Just as Shi Shuzhu finished speaking, her body shuddered. She let out a muffled groan, her eyes gradually losing all vitality, and her limp body toppled backward.
"Shuzhu!" Seeing this, the Central Great Emperor's expression changed drastically. In the blink of an eye, he appeared behind Shi Shuzhu and caught her falling body.
"Hiss!" Old Immortal Liu sucked in a cold breath. "That girl actually shattered her own soul and committed suicide!"
"Shuzhu..." The Central Great Emperor lowered his head and looked at his daughter lying lifeless in his arms, his eyes bloodshot.
At that moment, with Shi Shuzhu's death, the cultivation of the Ninth-Rank Dao Emperors—sealed by her soul power—was restored as well. One after another, they unleashed their divine abilities and shattered the mountains that had trapped them earlier, sending them flying into countless pieces.
"Azure Emperor!"
When the Northern Star Great Emperor saw Li Zhōujūn, delight flashed in his eyes. "It really was you who saved me?"
Li Zhōujūn said nothing. He merely looked at the Central Great Emperor with pity.
Although the Central Great Emperor had now broken through to the Dao Saint Realm, his daughter's death had turned his hair white in an instant. The aura that had once seemed to rule the world had also become deathly and gloomy.
"The Central Great Emperor? He's actually still alive!"
"Judging from the aura around him, it seems he has already broken through to the Dao Saint Realm!"
The many Ninth-Rank Dao Emperors present were all terribly shocked when they saw the Central Great Emperor.
At this moment, the Central Great Emperor took a deep breath, stored his daughter Shi Shuzhu's corpse in his storage space, then rose and cupped his fists toward the many Ninth-Rank Dao Emperors present. "My daughter was foolish. In a moment of