He had thought only an Ancient Emperor's Son would side with a forbidden zone. Never had he imagined that Lin Xian, the righteous-looking leader of the Heavenly Court, would become a Supreme Being's lackey too.
Just as the Void Mirror prepared to strike ruthlessly and purge its own ranks, the Blood Phoenix Ancient Emperor explained his origins.
Lin Xian vouched for him. "Senior Blood Phoenix Ancient Emperor left a lineage in the mortal universe: the Ancient Clan's Blood Phoenix Mountain. Huang Xudao is his son, which shows that he never unleashed dark turmoil."
Ancient Emperors who had unleashed dark turmoil feared that the universe's living beings and the Great Emperors of later generations would settle those karmic debts with their races, so they had moved their bloodlines directly into the Life Restricted Areas.
That was the greatest distinction between a Forbidden Zone Heir and an Ancient Emperor's Son.
"A Supreme Being from the Ancient Mine of Primordial Beginnings-as long as he isn't from the Deathless Mountain." The Void Mirror reined in some of its imperial might, its killing intent easing.
During his reign, the Void Great Emperor had suppressed dark turmoil and swept through the Life Restricted Areas. He had once dragged his wounded body to blockade the Sea of Samsara and killed a Supreme Being within it. He had also made enemies of the Deathless Mountain, slaying more than one of its Supreme Beings.
In his later years, he had lain in his imperial coffin and feigned death, forcibly dragging two Deathless Mountain Supremes into the grave with him. The blood feud between them had reached the heavens.
But he had no blood feud with the Ancient Mine of Primordial Beginnings. Throughout Void's reign, it had chosen to lie dormant rather than emerge.
Immortal light flowed, and the Void