When the red curtain of light covered several regions of the Heavens and then faded, the Immortal Emperors of the Myriad Worlds understood which place the Weird Race had chosen as its Sacrificial Offering this time.
They also understood why that region had been chosen.
It was a scheme to kill two birds with one stone.
"The Boundary Sea..." Ye Fan fell silent.
"They want to force us out," Shi Hao said. "This time, the Boundary Sea... cannot escape calamity."
Shi Hao could sever his ties to Willow God and the others, and Ye Fan could sever his ties to Ji Ziyue and the others, keeping the Weird Race from knowing how close they were.
Immortal Emperors had the power to interfere in this way, shielding those close to them from disturbance.
But nothing could change the fact that they came from the Boundary Sea. Everyone knew it, and it gave the Weird Race the easiest way to hold them hostage.
They could not truly abandon the Boundary Sea, yet even if they appeared, they could not save it.
Once the Weird Race had decided to perform a Sacrifice, it would not stop before the ritual was complete. It had to obtain enough Sacrificial Offerings.
Shi Hao and the others could fight to protect the Boundary Sea, but they could not stop this from happening.
Not unless they could wipe out the Weird Race.
And that was plainly impossible.
That was why Shi Hao said the Boundary Sea could not escape calamity this time.
No one could change it. With Shi Hao and Ye Fan having turned against the Weird Race one after the other, both attaining Immortal Emperor and displaying tremendous strength, the Boundary Sea's crisis had been inevitable.
Any other region of the Heavens, any other powerful cultivator,