Boom—
Sovereign of Formlessness made his move once more. This time, without the obstruction of the Ancient Emperor Hall, he smoothly pierced through the void, opening a path to the Mythical Emperor Domain.
The Mythical Emperor Domain appeared before their eyes, with the Ten Great Empires standing tall in the center of the endless forest.
"We've finally returned!"
Many powerful experts of the Mythical Emperor Domain were moved to tears. After entering the Mythical Ruins Land, they had suffered too many hardships. The experts of the various empires had perished by more than half, and some imperial forces had even been completely wiped out.
Now, gazing upon their homeland where they had stayed for countless years, the scenery that had once seemed ordinary, even tiresome, now felt incredibly intimate and joyful, bringing an indescribable sense of happiness.
Of course, they had also gained immensely. Almost everyone had achieved some level of improvement, especially those imperial Divine Kings. In normal times, cultivating for a hundred years might not yield much progress, but after entering the Mythical Ruins Land, they had basically all advanced by one level or more. Some had even improved by two or three minor realms, something unimaginable in the past.
As the saying goes, crisis represents opportunity amidst danger.
The younger generation of the empires had advanced even more. Especially during the more than twenty years in the Heaven-Falling Mausoleum, even some Heavenly Kings who had entered back then had now become Great Powers. Some had even become Supreme Talents, their potential surging many times over.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Almost simultaneously, the founding monarch ancestors of the Ten Great Empires in the Mythical Emperor Domain were alerted. Massive monarch dharma forms, enormous beyond measure, stood tall between heaven and earth.
Below, billions of living beings from the various empires looked up at the torn sky, utterly shocked by the multitude of powerful experts descending from the heavens—the various imperial clans, Immortal Clans, the Mythical Emperor Domain forces, the God-Slaying Legion, and more.
"Have they finally returned? But this time, they don't seem to have used the Ancient Emperor Hall. How exactly did they return?"
The Ancient Monarchs of the Ten Great Empires were puzzled.
Sovereign of Formlessness and Monarch Wushi had restrained their auras, not intentionally releasing them, to avoid being detected by those who might inform the alien race and trigger a preemptive attack. Thus, even powerful beings like the Ten Great Ancient Monarchs could not sense the peerless might of this master-disciple pair of Battle Saints, Sovereign of Formlessness and Monarch Wushi.
Among them, the Great Emperor's reincarnation descended from the sky. A vast might far surpassing that of ordinary Ancient Monarchs slowly spread out, drawing the attention of the Ten Great Empires' Ancient Monarchs.
Only the Great Emperor's reincarnation, who appeared as a seven-year-old boy, stood in the sky, his countenance dignified as he slowly spoke, his voice resounding throughout the vast Mythical Emperor Domain: "Esteemed founding monarchs of the empires, tomorrow, I shall host a grand feast in the imperial capital of the Xialuo Empire, hoping to discuss with you all the resolution of the great evil source that is the alien race. I hope you will attend. We, the human race, await your arrival."
As his words fell, the entire Mythical Emperor Domain trembled. The ten founding monarchs all revealed looks of shock.
The human race actually intended to take action against the alien race!
Without a doubt, this was a matter of immense significance.
At the same time, the Great Emperor's reincarnation led the various imperial clans, Immortal Clans, and the God-Slaying Legion to descend upon Xialuo Imperial Capital.
Monarch Xialuo personally came out to welcome them into the magnificent imperial Heavenly Palace.
Because the human race had shown him kindness in the past and had also formed an alliance, even after a hundred years had passed, Monarch Xialuo had never forgotten.
As for the many imperial clans and Immortal Clans that had participated in the siege against Monarch Xialuo back then, they wore uneasy expressions, filled with apprehension, worried that Monarch Xialuo might take action. After all, an attack from such an Ancient Monarch would be devastating.
In fact, Monarch Xialuo's expression was icy cold. Back then, he had nearly perished. Now that he had long since recovered his monarch-level cultivation, meeting his enemies again, how could he not see red?
However, under the mediation of the human race, these imperial clans and Immortal Clans had no choice but to painfully pay a bloody price. Only then did Monarch Xialuo's gloomy expression ease slightly. He no longer drove them away, but he certainly would not arrange for them to stay in the imperial Heavenly Palace. Instead, they were placed in other remote palaces within the imperial capital, out of sight, out of mind.
Regarding all this, the experts of these imperial clans and Immortal Clans could only smile bitterly in resignation. Who told them they were in the wrong first? If not for the protection of the human race, they might very well have been hunted down by Monarch Xialuo. Who could have stopped him?
Meanwhile, the many powerful experts of the Mythical Emperor Domain gradually returned to their respective empires.
Without a doubt, the return of the experts from the various heavens stirred up a massive storm within the vast Mythical Emperor Domain, causing tremors throughout the world.
Especially since many experts, upon their return, displayed cultivation levels far surpassing their previous ones, shocking everyone.
Having entered the Mythical Ruins Land for less than a hundred years, they had actually improved so much, one after another.
"The Nine Great Empires are fortunate. The experts who entered the Mythical Ruins Land have all achieved significant improvements."
"Xia Yang, the Heaven's Pride of the Capricorn Empire, was only at the seventh level of Heavenly King back then. But after a hundred years of returning, he has actually become a Great Power, and at the third level of Great Power at that, surpassing many older-generation Great Power experts. To improve so much in just a hundred years is truly astonishing!"
"Xu Chu of the Xushi Empire was only at the fifth level of Heavenly King back then. Now he has also reached the Great Power realm, capable of commanding a region, and possesses Divine King potential. Perhaps within ten thousand years, he can advance to become a new Divine King!"
