Whether it was the great upheaval of Heaven and Earth, which left no place for Emperors in the Ten Thousand Worlds, or the opening of the Initial Holy Land's gates, which seemed to hand its rewards to other Emperors—
Pangu and the others had done it all deliberately. They had set it in motion themselves.
Even the claim that controlling the Initial Holy Land meant controlling the Sole True Realm was a trap they had carefully laid.
They had driven the upheaval of Heaven and Earth to force the Emperors into the Sole True Realm.
They had laid the trap of the Initial Holy Land to draw in the Emperors who had stayed behind.
"Throughout Past, Present, and Future, let no Emperor remain beneath the heavens!"
Pangu, Nuwa, and the other eight shouted as one. The Great Dao Heavenly Sound rang through the Ten Thousand Worlds and echoed along the River of the Ages.
At that same moment, the ten Human Ancestors turned into radiant light, covering the Initial Holy Land and enveloping the Sole True Realm.
They meant to refine the Sole True Realm, then use its power to refine and kill every Emperor.
Today, they would wipe out every Emperor, themselves included.
"We, too, will pass away forever. We will die completely."
Wa's voice rang out, filled with resolve and tenderness.
"From this day forward, no Emperor will remain beneath the heavens. The source of calamity will be erased."
"Rebuilding the order of Heaven and Earth and establishing a peaceful realm will fall to you."
The Emperors were the source of calamity, the Dark Source of the dark age before the Immemorial Era. They had always sought to destroy the Myriad Heavens and Worlds.
The sins they had committed and the devastation they had wrought upon the Myriad