Ye Xiwen was somewhat taken aback as well. He had not expected Ji Renwang to come looking for him.
He could understand Ji Renwang not wanting the Celestial Race to obtain the Opportunity to Become Emperor, but what was the point of directly destroying it?
If Ye Xiwen had not long since thought it through and seen things clearly, he would probably have been tearing his hair out by now. Once the Opportunity to Become Emperor was destroyed, it would truly cut off a path for everyone.
Over the years, only Emperor Qin had attained the Dao through his own strength. The others, more or less, had all been connected to this Opportunity to Become Emperor. One could imagine just how many people had their eyes fixed upon it.
"Why?" Ye Xiwen hurriedly asked.
"It is a long story, but in truth, I do not understand it very clearly either. I only know that the mission I was born with was to destroy this Opportunity to Become Emperor."
"This was not my idea alone. It also involved Yellow Emperor and Emperor Qin, those two Imperial Sovereigns!" Ji Renwang said with a bitter smile. Even he himself did not understand many things.
Ji Renwang had spoken for quite a while, yet it was as though he had said nothing. Still, Ye Xiwen's heart tightened. The two Imperial Sovereigns Ji Renwang had mentioned were each existences who had once shaken the world and forged boundless, illustrious prestige. Both had dominated their respective eras, invincible for a lifetime.
Those two had also saved the human race when it had fallen into decline. Yellow Emperor and the Ji family had first led humanity to a position of endless glory, while Emperor Qin had restored the human race's fame, which was remembered even to this