The Desolate Ash Sea, Boundlessly Arrogant! A Great Emperor Knocked, and None Dared Answer!

Forbidden zones had existed in the world since ancient times.

Every so often, when some Supremes neared the end of their lifespans, they would emerge together, unleashing a Dark Turmoil and stirring up bloody winds and rains of carnage!

They regarded living beings as human medicines.

They regarded the great universe as a breeding farm, ready to be harvested every so often.

If fortune favored them, a Great Emperor would arise to shelter all living beings.

Then that era might know peace.

But how difficult was it to become an emperor!

Often, more than a hundred thousand years would pass without an emperor emerging.

Moreover, though Great Emperors were powerful,

they could generally do no more than cow the forbidden zones with their might, keeping them from emerging and unleashing a Dark Turmoil.

As for sweeping them clean...

That was nothing short of a fool's dream!

Every forbidden zone housed more than one Supreme.

If a Great Emperor truly ventured deep into a forbidden zone and began a battle of the ultimate path,

the final outcome would likely be the Supremes devouring his flesh, blood, and Dao fruit together...

Thus, when the Black Emperor announced to the entire universe that he would wage war on the forbidden zones,

everyone's heart tightened.

Ye Mingyuan was no exception.

He had ventured deep into Chaotic God Mountain. The sensation of those cold gazes falling upon him back then, making his scalp prickle, remained vivid to this day!

And so, all this time,

he had never entertained the thought of sweeping the forbidden zones clean.

Yet now, after ending his seclusion, the Black Emperor actually intended to strike at a forbidden zone himself!

This was...

No... which forbidden zone was he going to strike?

Ye Mingyuan looked toward the place the Black Emperor had now reached.

Seeing that it was not the one he had imagined, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Still, his expression remained grave.

He stood ready to rush to his aid at any moment!

Though they had once fought a great battle, and he had been beaten miserably,

there was no enmity between them.

Besides, the Black Emperor had personally come to heal his injuries back then.

By both sentiment and reason, he ought to be ready to help.

The Desolate Ash Sea.

Waves roared, and scorching heat rose.

It was a sea of nothingness. Waves churned, yet not a single drop of seawater could be seen.

Only the flames burning upon its surface, seemingly eternal and inextinguishable, formed the most uniform sight throughout the forbidden zone.

The Black Emperor stood in the void.

His gaze was fathomless as he looked down over the entire Desolate Ash Sea.

From the moment he set foot in this place,

several gazes fell upon him, utterly indifferent, without the slightest trace of a living being's feelings.

"Here... everything is still as it was."

A hint of reminiscence lingered in the Black Emperor's eyes.

Heat waves powerful enough to refine a Saint-path expert washed against his cheeks.

Yet they had not the slightest effect, not only because he now possessed an emperor-level body, but also because... he had long since grown accustomed to them.

Accustomed to the Desolate Ash Sea's seawater of nothingness.

And accustomed to these incomparably scorching, rootless flames...

In the beginning, he had taken root here, drawing in its violent energy to nurture... Divine Medicine of Immortality that others harvested at will!

Fortunately, during an internal battle among the Supremes,

he had escaped amid the chaos, fleeing into the great universe.

Until today... when he returned after attaining the Dao!

Hatred?

Not really.

After all, as a Divine Medicine of Immortality, being continually harvested after being captured was simply the natural order of things.

But that natural order did not stop him from making this place his first target.

"The Great Emperor of this age... this presence..."

"To think that the Divine Medicine of Immortality that fled in panic back then would actually reach such heights."

"But... you alone wish to wage war on the Desolate Ash Sea?"

"Heh-withdraw of your own accord. Otherwise, do not blame us for beating you back into your original form."

"Presumably, a Divine Medicine of Immortality that has attained the Dao would possess... even greater medicinal potency!"

A voice rang out from within the Desolate Ash Sea, laden with warning.

No one would willingly emerge to face a Peak Great Emperor!

If battle could be avoided, they would avoid it.

But if it truly could not be avoided...

Then they would let this Great Emperor of the current age learn what the foundations of a forbidden zone truly meant!

"Tsk-!"

Within the Immortal Court, Lu Qingyun could hardly contain himself.

Too arrogant.

They were all forbidden zones, so how could these Supremes be so arrogant?

With a Peak Great Emperor capable of rivaling a Heavenly Emperor knocking at their door, they could actually still make such brazen remarks.

On what grounds?

Just because you had existed for so long and had so many Supremes?

Speaking of that alone...

Lu Qingyun turned back and glanced at Heavenly Venerable Taiyi, who was sealed within immortal source, half-dead.

Mm... though his Immortal Court had few Supremes,

he himself was strong!

If the Black Emperor had knocked on his Immortal Court's door today, he could have been just as arrogant!

"Still, these forbidden zones have all existed since extraordinarily ancient times."

"The earliest can even be traced back to before recorded history began. Perhaps... they really do possess some formidable hidden reserves."

Lu Qingyun watched the Desolate Ash Sea with a solemn expression.

At that moment... battle began!

The Black Emperor stepped forward, formally entering the forbidden zone, the Desolate Ash Sea!

His might surged to the heavens, his ultimate-path presence stirring the entire Desolate Ash Sea without cease, the roar of its waves growing ever more violent and furious!

"Who was clamoring just now!"

"Come out! Fight this emperor!"

His voice echoed endlessly, yet the entire Desolate Ash Sea fell deathly silent!

Faced with a Peak Great Emperor's thunderous challenge, no one wished to be the bird that stuck its head out.

But the Black Emperor had not come merely to intimidate them.

He had come... to truly fulfill his promise.

To wage war on the forbidden zones and slay Supremes!