The Quasi-Immortal Emperor who had walked the Boundary Sea alone had died a tragic, heroic death on its far shore. Before setting out, he had left these ruins for those who came after him, hoping to show them the importance of becoming immortal in the mortal world and leave them a practical path to follow.
Sadly, in more than a million years, not one creature who entered this place had managed to reach this point.
One could only imagine how powerful that towering Quasi-Immortal Emperor had been, and how high the standards he set.
Of course, every creature who entered this secret realm faced a trial that pushed beyond their own limits.
Shi Yi had not only passed the trial, but performed with astonishing brilliance. That was why he had witnessed the Footprint Emperor's entire life, rather than only the part about becoming immortal through nine lifetimes.
Coming back to his senses, Shi Yi suddenly noticed that his aura had changed. It carried a trace of the mortal world, as though he had been hammered and tempered countless times amid its boundless dust, lending an extraordinary gleam to his once sacred, radiant immortal light of ascension.
He had already been as dazzling as a candle in the dark, surrounded by sacred immortal light of ascension, like a True Immortal descending into the mortal world. Now, that mortal aura made Shi Yi even more extraordinary. Even if he walked among the top ten of the Heaven Ranking, others would notice him at a glance.
In an environment like the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths of the Chaotic Ancient Era, he might have worried about being suppressed by the Longevity Families and sliced apart for study. But in this era, Shi Yi had no such concerns. The Heavenly Court had established excellent