"Hahaha, many thanks, Senior World-Ending."
Azure Emperor Cang laughed unrestrainedly, his hair flying loose. His fractured Emperor Body began to heal slowly, giving him a chance to catch his breath.
Having the World-Ending Old Man as an enemy was maddening, but having him as an ally was reassuring. After all, his cultivation was the highest among the Quasi-Immortal Emperors, reaching the pinnacle of Great Perfection at the quasi-emperor ninth heaven-half a step from the Immortal Emperor Realm!
"In the end, I'm still not a true Dao Ancestor. I can't kill him completely."
Lin Xian's eyes were icy as he sighed inwardly. It was not that his strength was lacking, but that his Dao Fruit was incomplete. However weak Azure Emperor Cang was, he was still a genuine Dao Ancestor with a foundation of his own.
The gap between a Quasi-Immortal Emperor and a Dao Ancestor lay not in strength, but in their Dao Lineage and their attainment in the Dao.
Cut down the grass without pulling out its roots, and the spring wind would bring it back to life.
Azure Emperor Cang was that blade of wild grass. Lin Xian's blade could reap him, but it could not dig out his roots.
Unless he attained the position of Dao Ancestor.
But how could breaking through in the midst of a great battle be easy? His earlier attempt had been discovered by the Dark Dao Ancestors, who had destroyed his Dao Fruit and brought all his efforts to ruin.
Just then, the River of Time churned. The battle between Quasi-Immortal Emperors had finally drawn prying eyes from later ages. Downstream, two men and one woman came charging against the current, all three of them Quasi-Immortal Emperors.
The emperors' expressions changed. This was a force that could alter the course of the