"Aah!"
Hong Emperor screamed. He was beaten so badly he could not fight back or even maintain an intact body. The instant he reformed, a fist descended and blasted him apart.
Hong Emperor was consumed by grief and fury. All the punches he had taken in every battle since his debut combined did not equal the number he had suffered today.
He had been a proud son of heaven in his era, its undisputed protagonist, a man born to answer its tribulation.
His birth alone had brought forth earth-shaking phenomena. Purple qi had come from the east for a hundred thousand li, startling the entire cultivation world. A powerful expert had taken him as a disciple, and he had swept through everything in his path. No matter whom he faced, he crushed them; not one could withstand even a single exchange.
In that era, he had pioneered the supremely powerful cursing path. With his mouth alone, he could send his enemies into reincarnation. His terror had reached the utmost extreme.
Even after reaching the pinnacle of the human Dao domain, advancing into the immortal Dao domain, and becoming an Immortal King, he had found no worthy opponent. Only when he sought to resolve the darkness source, crossed the Boundary Sea, and came here to meet the World-Destroying Elder and Yu Emperor-two others "of his kind"-had he realized that he was not alone on his path. Persuaded by the two Quasi-Immortal Emperors, he had become their companion, throwing himself into darkness to gaze up at the light from within it.
Later, Cang Emperor had joined their ranks as well.
They had harvested All Heavens and Myriad Realms, sacrificing them to darkness in exchange for Immortal Emperor Scriptures, wave after wave. Throughout that time, the only worthy opponent they had encountered was