Time flowed on, following its natural course.
In the blink of an eye, three hundred epochs had passed.
On the banks of the Wuming River.
Amid the endless darkness, a streak of dark red sword light appeared.
"Roar!" A bellow rang out in the darkness, but it grew weaker and weaker until it vanished.
The darkness dispersed, and daylight flooded back in.
A mountainous beast, its entire body mottled emerald green and ochre yellow, still looked intact, but a single cut marked its body. It had long since lost all signs of life.
"Big Brother is incredible! He actually killed this late God Emperor low-tier Hunyuan lifeform all by himself!" Ji God Emperor exclaimed excitedly as he watched the sword-bearing young man gradually take shape within the darkness.
God Emperor Yuanhong nodded, but his gaze turned toward God Emperor Chen Shi.
"Big Brother, how much longer?" God Emperor Chen Shi asked.
"Once we return this time, I'll be heading to the Dark Sacred Realm," God Emperor Yuanhong said.
The strength he had just displayed was no longer that of a mid God Emperor, but a late God Emperor Dao Comprehender, reaching the threshold for becoming an Elder of Dragon Sleep City. This also meant that he would soon head to the Dark Sacred Realm.
Although, in theory, he could continue hunting low-tier Hunyuan lifeforms by remaining in the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm, worlds such as the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm and the Dark Sacred Realm had been created by the Lords to nurture their juniors. Moreover, he had an avatar in his Source World, so as long as he did not face high-level Hunyuan lifeforms, he had no fear of death.
Under these circumstances, remaining in the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm would only waste his own potential for growth.
"Still,