In a desolate corner deep in the southern reaches of the ancient star road,
Gu Yuan Immortal Emperor, Mie Shi Immortal Emperor, Zu Long Immortal Emperor, and Tian Jiao Immortal Emperor sat cross-legged, occupying the southeast, northeast, southwest, and northwest corners. At the center of their formation was a thousand-zhang black shadowy array, which pulsed with faint black light. Not far away, Xuan You Immortal Emperor, Tian Huang Immortal Emperor, and Zhen Long Immortal Emperor arrived in a flurry and knelt on one knee.
"Reporting to the four Ancestors, we have not found any trace of the Vermilion Bird Kun Peng!" Zhen Long Immortal Emperor reported nervously.
"It matters not, just wait patiently!" Zu Long Immortal Emperor said softly. After Xuan You and the other two rose, they stood at the outermost perimeter, waiting quietly, but soon, the tranquility here was shattered.
"What is that thing emerging?" This day, Xuan You Immortal Emperor, who was monitoring the south, suddenly felt a powerful energy fluctuation from behind him. He quickly turned around, looking towards the black array guarded by the four Ancestors. In an instant, the other Immortal Emperors were alarmed, and the four Ancestors also opened their eyes and stood up. They saw a mysterious silhouette, shrouded in chaotic energy, gradually revealing itself from within the black array.
Ten zhang...
A hundred zhang...
A thousand zhang...
It was only when it reached a full thirty thousand zhang that the mysterious silhouette, enveloped in chaos, stopped growing.
"It seems the seal is close to breaking!" Gu Yuan Immortal Emperor said, watching the energy of the black array gradually weaken until it completely dissipated.
With a thunderous roar!
The bottom hundred zhang of the mysterious silhouette, wrapped in chaotic energy, began to disperse the chaos, revealing its true form.
It was pieces of white bone, ulna, ribs, patella... haphazardly forming a bone mountain ten zhang high. It was unclear which creature had perished to leave behind these remains, but from the aura emanating from the bones, it could be inferred that all of them were the bones of Immortal Emperors. Scattered and broken, their numbers were unknown. However, along the western and eastern sides of this thousand-zhang long, hundred-zhang high bone mountain, there were two massive foot bones, obscured by the scattered remains by a tenth. Looking upwards, it seemed there were other things above.
"Could it be that the beings that the Venerable One slayed and annihilated when sealing the Chaos Demonic Ape back then? This battle must have been extremely fierce, with so many Immortal Emperors perishing here!" Mie Shi Immortal Emperor said grimly.
As soon as he spoke, the expressions of the others changed. The Venerable One! What a powerful being, in their perception, had likely surpassed the realm of Supreme Giants. Such a terrifyingly powerful existence still couldn't completely annihilate the Chaos Demonic Ape, which showed how formidable the Chaos Demonic Ape’s status was in the Immortal Ancient Era!
From the end of the Immortal Ancient Era, through the Savage and Underworld Sea Eras, and into the current Era of Emperors, such a long time had passed, yet these immensely powerful skeletal spiritual residues had not been obliterated. It could be said that each of these fallen Immortal Emperors was exceptionally strong. All the Immortal Emperors present cast their gazes towards the two giant foot bones, each a hundred zhang high, yet their complete forms could not be seen. A portion was covered by other bones, and the rest was shrouded in chaotic energy. What they could see was merely a corner.
"Whose foot bones are these? What else is above them?" Tian Huang Immortal Emperor was already stunned by the scene. Even though they commanded territories in the Immortal Realm and were held in high regard, a pit of Immortal Emperor bones, piled up and spanning a thousand zhang long and about a hundred zhang high, was something they had never heard of.
As for Zhen Long Immortal Emperor and Xuan You Immortal Emperor, their scalps tingled, and they were utterly speechless.
"What are you panicking about?"
"The Immortal Ancient Era was far more powerful than the Underworld Sea Era and the Era of Emperors. Piles of Immortal Emperor bones, what's so surprising? You've been placed in this position for so long, and you still lack this much composure?" Mie Shi Immortal Emperor said somewhat angrily, looking at the next generation of Supreme Giants with great dissatisfaction. They were far inferior to how they were in their youth.
"Dispersing!"
"Dispersing again!" Xuan You Immortal Emperor exclaimed in surprise. He extended his right hand and pointed upwards. In an instant, the other Immortal Emperors all looked up. With a rumbling sound, the dense chaotic energy scattered, revealing white bones once more. Initially like pillars supporting the heavens, they slowly manifested into ten thousand zhang!
Tarsal bones! Fibula! Tibia! Patella! Femur!
A pair of complete leg bones!
A full ten thousand zhang in height!
Like pillars supporting the heavens!
"Terrifying!"
"Whose skeletal remains are these!" Even Gu Yuan Immortal Emperor was no longer calm, saying with horror.
At this moment, the four Ancestors, three Supreme Giants, all held their breath. The chaotic energy continued to scatter upwards. At this moment, an unknown dread enveloped the hearts of these powerful Immortal Emperors.
Rumbling!
The chaotic energy scattered like heavy rain!
Instantly reaching fifteen thousand zhang!
It was a complete skeleton, though another five thousand zhang was still shrouded in chaotic energy. This fifteen thousand zhang alone had deeply shocked every Immortal Emperor present!
Coccyx! Hip bone! Sacrum! Phalanges! Metacarpals! Carpals! Radius! Ulna! Vertebrae! Ribs!......
Not a single piece was missing! It was extremely complete!
Especially the pair of complete arm bones, which were longer than the ten thousand zhang legs, and even wider and thicker! Powerful and forceful! Possessing a great impact!
"Hiss!"
"This... what on earth is this..." Mie Shi Immortal Emperor's face was pale at this moment. He had never seen such skeletal remains of a creature in the Immortal Realm. Within the Immortal Realm, there was no living race that matched it!
Cervical vertebra!
The complete skull bone manifested! The hollow eye sockets gazed towards the north, as if looking towards the core of the ancient star road—the Emperor Ruins!
"Chaos... this is the Chaos Demonic Ape..." Tian Huang Immortal Emperor said, trembling.
"Impossible, the Chaos Demonic Ape did not perish, but was sealed! It's not dead, so where did the bones come from!" Mie Shi Immortal Emperor immediately retorted angrily, but his eyes did not move, fixedly staring at the colossal and majestic skeletal figure that was a full thirty thousand zhang high.
So large!
Looking at the arm bones, so wide and thick, it must have possessed unparalleled strength. No wonder the Venerable One couldn't annihilate it and could only seal it. At this moment, Mie Shi Immortal Emperor, Gu Yuan Immortal Emperor, Zu Long Immortal Emperor, and Tian Jiao Immortal Emperor were all carefully contemplating.
"What is that?"
Zu Long Immortal Emperor looked up and saw a huge bloody halo flashing on the sternum of the skeleton. Two different Emperor patterns were flashing on it, fiercely contending and consuming each other.
"The Venerable One's Emperor pattern!" Gu Yuan exclaimed in shock. His gaze shifted to another unfamiliar Emperor pattern, and he was instantly startled!