"It was impossible. Throughout the ages, across thirty Great Emperors, none had ever clung to life in disgrace." Black Emperor was extremely serious on this matter. When it came to matters of principle, his stance surpassed that of many others. He sighed. "The true Great Emperors are all dead."
"There should be a Saint Spirit within the Dragon Lair, one on the verge of reaching complete perfection."
Everyone was horrified. Though it was not a Great Emperor, a Saint Spirit was enough to shake the world. Saint Spirits were the sons of Empyrean, almost immortals. It was said that once they reached complete perfection, they could challenge a Great Emperor.
With no ancient Great Emperor emerging, who could contend against it?!
"Since you know my lord's identity, why do you not take your own lives and beg forgiveness?" The Saint Spirit envoy atop the war chariot spoke with boundless arrogance. "In this lifetime, my lord shall emerge, attain the Dao as an emperor, and rule the rise and fall of the universe."
"You have disturbed him. Your crime warrants the extermination of ten clans. Granting you death now is already immense mercy."
The Cai Family Great Saint said nothing. He merely seized the Undying Immortal Elixir and swallowed it, refining it in an instant!
"Courting death!" The Saint Spirit envoy, surrounded by one hundred and eight divine halos, flew into a rage. Endless dragon energy surged into the sky, gathering into an enormous True Dragon that coiled in the heavens and looked down below. Its dragon might was like an ocean, suffocating everyone beneath it.
"The Saint Spirit within the Dragon Lair is enraged!"
"This is the Eternal Dragon Vein, the Central Plains Ancestral Root. It is incomparably powerful, even capable of contending against an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon."
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