Before the Void Mirror, the phantom whose eyes had held no color gradually gained expression.
The Stone Emperor stared into the distance. This time, he made no further move, nor did he interrupt the sacrifice. He merely stood proudly with his great halberd in hand and said, "You placed all your hopes in someone who died years ago. Today, I will let you summon him and tear your hopes apart with my own hands!"
He was so conceited, so arrogant.
As a Forbidden Zone Supreme who had once been an emperor of the primordial age, he had the confidence to do so. He was one of the most powerful beings between heaven and earth.
The phantom gradually solidified into an ordinary-looking man whose eyes shone with an extraordinary, blazing light.
The Stone Emperor regarded him coldly. "Since Void has reappeared, I will treat you as him! Too much blood, too much hatred. You killed the Supremes of my Undying Mountain. Today, I will destroy this manifestation of your Great Dao!"
Just then, the Heavenly Road opened.
The Heavenly Road breached the universe's boundary wall, seemingly reaching across worlds.
What tremendous power could tear open a rift in the universe single-handedly and force its way in from outside?
Even someone as powerful as the Azure Emperor needed a World Gate to cross worlds and fight.
Yet the Heavenly Road defied all reason, forcibly breaking into this universe through its own power alone.
Countless rays of immortal light spread from the Heavenly Road. Steps formed from laws paved a road toward the evening glow, and at its end, a figure approached one step at a time.
He was an ordinary-looking man. Treading those steps formed from laws along the Heavenly Road of evening glow, he was bathed in a sacred radiance—a truly