After obtaining Purple Dust Pavilion's location, one of Fire Pattern Bell's subordinates asked...
"Commander-in-Chief, this is highly suspicious..."
"Myriad Springs Quasi-Emperor's aura is clearly present in the area. Like us, he seems to have discovered the 'Extreme Prison Stage.' Should we report this to Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor first?"
Judging from the lingering battle aura, this was clearly no ordinary Quasi-Emperor.
It was precisely because he had sensed the presence of a Quasi-Emperor who had cultivated the "Extreme Prison Stage" that Fire Pattern Bell had appeared.
Hearing this, Fire Pattern Bell gave a cold laugh...
"I have already reached the Heavenly Emperor Realm—and it is the Heavenly Emperor Realm with the legendary Extreme Prison Stage. He is merely Myriad Springs Quasi-Emperor."
"What have I got to fear?"
"First, we'll investigate his origins. We must get to the bottom of it. Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor clearly said that our Green Leaf Palace was the only one to discover the existence of the Extreme Prison Stage."
"So why have two Quasi-Emperors possessing the Extreme Prison Stage suddenly emerged?"
As he spoke, Fire Pattern Bell took dozens of people with him and vanished in a flash.
Leaving the Vast Sea experts in utter disarray amid the wind...
The middle-aged man wreathed in flames let out a long breath and stared wide-eyed. "The commander of Green Leaf Palace's Azure Fire General Camp has already reached the Heavenly Emperor Realm? Didn't they say the Five Heavenly Emperors would never allow anyone else to become a Heavenly Emperor?"
This was a legend known throughout the entire Spirit Seal Realm.
The legend went...
To safeguard their own status, the Five Heavenly Emperors had listed every peak Quasi-Emperor as someone who had to be monitored. So long as anyone showed the possibility of reaching the Heavenly Emperor Realm,