If such a treasure truly existed, why would Great Emperors need to sever their own cultivation and become forbidden zones? Would it not be simpler to seal themselves directly?
"Can you truly sense not even a trace of it? Could it not be suppressed by an Emperor Weapon?" an Ancestor King asked.
"Nothing whatsoever!" the Ancestor King from Primordial Lake declared firmly. "It is as though... the Yuan Emperor Gourd has vanished from the world entirely."
The Ancestor Kings exchanged glances before turning, as one, toward Jiang Zhu.
Earlier, they had regarded him as a prancing clown for scorning so many Ancestor Kings. Now, however, he seemed unfathomable.
Such bone-deep confidence, such unheard-of divine abilities-it was simply appalling!
"Jiang Zhu, how dare a firefly contend with the radiant moon? I will give you one chance. Hand over the Yuan Emperor Gourd and kneel before the Origin Emperor to repent in front of every race. Then I can spare your life!"
The Ancestor King from Primordial Lake remained extraordinarily confident even now. Killing intent radiated from him, and his words were cold.
"What are you, to think you deserve to make me kneel?" Jiang Zhu's voice was utterly cold.
A cold gleam flashed through the leading Ancestor King's eyes, while the many Ancestor Kings of Primordial Lake behind him erupted in outrage.
"You refuse to recognize kindness! Do you think having a Saint behind you means you can act without restraint?"
"Slay Jiang Zhu, recover the imperial weapon, and avenge Yuan Gu!"
"Kill him!"
Killing intent spilled from the Primordial Lake contingent. In an instant, dozens of figures surged forward together, blotting out the sky as they lunged at Jiang Zhu.
Their battle cries shook the heavens! Primordial Lake's Ancestor Kings came out in full force! Dozens of its foremost experts