Within the gloomy hall, blue-green candle flames flickered, casting a chilling, eerie glow.
"Hm? The letters really came from Ji Haoye and Baili Shouyue?"
Above the hall, a burly figure sat upon a throne of bones, with several longswords standing on either side like earthen spikes.
He had blood-red hair and wore heavy black iron armor. The breastplate resembled a vicious beast, its face grotesque, with faint beastly roars seeming to echo from it.
He lowered his head slightly, the messy hair before his forehead concealing most of his face. As he slowly raised his head, a long bloody scar was revealed across the right side of his face, savage and terrifying.
He was Great Emperor Gou Chen!
Compared to the Chaos Era, his aura was utterly different, like that of a demon god.
He had indeed fallen onto the path of evil and become one of the Ten Emperors of the Evil Path.
Kneeling beneath the steps was a being with a human upper body and a serpentine lower body. She wore blood-red clothes and a mask. Judging by her figure, she appeared to be a woman.
"Yes. Their letters arrived some time ago, but Your Majesty was in seclusion, so we did not dare disturb you."
The snake demon answered cautiously. Great Emperor Gou Chen's killing intent made her tremble in fear, her scalp tingling.
"Mm. Leave!"
Holding the two scrolls in his hand, Great Emperor Gou Chen ordered. He rarely contacted the old members of the Heavenly Emperor Stone Palace, mainly because of his current identity.
Although an Evil Dao Great Emperor could throw his weight around within the Ancient Sacred Emperor Dao, he was also ostracized, and his reputation was utterly foul.
He was very curious why Ji Haoye and Baili Shouyue had sent him letters