The inheritors of the Emperor Dao finally could no longer restrain themselves from taking action. Borrowing the boundless might of the Emperor Realm, they unleashed a world-destroying divine seal that struck the Sovereign's Tomb.
A soaring pillar of light erupted, its power no less than a true Ancient Sovereign making a move, capable of shaking and cracking the All Heavens, causing countless stars to tremble and fall.
All eyes were upon it!
In fact, the Ancient Emperor's Tomb did indeed tremble from the impact, causing many to hold their breath, their hearts in their throats as they watched intently.
But soon, to everyone's disappointment, the Ancient Emperor's Tomb merely shook for a brief moment before stabilizing. Far from collapsing, it instead released an intense Imperial Dao majesty that blanketed the All Heavens, sending the attacking Emperor Dao inheritors flying backward a great distance.
If not for the Emperor Realm's might protecting them, just this backlash force alone would have been enough to shatter a Divine King-level imperial son. Even in death, an Ancient Emperor's tomb remained inviolable!
Seeing the Ancient Emperor's Tomb so solid and imperishable, everyone's expressions turned grim. It was clear that external force was insufficient to open it.
Yet, wasn't the true purpose of all the powers from the All Heavens coming here to vie for the Imperial Dao Inheritance? If it couldn't be opened now, what was the point of all the previous great battles and the resulting endless casualties?
"Imperial Father, why do you still refuse to open the Imperial Tomb even after your son has splattered his blood upon it? Why won't you let the inheritance fall to your son? Is it disappointment in me?"
Prince Ao cried out, filled with helplessness. Even after braving countless dangers, battling the God-Slaying Army, and shedding blood upon the tomb, it still would not truly open. Why?
In fact, the other four imperial princes and princesses were equally perplexed. They could distinctly sense the fluctuations from their forefathers, the Supreme bloodline within them boiling, resonating from afar—it was their forefathers calling. Yet now, the Imperial Tomb remained stubbornly closed.
Why?
The armies guarding each of the Five Emperor Tombs had also ceased their attacks on the Ancient Imperial Clans. Many Divine Kings wore ugly expressions, for the situation was no longer about the Ancient Imperial Clans reclaiming the Imperial Dao Inheritance, but about the core of the Imperial Tombs simply not opening. How could they seize the inheritance then?
"It shouldn't be like this. The Heavenly Emperor said the time was ripe in this era to reclaim the Imperial Dao Inheritance of our various Imperial Clans. But why, at this most critical juncture, have we failed? The exalted Heavenly Emperor is the supreme deity of all ages; he could not possibly deceive us." Another imperial princess of an Ancient Imperial Clan, a peerless beauty whose appearance, though different from a normal human's, could absolutely be called a rare beauty through the ages, now wore an expression of disbelief on her enchanting, soul-stirring jade-like face.
Another Ancient Imperial Prince also spoke, filled with doubt: "Several peerless Ancient Emperors from the Chaos Burial Ground joined forces to open an unstable, temporary passage, allowing us to cross over successfully. Both the supreme Heavenly Emperor and the other Ancient Emperors divined that this time we could reclaim the Ancient Emperor inheritance. Yet we have ultimately not achieved complete success. It is indeed strange."
With the Five Emperor Tombs unable to truly open, all powerhouses ceased the war that had stained the All Heavens with blood.
Many arguments arose among them. Some elders even suspected that the time to open the Imperial Tombs had not yet arrived, requiring a specific time and place for everything to truly commence.
"Senior!"
Ye Chen chose to send a message to the Golden Crow Great Emperor, but from the other side of the communication jade token came the Great Emperor's grave voice: "Be careful. This might be a trap. You have fallen into a conspiracy."
Immediately, Ye Chen's expression changed. He called out to the human powerhouses: "Leave quickly! This might be a conspiracy, suspected to be related to the vanished Heavenly Emperor!"
The Heavenly Emperor had vanished for over a hundred years without appearing, even after the Great Emperor's reincarnation body seized control of the Heavenly Emperor Realm. It was suspected he was conducting a grand conspiracy related to the Five Emperor Tombs before them. Otherwise, Ye Chen truly couldn't imagine any other reason why the Five Emperor Tombs would remain unopened even after the Ancient Emperors' descendants arrived and shed their blood upon them.
The human powerhouses naturally trusted Ye Chen implicitly. At this moment, they immediately transformed into streams of light, attempting to fly out of the Five Emperor Tomb Space-Times and leave the Fallen Heaven Mausoleum region.
Boom—
Suddenly, a drastic change occurred between heaven and earth.
The Five Emperor Tomb Space-Times trembled violently. The grand, imperishable Ancient Emperor Tombs slowly rose into the air.
At the very center where the Five Emperor Tomb Space-Times intersected, in that most mysterious location, myriad Dao laws surged violently as an Immortal Divine Altar slowly appeared, seeming eternal and everlasting.
Upon the Immortal Divine Altar, a tall, majestic figure flickered in and out of view, appearing mighty enough to support the Myriad Worlds of the All Heavens, enduring through the great ages.
It was a Supreme Emperor's shadow, peerless and matchless, standing at the highest point between heaven and earth, lofty and aloof, looking down upon the mortal world.
Boundless Imperial Dao pressure continuously descended from the divine altar. The Five Space-Times trembled, stars in the All Heavens shook, and the continent quaked. Only the Ancient Emperor Tombs remained standing, but from their highest points, beams of imperishable light shot forth, converging at the location of the divine altar, making the Supreme Emperor's shadow appear even more peerless and eternal.
"Imperial Dao pressure!"
"There's still a living Imperial Dao Supreme One standing upon the Immortal Divine Altar! Could it be that an Ancient Emperor from the past never fell?"
The powerhouses of the All Heavens were all shocked. The Imperial Dao pressure was so powerful, no weaker than a true Ancient Emperor. Clearly, this was a peerless Ancient Emperor who had actually survived into the present world.
Especially the Five Ancient Imperial Clans from the Chaos Burial Ground, their eyes burned with fervent hope, wishing it was their own clan's Ancient Emperor who had not perished and survived to this era.
But the humans, along with other Imperial Clans and Immortal Clans, all changed color. For the Ancient Emperors of the Chaos Burial Ground were true great evils of the Chaos Sea, having once wrought boundless slaughter within it, even burying an entire epoch. A Chaos Ancient Universe had collapsed because of them—they were true Sovereign-level butchers.
Particularly the Qin family of the Imperial Clans, their faces turned pale at the mention.
A living Ancient Emperor from the Chaos Burial Ground—wouldn't that mean the Chaos Burial Ground could be opened?
If this forbidden land of the Chaos Sea were truly opened, how many Qin families of Imperial Clans would be reduced to ashes?
Ye Chen's expression was grave. No wonder he had felt that the intersection of the Five Emperor Tomb Space-Times harbored a crisis that made even his hair stand on end. So, a living Imperial Dao Supreme One existed there.
"This Sovereign has overlooked all eternity, seen through the ages, manifested externally. Infinite time has passed, and now, this day has finally arrived. With the gathering of the Supreme bloodlines of the various Heavenly Emperors, Sovereigns, and peerless Immortals here, we can truly and completely unravel those Emperor Dao and Immortal Dao seals, allowing the Chaos Burial Ground to appear in the world!"
A voice possessing supreme majesty slowly resounded, echoing in every corner of the Five Emperor Tomb Space-Times, audible to all.
All eyes were fixed on the location of the divine altar, but everyone on the human side changed color, for they immediately knew who this person was—
The Heavenly Emperor!