The five Forbidden Zone Rulers were filled with fury, finally learning their true identities. As the Emperor Clan Bloodline within them fully awakened, their sealed memories also returned. They recalled their childhood and the memories from the era when the Eternal Inheritances formed from their clans were destroyed.
They could see the scenes from their youth: their entire Emperor Clan being mercilessly wiped out, Emperor weapons suppressed, the people of the clan withering away along with their ancient world, blood staining the heavens and earth in endless sorrow.
The ones who struck were the successive rulers of the Heaven Realm.
Yet, hidden in the shadows, there was an omnipresent figure everywhere—who else could it be but the Lord of the Heavenly Ruins?
They also saw how the Lord of the Heavenly Ruins silently collected the bloodlines from all members of the Emperor Clan and selected the most outstanding survivor from among them—themselves—to be nurtured.
For an extremely long period, they bathed in the blood of their kin daily, drank essence blood to cultivate, devoured flesh to grow, constantly strengthening the Emperor Clan Bloodline within them like wild beasts.
In the end, the most powerful Emperor Clan Bloodline Power, achieved by devouring all their clansmen, completely fused with them, causing them to grow increasingly powerful. Finally, they were also silently sealed away, left unaware.
Their memories were gradually buried, and they grew even stronger, step by step, until they became the Heaven Realm Rulers who dominated the Primordial Heaven Realm.
Their past memories were also silently sealed away, replaced by false memories fabricated by the Lord of the Heavenly Ruins.
These false memories carried hatred for the Emperor Clan, leading them to personally act and destroy one Eternal Inheritance after another formed from the Mythological Emperor Clans.
It was like a cycle.
Throughout history, this had happened six times, resulting in the destruction of six Eternal Inheritances and the disappearance of six Mythological Emperor Clans from the world.
So, it had always been the Lord of the Heavenly Ruins's scheme: to destroy the entire Mythological Emperor Clan, thereby eliminating the guardians of the Primordial Heaven Realm, while also using the entire clan's Emperor Clan Bloodline to nurture these survivors, allowing their Emperor Clan Bloodline to flourish to the extreme, not inferior to that of an Imperial Son.
Yet, they had always been secretly sealed away, with Emperor-level seals so powerful that even they, as mighty as they were, had not detected them.
Their existence was as puppets of the Lord of the Heavenly Ruins, ruling the Primordial Heaven Realm and plundering Faith Power through endless cycles of time.
Similarly, they were used as tools to destroy the guardians of the Primordial Heaven Realm, such as the Mythological Emperor Clans.
Unfortunately, even now that they had discovered the truth, it was of no use.
Now, having gathered the Bloodline Power of their entire clans, they had become sacrifices, forced to offer themselves, dissolving the Emperor Light Heavenly Curtain protection left by the Heavenly Emperor within the Imperial Extreme Soaring Cloud Hall, to help the Lord of the Heavenly Ruins obtain the Heavenly Emperor's legacy.
The five Forbidden Zone Rulers were filled with immense rage, but it was useless. For now, even though they were extremely powerful, they were still firmly controlled by the Lord of the Heavenly Ruins, forced to burn their forms and spirits, unable to struggle in the slightest.
"This is... an ancestor of our clan!"
Within the Huang Gu Hall, a survivor of the Huang Emperor Clan sensed the aura of his kin from one of the Forbidden Zone Rulers.
"I am Huang Xu, the great-grandson of the Great Huang Gu Emperor!"
This Forbidden Zone Ruler declared, his true identity revealed. The Bloodline Power of the Great Huang Gu Emperor surged endlessly from within him, almost propelling him to a higher level, his aura becoming even more vast and profound.
He was the great-grandson of the Great Huang Gu Emperor. With the Imperial Son as the first generation, he was equivalent to the third generation of the Emperor Clan. His Bloodline Power was originally superbly potent, and having gathered nearly all the Emperor Clan Bloodline Power of the Huang Emperor Clan from that era into himself, he could rival even a first-generation Imperial Son.
