In the end, all that remained was an eternally empty expanse. Even after an unknown number of tens of thousands of years had passed, no trace of life had ever evolved here again.
Whether it was great worlds, Dao laws, or even the Void, all traces of them had completely vanished here. There was only eternal, empty nothingness.
It was all because of that brutal battle. In the end, the Desolate Emperor's sword of Eternal Severance had made Di Yi's Guardian, who had dared to cross realms from the Ancestral Land—a true Weird Immortal Emperor—pay a grievous price.
It could be called a true clash of Immortal Emperor Dao laws. Though it had lasted only a brief moment, that rampaging imperial might had destroyed everything, especially the Sword Light.
For a long time, nothing changed here. People gradually began to leave.
The first to leave were the Dao Ancestors of the Four Origin Ancient Lands. After witnessing that sword's heavenly might, they had been completely terrified. Without the slightest hesitation, they retreated at top speed, looking as though they feared being settled by that Sword Light.
After that, the Dao Ancestors of Heaven left one after another, taking their disciples with them.
Yet many still remained, hoping for a miracle. But as the years flowed by without a trace, none of those involved in that battle ever appeared again.
Neither Di Yi, the Ancestral Land's favored child of destiny, nor his mount, the Heaven and Earth Beast, nor Di Yi's Guardian ever showed themselves here again. Even Jiang Yun's trace never appeared.
Hou Ming, who had been sent flying by a single finger, ignored her grave injuries and descended here. She waited for over a thousand years, but when Jiang Yun still did not return, she could no longer hold