The Black Emperor and the Wushi Bell fell silent, waiting for Great Emperor Wushi in the Strange World to respond.
Jiang Yun turned toward a great hole that plunged straight underground. The Immortal Bell had risen from even deeper beneath the earth.
The Black Emperor was not the only one who had come to the Burial Grounds beneath the Nether Sea. Several prodigies from the Dao Origin Heavenly Palace were there too, and they had all gone underground.
Streams of immortal light drifted up from below now and then. If not for news of Great Emperor Wushi, the Black Emperor would probably have been the first to charge down.
"The Chaos Cave, North Pole Immortal Light—this is a Road to Immortality!"
Deeper underground, in a place more mysterious and dark, lay a hidden cave. From the Chaos at its end shone North Pole Immortal Light so beautiful it made the heart reel.
The astonished voices of Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Huo Qizi, Primordial Beginning, and the other prodigies echoed through the cave. Mysterious laws of order guided their way forward.
This had once been a path to the Immortal Domain—a Road to Immortality.
The grinding passage of ages had left countless secrets and mysteries buried here.
At the deepest point, a ruined scene came into view.
Two figures sat facing each other, as though their presence alone had kept this path to immortality open.
"No, those aren't real people!"
Immortal Radiance flashed twice in Zhang Bairen's eyes. He steadied his shaken heart and spoke.
Everyone looked closer. They were indeed only two shadows sitting quietly, each formed from laws. Both were unfathomable; no one could see through the laws within them.
"They're shadows of the Dao traces left by the Undying Heavenly Emperor and Great Emperor Wushi!"
Ye Fan and