Within the Great Dao River, the river formed from Chaos energy flow surged onward in solemn silence. Yet amid that soundlessness, a figure was walking upstream.
The raging, turbulent Great Dao River could grind everything to pieces. But once the figure drew near, the Great Dao River, which should have been violent, instantly fell still. All matter, energy, and space seemed to sink into stagnation, falling from activity into immobility.
If Su Jie and the other Dao Crossing Heavenly Venerates who had visited the immortal's tomb were here, they would surely have recognized this figure. It was that revived immortal corpse—or, more precisely, the Human Emperor.
The Human Emperor did not know how long he had been walking. He seemed to wander aimlessly through the Great Dao River until he arrived at a vast, empty stretch of it.
The Human Emperor, who had been walking, suddenly stopped. He stood there blankly, as though he had fallen asleep, or perhaps become lost in some memory. His body instinctively raised its right hand.
The Great Dao River ahead suddenly split open, piercing through the present world.
Rumble!
Between reality and the Great Dao River, an incomparably vast and bizarre world emerged.
The Human Emperor's eyes were clouded with confusion. Driven by instinct, his body automatically walked inside.
Crack!
As the Human Emperor stepped in, this bizarre world immediately reacted violently, as though it profoundly rejected his arrival and instinctively resisted his entry.
In an instant, a swath of immortal light pierced through trillions upon trillions of miles of space, continuously spreading toward the entire Great Dao River.
Upon closer inspection, this immortal light was composed entirely of countless tiny fundamental laws of the Great Dao. It possessed the terrifying power to annihilate all life.
However, although the Human Emperor was merely a