"Forget it, this matter has nothing to do with me, I'm so tired."

As the voice fell, the man closed his eyes again, but after tossing and turning for a long time, he still couldn't sleep, missing the Bronze Realm Gate as a bed.

With a light sigh, the man flew to the Bridge of Forgetfulness.

He glanced around and was quite satisfied as he lay down, with souls constantly passing by, instinctively and subconsciously avoiding him.

The man quickly fell asleep.

He even began to snore, and his snores were very loud.

So loud that a woman standing at the edge of the Bridge of Forgetfulness looked on with some fear.

The corner of her eye.

Had a tear mole.

...

...

Southern Immortal Domain.

Boundless Sea.

The body of the Colossal Jellyfish beast suddenly broke with a giant hole, and Xu Lai and Sikong Jiu watched the Realm Gate fly away.

The two did not stop it.

Because they knew they couldn't. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Once the gears of destiny start to turn, no one can stop them.

Just like the onset of the Era of Emperor's Demise, it began suddenly in a way no one could predict.

"Boom!"

Only two breaths later.

The Three Realm Gates fell at the center of the Four Immortal Domains, near the Heavenly Court.

The Realm Gates were no longer approachable, touchable, or visible as before, but became illusory and transparent.

The Three Realm Gates were slanted and spliced together, and then... completely disappeared.

Leaving only an equilateral triangle curtain of light emitting a faint white glow, slowly flowing, as if it could lead to another world.

At the same time.

A pure white Jade Stairway extended downward from the triangular white light curtain.

Although separated by great distances, Emperor Realm Cultivators in different areas could still sense that the white jade stairway had a total of nine hundred and ninety-nine steps.

In their hearts arose a strong desire to ascend the white jade stairway.

No.

Not desire.

But instinct!

Their Emperor Realm Dao Fruits were cheering, excited, greedily wanting to step onto the stairway, as if something crucial was hidden there.

There.

Is The Other Shore.

Emotions among many Emperor Realm Cultivators were varied.

Some expressionless, some showing surprise, some yearning.

But, none approached.

For those who had cultivated to the Emperor Realm, none were foolish.

With the coming of the Era of Emperor's Demise, the nine hundred and ninety-nine steps to the Gate of The Other Shore, how could it be so easy to step in?

Even Tian Gui Yuan Yin, who longed to become immortal and reach The Other Shore, did not approach immediately.

Instead, remained silent in the Dead Realm, voluntarily concealing their entire aura.

...

"The Realm Gate disappeared, no... the Three Realm Gates suddenly turned into a real gate, is this the Immortal Path!?"

Sikong Jiu said, puzzled.

As a branch of the Heavenly Dao, his senses were much stronger than those of Xu Lai, Tian Gui Yuan Yin, and other Emperor Realm Cultivators.

In fact.

Apart from Sikong Jiu, most of the Emperor Realm had also realized, including many Quasi-Emperors and those in the Immortal Venerable Realm.

After all, those who could sense it were not just Emperor Realm; they were merely the first to notice.

Quasi-Emperors, Immortal Venerables simultaneously looked towards the white jade stairway.

"Immortal Path..."

"This is the path to immortality!"

Many high-level cultivators in the Four Immortal Domains wept.

Some were nearing the end of their lifespan, about to fall, while others were stuck at a certain boundary without progress in their lifetime.

Or some who should have proved themselves as emperors in a certain era, but due to being born tens of thousands of years later, ultimately became a shadow of another Emperor Realm.

They finally saw the path.

No Emperor Realm approached the white jade stairway, but three Quasi-Emperors were the closest.

One was at the First Heaven.

One at the Third Heaven.

And one at the Ninth Heaven!

Three Quasi-Emperors rushed toward the white jade stairway with fervent expressions, using all means, burning their essence blood and lifespan, respectively stepping onto the thirty-seventh, fifty-ninth, and one hundred and twenty-third steps.

Then stopped above the white jade steps.

Their expressions showed deep unwillingness, but the overwhelming pressure on their bodies prevented them from moving forward.

The Immortal Path.

Ends here.

"No!!"

The desperate roar echoed through the Immortal Domain.

The bodies of the three Quasi-Emperors aged rapidly on the white jade stairway, then... turned to ashes and dispersed.

Perhaps due to the nourishment from the three Quasi-Emperors, a small part of the first step of the white jade stairway turned bright blood-red.

Yet, despite this, many cultivators rushed onto the white jade stairway without hesitation, wanting to take a journey along the Immortal Path.

In case.

In case there might be an immortal fate?

However, stepping onto the white jade stairway came with a price; one was the rapid loss of lifespan, and there was no turning back.

Once stepped onto the white jade stairway.

Either reach the top, or die on the steps.

As numerous high-level cultivators died, the first step of the white jade stairway completely turned blood-red.

The next moment.

The blood-red stairway shattered.

Below the triangular curtain of light, at the end of the stairway, a small blood-red tree emerged.

The small tree had only one branch, one leaf.

Beneath the leaf was a similarly blood-red fruit, the size of an infant's fist, emitting a peculiar fragrance.

Xu Lai furrowed his brows deeply.

The thought of wanting to ascend the white jade stairway grew stronger with the appearance of the blood-red small tree.

Xu Lai was certain that the fruit, not yet formed and needing to be watered with the fresh blood of living beings, could help him advance further in the Emperor Realm!

Above the Emperor Realm.

Is it immortal?

Even Xu Lai's self-control wavered momentarily.

He forcefully suppressed the thought in his mind, silently reciting the Emperor Scripture of Qingfeng, and soon his gaze regained clarity.

"Like the original Realm Gate, it requires the blood, lifespan, soul, and boundary of living beings to nourish it. Once fully reddened, the stairway will disappear."

"Even the Nine Heavens of the Quasi-Emperor could only step onto the one hundred and twenty-third step, wanting to reach the top only by breaking a large part of the white jade stair."

"The path to The Other Shore offers fruit capable of advancing Emperor Realm further..."

Sikong Jiu said, his face suddenly changed, evidently worried that Yuan Ying and the Nine Kings' Palace would start a rampage at this time.

Now.

Wasn't this the Emperor's Demise they hoped for?

"It must be soon."

Xu Lai looked towards the Colossal Jellyfish beast behind him.

This grand gift for the Nine Kings' Palace was already surrounded by a formation of Teleportation Arrays.

He closed his eyes and whispered, "Activate."

"Boom!"

More than thirty thousand Emperor Realm level Teleportation Arrays initiated.

At first, the Jellyfish beast frantically devoured the Spiritual Energy of the Teleportation Arrays and the arrays as they were activated, but there were simply too many formations.

So many that it destroyed more than half of the arrays, yet the remaining ones still activated.

...

...

Heaven Beyond Heaven.

The eyes of three Emperor Realm quickly collided.

They vaguely sensed that the disappearance of the Realm Gate, the white jade stairway suspected to be the path to The Other Shore, even the onset of the Era of Emperor's Demise.

All of it began the moment they stepped into Heaven Beyond Heaven.

Jin Shi's complexion was slightly pale.

Jiu Feng's eyebrows knitted into a character shape.

Only Li Bahuang laughed aloud: "Hahaha, I thought Xu Qingfeng was unlucky in becoming emperor during the Era of Emperor's Demise, but it turns out not only him, all Emperor Realms were caught in the trap."

Pointing at the fruit at the end of the white jade stairway, he continued laughing: "You two, want to pick it?"