"Back when I fought my way to Quasi-Emperor Ninth Heaven, I deliberately left a wound from the Great Dao on my Immortal Platform to keep the Forbidden Zone Supremes from striking. Only then did I avoid becoming their food.
"Now, with the Immortal Platform Divine Liquid Lingbao Heavenly Venerable left behind after his death, I've healed most of my wounds. I'm one step from returning to my peak and challenging the tribulation of Dao attainment."
"Azure Emperor's Dao has dissipated, and the Golden Age has only just begun. Yet a prodigy this powerful has appeared to fight me for the imperial throne. Could some ancient monster have suddenly emerged?"
Old Golden Crow was numb with shock.
Years ago, he had found the Immortal Platform Lingbao Heavenly Venerable had left behind. He had planned to fake his death, lie low, then emerge safely when the Path to Immortality opened and attain the Dao as an emperor.
Now this reckless upstart had appeared. If the upstart attained the Dao before him, then even if the Forbidden Zone Supremes devoured the man, no one else could attain it in this era. Old Golden Crow would have to wait at least ten thousand years.
"Damn it!"
Not even when he had faked his death had Old Golden Crow felt such violent swings of emotion. Ten thousand thoughts surged through his mind, and he had no idea what to do.
If he stuck to his original plan, the best outcome would be to face this upstart in a contest for the imperial throne when the Path to Immortality opened.
Once they fought, the outcome would be impossible to predict. Though Old Golden Crow had forged an invincible emperor's heart through bloody battles, even he could not claim certain victory over a cultivator capable of summoning