The blade light at the end of the Immortal Path grew ever stronger. It was even more terrifying than the Five-Colored Heavenly Blade. Strange Ruler's heavy investment had actually allowed this Heavenly Blade to transform into an Immortal Artifact ahead of time.
An Immortal Artifact was inferior to a True Immortal, but far easier to achieve than the Immortal Dao. Emperor Zun forging the Green Cauldron in the past was an example that had inspired countless later generations.
Although the Beginningless Bell was astonishing, it was ultimately not an Immortal Artifact, nor was it in its master's hands. It was thus a level weaker as it struggled amid the endless chaos.
At that critical moment, a vast and ethereal voice suddenly rang out from beneath the Eastern Wasteland, where countless Dragon Veins intertwined. Immortal light shot into the heavens, laws shone brilliantly, and traces of World-Creation aura emerged. There was even a flickering radiance from the Immortal Realm, shocking the world.
"Why is there an Immortal Realm aura underground?"
"Could it be that becoming immortal does not require walking the Immortal Path, but entering the Ninefold Netherworld?"
The Supremes of several Life Restricted Areas were all astonished and confused, but they quickly understood.
Someone had recognized that the source of those Immortal Dao Laws was actually an Immortal Artifact.
"That is the Desolate Pagoda!" the Lord of Divine Ruins cried out. Of the three artifacts in the world—the Green Cauldron, the Immortal Bell, and the Desolate Pagoda—each was older and more powerful than the last.
The Green Cauldron belonged to the Ancient Heavenly Court, while the Immortal Bell belonged to the Kunlun Remnant Tribe. As for the Desolate Pagoda, it had once been held by the Divine Ruins Forbidden Zone before Azure Emperor seized it.
So Azure Emperor was the