Then he slowly opened his mouth.
His voice was calm, yet it rang clearly through Scarlet Glow River, through the Five Regions of the Big Dipper, and in the hearts of every living being across All Heavens and Myriad Worlds:
"Anyone who enters this place...
Will live or die at their own peril."
The instant his words fell.
Rumble!
Crack... crack...
The nine Immortal Gold Divine Chains piercing through his body shattered in unison!
At once, an incomparably powerful and terrifying surge of blood vitality erupted, as though it could crush all eternity, sweeping across the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands!
At this moment,
Silence.
Dead silence.
Outside Scarlet Glow River.
When that tall figure broke free of the nine Immortal Gold Divine Chains and stepped out of the Abyss one step at a time, the entire world seemed to freeze.
First Demon Ancient Emperor's chest had caved in, Ancient Emperor Blood spilling forth.
He stared fixedly at that figure, his eyes filled with shock and disbelief.
The Dragon Emperor Bell hovered above Qianlong Ancient Venerable's head, its chimes growing urgent as though it too were issuing a warning. Mystic Yellow Qi surged around his body, yet he instinctively took half a step back.
Outside,
Across the Five Regions of the Big Dipper and even All Heavens and Myriad Worlds, every living being watching this battle fell into deathly silence.
After the disheveled figure shattered the divine chains, his astonishing blood vitality gradually subsided.
There was no heaven-shaking divine radiance around him, no intimidating pressure—only a tranquil calm that had returned to simplicity.
Yet it was precisely this calm that made First Demon Ancient Emperor and Qianlong Ancient Venerable feel unprecedented pressure.
"He... he is that Great Accomplished Golden Body?"
Outside, a relatively young prodigy asked in a trembling voice.