Bi Ji stepped forward and stood beside the Starry Dragon King.
"Evil Emperor, your eight-hundred-thousand-year tribulation is almost here, isn't it?"
The words pierced the Evil Emperor's heart like a sharp blade. This was what had weighed on him most for all these years.
"That's right. What are you getting at?"
The Evil Emperor's tentacles shifted, and his enormous eye fixed on Bi Ji.
"Are you confident you can survive it?"
The Evil Emperor did not answer her question. Silence fell around them once more.
He had little confidence in surviving his eight-hundred-thousand-year tribulation. Otherwise, he would never have tried to seize the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm by fighting Di Tian—and he had not even won that fight.
A long while passed before the Evil Emperor spoke again, his voice low.
"What are you getting at?"
He knew Bi Ji had a reason for saying all this.
"You've lived for so many years. Surely you don't want to turn into a heap of dust beneath Tribulation Lightning?"
"What exactly are you trying to say!?"
Bi Ji's words struck the Evil Emperor to the soul. Purple light began flickering in his enormous eye.
"We have an opportunity right here—one that could let you transcend your limits and become deathless in the future."
"What opportunity? If it's so wonderful, why doesn't someone from Star Dou take it? Why choose me?"
The Evil Emperor sneered inwardly. He did not believe pies fell from the sky for no reason.
"You know that only gods have endless lifespans. And do you think those of us from Star Dou wouldn't take this chance ourselves if we could?"
Hearing that, the Evil Emperor swept his gaze over the three people present. It settled on the only human among them, Xu Tianchen.
As he sensed Xu Tianchen's aura,