The lightning of the Great Emperor tribulation lingered in the void of the universe's Border Wasteland for a full seven days.
Those charred lightning scars were like wounds branded by heavenly punishment, embedded deep along the edges of the star systems. Each crack still brimmed with undissipated destruction, haunting the rivers of stars for ages like resentful souls unwilling to depart.
When a thread of golden light pierced the ancient darkness of the universe's Border Wasteland.
The lightning tribulation finally began to fade.
Pure Feathered Ascension divine light swirled around Feathered Ascension.
At this moment, the Heavenly Heart Imprint completely fused with Feathered Ascension as one.
An invisible ripple spread from the universe's Border Wasteland, passing through the sea of stars and through the star systems.
In that instant, every cultivator in the universe, regardless of cultivation level, felt a suffocating pressure.
It was as though the sky above their heads had suddenly pressed down, turning into an invisible mountain that hung heavily above everyone's crown.
"This is..."
"A Great Emperor!"
"Someone has attained the Dao!"
The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths erupted into an uproar.
The powerful figures of every Sacred Land, imperial dynasty, and Ancient Race emerged from their seclusion, raising their heads toward the depths of the universe.
Some older Quasi-Emperors turned deathly pale. More than anyone, they understood what this meant.
A Great Emperor of the current age had been born.
From this moment onward, one Dao suppressed ten thousand Daos.
The hopes of all other prodigies and all other Quasi-Emperors to attain the Dao had been completely severed.
Unless they waited for this Great Emperor to perish, or sought another opportunity in a later age—but that would be countless tens of thousands of years from now.
The universe's Border Wasteland.
Feathered Ascension opened his eyes.