And so.
Chen Changqing had to admit that the Great Desolate Realm's hidden reserves were truly far from ordinary!
Beings like Eclipse Supreme would have been Destiny Emperors at the very pinnacle in any era!
In aptitude, in talent, in resolve on the path of cultivation.
They were virtually no less gifted than Chen Yuanba, Chen Musen, and Chen Qingshuang!
And these fellows still existed in the world after countless ages.
Still, that was only natural.
After all, without sufficient ability, they could never have reached such heaven-defying cultivation.
A Destiny Emperor was a being who might not appear even once across countless ages.
Those who had survived their fall into darkness and continued existing in the world were the finest among them.
"What a pity-"
Chen Changqing shook his head gently, a faint trace of regret flitting through his eyes.
"Even these once-invincible Destiny Emperors, who once lorded over all, could not escape clinging to life and fearing death when their lifespans ran dry. They willingly sank into darkness!"
Indeed.
What was a Destiny Emperor?
A being who strode across the ages and suppressed an entire era!
Their lives were histories of conquest, histories of undefeated glory!
Yet lifespan was, in the end, the final heavenly chasm that the Heavenly Dao had drawn before all living beings.
Even a Great Emperor had only tens of thousands of years to live.
At the end, whether you were a peerless prodigy or an invincible Great Emperor, you faced the same question-
To die, or not to die?
These Dark Supremes had chosen the latter.
They had cut away a portion of their own cultivation, fallen into darkness, and eked out an existence.
That choice alone had cost every one of them their "invincible heart"!
What was an invincible heart?
It meant