Nine Nether looked in the direction Mu Chen was gazing, and her pupils contracted.
Three stone statues stood around the enormous altar.
The statue on the northern side spread its immense wings, blotting out the sky and sun. It resembled a feng yet was not a feng, a huang yet was not a huang. Flames seemed to burn upon its body, never extinguishing, as though they would live forever.
It was unmistakably a statue of the Primordial Undying Bird.
Of the other two, one was an enormous bird with wings like clouds hanging from the heavens. It was dazzlingly beautiful, seemingly endowed with astonishing spirituality, and vitality seemed to suffuse the air whenever its wings beat.
This was the Ancient Myriad Spirit Bird.
The final statue depicted a gigantic beast roaring at the sky. Its body seemed capable of holding up the heavens while standing upon the earth. It was pitch-black all over, its massive palms like mountains. A single pounding blow could collapse ten thousand miles of land.
That was the Ancient Desolate Beast.
The three statues stood silently. Even after countless millennia, they still radiated a pressure that made hearts tremble.
That pressure was not deliberately released, but the majesty of ancient supreme beings that the statues themselves carried.
The might of Heavenly Sovereigns!
Looking at the enormous altar, Nine Nether said in realization, "It seems the ancient records were indeed correct. In ancient times, the Divine Beast Origin had three Beast Sovereigns.
"Rumor has it that when the Divine Beast Origin was destroyed, they launched one final retaliatory strike, directly annihilating several Demon Emperors of the Outer Realm Evil Clan and sealing them away."
Her voice echoed through the empty Divine Tomb Garden, her words filled with admiration.
Mu Chen nodded slightly. His gaze swept over the