The Burial Emperor had lived into his fourth life!
Emperor Venerable's murmured words swiftly spread throughout the Heavenly Court. Across the unbroken ranks of palaces beneath the starry sky, many beings at the levels of Great Saint, Quasi-Emperor, and even Dao Prover opened their eyes, turning their gazes toward the stars and the ruins of the former Dark Heavenly Court.
Thanks to the Heavenly Court's vigorous dissemination of ancient history, even though ninety thousand years had passed since the darkness was destroyed, the vast majority of beings beneath this starry sky still remembered the Burial Emperor's name.
"Congratulations to the supreme Burial Emperor!"
At that moment, both within the Heavenly Palace and among the stars, countless beings prostrated themselves before the tall, majestic figure in the ruins of the Dark Heavenly Court, offering their faith and devotion.
Upon the imperial seat at the highest point of the Heavenly Court, Emperor Venerable had risen at some unknown moment. He too gazed at the region where Yuangeng stood for a long time before giving a slight nod, taking a single step, and vanishing.
Meanwhile, in the towering palace that had once belonged to the Dark Undying Heavenly Emperor at the former site of the Dark Heavenly Court, Yuangeng sat upright and cross-legged on an open patch of ground, clad in an ink-black Burial Emperor Robe.
Ninety thousand years had passed, and all the darkness in this region had been purged. Even the Five-Colored Imperial Throne at the very top had dimmed, utterly bereft of divine power.
Before Yuangeng, a God-Refining Pot forged from runes hovered quietly in the void. Pitch-black Dao Fire burned beneath it, bringing the Divine Spring Water inside to a boil and raising thin wisps of steam.
"Burial Emperor, it has been many years!"
Just then, an even, genial