Devil Fruit World, ten thousand miles up in the sky.
Hidden behind the clouds stood a pavilion in the sky.
The pavilion was enormous, yet eerily silent.
A closer look would reveal many figures sitting cross-legged in meditation inside.
These figures were all withered and exceedingly old.
Some had long since died, leaving skeletons scattered across the floor.
But had anyone been there, they would still have felt fear emanating from these figures.
Their withered bodies contained immensely powerful energy, no weaker than that of the Five Emperors.
These people were the true foundation the Devil Fruit World had accumulated over thousands of years!!
But they were now in terrible condition, barely clinging to life in a world ten thousand miles above the ground.
There was one exception, however, above the dozen or so withered elders.
A faint golden figure sat upright, terrifying fluctuations radiating from his entire body.
Golden light spread out, enveloping the dozen or so withered elders below.
It seemed to be this golden light that sustained their signs of life.
Suddenly, one figure's fingers twitched, and his aged face stirred. After a long while, he slowly opened his eyes.
His eyes were cloudy at first, but soon regained their clarity.
"I'm awake..."
"Another twenty years have passed. How many of the old fellows are still alive?"
His voice was low, and no one answered.
"Twenty years ago, it was the old Yu Emperor who woke up. But he must be dead now, or he would have handed things over to me."
"The floating city is still here, which means the old Qi Emperor's Float-Float Fruit ability is still working. He isn't dead."
"The Fifth Qian Emperor and the Sixth Chu Emperor are both dead."
He slowly turned his stiff head around, then said hoarsely, with some