When the Golden Emperor finished her performance, everyone was stunned.
The Other Shore Beings instantly understood why she had done it.
The fish, the Dao Marker—it had all been a lie!
The River of Time roared. Many future tributaries the Golden Emperor had concealed returned to reality, where the Other Shore Beings could observe them.
The Golden Emperor was no ordinary Other Shore Being. She had already formed a Dao Fruit Embryo and traveled some distance along the path of Reducing to Emptiness.
The revelation drove the Demon Buddha into a towering rage. The Bodhi Ancient Buddha sighed, while the Azure Emperor said nothing.
The Golden Emperor had fooled almost everyone, leading them round and round in circles.
Having stopped the Heavenly Dao Monster, the great actress Golden Emperor said to Meng Qi in a seemingly mocking tone, "Don't worry. How could I kill the product of my own Reducing to Emptiness?"
Meng Qi said nothing. He was making his final sprint.
By now, no one could stop him.
The Golden Emperor had shown her true face. Even if someone tried to attack Meng Qi now, she would stop them.
A chill rose from the depths of Gu Xiaosang's heart. She felt as though she had fallen into an icy abyss.
She understood now, too.
The Golden Emperor had obtained the Primordial Heavenly Venerable's Limitless Seal and reached the Other Shore, then gained the Lingbao Heavenly Venerable's Dao of Ending and formed a Dao Fruit Embryo.
Everything before this—the hope of survival Gu Xiaosang thought she had found, the advantages she thought she possessed—had been deliberately given to her by the Golden Emperor.
Then all light vanished from Heaven and Earth. Every color faded, and chaos descended.
The first Phenomena of attaining the Other Shore: Heaven and Earth in Chaos.