No one dared make a rash move. All eyes were on the Life Forbidden Zones-more precisely, the five forbidden zones other than the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Ground and the Ancient Mine of Absolute Beginning.
If they made a move, then there would be no doubt: it would confirm everything.
Indeed, roars rang out from the Life Forbidden Zones. Ancient beasts awakened from their slumber, and some beings even emerged.
"Heavens! The Immortal Path really is about to open! We might see Supremes emerge-something that hasn't happened in tens of thousands of years!"
"We're doomed. There's no Great Emperor in this age. A catastrophe is coming-who will protect the living beings of this world?"
Not everyone yearned for the Immortal Ascension Road to open. Most knew their own limits and understood that even if it opened, it would have nothing to do with them.
The young prodigies of the age were the most despairing of all. For them, it was far too soon. They had yet to mature, but the Immortal Ascension Road was already opening.
For most people, this day felt like the end of the world. Many seemed to have already foreseen the great calamity about to descend.
Unease filled countless hearts. The atmosphere in the Big Dipper Star Region was so oppressive that it almost suffocated them.
A creature emerged from the Divine Ruins: a great qilin with a silver back and crimson horns. His majestic presence swept across a hundred thousand li, terrifying beyond measure.
The entire world trembled. His aura spread, flooding the path ahead, making heaven and earth shudder and roar. Its terror towered to the skies, leaving all living beings shaking.
Outside the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Ground, an enormous fissure had already opened. The being from the Life Forbidden Zone had come to