Unlike a weakened Forbidden Zone such as the Sea of Samsara, the Divine Ruins Forbidden Zone was powerful and tightly united. Most of its Ancient Emperors had attained the Dao in early Primordial Antiquity, shared the same outlook, and had compatible temperaments. Most importantly, they had a common enemy-the Azure Emperor!
In the past, the Azure Emperor had entered the Divine Ruins, passed through the Southern Heavenly Gate, and leaped into the Heavenly Palace. Beneath that Undying Peach Tree, he had slain two true Great Perfection Saint Spirits and seized the Immortal Artifact, the Desolate Pagoda, sowing a grudge that towered to the heavens.
Later, the Divine Ruins Forbidden Zone had taken revenge. Its Supreme Beings struck from the shadows, causing the Azure Emperor Lineage, which should have flourished for tens of thousands of years, to decline until only a handful of nobodies remained. When Yan Ruyu first appeared, she did not even have an Immortal Altar guard. Her situation rivaled that of the Solar Divine Sect on the Ziwei Emperor Star.
If the Azure Emperor Lineage had continued to decline, that would have been nothing. A million years had passed since Yama of the Underworld slaughtered the Solar Yang Quasi-Emperor, and he remained perfectly safe. The strong devouring the weak was the truth of the great universe. The problem was that the Azure Emperor now seemed to have risen from the dead. He might even be the mastermind behind the scenes, laying plans for the Immortal Ascension Road and directing the establishment of the New Heavenly Court. His ambitions were immense, his schemes buried deep. If he returned at his peak one day, just as Amitabha had, which Supreme Being of the Divine Ruins would not tremble in fear?
"After all, I am no longer in my prime."
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