"Do you know why those Emperor Lords who once dominated the world throughout the ages have all vanished now?"
Lucifer's single sentence instantly shocked Ye Xiwen. He could not even keep the expression off his face, because this topic actually involved the legendary Emperor Lords.
Ordinary matters naturally could not move someone of his cultivation and state of mind. Even if Mount Tai collapsed before him, his expression would not change—it was no exaggeration.
But this question concerned the greatest secret since time immemorial.
If one spoke of the secrets between heaven and earth, aside from great mysteries such as the birth of heaven and earth itself, the greatest secret was likely why the Emperor Lords had vanished one after another.
This was an immense secret, one that also involved many Emperor Lord Inheritances. They too were searching for the reason behind it.
To this day, aside from the Emperor Lords who had fallen, even those who had not perished had disappeared one after another.
Some had silently vanished from heaven and earth, while others were completely different—they had ascended before countless watching eyes.
Yes, they had actually ascended. Though only some ancient records described it this way, those records came from Emperor Lord Inheritances and could not be false. That scene had looked exactly like ascension.
Yet countless people refused to believe it at all. What a joke. Emperor Lords were already among the strongest beings in heaven and earth—how could there be something beyond ascension? It was utter nonsense. If such a higher world truly existed, it was impossible that they knew nothing about it.
"This has been debated throughout the ages, with countless explanations. Could it be that they truly ascended?" Ye Xiwen looked at Lucifer and asked tentatively.
"That is merely the view of mortals. Still,