However, these were merely some rumors from back then, unverified.
Because they were too astonishing, and the Golden Crow Great Emperor had been confirmed to have perished back then. Those injuries were too severe; ancient Great Emperors and Supreme Immortals believed it was difficult to survive.
In fact, from the battle that sealed the Chaos Burial Ground until now, a full epoch had passed. The Slaying the Heavens Demon Sovereign had almost completely recovered his peak Emperor position, yet the Golden Crow Great Emperor remained without any fluctuation, still that celestial sun, as always. The world felt that legends were always just legends, not true. Otherwise, after so many tens of thousands of years, it would be impossible not to have recovered.
"It's not entirely impossible either. The transformation of an Emperor is a matter of long ages; it cannot be completed in a short moment."
An ancient Divine King added a sentence, though whether the Golden Crow Great Emperor was alive or dead, perhaps only the Emperors and Supreme Immortals who participated in that battle back then knew the inside story.
After sending off the Quasi-Monarch Golden Crow corpse, the human powerhouses also left. This place had completely become void.
Not long after, a figure appeared in the shattered small world. He was a heroic middle-aged man, wearing a magnificent divine crown, so extraordinary, so eye-catching, impossible to ignore.
With a single movement, his figure tore through layers of Spatial Turbulence, finally arriving before the colossal, star-surpassing corpse of the Quasi-Monarch Golden Crow. Around his body, circles of hazy light emanated, surrounding him as if he were immortal, eternal.
*Hum—*
At this moment, the Quasi-Monarch Golden Crow corpse, which had remained motionless before the human powerhouses, suddenly erupted with unparalleled, blazing light, transforming into a sun-like entity spanning the endless Spatial Turbulence, vast and mighty. The terrifying Spatial Turbulence was forcefully pushed back, unable to approach.
Only this person did not retreat. His figure also surged with blazing light—golden light.
The two kinds of light came into contact. There was no earth-shattering collision, only a silent fusion. They were actually of the same origin as the light on the Quasi-Monarch Golden Crow corpse.
The figure trembled fiercely. Between his eyebrows, a brilliant light rapidly flickered, as if something was awakening.
Only after a very long time did the light between the figure's eyebrows slowly retract inward. His gaze regained its usual depth and wisdom, capable of discerning all things in the world. Looking at the Quasi-Monarch Golden Crow corpse before him, there was a trace of sorrow: "The more I awaken, the more I feel ashamed before you all. It was all my fault."
The Quasi-Monarch Golden Crow corpse hummed, as if comforting the visitor's sorrow.
"Even though you are dead, you still think of comforting me—"
The figure looked at the Quasi-Monarch Golden Crow corpse, then nodded: "Rest assured, I am fine, very well."
*Hum—*
The colossal, massive corpse of the Quasi-Monarch Golden Crow now shook violently, for a brilliant light was rising to its peak. Then, this brilliant light surged mightily and thunderously poured into the relatively tiny, dust-like figure before it, representing an incomparably vast and peerless power.
The figure did not stop it, only sighed: "Awakening, knowing so much, recovering power faster... I thank you all for your protection all along."
In the end, the Quasi-Monarch Golden Crow corpse completely turned to void. All the blazing light thoroughly entered the figure's body.
From the figure's body, a powerful, unmatched pressure slowly overflowed, then retracted inward. He sighed softly: "Now is not the time to be exposed."
*Whoosh—*
The figure vanished, as if he had never appeared. Only the Quasi-Monarch Golden Crow corpse was also gone, without a trace.
Regarding all this, the various imperial clans, Immortal Clans, the Mythical Emperor Domain, and even the human powerhouses who performed the burial rites first did not discover it. Everything happened so silently, undetected.
In the Golden Crow Imperial Domain, every day, powerhouses from the various imperial clans, Immortal Clans, and the Mythical Emperor Domain constantly searched for any traces, attempting to be the first to discover the Imperial Dao Inheritance, thereby secretly seizing it away from the world's notice.
Their search efforts were intense. Every day, vast amounts of divine sense swept across. The domain spanning tens of millions of li had long been searched countless times by the powerhouses of the All Heavens, scouring heaven and earth, leaving no stone unturned. Yet, they still hadn't found the slightest trace, as if it didn't exist within this domain.
Of course, perhaps some had found some clues but concealed them, not informing the world.
Under such searching, they soon began to expand the search range.
Among them, Imperial Son Yuheng did not personally act. But as an Imperial Dao Inheritance holder, he directly utilized the might of the Emperor Realm, dispersing it to cover nearly all the search ranges of the powerhouses from the imperial clans, Immortal Clans, and Mythical Emperor Domain, monitoring them almost without concealment.
Such monitoring naturally angered many in secret.
However, most dared to be angry but not speak out, for not everyone was human, with the protection of a Great Emperor's reincarnated body behind them. Imperial Son Yuheng also did not dare to monitor the humans.
"Could it be that the fourth Imperial Dao Inheritance does not exist?"
A full half-month passed, yet not a single trace or clue was found, making many powerhouses from the imperial clans, Immortal Clans, and Mythical Emperor Domain consider giving up.
Such searching wasted a great deal of time, energy, and manpower, with little gain. Moreover, being monitored from behind, many considered retreating.
"Are we really going to give up?"
Many were also unwilling, having expended so much effort. Perhaps with one more push now, they could find it, much better than aimlessly searching for half a month.
"Let's see!"
The powerhouses of the All Heavens felt this reasoning was sound, so they decided to continue searching for some more time. If they still couldn't find it, they would decide to abandon the search.
*Rumble—*
Finally, half a month later, on this day, someone—who knows who—found it. The world shook violently, radiating across a vast domain of billions of li, with a great impact. A brilliant golden radiance descended from the heavens.
Visible to the naked eye, at the highest, unreachable point of the firmament, nine vast suns hovered. One of those celestial suns was now incomparably blazing, with an extremely brilliant light pillar descending from the heavens, grand beyond measure, even larger than a sky-propping giant pillar.
This light pillar landed heavily on a continent fragment about a hundred thousand li in area, located a million li away from the Golden Crow Continent.
*Boom—*
With a tremendous roar, this continent fragment exploded. Countless fragments shot forth in all directions, resembling a brilliant meteor shower, incredibly stunning and eye-catching.
*Crack—*
Amidst this magnificent explosion, a huge rift was suddenly torn open in the void that should have been empty. It was more like a seam of a heaven-reaching door, opened, connecting to the outside world.
*Rumble—*
Accompanied by the slow opening of an invisible door, a vast world and heaven and earth also slowly revealed themselves before the eyes of the world.