The Eternal Divine Realm.
Within the Supreme Divine Temple, the twelve High Gods opened their pure white eyes at once.
"The Emperor Path."
The First High God's voice held no emotion, as though he were stating the most ordinary of facts.
"The path to the supreme position."
The Second High God continued, "We must eliminate every competitor."
The Third High God slowly raised her hand. A beam of pure white holy light flew from her palm and became a divine edict spanning heaven and earth.
"All servants of the God Race, assemble!"
"Destination: the Primordial Battlefield!"
The twelve High Gods rose together. Pure white holy light burst from their bodies, enveloping the entire Supreme Divine Temple in boundless radiance.
The Eternal Demon World.
Deep within the Ten Thousand Demons Abyss, the seventy-two Demon Pillars that had stood for countless epochs shook in unison!
Seventy-two terrifying streams of devilish energy shot skyward from the pillars, forming seventy-two towering phantoms of Demon Kings. Every phantom radiated pressure powerful enough to destroy heaven and earth!
Above the Ten Thousand Demons Abyss, countless demonic shadows roared in the void as devilish energy churned like boiling magma. The sky over the entire Demon World turned dark red.
"The Emperor Path!!"
An ancient, frenzied voice rose from the deepest reaches of the Ten Thousand Demons Abyss, laden with boundless greed and savagery.
"The Emperor Path has finally opened!"
"I have waited eight whole ages! Eight ages!"
"This time, no one will stop me from ascending the Emperor's Throne!"
Another phantom of a Taboo Demon King spoke, its voice cold enough to pierce bone. "Those impostors of the God Race, those beasts of the Demon Race, those dead things of the Ghost Realm, and those ants of the Immortal Realm... they must all die!"
"The Five Realms