The ancient Magic Emperors clearly had no idea how to effectively suppress the Firstborn. Until their entire line collapsed and the Firstborn was forcibly put into slumber by the safety mechanism, they had never truly found a way to damage this Primordial Creature. Thus, after the Firstborn fell asleep, their suppression measures were essentially all attempts to get lucky: each Magic Emperor chose a different form of seal, hoping it would work.
The mountain barrier of the Dragon Ridge Mountains and the lifeless Stone Giant had already proven largely ineffective. The Giant Life Tree was said to have withered long ago, leaving the Sunset Volcano as the only seal that still seemed to be functioning normally and appeared to possess formidable power.
The volcano rested directly atop the Firstborn. The werewolf Witch-King Sanul had created a web of lava rivers and magma pillars beneath the volcano, making them crisscross around the Firstborn's organs like interlocking steel spikes. The underground world here was far more complex than the depths beneath Bientz. Deep-rock fissures and magma lakes formed a fragile yet stable balance. The moment the Firstborn awakened, it would trigger the elemental flames within the Sunset Volcano. The entire region would then collapse, sending the Firstborn plunging into the magma deep within the mantle.
However, Sanul had not tried to kill the sleeping Firstborn directly with this method. That meant he clearly understood that merely pushing the monster into magma would not be enough to kill it—it would only cause it to awaken prematurely. Thus, Hao Ren guessed that the suppression measures beneath the Sunset Volcano were merely a way to buy time. In the end, the Magic Emperors were still counting on those "star allies" who were destined never to arrive.
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