Bloody tears streamed from the Forbidden Zone Supreme's eyes as he roared, charging onto the Path to Immortality again and again, only to be blasted back by the Sun Holy Emperor's avatar each time.
Over hundreds of years, he had lost count of his defeats. Even his unwavering resolve in the Dao had begun to crack.
Especially when he first saw those fallen avatars return to life, then make no attempt to batter open the Immortal Gate, merely gathering scattered fragments of Immortal Dao laws instead—his composure had shattered completely.
What was this supposed to mean?
Even the dead could return to life. It made a joke of the Supreme Beings who had severed part of their cultivation and hidden in the forbidden zones.
And what was the point of lingering outside the Immortal Gate without entering?
What did that make the Immortal Domain they had dreamed of?
Elsewhere, a bright moon hung in the chaotic void.
The Lunar Human Emperor had frozen the lower half of a Forbidden Zone Supreme's Dharma manifestation solid. Strands of supremely cold lunar energy seeped into his opponent's body, while he let the Supreme Being's upper half struggle endlessly in the chaotic void, as though toying with a plaything.
As he watched the Supreme Being's Dharma manifestation tremble, teeth chattering, he continually drew on the fragments of Immortal Domain laws he had studied for so long to refine and innovate upon his own lunar Great Dao.
"Lunar... Human Emperor... could you... inform the Heavenly Emperor... we... are willing to serve under him. We would... lead his horse and attend his stirrups!"
The Supreme Being spoke through his shivering. Over these hundreds of years, he had come to realize something.
Since these Ancient Emperors could return from the dead yet refused to enter the Immortal