Su Ming stood before the stone wall, silent for a long time.
Between those lines, he could feel the courage and responsibility of the Human Emperor of old.
With his strength alone, he had sealed away ten thousand demons.
And he had still remembered to leave a warning, cautioning those who came after him against advancing rashly.
"None below the great emperor realm may enter this realm..."
Su Ming repeated the words softly.
He was now a half-step immortal emperor supreme, still two major realms short of the great emperor realm.
Immortal emperor supreme came first, and only then great emperor.
Indeed, he was still far from strong enough.
Even his void power would not suffice.
The strength of the restriction spoke for itself.
Without the strength of the great emperor realm, even approaching it would be difficult.
"It looks like our earlier assessment was right."
Su Ming turned to look at the others.
"His Majesty the Human Emperor is still alive, holding his post beyond the seal."
"Black Shadow's main forces are sealed inside as well. They can't get out for now."
"The bizarre beings outside are only their peripheral branches."
Everyone nodded.
In that case, the situation was better than they had expected.
At least Black Shadow's true body could not get out.
They just needed to uproot the outer strongholds one by one and weaken the bizarre forces.
Once they were strong enough, they could find a way to break the seal.
Then they could strike from within and without, ending the bizarre scourge once and for all.
"But we can't let our guard down."
Su Ming continued, his voice steady.
"The seal isn't eternal."
"After countless ages, the restriction has begun to weaken."
"Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many bizarre forces outside, nor things like the