Chapter 2530

Time quietly accelerated.

In the blink of an eye, dozens of eras passed.

In the boundless starry void, many things are happening: star domains are expanding, the number of great and minor thousand worlds is increasing—or perhaps they were always there, merely too distant for even the Forbidden Zone Ancient Emperors to perceive, and even their power has limits.

But now, the boundless starry void is undergoing change!

Due to a specific cosmic cycle, worlds and star domains have been in motion—perhaps by coincidence, perhaps by cosmic law—these myriad worlds are converging toward the universe's center, causing an extreme enrichment of matter in the central star domain, exploding upward, far surpassing anything people could previously imagine.

In the Ziwei Star Domain, every tens of thousands of years, a minor or major thousand world approaches the Ziwei Great Thousand World, is captured by its gravity, and merges into it amid earth-shattering booms, amidst terrifying catastrophes of life, once again expanding the depth and breadth of the Ziwei Great Thousand World.

In ancient legend, the Ziwei Star Domain and the Ziwei Great Thousand World were part of the primordial ancient land of antiquity, infinitely vast, enough to accommodate true immortals descending to the world; now, as events unfold in the present age, myriad worlds return, the Ziwei world expands, seemingly corroborating this claim from another angle.

Such changes are not limited to the Ziwei Great Thousand World, but also occur in the ancient great thousand worlds of Bei Dou, Zhu Que, Qing Long, and others!

Apocalyptic-level terrifying disasters strike the world—asteroid impacts on life-bearing planets, routinely killing trillions of beings, extinguishing species—this is an age of endless calamity, a nightmare for countless beings, where heaven and earth collapse without warning, unchanged by any struggle or effort of life.

Yet simultaneously, this is an age where countless fortunes and opportunities arise: destruction brings rebirth, terrifying disasters accompany heaven-shaking chances, from time to time a stunning, peerless heavenly prodigy is born from great destruction, sweeping across the four directions, as eye-catching as stars, illuminating countless worlds.

The universe is approaching a specific cycle, and cosmic matter is undergoing extreme enrichment!

No one knows how long this specific cycle will last, but everyone knows it must be an age of extreme material prosperity and highly advanced immortal Dao civilization!

Material wealth does not entirely determine the height of the immortal Dao.

But the birth of immortals must rest upon the most fundamental material foundation; otherwise, even the substance to form a true immortal's body would be lacking—how could one speak of becoming immortal?

Now, as the universe's specific cycle arrives, matter begins to slowly rise and accumulate.

Even if this specific cosmic cycle lasts only ten million or a hundred million years—a mere instant on the cosmic scale—it will certainly give birth to terrifying beings far beyond the limits of the present age, surpassing even the horror of the Forbidden Zone Ancient Emperors!

With the arrival of this specific cosmic cycle, in the long river of ancient time, slumbering beings grow increasingly restless; from time to time, historical emperors descend into the present age, instigating dark turmoil, bathing the boundless starry void in blood, while at the same time, historical emperors are devoured by present-day emperors, becoming their foundation.

And the present-day emperors, in the future, will likewise become historical emperors!

Such darkness and terrifying turmoil have persisted continuously, occurring without cease, and cannot be severed no matter what.

This is an extremely turbulent age: heaven and earth shift every moment, positions change, the coordinates of worlds and star domains fluctuate constantly—even present-day emperors may not always be able to correct transmission coordinates, and even the radiance of the lunar and solar stars differs, so greatly different from past ages.

The world undergoes violent change, the starry void undergoes violent change, the universe undergoes violent change.

Heaven overturns, earth turns, the dipper shifts, stars migrate.

How many ages have passed, unknown.

In the Great Sun Forbidden Zone, the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang suddenly awakens.

Head splitting with pain, body weakened, and further bound by a power so terrifying it renders him immobile, unable to move, even the operation of his soul and thoughts extremely difficult.

"Has heaven collapsed?"

The Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang murmurs.

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At this moment, he gazes toward the starry void—utter darkness, utter sinking, no stars in the heavens, no sun or moon, even the laws have congealed and stagnated, even the Great Dao cannot be sensed.

What has happened?

What kind of age is this now?

Jiang Ding's mind fills with various thoughts, but all are futile, for all he sees is utter darkness.

Unknown.

The unknown causes this Forbidden Zone Ancient Emperor's heart to grow ever more tranquil.

The Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang begins reviewing historical records within the Great Sun Forbidden Zone, using every means to investigate his surroundings, analyzing the composition of the surrounding darkness.

"I was forcibly cast down from the long river of time!"

"I have arrived in the present age!"

Jiang Ding murmurs.

He consults the history of the Great Sun Forbidden Zone and discovers that a million years ago, the boundless starry void underwent a terrifying great change: countless stars fell, countless slumbering worlds and secret realms crashed to the earth, the Ancient Emperor Forbidden Zones were not spared, falling from the long river of time to the earth, landing in————the Bei Dou Star Domain!

Or rather, within the Bei Dou Ancient Continent—the name "Bei Dou Great Thousand World" can no longer describe the vastness of this land, for it is countless times larger than the former Bei Dou Great Thousand World, a colossal landmass never seen in past ages.

"Furthermore,"

"This aura, this aura?"

The Forbidden Zone Ancient Emperor's immortal soul struggles to operate, analyzing the composition, laws, and spatial structure of the surrounding darkness, and immediately makes a discovery0

"How familiar————this is the Fallen Realm?"

"Did the Fallen Realm shift from the Zhu Que Star Domain into the Bei Dou Star Domain? Coincidence? Beneath the starry sky, there are too many unknowns."

Jiang Ding Zi murmurs to himself, yet his heart gradually calms.

Now it seems the unprecedented great changes have already occurred, and this may very well be the arrival of the Golden Great Age! The Golden Great Age has already appeared!

This familiar aura around him reminds him of the past.

That period was precisely when he began his growth, in the Fallen Realm, where he spent his childhood and growth years, accumulating sufficient foundation for future conquest and slaughter across the boundless starry void.

In legend, and as verified by generations of Forbidden Zone Ancient Emperors, the Fallen Immortal Realm is suspected to be related to immortals.

"What is the situation now?"

"Has the Golden Great Age already arrived? Does the Golden Great Age bear malice toward us historical emperors? Or has the long river of time undergone a sudden change, already unable to accommodate the beings of past ages?"

Jiang Ding continuously analyzes the current situation.

Now, having lost the long river of time's slumber as a retreat, all historical ancient emperors are in the same state.

Presently, they can only rely on conventional self-sealing methods to prolong life, efficiency greatly reduced, the limit of prolongation at most ten billion years—this is the limit of the present age.

Many historical ancient emperors are even far inferior to the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang.

"Wait, wait————"

"According to this lord's calculation, in the present age, when ancient emperors attain the Dao, or when they draw near to attaining the Dao, the pressure of the present age's long river of time upon us historical beings will lessen—hopefully so————no, it must be so."

The Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang speaks slowly.

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