The more it was like this, the more everyone felt that the depths of the Vast Uninhabited Zone concealed a true great terror. Otherwise, beings as powerful as the nine Monarch Progenitors would not be so frightened and pale.
After a long while, the Monarch Progenitor of the Tianheng Empire took the initiative to speak.
He was an aged, white-haired old Monarch who had lived for who knew how many tens of thousands of years. Among the ten Monarch Progenitors of the entire Mythical Emperor Domain, he was one of the oldest, undying antiques. His aged eyes held a sigh and a trace of fear—fear directed at the Vast Uninhabited Zone—as he slowly began: "Reporting to the Supreme One, the Vast Uninhabited Zone truly harbors a real great terror. And this terror even appeared back in the era before the many empires of the Mythical Emperor Domain had fully risen to prominence."
From Tianheng Monarch's words, everyone gradually learned some ancient, little-known mysteries concerning the entire Vast Uninhabited Zone.
"The Mythical Emperor Domain was born in the early period of this epoch. As for times even more distant, I do not know much. But that era was not called the Mythical Emperor Domain; it had another name: the Myriad Races Territory. As the name implies, it was a vast land inhabited by the myriad races! As for that Vast Uninhabited Zone—"
Tianheng Monarch shook his head and continued, "In any case, I, an old undying one, have lived for half an epoch. Even many tens of thousands of years before I was born, the Vast Uninhabited Zone has always existed. Shortly after my birth, when I gained consciousness, my elders warned me never to leave the Myriad Races Territory and set foot in the Vast Uninhabited Zone. Otherwise, it would provoke the most terrifying horror, capable of destroying the mortal world."
"As the world knows, this World Heaven and Earth is vast, yet also small. Because the territory currently occupied by our Mythical Emperor Domain amounts to less than one-tenth of this World Heaven and Earth. The remaining over ninety percent belongs within the scope of that Vast Uninhabited Zone!"
"Back then, I was still young, warned by my elders, and my cultivation was still weak. Therefore, I never dared to set foot in that Vast Uninhabited Zone, only daring to cultivate and live within the Myriad Races Territory opened up by the various races."
"In later years, when I had cultivated for a hundred years, a great change occurred in heaven and earth. The entire world entered an unprecedented Golden Age. Batch after batch of Heaven's Pride prodigies were born, and there were even Supreme Talents who cultivated to the Tenth Heaven Realm emerging, dominating the ages and enacting an era of extreme glory—the Golden Age!"
"That era was also called the Mythical Era by the myriad races, because legend said that every time a Golden Age appeared, a true mythical existence would emerge, ascending to the supreme domain."
"During the Golden Age, although my aptitude was not particularly good, my fortune was excellent. During one training expedition, I was fortunate enough to obtain the immortal legacy of an Ancient Monarch, and from then on, I rose to prominence." Tianheng Monarch spoke slowly, revealing his origins, which surprised many.
Tianheng Monarch had actually once received the legacy of an Ancient Monarch.
Many people suddenly understood. Because throughout the ages in the Mythical Emperor Domain, there were records of the rise of every Ancient Monarch. Naturally, there were also records of Tianheng Monarch from back then—his ordinary aptitude, yet he managed to stand out amidst the cloud of Heaven's Pride talents in the Mythical Era, rise up, and ultimately become an Ancient Monarch, dominating the world's ups and downs, founding a supreme empire, and establishing an immortal legacy.
For countless people in the Mythical Emperor Domain, it remains a legend to this day, encouraging those with ordinary aptitude not to give up, for there is still hope that one day they might soar to the heavens like Tianheng Monarch.
Only now did they realize why Tianheng Monarch was able to rise—it turned out he had received the legacy of a Monarch from an even more ancient era. It was simply an immense stroke of dog-shit luck.
"With the arrival of the Golden Age, the Mythical Era began, enacting a glorious era of Heaven's Pride competition. In the end, eighteen people, including myself, seized all the heaven and earth fortune and successively became Ancient Monarchs."
"Unfortunately, even so, in such a prosperous age, no one could surpass the Ancient Monarch realm. Everyone was stuck at the Monarch level, unable to progress much further."
"At that time, during the peak period of the Mythical Era, the eighteen Ancient Monarchs, including myself, each founded a great empire—a full eighteen great empires. Each empire possessed power comparable to any of today's Mythical Empires, and also had a Monarch Progenitor-level founder overseeing it. It was the most prosperous and flourishing era."
"During the Mythical Era, the Mythical Emperor Domain developed to its utmost extreme. The eighteen great empires rose one after another, each possessing Ancient Monarchs, far surpassing previous times. Looking throughout the ages of the entire World Heaven and Earth, it was a rare super-prosperous age."
"Naturally, the Myriad Races Territory back then was more than twice as vast as it is today."
"However, the Mythical Era had not truly ended; it was only halfway through, lasting an unimaginably long time—a full three hundred thousand years and still ongoing. In later generations, other Heaven's Pride prodigies continued to rise, but almost none became Ancient Monarchs, at most reaching the Divine King realm."
"The world believed that we eighteen Ancient Monarchs had seized all the heaven and earth fortune, preventing later generations from smoothly becoming Ancient Monarchs."
"Thus, a hundred thousand years passed, and the Golden Age began to decline, heading towards its end."
"Just when everyone thought the Mythical Era, akin to the Golden Age, would end like this without a myth appearing, a peerless Heaven's Pride emerged out of nowhere. He surpassed all Heaven's Pride in the world, even surpassing all of us who had become Ancient Monarchs back then. With an unstoppable momentum, he climbed to the peak of the Great Dao, becoming a new Ancient Monarch in merely a thousand years, dominating an entire era!"
When speaking of that peerless Heaven's Pride, even Tianheng Monarch couldn't help but sigh with admiration, unable to conceal his amazement.
Everyone was also shocked. Becoming an Ancient Monarch in a thousand years was indeed astonishing. One must know that although the World Heaven and Earth where the Mythical Emperor Domain was located was vast, it ultimately could not compare to a true Primordial Chaos Ancient Universe. In the later years of the Golden Age when resources were basically seized by the eighteen Ancient Monarchs, he still soared to prominence, achieving the Monarch position in a thousand years. It was absolutely monstrous and astounding.
Even Ye Chen, Yu Qing, and the others revealed slight astonishment.
"Could it be him!?"
Monarch Mo Jie, Monarch Sen Yue, and several other Monarchs all showed shock. They were not among the eighteen Ancient Monarchs from back then, having risen later. However, as the Mythical Empires had been passed down immortally, they had some understanding of past events.
"Without a doubt, he was the legendary myth. A single person seized all the fortune of the later period of the Golden Age Mythical Era, overshadowing countless Heaven's Pride in the world."
Tianheng Monarch sighed like this, with undisguised praise. "Sure enough, in later years, he continuously broke through. In the short span of ten thousand years, he reached the Monarch realm, like Monarch Wu Shi—a peerless supreme powerhouse infinitely close to the Supreme One domain!"