The Chaos Immortal King frowned. "The Second Heaven-Extermination War... Did that Ghost Immortal Emperor fight in it?"
"Not just fight in it!"
The Realm Spirit Clone's voice grew heavier, as though every word carried its own weight. "He was one of the people who started the First Heaven-Extermination War, one of the Nine Immortal Emperors who stood at the very peak of the Human Race's forces. At his height, he reached the Sixth-Turn Immortal Emperor realm. In that age, a Sixth-Turn Immortal Emperor was already the limit of what the Savage World could bear!"
A chorus of sharp inhales sounded through the pavilion.
The Dark Yellow Immortal King jerked upright, his hulking frame nearly breaking the stone stool beneath him. "A Sixth-Turn Immortal Emperor? There were Sixth-Turn Immortal Emperors as far back as the Second Heaven-Extermination War?"
The Realm Spirit Clone nodded slowly. "There were. Not only among the Human Race, but among the Demon Race, the God Race, the Nether Race, and every major race. That age was far more brilliant than you imagine. It was only after the First Heaven-Extermination War that the World Will tightened its suppression, driving the Fringe Region's limit all the way down to Six-Turn Immortal King. That was why later generations thought Immortal Emperors existed only in the Ancient Records!"
He paused, then continued. "During a scouting mission deep into the Land of Ending, the Ghost Immortal Emperor happened upon this damaged Small World. Calling it a Small World was generous. It was more like the surviving core fragment of a complete world from the Primordial Era, shattered by some terrifying force!"
"That fragment floated in the deep reaches of the Land of Ending. Its surface was riddled with cracks, yet inside it held a remarkably stable space governed by Laws, like an