Chen Fan left the Heavenly Ascent Immortal Road's forbidden zone and discovered Emperor Qilin's corpse in another forbidden zone. Around Emperor Qilin lay the bodies of countless half-Immortal Emperor-level immortal beasts. He had perished together with his enemies and stopped the beast tide from erupting.
Following the traces left between heaven and earth, Chen Fan arrived at a canyon. Every sight here had been destroyed by a world-shaking battle; even the canyon itself had collapsed.
He saw Gu Di. Only a head remained, while beneath him lay severed limbs and shattered remains of half-Immortal Emperor-level puppets.
"Master, I won!"
Gu Di's head sensed Chen Fan's arrival and suddenly opened its eyes. After saying those words, the light in his eyes dimmed, and all vitality faded away!
"You were all good men."
"Let me tell you some good news: I won too."
"As long as I remain alive, everyone will return!"
"This is my promise to you!"
Chen Fan took Gu Di's head and arrived atop the Sui Ancient Plateau, where he saw a scene of blood flowing into rivers.
Haitang, Luo Nanzhi, and Gu Yueyao leaned against one another back to back. Their bodies were covered in wounds. All their enemies had been slain, but they too had exhausted every last drop of strength and perished, their Dao fading away.
Chen Fan gently reached out, only for his hands to pass straight through their corpses. It turned out they had long since completely dissipated. What remained was merely an image formed from a lingering obsession after the battle.
They had perished together with the Elixir Emperor's thirteen half-Immortal Emperor subordinates. After five thousand years of war, they had taken those thirteen Immortal Emperors with them into death!
Chen Fan walked through the scarred and devastated Immortal Realm. By now, almost