Xiao Tian naturally had no idea that his occasional checks on Willow Deity's whereabouts had instead caused her considerable trouble, even making her worry that an existence beyond the Immortal King realm had set its sights on her.
Regardless, this time he had single-handedly brought about the Willow Deity Clone's triumphant return. Willow Deity had once left behind many contingency plans, but they had fallen one after another.
"The path is still here, and there are footprints too. Could Willow Deity have left these?"
Shi Hao suddenly noticed a narrow yellow-sand path ahead, with a row of faint footprints upon it, and asked curiously.
"My original self did not leave them. This path has always existed. Across the ages, not even Immortal Kings could leave these footprints. One grain of sand, one world. Every grain represents a sealed world.
"To leave a footprint, a single step must carry the strength to suppress a world.
"But one step lands upon far more than ten million grains. What strength would it take to suppress countless worlds? To keep walking forward, leaving a footprint with every step-what immense power would that require? Even an Immortal King Giant could not do it! These may only be faint footprints, but throughout the ages, no one has been able to imitate them.
"No matter how powerful one is, one remains beneath the Dao."
The Willow Deity Clone, in the form of a golden willow tree, spoke slowly.
Everyone drew in a sharp breath. In other words, the legends were not empty talk. Immortal King was not the end; another realm truly lay beyond it.
"Yes, I happen to know something. Have you heard of the Emperor Fall Era? I suspect it has something to do with this mysterious Footprint Emperor. The only traces he left behind