"Was it really the Undying Heavenly Emperor? Not only did he exist, he actually lived for so long! Could he have become an immortal?" Hearing the Black Emperor's analysis, Ye Fan found it very reasonable.
Thinking of the savage Primordial Race depicted in the murals inside Purple Mountain and the Undying Daoist suppressed within Saint Cliff, if the Undying Heavenly Emperor truly existed and had lived for so long, he could indeed have been a great enemy of Great Emperor Wushi.
"First, think about how you're going to break the curse of the Four Extremes. Let's return to the Minor World, pick up Xiao Nannan, and then head to the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land."
Within the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, ancient trees towered majestically into the clouds. Their thick, powerful branches resembled giants' hands and rose almost level with the mountain ridges.
Ancient vines as thick as water vats twisted and wound like roaming True Dragons, coiling from the foot of the mountains to their peaks, gnarled and powerful.
Anyone unaware of the truth, seeing the shade of the trees, the flourishing vegetation, and the vibrant life everywhere, would surely have mistaken this place for a pure land.
Yet a closer look revealed that the vast mountain forest was deathly still, its silence chilling. Not a sound could be heard, not a bird or beast could be seen, and even ants and insects were absent, as though one stood at the end of the world.
"Are you really going into the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land?" the Peacock King asked, looking at Jiang Zhu with deep concern.
After Jiang Zhu and the others returned to the Minor World from Jade Pool's Former Site, the demon kings learned that the Sacred Body intended to break through and shatter the curse of