"Why are you so sure that breaking through the shackles will let you leave this place? That's an illusion. It can't be real."
Dao Jin shook his head. "Black Nether Beings have innate advantages, but they also have innate disadvantages. They can only live forever in this enormous world-prison. They can't get out!"
The Supreme Heavenly Emperor shook his head. "I am not truly a Black Nether Being. What you could not do, I can!"
Dao Jin looked at the Supreme Heavenly Emperor. "You still don't understand? The moment you replaced me, you became a true Black Nether Being. There's no leaving anymore!"
The Supreme Heavenly Emperor's resolve did not waver. Imperial Might surged skyward, majestic and terrifying. "Your thinking is outdated. You never fully merged with the will of Heaven and Earth back then, so how could you know whether it's possible?"
The two faced each other, their auras clashing. The Place of Sacrifice trembled, filled with two utterly different oppressive forces.
"He's no longer worth your time. Let me take your place." The Human Emperor Ye Clan Progenitor looked at the Supreme Heavenly Emperor, offering to fight in his stead.
As the Supreme Heavenly Emperor's Dao companion back when he was the Human Emperor, the Human Emperor Ye Clan Progenitor's strength was just as much of a mystery. She had once been an extraordinary woman; after lying low for so many years, no one had any idea how powerful she was now.
"He is an Emperor. No matter how weak he is, I should be the one to defeat him. I owe him that dignity." The Supreme Heavenly Emperor shook his head. He would settle this Karma himself.
Last time, he had deliberately let Dao Jin escape. This time, he would personally kill him and refine him into