The Great Thousand World, the Land of Ten Thousand Tombs, inside the burial chamber.
When the Undying Lord said "back then," he paused. A trace of nostalgia entered his weathered eyes, as though he were recalling the battles he had fought alongside the Immortal Emperor against the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan.
The Undying Lord had commanded the Tomb Keeper Army under the Immortal Emperor, so the two of them had always fought shoulder to shoulder.
Across from him, Xiao Tian Ce did not press him, quietly waiting for his answer.
After a moment, the Undying Lord sighed wistfully. "So many years have passed in the blink of an eye, yet those scenes still feel vivid before my eyes."
"Time slips away so easily, rushing past like flowing water. Before we know it, it has passed without a sound," Xiao Tian Ce said with feeling.
"Yes. Back then, the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan had already occupied half the continental lands of the Great Thousand World. Under their slaughter, the living beings of the Great Thousand World had spent hundreds of thousands of years in fear.
"After the Heavenly Evil God appeared, the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan grew even stronger. To eliminate that greatest threat, the venerable emperor had no choice but to take the most extreme measure, sacrificing himself to seal the Heavenly Evil God.
"Before he fell, the emperor said that one day, the darkness would disperse, and the light would finally come.
"I have never doubted those words. I have guarded this place myself, both to keep company with the brothers who fought shoulder to shoulder with me and to await the day when sunlight can reach this mist-shrouded Land of Ten Thousand Tombs."
As the Undying Lord spoke wistfully, his gaze turned to Xiao Tian Ce. He sighed, then a trace