An Immortal Emperor in the Ancestral Land had sent down an Imperial Edict. Bloodstains marked its surface, and it radiated an aura that made even Dao Ancestors' hair stand on end.
Clearly, the blood belonged to some mighty being from an unknown time and space. An Immortal Emperor of the Weird Clan had slain them, splashing their blood across the Imperial Edict.
It was the sternest warning imaginable, and it showed that the situation in the Ancestral Land had grown more dire than the Dao Ancestors of the Four Origin Ancient Lands could conceive.
The Imperial Edict stated explicitly that the Four Origin Ancient Lands must not pull back in the slightest.
They were to fight with everything they had and find every possible way to stop the Dao Ancestors of Heaven's All Ages. Under no circumstances could they let them go to Above Heaven as reinforcements.
Nothing like this had ever happened. Even Hou Ming, who had spent countless Sacrificial Eras in the Ancient Underworld, had never known the Ancestral Land to issue such an order.
In the past, the Ancestral Land had always stood far above the fray. No matter what enemy it faced—even the astonishing Pollen Emperor, who had advanced all the way into the Sacrificial Dao Realm and forced the Four Origin Ancient Lands to bow their heads and lie low—it had never sent down an Imperial Edict like this.
Clearly, the Ancestral Land possessed formidable reserves. Even against the Pollen Emperor's assault at the Sacrificial Dao Realm, it had faced no real strain. It had even had strength to spare.
This time, however, Desolate Emperor's attack had plainly put the Ancestral Land in a far graver position, forcing it to issue such an edict.
Of course, the Imperial Edict was not all stern warning. It