Deep in the Eighteenth Layer Heavenly Vault, an ethereal voice rang out.
It wasn't Emperor Lord and the others speaking, but one of the Kaoshan Sect's Ancestors.
Though the Kaoshan Sect was fiercely protective of its own, they had always been able to accept defeat.
If they lost to someone of equal cultivation, then they had lost. With their pride, they disdained denying it—and had no need to.
Ao Kun, Gaishi, God Emperor, and even the sect's Young Ancestors were all proud as the clouds.
They would never want their sect to bail them out when fighting an equal. There was simply no need.
Even if they died in battle, they would accept that they had been outmatched.
Having received the answer he wanted, the Ghost Phoenix Race Ancient Ancestor smiled with satisfaction.
"What about the second rule?" the Ghost Phoenix Race Ancient Ancestor asked.
"As I said, as long as you don't break the rules first, we'll abide by them," the Ancestor in the shadows replied, perfectly composed.
"Good." The Ghost Phoenix Race Ancient Ancestor departed, satisfied.
At that very moment, the Immortal Emperor War officially began.
The Immortal Emperors on both sides charged toward Tiangang Continent along golden avenues of light, entering the battlefield one after another before vanishing.
After its transformation, Tiangang Continent had not only grown larger, but had once again become vast enough to contain the eternal starry sky. The Immortal Emperors felt as though they had entered another All Realms Great Universe. It was so vast and boundless that even the perception of an extreme Immortal Emperor could not begin to fathom its true scale.
At the same time, once the Immortal Emperor War began in earnest, screens of water appeared throughout the All Realms Great Universe. They showed scenes of what was happening