The one hundred and twenty thousandth year of the Heavenly Emperor Era seemed to mark a cycle of reincarnation for the Human World. Vital essence surged throughout the Great Universe, Dao laws suffused it, and it once again became suitable for living beings to cultivate. A new golden age had arrived.
One prodigy after another emerged across the Myriad Domains of the Heavens, blazing with dazzling radiance that illuminated the world.
Not only did geniuses of the present age emerge in endless succession, but the peerless heroes of the previous golden age also broke their seals and returned to the world: Primordial Beginning, the immortal fetus nurtured by the Primordial Ancient Mine; Di Huang, Emperor Zun's personal disciple; Zhang Bairen, an outstanding figure sealed away since the Chaotic Ancient Era; and the Southern Demon, the Central Emperor, Dao Yi, Huang Xudao, the Divine Silkworm Daoist, Huo Qizi, and others.
Almost all these former peerless geniuses had reached the very pinnacle of the Quasi-Emperor realm, attaining alternative Dao attainment.
They sensed the arrival of another golden age, and that the Great Daos of Lu Chen and Ye Fan had already dissipated. Thus, they emerged in this lifetime, hoping to take that final, crucial half-step and truly attain Proving the Dao and become emperors.
"What? You're saying the Chaos Heavenly Emperor still reigns?"
Yet only after Di Huang, Primordial Beginning, Dao Yi, and the others emerged did they learn that, according to the world's calculations, the Chaos Heavenly Emperor-Lu Chen-was still in the mortal world.
"How is that possible? We clearly sensed that the suppression of the Emperor's Dao had dispersed. How could Lu Chen still be alive?"
The faces of Primordial Beginning, Di Huang, and the others turned exceedingly grim as they urgently questioned the Sages of the present age.
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