After the Golden Crow Clan's old Quasi-Emperor proved the Dao and became a Great Emperor, his might bearing down upon the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, the entire universe grew much quieter. The peerless prodigies of every race suffered a tremendous blow.
After all, one Dao suppressed all others. Once someone became an emperor, no one else could prove the Dao, even within ten thousand years of his death.
Throughout the vast expanse of history, whether in the distant Mythological Era, the Primordial Era, or the Desolate Ancient Era, no one had ever broken this Great Dao law.
The most recent example was Gai Jiuyou, who had fallen during the Dark Turmoil.
How dazzling he had been, his talent unmatched beneath the heavens! Even in the Dharma-Ending Age, under the suppression of the Great Dao, he had forced his way to the absolute pinnacle of the Quasi-Emperor realm.
Yet even such an unparalleled hero had remained suppressed by the Dao the Azure Emperor left behind, dying with his regrets unfulfilled!
Thus, for the outstanding talents of every race who aspired to prove the Dao, the Golden Crow Great Emperor's emergence brought despair as though the heavens had collapsed. The road to the summit had been sealed off completely.
Under such circumstances, how many prodigies would still contend for supremacy on the Emperor Road?
The road ahead had been severed. Even fighting to the very end would lose all meaning!
The Golden Crow Great Emperor's sudden proving of the Dao plunged not only the prodigies of the present age into despair. Even ancient geniuses sealed away until this era, such as Zhang Bairen, Di Huang, Dao Yi, and the Saint Emperor's Imperial Prince, fell silent for a time.
Aside from Lu Chen, who was unaffected by the Golden Crow Great Emperor's