"Demon Emperor!"
"Don't go. Please, look back just once..."
Voices rose all around-cries of shock, silence, and beauties shedding tears.
"What of life? What of death? Across life and death, I am still myself, always..."
That ethereal voice rang out one last time, and then all fell silent. The heroic man dissipated, leaving only a sigh in the void.
Countless people were overcome with emotion. A mighty figure whose brilliance had shaken past and present had departed forever, never to appear in the mortal world again.
They recalled how spirited and magnificent he had been, his talent stunning the world. No one could rival his radiance; his like had not been seen throughout an entire epoch.
From an ordinary mortal to a ruler of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, he had fought bloody battles against enemies on every side and stood invincible throughout an era. His life had been nothing short of a myth!
Now the hero lay buried. Like a dazzling meteor streaking past, he would scarcely ever appear in the world again, having returned to the yellow earth.
The glory that belonged to him would ultimately be swallowed by time and become history, leaving only tearful beauties and grief in all who heard his tale.
Even his contemporaries paled beside him. He had left them so far behind that they could not even glimpse his back...
Whoosh!
Suddenly, sword light pierced the heavens, stirring wind and cloud. All manner of magical artifacts erupted, Precious Arts and Divine Abilities blooming as they were unleashed together at the supreme treasures suspended in the sky.
Not everyone was lost in mourning. Some had already seized the initiative, setting their sights on the two-story bone tower, the one-third fragment of the Reincarnation Disk, and the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls.
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