"Rumble!"
Heaven and earth trembled, and all things cowered in fear.
"Look... the Great Emperor's formation has grown stronger again... that hole is closing once more!" someone cried.
High in the sky above the depths of the Forbidden Zone, powerful divine patterns scoured the hole and smoothed it shut again.
This time, however, the owner of that divine fist did not strike again. He seemed to have fallen silent, as though he had no strength or means left to spare.
"Did he fail? That monster couldn't escape after all!"
"Heaven has blessed the Human Race!"
"What a pity. If that monster had escaped, he would surely have settled accounts with the Human Race! Any being sealed away by an Ancient Great Emperor must be unimaginably powerful," an enemy of the Human Race said, his eyes filled with resentment.
The cultivators withdrew their gazes and turned once more toward the beams of light flying out of the Desolate Forbidden Zone. These were treasures of mighty figures from bygone days, lost within the Forbidden Zone when their owners perished. Now they had emerged into the world again, precious beyond measure.
"The green mountains remain, and the clear waters flow forever. Until we meet again, Female Emperor!" A boy of twelve or thirteen cupped his fists toward the depths of the Desolate Forbidden Zone, then vanished from the sky above it.
Beneath the Abyss, the Previous Generation Desolate Master, the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body, stared in stunned disbelief and murmured, "What kind of monster is this fellow? He even broke through the seal she laid!"
The Golden-Winged Little Peng King looked at the child before him, who stood a head shorter than he did, and respectfully cupped his fists. "Congratulations on escaping, Ancestor Luo!"
It appeared that the seal had trapped that terrifying