As Lu Chen and the Golden Crow Great Emperor fought, the terrifying aura of the emperor's way erupted beyond even the Mythic Battlefield, a place built specifically for clashes between Supreme-level Experts.
Terrifying, supreme imperial might swept across the universe and the Eight Wastelands, making all living beings tremble in body and soul, as though the world were about to end.
"The reigning Great Emperor is fighting that Human Race junior. What a rare stroke of good fortune! Best if they fight to the death!"
An Ancient Supreme in a Life Forbidden Zone sneered, hoping Lu Chen and the Golden Crow Great Emperor would both suffer grievous wounds, or that one would die.
Supreme-level Experts of the current age posed an enormous threat to the forbidden zones. This was why the Ancient Supremes always sought to kill later Dao-Proven Ones at critical moments.
Whether ancient Heavenly Venerables, Ancient Emperors, or Great Emperors, they all protected the myriad living beings during their reign over the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, preventing great upheavals in the world.
Even the Supremes within the forbidden zones had been no different. In their youthful prime, they had received the worship of the universe's myriad races.
Only as the years passed, after their friends and loved ones had all died of old age and they themselves entered their twilight years, did their hearts grow cold. Then they severed their own Dao Fruits and became the source of dark turmoil.
The reigning Great Emperor, however, was a natural enemy of the great Life Forbidden Zones.
At least, this was true of those who proved the Dao in their youth. When they grew old and approached the end of their lives, some emperors, terrified of death and unwilling to accept it, chose to wallow in the same filth