"He truly patched the roof before the rain... He must have considered it back then: if he could not enter the Immortal Domain, could not attain immortality, and died of old age in the passage of time, he would use this to return-and seize the opening of the Immortal Path to enter directly!"
"And the sacrifices would be... these three Supreme Beings!"
"But would the resurrected being still be him?" Ji Hao pondered.
"Perhaps... this was a scheme devised by that wisp of evil intent!"
"He could not be certain he could defeat Emperor Zun either!" Ji Hao stood with his hands behind his back, gold and silver flickering in his eyes amid endless Dao principles.
"Without the backstabbing by Longevity Heavenly Venerate and the others, that evil intent might have perished long ago and used this foundation to be reborn, rather than still opposing Emperor Zun's true nature now."
"What a pity... Emperor Zun was a Peerless Hero, too. Fortune simply was not on his side!" Ji Hao shook his head with a sigh.
The magic array was bizarre and terrifying. It triggered the restrictions within the three Supreme Beings, blowing them apart outright. Their divine souls were extinguished, and a lifetime of cultivation came to nothing!
Only the essence qi of their Dao Fruits surged upward and gathered together, forming the phantom of a golden figure. Imposingly majestic, he gazed down upon all living things, towering before the Road to Immortality at the center of the ancient land, as though awaiting the prostrations of all beings and the homage of every emperor.
But in Ji Hao's eyes, a bizarre secret power lurked within that brilliant golden light, emanating an aura of darkness.
"Hmm, excellent. Emperor Zun's Daoist principles-I'll take them!"
Ji Hao reached out.
Boom!
Time fell into