Becoming immortal was for everything, and everything was for becoming immortal.
As long as they could become immortal, what did it matter if they colluded with the Heavenly Court to destroy the Life Restricted Areas?
"I only want immortality!"
The Blood Phoenix Ancient Emperor's voice was icy, bloodthirsty crimson light swirling in his eyes. Everything else was false; only becoming immortal was real. His Dao Heart was utterly steadfast, utterly cold. Even if he had to slaughter every Forbidden Zone, he would show no mercy.
"The Saint Spirits of this world revere me as their Ancestor, an honor I am ashamed to accept. In this life, as my existence reached its end, I glimpsed a corner of the future. The Saint Spirits' pure land was destroyed. I could only watch helplessly as the stone embryos wailed, as Human Race cultivators cleaved open Nine-Aperture Stone Men with their swords and extracted divine liquid, their hands stained with Saint Spirit blood."
The Saint Spirit Supreme Being of Deathless Mountain sighed, dissolving into a shower of light and revealing his true form. He was a Great Perfection Saint Spirit blessed by heaven who had later become an emperor, once dominating the great universe for an entire lifetime. Majestic in stature and solemn in bearing, he had ruled over the myriad heavens and ten thousand domains, yet ultimately fallen on the road to immortality. How lamentable, how regrettable, how tragic.
The Saint Spirit Emperor cast one final glance at the Big Dipper and the Deathless Mountain he had once protected, murmuring, "My strength is spent... but someday, another Great Perfection Saint Spirit will come to settle this karmic debt."
"If there is a great karmic debt, I shall resolve it with imperial power!"
The Myriad Dragon Emperor spoke with ringing conviction, making his choice.