Yet, despite being so powerful, capable of breaking into the level of a peerless monarch of the eighth heaven, he was still under unparalleled restrictions, suppressed and forced to burn his form and spirit, sacrificing his Emperor Clan Bloodline Power to dissolve the Emperor Light Heavenly Curtain.
How tragic this was.
It also proved the peerless might of the Lord of the Heavenly Ruins.
Below the 108,000 Heavenly Steps, Ye Chen also clearly felt a powerful Emperor Clan Bloodline surging within him, far stronger than that of the alien Imperial Sons and Daughters he had devoured in the past.
This was because it came from a Forbidden Zone Ruler he had devoured long ago, who had cultivated to the super monarch level, with his Bloodline Power fully awakened to its utmost, making it much more powerful.
Similarly, because it had been sealed, Ye Chen had not discovered it back then. Now, this Emperor Clan Bloodline Power had its seal undone and was emerging.
Moreover, because this seal had been personally placed by the Lord of the Heavenly Ruins, it actually caused Ye Chen's true body to begin burning, attempting to sacrifice and dissolve the Emperor Light Heavenly Curtain.
Acting decisively, Ye Chen's true body directly severed this Emperor Clan Bloodline Power. However, he did not allow it to leave and dissolve the Emperor Light Heavenly Curtain. Instead, his Chaos Saint Soul avatar chanted scriptures, dissolving the sealing power, preventing it from leaving. It was suppressed and absorbed into the small universe within his body's origin.
He could sense that there were still survivors of this Emperor Clan within the Primordial Heaven Realm. One day, he might be able to use this Emperor Clan Bloodline Power to help the fallen clan rise again.
Seeing that although the Emperor Light Heavenly Curtain was gradually disintegrating, the speed was slower than imagined, the Lord of the Heavenly Ruins slightly frowned. "A pity. Originally, there were six descendants of the Mythological Emperor Clans. I nurtured them all to become Heaven Realm Rulers. Now only five remain; that one was killed along with the other three by the Battle Saint King."
That was the first Ruler War.
At that time, the Lord of the Heavenly Ruins was at a critical moment and could not intervene effectively. He only managed to act slightly, interfering to ensure the true Emperor Clan members were not all killed. Unfortunately, one was still killed and devoured by Ye Chen.
He had wanted to strip away that Emperor Clan Bloodline Power, but now it was clearly not possible, with the Great Emperor Reincarnation Body watching closely. He let out a light sigh. "But never mind. The Emperor Clan Bloodline Power of the five great Emperor Clans, combined with my Mythological Emperors' Imprints, should be enough."
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Light suddenly erupted from within the Lord of the Heavenly Ruins's body, as one Ancient Emperor after another manifested. Combined with the Bloodline Power and soul light of the five great Emperor Clans, they assaulted the Emperor Light Heavenly Curtain, significantly accelerating its dissolution.
In just a short moment, the Emperor Light Heavenly Curtain had been dissolved by more than half.
At this rate, it would likely be completely dismantled in just two or three quarters of an hour, allowing direct entry into the Imperial Extreme Soaring Cloud Hall.
"Lord of the Heavenly Ruins, don't even think about it!"
The Great Emperor Reincarnation Body charged forward, trying to stop him.
"Southern Heavenly Gate, suppress the ten heavens!"
The Lord of the Heavenly Ruins shouted lightly. The Southern Heavenly Gate of the Heavenly Ruins suddenly rose from the ground.
This was the gate of the ancient Heavenly Court, containing unimaginable power. Blocking the path before him, it instantly stopped the Great Emperor Reincarnation Body.
"Heavenly Emperor, let's see how you stop me now!"
The Lord of the Heavenly Ruins soared into the sky, his power rivaling that of a Supreme One erupting completely. As the Emperor Light Heavenly Curtain dissolved, he forcefully charged, half of his figure plunging inside.
Judging by the situation, he was about to break into the Imperial Extreme Soaring Cloud Hall at any moment.