Within the Emperor Road, a catastrophe was unfolding.
The ancient powerhouses who had once ventured into the Core Region of the Barren Forbidden Land to explore awakened one after another, becoming coffin draggers. Dragging the Emperor-Burying Coffin, they headed straight toward Emperor Mountain, destroying all living beings wherever they went!!
Within just three days, hundreds of millions of living beings had perished.
And after endless slaughter, a fifth of the Emperor-Burying Coffin's surface had turned blood-red.
Everyone knew that this catastrophe would only end completely when the entire Emperor-Burying Coffin turned blood-red.
For a time, some ancient Daoist Traditions that had intended to stop the Emperor-Burying Coffin fell silent, all retreating into their shells.
"What should we do now?"
"There is no need to concern ourselves with it. Let the Emperor-Burying Coffin continue absorbing energy. Once it has absorbed enough, it will naturally return to the forbidden land. We only need to preserve enough strength to contend for the Emperor Position in the future."
"But what about everyone else?"
"Living beings are being plunged into misery. Are we really going to sit by and do nothing?"
"We aren't the ones killing them. It doesn't matter."
After consulting countless ancient texts, the Emperors all knew that the Emperor-Burying Coffin had appeared primarily to collect the energy of living beings.
Once it collected enough energy, it would return to the depths of the forbidden land.
With this in mind, most of the Emperors made their decision almost instantly. Rather than stop the Emperor-Burying Coffin and clash with it head-on, they would preserve their strength and avoid a direct confrontation.
As for how many living beings would die because of their inaction, that was not even among their considerations.
Having lived for so many years, the Emperors had long since grown indifferent to