In the years since the Heavenly Emperor's return, the Primordial World remained as peaceful and tranquil as before.
Yet this calm was a little too abnormal.
Meanwhile, in the Primordial World, the Xia Dynasty had already seen seventeen Human Emperors pass the throne down. By Xia Jie's time, however, this Human Emperor was infamous for his brutality and debauchery. It could only be said that the Xia Dynasty's fate was nearing its end...
Xia Jie's own Human Emperor's Fortune was rapidly draining away, and the foundations of the Xia Dynasty's realm had long since been shaken.
Yet he was still dreaming, believing that after abdicating, he could still go to Huoyun Cave, stand alongside the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and rival the Human Dao Saints.
Time would wash away everything. The unspoken understanding between reigning Human Emperors and Huoyun Cave—that they would go to Huoyun Cave after stepping down—would also change.
Xia Jie gradually came to feel that this was only natural, an ordinary convention.
Such was the human heart. Even Human Emperors were no exception.
Meanwhile, within Jade Emperor Hall of the Western Heavenly Court, Haotian, the Jade Emperor, was beginning to grow restless as well.
That day, he paced back and forth through the hall, his brows tightly furrowed as he suppressed his frustration. No, I have to do something! Otherwise, Yaochi will keep me completely under her thumb. I have to follow her arrangements in everything. Being the Jade Emperor is far too suffocating.
After much thought, Haotian's gaze fell upon the heavenly rules established by the Heavenly Emperor, and a glint gradually flashed through his eyes.
His original idea had been correct. Now that Yao Ji had been suppressed, it was the perfect time to establish his authority.
He could use the Initial Laws of