And not far away.
Within an ancient formation, many figures had gathered, most sealed within divine source.
They watched the Eastern Emperor with complicated expressions-anger, hatred, wariness, awe, or numbness.
"Whoosh..."
Light flashed before the Eastern Emperor.
An unsurpassed Divine Diagram, refined from divine mark purple gold, glittered dazzlingly as it floated there, as though countless star domains had been smelted into it.
Within its Deity Space lay a vast quantity of Divine Treasures, along with an unsurpassed scripture wrought from dao tribulation gold. There were even many scattered pieces of immortal gold. Had these appeared in the outside world, they would have driven countless powers green with envy and mad with desire.
"Since you've been so sensible, I can leave an opening in the net..."
The Eastern Emperor accepted the supreme Divine Diagram without ceremony and spoke lightly as he looked at the Black Tortoise Emperor before him.
The latter was in terrible condition, utterly incapable of fighting. No matter how much life essence he devoured from living beings to replenish himself, he was destined not to survive.
Earlier, he could only watch helplessly as the Stone Emperor and the Nameless Supreme were crushed like rotten wood before the Eastern Emperor, powerless to intervene.
Even sealed within immortal source, he could barely hold on and might undergo Self-Daoization at any moment.
Thus, the Eastern Emperor had not attacked him.
"But this applies only to your direct descendants!"
The Eastern Emperor glanced at the figures protected within the grand formation, untouched by the earlier battle.
The fragment of a cruel future he had witnessed long ago at the Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable's Daoist grounds remained vivid in his memory. The blood and tears of those confidantes and children seemed still before his eyes.
Spare the descendants of the Stone Emperor and