"Now is a time of upheaval. The balance of power is about to change, and you can sense it too—the heavens and earth are declining faster and faster."
The Demon Emperor fell silent for a long while, then let out a soft sigh.
To those who had attained the Dao, the great cosmos was full of temptation. Of those who left Lingyang, fewer and fewer were willing to return.
By the near-ancient era, aside from the Three Clans' Emperors, Lingyang had even stopped allowing new Dao-Ascendants to emerge. More and more powerful figures were stuck at the extreme limit of Emperor Grade.
Otherwise, given the strength of the demons and monsters in the Middle Ancient era, humanity would have had little chance of victory.
The struggle over the Illusory Star Domain had given humanity a greater share of the fortune of the heavens. Perhaps this would earn them the favor of the Heavenly Dao and reopen the path to attaining the Dao.
This was the true reason Feng Yichuan had been targeted by so many Demon Emperors. Feng Yichuan's refusal to get involved was almost tantamount to handing them the chance to attain the Dao on a silver platter. Several Demon Emperors at the extreme limit of Emperor Grade practically hated him to the bone.
At the Demon Emperor's words, Feng Yichuan fell silent.
Given how fiercely Lingyang excluded outsiders, the fact that it had to start devouring other worlds to replenish itself was proof enough of just how weak the Heavenly Dao had grown.
Fear had taken hold in this world.
"This matter requires an explanation."
The Demon Emperor made no further effort to press the issue. He shook his head slightly.
"Go lie low on the Extraterritorial Battlefield for a hundred years. That will serve as a punishment