Chapter 2405: Dragon Python Sacred Emperor, Sacred Meteor Pavilion
The blazing fire roared, accompanied by the two men's screams. Before long, they were burned beyond recognition.
At that moment, footsteps sounded nearby.
Xu Zimo did not turn around, but he knew that the Sacred Emperor he had arranged to meet had arrived.
"There are many mountain ghosts in the Calamity Immortal Domain. They are all beings permitted by the Sacred Court," the voice behind him began slowly.
"The first Mountain Ghost Ancestor was once a boy who served the Sacred Ancestor. He had hoped the Sacred Ancestor would grant the mountain ghosts a way to survive."
"A race that knows only how to demand—does it need to exist?" Xu Zimo asked.
He turned around and clearly saw the Sacred Emperor's face.
He wore a purple robe embroidered with dragons.
A Five-Clawed Golden Dragon coiled across the purple robe, looking ferocious and terrifying.
This Sacred Emperor was a middle-aged man.
He walked with the stride of a dragon and the gait of a tiger, brimming with imposing presence.
He had a square face, thick brows and large eyes, short hair, and a cane at his waist made from python bone.
When he came to stand behind Xu Zimo, he looked down over the entire mountain.
He said softly, "To grow old and not die is to become a thief."
"The Sacred Court is like this mountain. It has existed for too long. As time passed, everything rotted away."
"Dragon Python Sacred Emperor, may I call you that?" Xu Zimo asked.
In truth, he was not especially clear on how the Sacred Court's forces were divided.
Xu Zimo knew of the Thirty-Six Sacred Emperors, but he did not know exactly which thirty-six people they were.
Nor was there any need for him