Outside.
After Jiang Yun entered the Primordial Ancient Mine, the other major Forbidden Zones also fell silent. The beams that had pierced the Ninth Heaven vanished, and they withdrew from sight.
That did not mean their inhabitants had fallen asleep. They were still watching the Road to Immortality above the Desolate Forbidden Land intently, waiting with patience.
"What should we do now?"
On the land of the Big Dipper, a Great Saint of the Primordial Myriad Races could not help feeling lost.
Once those Supremes released their auras, no one could get close.
Even without a Supreme blocking their way, the things falling from the Immortal Path Rift—including a few drops of a Supreme's remnant blood—could easily wipe them out.
Was there any point in continuing to wait?
They could not help thinking of the Small World the Dao Origin Heavenly Emperor had opened within the Source Ring for free migration. All the ordinary people of the Big Dipper would move there.
"The road ahead will be hard. The entire Big Dipper may shatter!"
Some stared at the ever-widening rift, uneasy. The Immortal Road was about to open, but the timing was far from what they had hoped.
Its opening now meant competing against the Ancient Supremes—the Ancient Emperors and Great Emperors. No matter how heaven-defying they were, what could they do?
They could hardly match such strength. Through all of history, Jiang Yun was the only example of a Quasi-Emperor who had fought a Supreme.
Thus, however much they longed for immortality, all they could expect was failure and an ending covered in wounds. They could hold on to no hope at all.
"Unless everyone can become immortal and the gates of the Immortal Domain are flung wide open, becoming immortal will be far too difficult for us!"
An