After the Azure Emperor passed away, the Great Universe should have dimmed for ten thousand years. Yet Empyrean seemed unwilling to let the opening of the Golden Great Era be so unremarkable, deliberately sending down one Imperial Star after another.
Nine thousand years ago, Gai Jiuyou rose to prominence. Within a thousand years, he touched the threshold of attaining the Dao and fought his way to the pinnacle of the mortal world, leaving all races silent. Yet because the Azure Emperor's Great Dao suppressed him, he failed his Emperor Tribulation, suffered Dao wounds, and faded from the stage eight thousand years ago.
As one emperor fell, another rose. Human prodigies emerged, and the Demon Race displayed its own brilliance. Just a thousand years later, the Demon Race produced an extraordinarily gifted Golden Crow Quasi-Emperor. The world revered him as an emperor, and many believed he possessed the bearing of a Great Emperor and could attain the Dao.
Six or seven thousand years ago, the Golden Crow Emperor's might oppressed the Great Universe. He slaughtered Quasi-Emperors of every race until their lineages were severed, fought bloody battles until he reached the Quasi-Emperor Ninth Heaven, and stood on the verge of attaining the Dao. Yet the Nine Heavens tribulation was too vast and mighty, awakening the Restricted Area Supremes, who intended to strike him down and erase the threat.
The Golden Crow Demon Emperor was clever as well. Knowing that without anyone to protect his Dao, facing the Supremes meant certain death, he recalled Gai Jiuyou's example. Thus, he feigned weakness and deliberately failed his tribulation, damaging his Immortal Altar and suffering wounds to his Great Dao, deceiving the Supremes.
Everyone believed the Golden Crow Emperor was doomed, but the upper echelons of the Golden Crow Tribe knew that the Emperor had