Azureflame Holy Land.
Countless terrifying auras blanketed the heavens, chaotic energy filled the galaxy, and dreadful pressure lay everywhere between heaven and earth. Even an iron mountain placed here would be crushed flat in an instant, transformed into another kind of metal.
This was the galactic imperial palace of the Azureflame Ancient Emperor.
After sending the Azure Sky Imperial Son back, the Flame Stone Great Emperor feasted and conversed merrily here with the various Great Emperors, easing the conflicts and grievances caused earlier by the Imperial Heir Battle.
Such matters were utterly normal between Great Emperors and Ancient Emperors. They remained within the rules and conformed to the traditions of the Horned Demon Imperial Clan.
This was not unique to the Azureflame Holy Land. Conflicts between Ancient Emperors and Great Emperors, or between Great Emperors themselves, arose from time to time among the other holy lands as well. Nowhere was paradise, so the Flame Stone Great Emperor had no thought of betraying the Azureflame Ancient Emperor over this. Such conflicts could not be avoided anywhere.
No matter how fiercely the two sides fought, there were always bottom lines.
For example, even if the Flameflow Imperial Heir died in battle, the Azure Sky Imperial Son would still marry an imperial daughter of the Flame Stone Family. The Flame Stone Family would continue to exist, and a new imperial heir would be born from its bloodline—perhaps with an even stronger bloodline. No one would lose everything. Wars of extermination were not the fashion.
"I heard that the Nethervoid Ancient Emperor's strength has advanced another step. The Nethervoid Sacred Land has consequently grown far more forceful, and its regular armies frequently provoke their friendly neighbors along the borders. It is truly worrying..."
During the feast, one Great Emperor revealed a secret, his voice