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"In his era, the Human Emperor was a standard acquired human; his talent was lacking—truly lacking!"

"Therefore, the Human Emperor's path of the acquired was extremely arduous. It took him two million years to advance from the early stage of the Mortal Realm to the limit of the Mortal Realm. The Grand Emperor and the Earth Emperor did not have this accumulation."

"During this process, he suffered countless hardships. In the universe of that era, powerful life forms were everywhere."

"His aptitude was not outstanding, so he did not receive any special care or help from within the human race."

"At that time, the focus of the human race's cultivation efforts was still on those half-Congenital, half-acquired humans, though it was beginning to shift toward the acquired humans."

"However, the Human Emperor's cultivation progressed slowly but steadily. When others advanced, he only made a little progress, but when others stopped, he continued to advance."

"Even when he reached the boundary between the Mortal Realm and the Immortal Law Realm, which blocked ninety-nine percent of even the half-Congenital, half-acquired humans, he was still steadily advancing."

"Just like that, the Human Emperor became stronger step by step: the Immortal Law Realm's Ninth Transformation, the Twelve Limits of the Saint Extremity, the Thirteen of the Divine Tribulation Realm..."

"After reaching Immortality, the Human Emperor's improvement was equally slow, but equally steady."

"In this process, the Human Emperor enabled the human race to carve out a territory across the entire universe, warring in all directions."

"He drew inspiration from the systems of other races in the universe and created numerous derivative systems."

"He also thoroughly perfected the path of martial arts, making it easier even for acquired humans to cultivate—the Human Emperor's Extraordinary Dao Scripture!"

(Other races also had experts, and naturally, they had their own cultivation systems, but the human race was the largest branch.)

"Afterward, the Three Sovereigns of the human race gathered, which almost signaled that the acquired had gained the qualifications to stand on equal footing with the Congenital."

"They wanted to truly seize a piece of the sky for the acquired from the hands of the Congenital in the universe."

"For countless years, ever since the acquired were born, acquired life forms had been like appendages to the Congenital."

"They wanted to become independent; they wanted... freedom!"

"But for the main force among the acquired life forms, namely the human race, Empress Wa was their first obstacle."

"The Holy Mother Empress Wa supported that law, but she also controlled that law, and also..."

"Thus, Empress Wa died—died in a mix of chance and necessity."

"For anyone, if you hold my lifeline, or even want to dictate my future and hinder my freedom, it cannot be tolerated."

This kind of relationship has always existed, just like how children instinctively resist their parents' arrangements.

Not to mention that the relationship between the human race and Empress Wa was not even like that; Empress Wa might not have regarded the human race as her descendants, and the human race might not have regarded Empress Wa as their parent.

Even if it were, if someone blocks my path, there are many things that can be done...

This kind of conflict of stance between the Congenital and the acquired was bound to happen.

It was not just the human race; any race would do the same.

There is no so-called inherent inferiority, but rather the pursuit of freedom by every thinking life form.

The human race killed their own Holy Mother!

This news caused an uproar throughout the universe, and the conflict between the Congenital and the acquired erupted for the first time.

In the first Great War of the Congenital, the Three Sovereigns died in battle, and even the legendary Earth-Heaven-Human Emperor Realm, formed by the combination of the three scriptures, was of no avail.

In the entire acquired camp, excluding those who surrendered, spies, and traitors, all those in the Divine Tribulation Realm were purged.

As for those traitors, the victorious Congenital naturally would not keep them.

From the very beginning, the Congenital were full of contempt for acquired life forms.

Coupled with more rational factors, they would not place too much importance on promises born of sentiment.

As long as a matter was beneficial, they would do it, and they would not be bound by worldly honor or disgrace.

As for the second Great War of the Congenital and the acquired, the interval was extremely short.

Because a key figure was born, and this time, the acquired achieved victory.

The effect of that law was largely erased by them, but it was also turned into an eternal existence, just like the Dao.

Like a fundamental law, all laws had to abide by this definition.

...

"So!"

At this moment, the Grand Elder stopped telling the story and emphasized his tone.

"Therefore, what I want to say is that I have no opinion on whether you want to unify the Xichen Domain."

"I will not intervene; I will not personally step in to support or oppose you."

"Whatever you want to do, just go and do it; I am not interested."

Shi Li stood to the side, staring at the Grand Elder in dumbfounded silence.

What was a sect, what was the Xichen Domain? Before the vast universe, they were nothing but ants and dust.

Who did he think he was, the district chief of the universe?

Damn it, if you had said you were so easy to deal with earlier, would I have gone through so much trouble?

For a moment, all the various arguments Chen De had racked his brains to prepare were stuck in his throat.

Shi Li swallowed hard and couldn't help but praise, "Grand Elder, you are so wise. Your open-mindedness simply leaves this junior speechless."

As he spoke, Shi Li wanted to continue flattering Chang Qi.

But the Grand Elder didn't give him a chance to speak; he gently waved his hand. "Alright, go back, go back..."

"I am very busy. Don't come and disturb me if there's nothing, no, don't come and disturb me even if there is something. Leave quickly."

Then, Shi Li watched helplessly as he was pushed out of the Small World without any power to resist.

By the time he came to his senses, he was already standing in front of the world entrance.

Then, the spatial vortex at the entrance slowly disappeared before his eyes and finally returned to calm.

Without special methods, no one could reveal or open that entrance.

This terrifying gap in strength was also the decisive factor in Chen De's final change of mind.

The gap between the Immortal Law Realm Second Transformation and the Immortal Law Realm First Transformation was far greater than Chen De had imagined.

According to Chen De's speculation, this Grand Elder was definitely not at the level of just having entered the Immortal Law Realm Second Transformation; he might have already reached the middle stage.

As for Chen De himself, after maxing out his attribute values, he should be able to rival the level of someone who had just entered the Immortal Law Realm Second Transformation.

He hadn't been able to deal with Chang Qi this time, but having received his reply, it was not a wasted trip for Chen De.

As for the follow-up, once Chen De swept through the Xichen Domain, the bonuses brought by controlling all resources would definitely push him to the Demon Venerable Realm Second Transformation or even a higher level.

Finally, he would liberate the entire Xichen Domain and then strike at the Kongming Domain that had come looking for trouble before.

The Upper Plane was not like the Lower Plane; Chen De could not act too rampantly in the short term.

Before any major action, it was best to don the guise of a local force and have a reason for acting.

Leaving the Grand Elder's territory, Chen De switched back to Yuan Chen's body and rushed toward the Zhengyuan Continent.

The long-chaotic Xichen Domain was finally about to welcome its moment of unification.

For justice!

For... the Holy Mother Sect!

So I, too, must work hard!