Not long before, in the deepest reaches of Calamity Land, an area resembling an ancient pass stood outside the entrance leading to the Plateau.
On the Plateau stood a figure with his back to the Heavens and Myriad Realms, his back to the ancient history of all living beings.
He had blocked the spring and held the Weird Race's End-of-the-Road Immortal Emperors in check. Now, he confronted their Ancestors.
He held a sword in his hand. Blood dripped from it, soaking a patch of deep color into the dark red earth.
A universe of Dao Principles emerged within the bloodstains, forming and fading. Even infinity seemed to become another layer of concept within it, stacking endlessly like an unparalleled firmament.
Opposite him, three unimaginable beings stood shoulder to shoulder, collapsing the River of Time and annihilating everything with physical form.
The Three Ancestors!
They were the supreme beings of the Strange Clan, stronger and more ancient than its ten End-of-the-Road Immortal Emperors. They ruled the clan and commanded everything!
On closer inspection, one of those inconceivable beings had fought the Huangtian Emperor and been wounded by his Emperor Sword.
Her body also bore all manner of Great Dao wounds, blood flowing ceaselessly from them. Yet they did not care. Infinitely far behind them, the shadows of the Three Coffins seemed to lie upon a plateau, supplying the Three Ancestors with an inexhaustible stream of power.
"Though we do not know what means you used to barely reach this realm and battle us this long, I imagine they have their limits and constraints. We can destroy an End-of-the-Road Immortal Emperor with one hand. You may have courage in your blood, but once you fall from this realm, death is all that awaits you. We are different. We have nothing to fear.