"Even if you refuse, the Human Race will continue on."
Xuandu's heart jolted.
Taishang narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Are you threatening a Saint?"
Huang Tian shook his head.
"It is not a threat."
"It is a notification."
"Saints and the Human Race share karma. The Human Race respects that karma."
"But respect does not mean the Human Race's future must forever be confined by it."
He raised a hand.
A wisp of Primordial Violet Qi emerged from his palm.
The moment the violet qi appeared, the Dao aura within the hall changed at once.
A trace of Heavenly Dao patterns flickered deep within the violet qi, like a tiny yet unbreakable chain.
Taishang looked at the violet qi.
"Primordial Violet Qi is the foundation of becoming a Saint."
"If you refine it, you may attain the Heavenly Dao Saint."
"The opportunity all living beings in the Primordial Wilderness have sought in vain lies in your hands."
"Yet you would seek another unknown path."
Huang Tian said, "If it were only for myself, perhaps I would choose the safest path."
"But this violet qi now bears more than myself alone."
"It bears the Human Race's first Saint Position."
"If I entrust my Primordial Spirit to the Heavenly Dao, I will henceforth be deathless and indestructible—but I will also henceforth be bound by the Heavenly Dao."
"When the Human Race's future clashes with the greater tide of the Heavenly Dao, where should I stand?"
Taishang did not answer.
Huang Tian continued, "Saints are without feeling; the Heavenly Dao is even more without feeling."
"The Human Race rose from humble beginnings. It was not the Heavenly Dao that arranged for us to grow strong."
"The Human Race lived its own way into strength."
"The blood and fire of that journey should not, at