Since the turmoil had been quelled, the Immortal Domain had flourished. Millions of years of growth had produced powerful experts in abundance, while prodigies rose on every side.
The Immortal Domain was no longer a single continent. It had become a starry expanse dotted with ancient stars.
Below it lay the shattered remnants of the Nine Heavens, which the emperors had condensed into a starry expanse through their mighty Divine Abilities.
Xuantian and the others arrived at the Ultimate Ancient Land. They lifted the seal and removed the Heaven-Burying Ancient Coffin.
The opening reappeared. Several drops of strange blood hung there, surrounded by interwoven laws of Order. The sight was terrifying.
After a nod, they rushed into the opening and made their way upward.
Laws of every kind appeared along the passage and swept toward them. They targeted beings at the Immortal King level. Even an Emperor-Light Immortal King would meet disaster here.
Only those at the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level or above could pass through unharmed.
Before long, they emerged from the passage and found themselves standing on a rocky islet barely ten feet across. An opening in it led back to the Ultimate Ancient Land. That was where they had come out.
"Is this Above the Heavens?" Xuantian and the others were stunned.
The islet stood in a strange place. As far as they could see, all was silent. Crimson blood stretched across the vast land, flowing slowly like a river, a lake, and a sea all at once.
In the distance stood rows of sharp peaks. Strictly speaking, they were not mountains, but enormous graves.
Beneath a blood-red dusk, boundless blood flowed past without quite submerging the burial mounds.
They each marked the coordinates. Then Xuantian brought out the Heaven-Burying Ancient Coffin and set it afloat on