The black baleful aura gradually dispersed, and a white figure slowly emerged.
The newcomer stood ten feet tall, wrapped in tattered white robes. White hair cascaded over his shoulders, his hands clasped behind his back, and he stood barefoot amid the fading black baleful aura.
"Your Majesty!"
The seven Divine Lords cried out at once, then all fell to their knees.
The man before them was Emperor Yonglie, founder and ruler of the Yonglie Great Wilderness!
"Your Majesty, the seven of us failed to guard the array. We have betrayed your grace. Please deliver punishment." The seven spoke in unison.
Emperor Yonglie slowly drifted forward. "You have already done your best."
"The power of the Primordial Beginning has already drawn near the Great Wilderness. Even the Seven-Pointed Star Array I laid down can do no more than delay it."
The seven Divine Lords exchanged glances. River Heaven Divine Lord spoke up and asked:
"Your Majesty, if you have come personally to oversee the great array, then what of the passage on the other side?"
Emperor Yonglie arrived above the Seven-Pointed Star Array and raised his head toward the rolling black baleful aura overhead. Only after a long while did he answer:
"At this point, maintaining the passage has become utterly meaningless!"
"From this day onward, I shall personally hold the Seven-Pointed Star Array. You seven... go and settle your lingering wishes!"
Naturally, the seven understood Emperor Yonglie's meaning.
The power of the Primordial Beginning had descended upon the Yonglie Great Wilderness, blotting out the sky and sun. It sought to block the Chaos Primordial Power in the chaos of the Divine Realm from radiating into the Great Wilderness, sealing it away completely and turning the entire Great Wilderness into slaves of the Primordial Beginning.
Though Emperor Yonglie could not resist