At Origin Fire Mountain.
Just as all the kindling was about to be extinguished, a phantom divine palace shielded everyone. Even the darkness could not erode it.
Everyone turned around in unison.
When they saw the two young women approaching from the valley entrance, they were all struck dumb with shock.
"Fire Emperor?!"
"Fire Emperor and Wood Emperor... Have they been reborn? They're not dark bodies resurrected from the darkness!"
"It really is Fire Emperor and Wood Emperor... What in the world happened in this era?"
Voices rose all around them. Many were so overcome with emotion that they dropped to their knees before Fire Emperor and Wood Emperor.
These two were none other than Huo Ling'er and Mu Wanqing!
After leaving the immortal land, they had journeyed straight here.
Only when she saw Darkness Fire Emperor strike, ready to wipe everyone out, did Huo Ling'er make her move.
The wooden palace in her hand was the Wood Carving Li Fan had carved for her back in the Underworld, in the Profound Heaven Realm.
Through all these years, whether in the Saint Dao Era, the divine Dao Yang Realm, or the Chaos Ancestor Realm, it had remained her greatest source of support.
Darkness Fire Emperor, Darkness Wood Emperor, and the others all turned icy at the sight of Huo Ling'er and Mu Wanqing.
"An anomaly."
Darkness Fire Emperor's long skirt swayed as she looked at Huo Ling'er and said,
"You are the evil thought of life. You should never have reemerged from the river of karma."
Huo Ling'er met Darkness Fire Emperor's gaze and replied calmly,
"You have become a servant of darkness."
Darkness Wood Emperor stepped forward as well, her voice cold. "A servant of darkness?"
"Darkness is the universe's fundamental law. Only by submitting to it can you