Everyone felt a wistful sense of loss. In the hundred-odd thousand years after Desolate Antiquity, only the Azure Emperor had reigned supreme; the splendor of successive emperors was nowhere to be seen.
They could not imagine the grandeur of the Desolate Antiquity Era, when another emperor would arise a mere ten thousand years after the last had passed away. Between them, Great Accomplished Saint Physiques had carried the torch, ensuring that the Human Race's supreme beings never suffered a break in succession.
Those had been towering years, a golden great era of flourishing Dao arts that left the Restricted Area Supremes gasping for breath, denying them any opportunity to unleash dark turmoil.
Within two or three hundred thousand years, twelve emperors had emerged in succession: Amitabha, Eternal Ascension, Ruthless, Divine Land, Jiuli, the Western Empress, Hengyu, Void, the Primordial Emperor, the Chaotic Ancient Emperor, and Wu Shi.
Every Great Emperor's Dao Fruit crystallized the essence of an era. With twelve Great Emperors attaining the Dao one after another, separated by only ten thousand years-or even less-they were bound to have been influenced by their predecessors' wisdom.
"Later generations stood on their predecessors' shoulders to advance the Dao arts. The blue dye came from the indigo plant, yet surpassed it in color."
The Black Emperor stuck out his scarlet tongue and chuckled. "Besides cultivating the Western Empress Scripture and Sacred Body Dao arts, Great Emperor Wu Shi also drew upon the Chaotic Ancient Emperor's methods and Emperor Path."
"From the Chaotic Ancient Emperor, who became an emperor after a hundred defeats, to Great Emperor Wu Shi, who swept through the Emperor Path, moving from one extreme to the other was undoubtedly a sublimation."
Everyone fell silent, a spark of pity arising for the prodigies of Great Emperor Wu Shi's era. No