The stone embryo within the Central Plains First Ancestral Vein stunned everyone. Some truly believed the Eclosion Great Emperor lay asleep inside and prostrated themselves, saying they had mistakenly entered the holy temple where the Great Emperor slumbered and had gravely offended him.
The sight left the people of the Four Great Dynasties and the Various Holy Lands exchanging looks. Even the experts of the primordial Imperial Clans and Royal Clans were at a loss.
If the Eclosion Great Emperor truly had not died and was sleeping within the ancestral vein's stone embryo, anyone who acted rashly today would surely bring catastrophe upon themselves. Even Emperor Weapons and Ancient Emperor Weapons would be useless; annihilation of body and soul would be their fate.
"Why do you not bow?"
The two Yin Spirit Dao Boys looked at the unmoved Lu Chen, Ye Fan, and the people from the major powers and demanded coldly, their formidable saint might surging outward.
Great Xia, Jiuli, Yaoguang, and the other powers activated the auras of their Emperor Weapons, yet none dared strike recklessly. They were caught in a dilemma.
"Great Emperor, your sacrifices have arrived! We call upon you to return!" At that moment, the two Dao Boys flickered across the space and abruptly blocked the exit of the Thirty-Sixth-Layer Holy Temple. They muttered incessantly, as though reciting an ancient incantation, making everyone's scalps prickle.
Whoosh!
Light flickered, and countless mysterious dao patterns appeared, filled with an eerie, demonic power. They drew out the vital essence of this world, including the life essence of everyone present.
"What's happening?" Everyone was alarmed. No one had expected such a turn.
"Before the Eclosion Great Emperor left that stone embryo, even All Saints descending would probably have been reduced to nourishment. But now..." Lu Chen sensed that eerie