In this reshuffling like a vast calamity, some factions would grow even stronger, while others would decline, vanishing without a trace and disappearing into the River of History, like a wave that had once risen in that river—brilliant for but an instant, never to be seen again.
In such a calamity, if many people wanted to survive, attaching themselves to the strong was inevitable. And within these four states and the surrounding regions, was there any thigh thicker than that of the Human Race?
Although the Human Race had risen only recently and seemed not to have accumulated much foundation, as long as Ye Xiwen, that pillar holding up the sky, remained, no one dared doubt its rise. He was an overwhelmingly formidable figure, daring to charge into the Devouring Sky Demon Race and slay the Devouring Sky Demon Race Old Ancestor, nearly uprooting the entire race. Had the Eastern Heavenly Lord's Mansion not stepped in to mediate, the consequences would have been almost unimaginable.
Even someone as overwhelmingly powerful as the Heaven Devouring Demon Emperor had lowered his head before him, forced to bow in exchange for Ye Xiwen sparing the Devouring Sky Demon Race.
There had always been rumors that the Heaven Devouring Demon Emperor had cultivated to the very limit and was about to step into the Celestial Venerable Realm. Under such circumstances, he had been unwilling to delay his breakthrough because of Ye Xiwen; otherwise, Ye Xiwen would not have gotten off so easily.
But such speculation was merely speculation. They did not have a shred of evidence to prove it, and no matter what, Ye Xiwen's strength had won everyone's recognition.
With a Ninth Stage Emperor seated at its helm, the Human Race was undoubtedly one of the thickest thighs in the surrounding region. The