"Yes, Ancestor. Our operation was disrupted. That ancient artifact appeared without warning. I escaped by sheer luck. Please punish me, Ancestor."
It was the Weird Quasi-Immortal Emperor who had participated in the encirclement of Shu Yi. Now, he spoke in trembling fear.
"No matter. You may withdraw."
"Yes!"
A long while later, waves of fluctuations emerged from several coffins.
"He has appeared again. He may even be on the verge of success. We must take this seriously."
"Sacrificial Dao is not so easily achieved, but he is indeed far too extraordinary."
"All these years, we have searched for his whereabouts, yet found not a single trace. If he also succeeds in reaching Sacrificial Dao, what we saw in our dreams may become reality!"
Two ancient murmurs rang out, heavy with solemnity and a hint of horror. They had developed a trace of fear toward the being they spoke of.
"At Sacrificial Dao, a single thought can reveal everything across the past, present, and future of the myriad worlds. Yet we have investigated for so many years without any news. He may be somewhere beyond the myriad worlds, existing like this Plateau itself, beyond the perception of all worlds."
"Indeed. Beyond the myriad worlds lies the Plateau, but there may well be other lands of exile-perhaps more than one or two. Huang and that other one are being held back. We must act as quickly as possible."
No one knew what these ancient beings were discussing, or whom they sought.
But it was undoubtedly something astounding.
Outside the Plateau, at the end of the Sacrificial Sea, this boundless expanse was staggering. The Heaven and Earth Coordinates faded until the Plateau beyond manifested on the far shore like another spacetime. Only then did people realize that countless living beings still existed in