Ziling and the others had obtained the forbidden Dao marks and were about to retreat.
But at that very moment, a terrifying black path suddenly appeared within the rolling gray mist!
The instant the black path appeared, the surrounding gray mist actively parted, as though blackness had torn open the gray firmament.
At this moment, all the living beings at the end of the Forbidden Ancient Road suddenly felt that everything in the world had ceased to exist—rules, space, order, life... Nothing remained but eternal nothingness!
In the blink of an eye, that black path stretched from the gray mist across the entire ancient road, appearing before Ziling, Nan Feng, and the others.
At this moment, Nan Feng, Ziling, and the others suddenly became dazed.
They instinctively looked toward the black path, their gazes completely locked in place.
At this moment, scenes from another world seemed to unfold upon the black path.
It was endless darkness. Broken, incomplete roads were strewn with the bones of powerful beings. The most dazzling experts throughout the ages had all been devoured by darkness, turning into ghostly shadows within it.
There were unwilling roars of grief and despairing sobs. Blood and tears composed an epic of defeat!
"Forward... forward... We still haven't reached the source..."
"Fight... Where is the Heavenly Emperor? The Heavenly Emperor has already passed away..."
"The Imperial Court has fallen. Where is the great aid the Heavenly Emperor spoke of... Where is the being who once entered the source and returned safely...?"
Someone was calling out. In the darkness, blood-weeping souls strained with all their might to call out a name that could not be heard.
When that name rang out, a sliver of light seemed to appear in the darkness, tearing through its heavy gloom.
The blood-weeping souls and unwilling