The Emperor Battle Begins, Timelines Converge, the Love-Hate Saga of Emperor Bone and Shi Hao

While Shi Hao and Emperor Bone Bro communicated through divine sense, Ji Hao examined the dark matter, carefully sensing the pulse of the Imperial Dao.

"Similar, yet different. This dark matter is also the manifestation of a supreme Great Dao-only it has fallen ill!"

"Look up ahead!" Liu Shen called out, drawing their attention.

Liu Shen was no longer calm. Profound and timeless, she possessed an ethereal Dao charm, transcending the dust of the mortal world.

Shi Hao was stunned. It was an enormous humanoid creature, more imposing than a mountain. He sat reclining on a stone chair, his body incomplete.

Ji Hao radiated boundless light. His third eye opened, rising above time and space.

He, too, saw it clearly. Beneath the blood-red twilight, amid desolate, rocky mountains and billowing black mist, a giant reclined on an imperial chair carved from a stone mountain.

His entire body was pitch-black, his flesh seemingly rotten, releasing dense black mist. This was the true source of the dark matter!

Here in the deepest reaches lay an enormous corpse. If he stood, his head would touch the heavens and his feet would anchor the earth. An Immortal Emperor's pressure and aura faintly emanated from him.

He was badly damaged, as though torn apart. A split began at his head and extended all the way to his abdomen.

Closer inspection revealed Order Divine Chains locking him in place. His humanlike body was bound to the stone chair. Meanwhile, the Light Screen, which should originally have been sacred, also suppressed this place, but dark matter had corroded it black.

Half his upper body was missing, including half his head and his left arm. His lower body was intact as he reclined on the stone chair!

Ji Hao wanted to approach and examine him, but shadows of