Emperor Ruyan's words struck Xiao Wuji, Feng Qingxue, and the others like a heavy hammer.
A taboo existence born when an era was destroyed!
It lived by possessing geniuses and had survived for who knew how many eras!
Every word sent a chill of despair deep into their souls.
So what they faced was no Great Emperor at all, but an ancient fiend who had lived for countless years, using heaven and earth as a chessboard and all living beings as sustenance!
"Senior! Then... what should we do? Yang'er, he..." Xiao Wuji asked anxiously, his voice trembling.
His only hope now rested on the mysterious "Female Immortal Emperor" before him.
Emperor Ruyan's golden eyes glanced at Xiao Yang, who was suspended in midair, his Life Force growing weaker by the moment. Her voice remained indifferent, but now held a note of resolve.
"The only way is to enter his Sea of Consciousness and help him resist the Burial Lord's soul devouring from within."
"Enter his Sea of Consciousness?" Xiao Wuji froze. "But no outsider can interfere in a battle of souls!"
"Ordinary people certainly can't," Emperor Ruyan said calmly. "But I was once an Immortal Emperor. Though only a Remnant Soul remains of me now, I can still use an Immortal Emperor's origin power to force open a passage into his Sea of Consciousness."
"That's wonderful!" Xiao Wuji exclaimed with delight. "Then I ask you to help him, Senior!"
But Emperor Ruyan's next words instantly wiped the joy from his face.
"I can send this girl's consciousness into his Sea of Consciousness to assist him."
"But there will be a price."
Emperor Ruyan's voice held not the slightest hint of emotion.
"The price is that my Remnant Soul will burn away completely, becoming the power that opens the passage."
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