The flourishing prosperity of The Heavens stood in stark contrast to the Weird Faction's decline.
In that great battle years ago, several Immortal Emperors of the Eerie Side had been consigned to eternal oblivion, while the others had only escaped by self-detonating.
The surviving eerie Immortal Emperors, including the Red-Haired Immortal Emperor, had all been terrified. Before the Eerie Ancestors emerged from seclusion, they did not dare venture out and stir up trouble. They could only cower in their lair in the Sacrificial Sea, waiting for the Eerie Ancestors to awaken, not daring to set foot in the Great Thousand World.
As for the eerie Immortal Emperors consigned to eternal oblivion, replacements had still not been chosen, because the birth of new eerie Immortal Emperors required primordial matter.
To obtain primordial matter, they had to either receive it from the Eerie Ancestors or acquire it through a grand sacrifice.
Now, with the Eerie Ancestors asleep and The Heavens overwhelmingly powerful, conducting a grand sacrifice was impossible. The matter could only be put on hold.
"I wonder when the Ancestors will awaken," an eerie Immortal Emperor said with a soft sigh.
"Who knows? Perhaps in an epoch, perhaps in half an epoch. No one can say for certain. This is not something we can interfere with.
"Still, the Red Epoch's grand sacrifice has been delayed for so long that the Ancestors are bound to notice. They will awaken and inquire about it. There is no need to worry," another eerie Immortal Emperor said.
"Indeed. The Ancestors will awaken by the end of the Red Epoch at the latest. After all, with no feedback from the grand sacrifice for so long, they will surely realize that something unexpected has happened."
"I just wonder how The Heavens is doing now. Back then, in