In one Forbidden Zone after another, hidden old monsters emerged.
Some awoke from their slumber, while others withdrew from their closed-door cultivation.
Their cultivation was at least at the early Divine Emperor stage, and quite a few were late-stage or peak Divine Emperor existences!
There were even several old monsters who had survived from ancient times until now, possessing unfathomably deep strength.
They sensed the Heavenly Dao Power that enveloped heaven and earth, felt the Cycle Slaughter Dao Rhyme it contained, and revealed complex expressions of shock, awe, and confusion.
No one knew who this new Great Emperor was.
No one knew where he came from, much less how he had achieved the position of Great Emperor during this period regarded as the "Age of Dharma's End."
But everyone understood that with the birth of this new Great Emperor, the structure of the Three Thousand Continents would be completely changed!
A new era was about to unfurl its prelude!
No Man's Land was the most mysterious and dangerous place in the Three Thousand Continents.
The sky here was forever leaden gray, as though shrouded beneath a thick layer of gloom. Not the slightest radiance of the sun, moon, or stars could be seen, and the oppression made it hard to breathe.
The ground was covered in rocks as black as ink.
Now and then, pale bones could be seen in the cracks between those rocks, left behind by cultivators or demon beasts that had fallen an unknown number of years ago.
There was not the slightest trace of spiritual energy in the air. Instead, it was filled with a bizarre aura that made one's blood run cold!
That aura was icy, rotten, and carried the meaning of destruction and deathly silence!
An ordinary cultivator need only inhale a wisp