Chang'an City.
"Heavenly Emperor, you always bring me unexpected miracles." In the study, Zhu Que, who had been granted a seat by Yang Hao, looked at Yang Hao with a smile. In a short period, the seemingly inconspicuous kingdom back then had, under the hands of the Sky Ant tribe, seized the entire southern territory of the Immortal Realm, annihilated major forces like the Bo Men Palace, Seven Star Pavilion, Sun Moon Heavenly Court, Dao Hai Alliance, and the Void Demon Race. Along this journey, the number of Great Han human race Immortal Emperors had already reached dozens. The faint seven-colored flowing light enveloping the territory actually separated the Great Dao.
Separating the Great Dao. This truly shocked Zhu Que.
"Please!"
Yang Hao picked up the teacup and said softly.
Zhu Que smiled slightly, picked up her teacup, and with rolling, potent immortal energy and a flash of multicolored light, she drank it down in one gulp. After putting down the teacup, she gazed at Yang Hao and said softly, "Heavenly Emperor, with the elites of the four great giant powers entering the Ancient Star Road, your Great Han will have ample time to develop. Rest assured, the four great giant powers will be tied up for a considerable time."
"Entering the Ancient Star Road?"
Yang Hao frowned, looking at Zhu Que before him. The two brief meetings had made him perceive that Zhu Que was likely engaged in a struggle with the four great giant powers. The four great giant powers controlled the four directions of the Immortal Realm, and Zhu Que, alone, had fought until now. It was probably not as simple as it appeared.
"The four great giant powers entering the Ancient Star Road together, is it perhaps for an elder?" Yang Hao said in a deep voice.
"You guessed correctly!"
Zhu Que stood up and said softly, "The four great giant powers rose in the middle period of the Underworld Sea Era. Later, they seemed to have obtained a mysterious power, and their great fortune could not be stripped away. As long as the beings of the four great giant powers had exceptionally good talent, they could achieve the Dao and attain the position of Immortal Emperor!"
"In just a few hundred million years, the four great giant powers formed a terrifying force capable of annihilating the Immortal Realm. Countless forces perished under the purges of the four great giants. At the end of the Underworld Sea Era, only six supreme giant Immortal Emperors appeared in the entire Immortal Realm."
"Which six?"
Yang Hao said. Although he had a guess in his heart, he did not state it clearly, but instead inquired.
"Four of them are the ancestors of the four great giant powers!" Zhu Que's voice rang out. Yang Hao's brow furrowed instantly. He had guessed wrong; he had thought they were still the rulers of the current four great giant powers.
Zhu Que glanced at Yang Hao and, knowing his thoughts, smiled and shook her head. "When the Immortal Realm entered the late Underworld Sea Era, the ancestors of the four great giant powers controlled seventy-four Emperor Fates. They adopted a strategy of breaking them one by one. Over hundreds of millions of years, they swept away some powerful forces, and finally, the four of them joined forces to force me into the Chaos Abyss, thus initiating the Era of Emperors!"
"After the Immortal Realm entered the Era of Emperors, four powerful Immortal Emperors emerged from the four great giant powers, and they all stepped onto the path of supreme giants. From then on, the ancestors of the four great giant powers handed over the authority of their four clans to them and entered the Emperor Ruins, the deepest core of the Ancient Star Road!"
"The Emperor Ruins?" Yang Hao stood up, his face solemn. This was the first time he had heard of the Emperor Ruins.
"The Emperor Ruins!"
Zhu Que nodded. "It is a mysterious place that even I cannot set foot in. After the ancestors of the four great giant powers entered the Emperor Ruins, they never emerged again. The four great giant powers, under the leadership of the four newly appointed giant Immortal Emperors, grew stronger step by step and solidified their dominant position."
"To avenge the Azure Dragon lineage, I had been searching for ancient inheritances in the four corners of the Immortal Realm and within the Ancient Star Road. By chance, I encountered the Kun Peng Immortal Emperor!"
"Kun Peng Immortal Emperor?"
"Didn't he perish in the Savage Era long ago?" Yang Hao's face was astonished. This was world-shattering news that, if spread, could overturn the entire myriad races of the Immortal Realm.
"Indeed! He did not perish. What was severed and annihilated was merely his clone. In his era, there were races akin to the current four great giant powers, and they could receive the acknowledgment of the Great Dao and would not have their great fortune stripped away. After his defeat, he left behind a clone as a means of escape, while his main body hid in the depths of chaos, investigating the reason why his race's great fortune was not stripped away!"
"This investigation continued until now. The Emperor Ruins were also informed to me by him. I know you want to say that your Great Han human race has not had its great fortune stripped away by the Great Dao. You are different; you have not received the acknowledgment of the Great Dao, but rather a powerful energy from the unseen realm has separated you from the Great Dao. The races of the four great giant powers, however, have received permission from the Great Dao, allowing them to produce Immortal Emperors without restriction."
"However, it is a pity that we have not discovered the reason for this. But during our investigation, we found that these races have existed since the Ancient Immortal Era. In every era, there are some races that are so peculiar. They rule one side and balance the myriad races of the Immortal Realm. We call them the incarnations of the Great Dao!"
"Incarnations of the Great Dao?" Yang Hao murmured softly. In this way, it made some sense. Even Zhu Que and Kun Peng Immortal Emperor could not set foot in the depths of the Ancient Star Road, yet the four great giants could. If it weren't for the permission of the Great Dao, how would this be possible!
"After searching for an entire era, the source of all this points to the Emperor Ruins deep within the Ancient Star Road!"
"A few days ago, I battled the four great giants in the Ancient Star Road. As I approached the territories near the Emperor Ruins, I saw several Immortal Emperors who had already perished!" Speaking here, Zhu Que's face turned pale, as if she had seen a great terror in the Ancient Star Road. Trembling, she said, "These are Immortal Emperors who have already perished in the river of time, their thoughts and intents annihilated. How could they appear alive near the Emperor Ruins?"
"Even one of them was an Immortal Emperor I personally annihilated in the Underworld Sea Era, yet he was walking unharmed on the ground!"
This statement also shocked Yang Hao. How could an Immortal Emperor whose thoughts and intents had been annihilated do so and appear unharmed in the depths of the Ancient Star Road? This was simply impossible.
"There must be a mysterious power within the Emperor Ruins. It is this mysterious power that controls the Ancient Star Road, and it is even possible that it has interfered with the Immortal Realm. Kun Peng and I are still verifying this matter."
"Heavenly Emperor, with the four great giant powers entering the Ancient Star Road, you must make good use of this period of opportunity and develop rapidly. I look forward to our next meeting!" Zhu Que revealed a smile, took a light step, and entered the chaos, her aura disappearing from Chang'an City.
"The Emperor Ruins!"
"Perished Immortal Emperors walking in the depths of the Ancient Star Road!!" Yang Hao was so shocked that he could not recover for a long time. What truly existed there that could resurrect and bring forth Immortal Emperors whose thoughts and intents, along with their imperial blood, had been obliterated in the river of time!