Abdication?
What did abdication mean?
It meant relinquishing the imperial throne before the witness of countless forebears.
Xuanyuan Clan's sudden decision to abdicate surprised Gu Shaoshang somewhat.
With his current alliance with Wang Yuanshi, their chances of defeating the Human Emperor were only fifty-fifty. There was no need for the Human Emperor to abdicate.
Wang Yuanshi raised an eyebrow slightly, seeming somewhat surprised as well.
"Abdication..."
Wang Yuanshi and Gu Shaoshang exchanged a glance, each seeing the surprise in the other's eyes.
Clearly, neither had expected the Human Emperor to take the initiative to abdicate.
"The position of Human Emperor, the Human Emperor destiny—I have borne them for too long..."
Human Emperor Xuanyuan Clan pressed one hand against his sword and held his crown in the other. He sighed softly, his tone carrying a trace of desolation.
The human path was too heavy, so heavy that he had been unable to take that final step through endless years.
After casting everything aside and ascending to the Vast Human Race, he had never intended to reclaim the position of Human Emperor. What he cultivated was no longer the human path.
If not for the Demon Emperor's heaven-defying rise after the medieval era, which had left humanity tossed amid raging storms.
He would not have ascended the position of Human Emperor once more.
Nor would he have been stuck at the final step of Da Luo for countless years.
He did not care much for the Human Emperor destiny. If someone had been able to stand beside him, he would have abdicated long ago.
For one who had once cast aside the position of Human Emperor over infinite Multiverses, the already incomplete authority and destiny of the Vast Human Race was not something he could not bear to part with.
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