Meeting Human Path

Avoidance and retreat were things Human Path would absolutely never do.

For example, hiding one's light and biding one's time was considered the proper strategy in many places.

After all, with a powerful enemy before you, as long as you acted cowardly, debased yourself, and kowtowed to others, you could deceive your opponent and win precious breathing room. That would truly be wonderful.

Looking across the whole world, there were countless examples of this strategy being successfully employed to turn defeat into victory. Cultivators adept at using it were often praised as those who "slept on brushwood and tasted gall" or "bore humiliation and carried heavy burdens." They avoided many catastrophes that could have toppled them, reversed their fortunes from desperate straits, and became tales celebrated for a time.

But Human Path was different.

Even though Human Path was deeply versed in history and had been plunged into dire straits several times, such as the great rebellion it endured thousands of years ago, when the demon armies and rebel bandits had already stormed Chang'an, Human Path still had not chosen to "hide its light and bide its time." Instead, it detonated the Dragon Vein and sought life amid death.

Perhaps an individual of Human Path might choose to bow their head temporarily for ultimate victory, but on the strategic level of Human Path as a whole, even knowing full well the benefits of lowering their heads, they had never deigned to employ such methods.

As they walked the path of Man replacing Heaven, they naturally knew they would face many enemies.

First was the Shaman Path. The Shaman Path would never accept their beliefs; to the Shamans, Man replacing Heaven was simply an absurd and groundless fantasy.

And as the Divine Path that was to be replaced, though Haotian had