A hundred years later, Ruthless successfully lived into her third life.
The next moment, the myriad Dao of heaven and earth wailed as she dispersed the Heavenly Heart Imprint.
The Imperial Dao that belonged to one person completely collapsed, and the Heavenly Heart Imprint merged into heaven and earth once more, awaiting the next person to prove the Dao and become a Great Emperor.
At that moment, all living beings in the universe were grief-stricken. They mourned the passing of a Great Emperor. It was Heaven and Earth Mourn Together.
"The myriad Dao of heaven and earth are wailing, and the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths are trembling. Has a Great Emperor passed away? The Empress ultimately failed to endure the years and live into her next life!"
"The Empress was stunningly gifted. She lived for forty thousand years across two lives. That was already utterly defiant of heaven and rare throughout history!"
At that moment, the entire world was shocked. The passing of a Great Emperor was not unprecedented, yet it still shook the four seas and eight lands.
Many sighed. The stunningly gifted Empress had ultimately failed to defy heaven and had fallen in the twilight of her second life.
The Heavenly Heart Imprint returned to heaven and earth, which also meant that there would be no Great Emperor to deter the world in this era.
Yet the Dao belonging to a Great Emperor still remained, suppressing others from proving the Dao. It would take at least ten thousand years to completely disperse.
This meant that no one could prove the Dao and become a Great Emperor over the next ten thousand years. The entire world might even sink into silence.
Tides rose and fell, and all things flourished, declined, and changed. For every dazzling Golden Age, there