"Dao Origin Great Emperor!"
In the final moments of his life, what surged through the Stone Emperor's mind was not his glorious past, but the scenes of him devouring countless living beings and blocking prodigies on the Emperor's Path, leaving them to fail in despair.
A hunter who spent every day stalking prey would one day be mauled by his quarry. That was his fate now.
"Born from a Dragon Vein after a million years of nurture by heaven and earth's fortune, a spirit raised by heaven and earth for a million years, a darling of creation—why was I granted only twenty thousand years of life?
I refuse to accept it!
I spent millions of years trapped in a Forbidden Zone, seeking immortality. I regret nothing!
In the end, I simply wasn't strong enough!"
These were the Stone Emperor's final thoughts. He had never believed he had done anything wrong. The fault lay with this broken Final-Dharma World.
Jiang Yun withdrew his vast dragon body and watched the Stone Emperor perish with cold eyes. In all things, there was no right or wrong.
Victory was right. He would be the one who was right!
Whoosh!
A streak of Immortal Radiance burst forth. The remaining light of the Stone Emperor's Primordial Spirit held no life and had nowhere left to hide. It broke apart, and a Supreme of the Immortal Mountain came to his end.
Crack! Rumble!
Thunderous roars rolled across heaven and earth. The clash of myriad Daos had seemed to drag the entire world into the Abyss, grinding stars to dust.
When the visions finally faded, Jiang Yun stood alone amid the shattered Borderlands.
The Stone Emperor's death truly heralded the dawn of a new era.
The battle was over, ending in a way that stunned the world into