Devouring Immortal Medicines, Then Eating Poisonous Roots (two chapters in one)

"Void Great Emperor left so many array patterns in Deathless Mountain."

The Victorious Fighting Buddha was visibly moved and could not help asking, "Just how desperate was the situation he faced back then? This defies all reason."

"By the tacit agreement among the forbidden zones, there shouldn't have been so many Supreme Beings emerging together during an age of turmoil."

Dark turmoil had occurred in Desolate Antiquity, and in Primordial Antiquity as well.

At most, two or three Supreme Beings would emerge in any one era to unleash dark turmoil. This prevented conflicts over uneven shares when too many participated, and also guarded against excessive harvesting—devouring the entire universe and cutting down every last stalk of chives.

During the Fighting Saint Emperor's reign, he had quelled turmoil and battered two Dark Supremes to death, frightening the Life Restricted Areas into staying hidden. This bought the universe tens of thousands of years of peace, allowing the myriad races to coexist at the end of Primordial Antiquity.

"Things reverse when pushed to their extremes. Great Emperor Wu Shi was born too late. The situation he should have resolved fell upon Void Great Emperor instead."

Lin Xian shook his head. "Countless miracles arose during Desolate Antiquity. One imperial star after another shone across the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, nine Sacred Bodies held the firmament steady, and generation after generation of Human Race Great Emperors emerged, forcing the Restricted Area Supremes to retreat again and again."

"By Void Great Emperor's lifetime, many Supreme Beings could no longer endure it."

Emerging to fight a Great Emperor meant nine chances of death and one of survival. But staying hidden until their vital blood ran dry meant ten chances of death and none of survival.

Rather than fade away unnoticed in the river of time, the