More than ten years passed before they finally arrived at the Emperor Realm Universe.
Under the pressure of the Sea of Chaos, this universe had shrunk to only one ten-thousandth the size of an ordinary universe, and it was still continuously contracting.
When Xu Ying arrived in the Emperor Realm Universe, he discovered that even the Saluo Tree had withered and was on the verge of death.
Once this divine tree died completely, the Emperor Realm Universe and the Other Shore would likely be severed from each other forever, with no way left to travel between them.
The destruction suffered by the Emperor Realm Universe was even more dreadful than that of the Jade Realm. The Calamity Fortune Great Dao and the Slaughter Great Dao of this universe were both at their peak. A murderous air permeated the entire universe, and all signs of life had vanished!
Everything remaining in this universe was rapidly drawing closer, converging toward the same point. The stars had come unimaginably close to one another, colliding and collapsing.
Many celestial bodies had dimmed and evolved into individual Hong Yuans. But unlike normal Hong Yuans, they appeared ravenously hungry, devouring everything around them.
A normal Hong Yuan was the source of the universe and the myriad daos, nurturing all things and brimming with life. Innate Spiritual Treasures drew nourishment from the Sea of Chaos and strengthened the Hong Yuan.
But a Nirvana Hong Yuan directly devoured all things. Nor did the Hong Yuan give birth to the Great Daos, much less a universe. It was instead a chaotic expanse.
They were like gluttonous taotie that only took in and never released anything, forever eating, eating, eating!
Xu Ying was greatly surprised. "What's going on with these Hong Yuans?"
Strange power was gestating within the Hong Yuan.