The Immortal King Deathmatch came to an end, with the Eight Paths of Reincarnation winning a crushing victory.
When the Primordial Beginning Dao Ancestor received the news in Heaven, he could not believe it at first. After confirming it was true, he fell silent.
Everyone knew the weird forces were powerful, the Four Great Origin Ancient Lands formidable, and the Underworld teeming with experts.
But who could have imagined that the Eight Paths of Reincarnation alone could be this strong?
At this rate, Heaven could forget about fighting all four Ancestral Lands. The Eight Paths of Reincarnation within the Underworld alone would be enough to give it a bitter draught to swallow.
More terrifying still, the gap was already this vast in the Immortal King Realm. What about the Dao Ancestor Realm?
Could the gap there be just as vast? Were the ones truly protecting Heaven not its Dao Ancestors, but the few surviving emperors?
How disheartening!
Whatever the case, once news of the battle spread, storms swept through Heaven, and everyone was left with tangled thoughts.
None of that mattered to Jiang Yun now. With Heaven shaken, it would inevitably seek every way it could to grow stronger.
Although the Immortal King Deathmatch in the Qingming Ancient World was over, the war between Heaven and the Eight Paths of Reincarnation had only just begun. Its end was still far away.
Jiang Yun was satisfied and about to return to the Underworld to discuss their next steps with Hou Ming when his senses stirred. He detected a peculiar fluctuation.
"That was... a Dao Ancestor making a move..."
Jiang Yun frowned, fixed on a direction, and vanished from the spot.
He arrived in a remote great world. Ruin stretched everywhere, without the slightest trace of life.
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