The four arenas formed from the Heaven-Ascending Ladders stood tall, casting overlapping shadows amid the treasury's radiance.
The Heavenly One's words rang clear. Not only did the disciples on the arenas hear every word, but Ant True Person and the others standing silently below did too.
"Since that's the case... why not join forces and kill the Heavenly Emperor first?"
Kill the Heavenly Emperor!
What arrogance! This was the legendary sovereign of all races, the being who had built the Heavenly Emperor's Treasury.
A hoarse rumble rose from the dried corpse's throat.
"I am the Heavenly Emperor... I shall crush every enemy beneath heaven."
Tian Jingxu lifted his head. His hands trembled inside his sleeves, then quietly clenched into fists.
Badly wounded, Xu Wuji leaned against Gu Yu's shoulder. Fire blazed in his eyes, and his lips trembled as he longed to summon what little power he had left.
Even True Spirits like Ant True Person and Treasure-Filled True Person, who had cultivated for a thousand years, felt their hearts surge.
Across ten thousand years, they would face the Heavenly Emperor.
On the boundless Road to Heaven, they would stride forward singing.
What cultivator did not yearn to reach the summit? And with the finest disciples of every sect gathered here, who would not wish to test their edge?
To hear the Dao at dawn and die at dusk would be enough.
Within the Heavenly Emperor's Treasury, cultivation was restricted to below the Great Dao Golden Core.
The Heavenly One had already struck. Starlight spread like clouds across the sky above the Heavenly Emperor's Treasury, unfurling a myriad constellations.
The White Tiger crouched in the west, the Azure Dragon coiled in the east, the Vermilion Bird spread its wings in the south, and the Black Tortoise guarded the north.
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