Who had been the Primordial Ancient Emperor after the Qilin Emperor in the original timeline?
Yuangeng did not know either.
He only knew that after the historical turning point of the God War, the Primordial Era had steadily entered its later stages. Not long after the reigns of the three Ancient Emperors-the God Emperor, Blood Phoenix, and Qilin-the End of the Primordial Era had arrived, ushering in the age of the Fighting Saint Emperor.
There should have been at least two or three Primordial Ancient Emperors in between.
But with Yuangeng, a wholly unexpected Dao Prover, thoroughly disrupting the history of the late and final stages of the Primordial Era, the original timeline no longer held much value as a reference.
Or rather, after the enormous butterfly that was the Heng Emperor flapped his wings, it no longer mattered who had followed the Qilin Emperor in the original timeline.
The existence of Yuangeng, this wild card, had already changed the original rhythm of the emperors' emergence. It had also drawn another wild card hidden in history out of his long self-imposed seal to forcibly attain the Dao in this era.
"No! How could this happen?!"
"I hate this!"
When the thunder of the Dao attainment tribulation resounded across the universe, countless peerless prodigies let out such anguished cries. Together, they gazed up at the heavens, watching chaotic lightning completely engulf a vast stellar region at the Cosmic Frontier, their emotions stifled to the breaking point.
These were all the most dazzling prodigies beneath this era's starry skies. Their resolve in the Dao was firm, and they were certainly not sore losers. Yet watching someone skip the competition entirely, directly summon boundless Dao-Establishing Tribulation light, and crush everyone's hopes was still far too cruel.
"Who is undergoing the tribulation?"
Even the