their lives to shield him.
The Ninth Elder, Chu Wentian, had white hair and beard, wore a black robe, and stood in the hall with a stern expression.
The Seventh Elder, Lin Dao, had a cold and severe face and was not skilled with words. Demonic Mist shrouded his entire body, obscuring his features.
Saint Realm experts were merely the most superficial strength of the forbidden zone. Once its true foundation was unveiled, it would be enough to shake the entire world.
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!
At that moment, the entire Primordial Forbidden Zone trembled and shook violently as a supreme pressure emerged.
"This is... Emperor's Might!!!"
"Master has emerged from seclusion!"
At this moment, throughout the entire forbidden zone, even elders who had been in seclusion appeared one after another upon sensing this majesty.
Master naturally referred to the Primordial Demonic Emperor, a supreme and peerless existence.
At this moment, Ye Ming's gaze changed. Even according to his memories, he had rarely met this nominal father of his. That figure had always remained vague in his mind.
"Could Father's emergence from seclusion this time be related to the seal placed upon me?"
Ye Ming was somewhat curious. Back in Mingzhou, he had personally heard that his father had placed a seal upon him, suppressing his true physique for all these years.
"What kind of physique requires its seal to be lifted only now?"
Filled with boundless curiosity, Ye Ming followed the elders outside the hall and looked toward the heavens.
Boom!
Endless Chaos Demonic Qi spread out as though heaven and earth were being split apart. The Great Dao of the world surged, and radiant light shone incomparably bright.
Crack!
The sky above the forbidden zone split apart. A figure standing at the pinnacle of all living beings appeared, his black hair like ink drifting through the air. His gaze was sharp, containing the myriad phenomena of the world. A river of stars floated in his palm, and he controlled reincarnation.
Supreme, sacred, transcending all things—he was the Primordial Demonic Emperor!!!
At this moment, the entire Primordial Forbidden Zone was shaken. The Ten Elders all appeared, including the First Elder and the others who had not shown themselves before.
They were ten white-haired, white-bearded elders. They lowered their heads in worship and submission, their expressions filled with utmost reverence.
"Greetings, Demonic Emperor!"
"Rise!"
His voice was vast, resonating with heaven and earth.
"Ming'er!"
The Demonic Emperor looked toward Ye Ming, and the majesty in his eyes faded, replaced by a trace of gentleness.
Perhaps in the eyes of others, he was a supreme existence, but when he looked at Ye Ming, he was merely a father.
"Father!"
At this moment, countless experts throughout the forbidden zone knelt in worship. Only Ye Ming remained standing.
Ye Ming watched that figure gradually overlap with the one in his memories.
Though he was an Imperial Son, he had met him far too few times. Ever since Ye Ming could remember, the Primordial Demonic Emperor had always been in seclusion.
"Now that you have finally come to your senses, I can rest assured and awaken your true physique!"
"Hehe, among the three thousand physiques of the Nine Heavens Immortal Domain, the world knows only the Chaos Body and the Innate Saint Body Dao Embryo, which stand side by side as the greatest physiques in existence. Yet they do not know that once the Primordial Demonic Body reaches its limit, it will surpass both of them!"
The Demonic Emperor said with a faint smile.
The moment these words were spoken, they immediately shocked the Ten Elders present.
For whether it was the Chaos Body or the Innate Saint Body Dao Embryo, both had been legends since ancient times, overpowering supreme physiques such as the Taiyin Body, Taiyang Body, Primordial Ancient Sacred Body, and Heavenly Hegemon Body.
Throughout endless ages, such physiques had rarely appeared in the world. Even now, with the Golden Age about to begin, there had still been no news of either physique being born.
If either of these two physiques appeared in the world, then without question, the position of Great Emperor in this era would already be beyond suspense.
Yet Master now claimed that there was a physique even greater than these two. This was undoubtedly an earth-shattering revelation.
Had Master not personally spoken these words, the elders would never have believed them, for they would overturn the understanding of all cultivators in the world.
"Hiss! Surpassing the Chaos Body and the Innate Saint Body Dao Embryo—unimaginable!"
"Could it be... the Imperial Son is..."
"Then wouldn't that mean!!!"
Within the forbidden zone, shocked cries rose one after another as everyone looked toward Ye Ming.
"Haha, that's more like it! I said it before—Master was so stunningly gifted back then. As his descendant, how could the Imperial Son be trash... no, how could his talent be so low!"
"Hmph! Those other forbidden zones actually mocked our Primordial Forbidden Zone for having no one worthy in this generation. How could they possibly know the Imperial Son's true talent?"
"Yes, Master hid the Imperial Son too deeply. Even we were unable to see through it!"
At this moment, the Ten Elders laughed heartily.
"Ming'er, what I sealed was precisely your Primordial Demonic Body."
"You never liked cultivation before. I have been waiting for you to come to your senses!"
The Primordial Demonic Emperor spoke, his gaze toward Ye Ming filled with expectation.
At this moment, even Ye Ming was somewhat stunned, frozen where he stood.
Before this, he truly had no interest in cultivation. But more importantly, his talent for cultivation had been poor. Despite occupying the endless resources of the Primordial Forbidden Zone, he had only barely entered the early stage of Spirit Condensing after all these years.
Out in the outside world, that made him a genuine good-for-nothing, let alone compared with other Imperial Sons and Holy Sons of sects.
After what had happened with the Liu Family, he understood that in this world, the strong were revered.
He began to thirst for cultivation with incomparable intensity. If he had been strong enough, how could a mere Liu Family have nearly killed him?
Now, he suddenly learned that his physique was actually the Primordial Demonic Body. The news came far too suddenly!
Boom!
At that moment, a Light of Opening Chaos shot from the Primordial Demonic Emperor's fingertip. Endless ancient runes flowed within it, blooming with myriad rays of light as they descended toward Ye Ming.
"The Primordial Demonic Body grows by devouring the three thousand physiques of the world, becoming stronger and seizing their abilities!"
"Once it has devoured enough physiques, even the Innate Saint Body Dao Embryo and the Chaos Body can be devoured and made one's own."
"What it will become by then, even I, your father, do not know!"
The Primordial Demonic Emperor spoke.
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!
At that moment, endless radiant runes enveloped Ye Ming's body. An unparalleled power surged within him, and the aura of his body became so powerful that the surrounding void could no longer bear it, shattering inch by inch.
Boom!
Divine chains formed from blood-colored runes began to appear upon Ye Ming's body, emanating Emperor's Might as Chaos Demonic Mist spread. They were the seals the Primordial Demonic Emperor had placed upon Ye Ming.
At this moment, countless gazes turned toward this scene in shock.
Crack!
With a crisp sound, the first Demonic Chain broke, and Ye Ming's aura instantly surged severalfold...
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