"Divine King Qingyang of the Qingkong Empire has also improved. Back then, he was only a One-Calamity Divine King, fortunate to be selected to enter the Mythical Ruins Land. Now, upon returning, he has become a Three-Calamity Divine King. Too astonishing!"
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One astonishing piece of news after another kept spreading. The Ten Great Empires and various forces of the Mythical Emperor Domain were all discussing, some praising, some jealous. Many were even envious, because they had not entered the Mythical Ruins Land back then. Otherwise, such rapid improvement would have been theirs as well.
Xushi Empire, one of the Ten Great Empires of the Mythical Emperor Domain.
The imperial capital was a divine city, suspended in the air. Even at night, it was brilliantly lit, with countless lights shining, illuminating everything.
The imperial Heavenly Palace stretched grandly for over a thousand miles. At this moment, in the main hall at the very center, even the current empire's ruler was respectfully bowing beside the main seat where he usually sat, his expression full of reverence. Because a blurry figure had appeared. Even though its aura was somewhat restrained, it still faintly emitted a heavenly might that would make even Divine Kings tremble.
On the main seat was none other than the empire's founding ancestor—Monarch Xushi!
The empire's founding ancestor, Monarch Xushi, had manifested. Below him were the experts who had entered the Mythical Ruins Land and later the Old Primordial Path, and had now returned. Among them, one Divine King expert and six Heaven's Pride talents were still alive.
Although many empire experts had perished, the Heaven's Pride talents who had been at the Heavenly King level back then had now returned as Great Powers. This also pleased Monarch Xushi quite a bit, as they were the future pillars of the Xushi Empire. One day, even if Monarch Xushi was no longer around, they could support the empire's operation and inheritance.
"Very good, you have all grown up. Especially you few, you have all become Great Powers. Attaining the Divine King fruit position in the future won't be too difficult. Perhaps you can succeed within ten thousand years!"
Monarch Xushi nodded, showing an appreciative expression, quite satisfied.
Becoming a Divine King within ten thousand years was already an astonishing speed. One must know that many Great Powers, exhausting their entire lifespan of a hundred thousand years, might not necessarily become Divine Kings.
"We are indebted to the ancestor's great fortune," the various experts saluted.
"By the way, who is that human race Ancient Monarch?"
Monarch Xushi inquired of the returning empire experts.
"Reporting to the ancestor, he is a human race Ancient Monarch, called the Saint Monarch Sovereign. He is very mysterious and suddenly appeared in the Mythical Ruins Land. I suspect he was hidden within a certain human race Heaven's Pride when he entered back then, most likely the Battle Saint King. However, he is very powerful."
The sole returning Divine King spoke up. Before entering the Mythical Ruins Land, he had only been a Two-Calamity Divine King, but now he was at the peak of Three-Calamity Divine King, just one step away from Four-Calamity Divine King.
Improving this much in just a hundred years was already very fast, making other empire Divine Kings who hadn't entered the Mythical Ruins Land envious.
One must understand that at the Divine King realm, unless one obtained a great opportunity, it was rare to advance through a Divine King calamity even over tens of thousands of years. This showed just how difficult it was.
"A human race Ancient Monarch? I never expected the human race to still have an Ancient Monarch here—" Monarch Xushi shook his head. "What a pity. Even with one more person, it's useless. Even if this mysterious Saint Monarch Sovereign is very powerful, it's still no use. He simply cannot stop the alien race's invasion. If these human race remnants had obediently stayed in the Mythical Ruins Land and not returned, it would have been better, preserving some sparks. But now that they've returned, I'm afraid the remaining humans will be rounded up by the alien race in one fell swoop. How tragic."
"And now they actually want to borrow the strength of our Ten Great Empires of the Mythical Emperor Domain to jointly deal with the alien race? Simply wishful thinking. Are they trying to use our Mythical Emperor Domain as a sword to wield? Hah!"
Monarch Xushi chuckled coldly.
In the main hall of the Heavenly Palace, the other experts of the Xushi Empire all nodded in agreement. They knew some inside information. In that Ten Heavens Ancient Domain, which they viewed as a land of sin, the alien race was currently attacking the human race, and the human race's situation was far from optimistic.
Clearly, the human race also understood their current predicament and urgently needed the strength of the Mythical Emperor Domain to resist the alien race together.
However, the Mythical Emperor Domain was well aware of how powerful the alien race was. Especially a year ago, eight alien race Ancient Monarchs had appeared, forcibly opening the barrier between the Ten Heavens Ancient Domain and the Mythical Emperor Domain, leading the alien race's many experts away.
If not for the fact that the Mythical Emperor Domain possessed Ten Great Ancient Monarchs, making even the alien race somewhat wary, they might have been forced to become allies of the alien race in attacking the human race.
And now the human race actually wanted to borrow the strength of the Mythical Emperor Domain, even mobilizing their ten founding monarch ancestors to assist in the attack? Wasn't that just a pipe dream?
However, the returning Divine King and Great Power Heaven's Pride talents all shook their heads and said, "Ancestor, you worry too much. It's impossible for the alien race to wipe out the human race."
Hearing this, Monarch Xushi was slightly taken aback. "Why?"
Although the human race was strong, no matter how strong, could they compare to the alien race?
"The human race is very strong. They don't just have the Saint Monarch Sovereign as their only Ancient Monarch. They also have other monarchs, have Monarchs, and even have Supreme One-level Great Emperors!" A Great Power Heaven's Pride spoke up, revealing some inside information. His words sounded like ancient taboos, causing everyone in the main hall of the Heavenly Palace, including Monarch Xushi, to change their expressions.
The human race lacked neither monarchs nor just one person. They even had Monarchs and Supreme One-level existences!?