Northern Wilderness Hill.
The fifth year after the Heavenly Evil God escaped his confinement.
The members of the Five Great Ancient Clans were still guarding Futu Yijing here.
Over those five years, no shortage of Top Heavenly Demon Emperors had come here, each rivaling a Late Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign.
Among the Five Great Ancient Clans, only the Dragon Phoenix Empress was at the Late Saint Grade.
To hold them off, Qing Yanjing, the Great Elder of the Futu Ancient Clan, had brought forth the Ancestral Pagoda, while Maha Tian, the Maha Ancient Clan Chief, had summoned the Maha Yin-Yang Bottle. The chiefs or Great Elders of the other three ancient clans had likewise brought out their clans' hidden reserves.
On this day, a new change finally appeared in the figure beneath the Heaven-Shrouding Ancient Tree.
The Heaven-Shrouding Ancient Tree began to shrink, and a wondrous yet eerie fluctuation radiated from that spot, as though countless worlds were converging upon it.
The Dragon Phoenix Empress, the Human Emperor, and the others turned their gazes toward that place.
There, a Black Dragon circled and soared around a figure, letting out one dragon roar after another.
With every step the figure took, the Black Dragon appeared precisely beneath his foot, allowing him to tread upon it.
Holding a small tree, the figure strode with the bearing of a dragon and the gait of a tiger, supreme pressure radiating from his body.
His face was incomparably heroic, and the black pagoda-shaped light mark between his brows emanated a terrifying aura. His red hair hung loose behind his head, and a Dragon Phoenix phantom perched upon his right shoulder.
The halo behind his head blazed like the sun, radiating majestic heavenly might.
Behind him, the Giant Light Shadow that illuminated heaven and earth also