Successive Geniuses

"I, Xuandang, was the first person between heaven and earth. Unwilling to endure solitude, I was willing to sacrifice myself to create a race..."

"The Ten Thousand Races fed on humans. I refuse to accept this! I hate it! I, Chang Shenshang, am willing to devote my life to the prosperity of the human race..."

"The human race is in peril. I call myself Invincible. Today, I establish myself as emperor, and in the name of the Invincible Great Emperor, I swear to reverse the fate of humanity!"

"The demon race is cruel and merciless, humiliating our human race. I, the White Emperor, vow to establish a Sacred Court and lead humanity to unify the desolate land!"

"I, Ji Yongsheng, challenge the immortals and gods filling the heavens in my capacity as the Sacred Court's God of War!"

One earthshaking roar after another rang in Qin Jun's ears, as though a magnificent river of history had unfurled before him. In his vision, the heaven and earth around him sped rapidly backward, the scenes dazzling his eyes.

Vaguely, Qin Jun saw many towering figures. Though he could not make them out clearly, their silhouettes were unforgettable.

"Could these figures all be people who once possessed the Wheel of Destiny?"

Qin Jun was shaken beyond words. The roars of those predecessors struck deeply at his heart.

Ji Yongsheng was among them.

Their words showed Qin Jun the tale of the world's first person, who sacrificed himself to create the human race; of humanity's founding, when the Ten Thousand Races fed upon them; of crisis after crisis; and of how humanity had eventually come to dominate heaven and earth. How many heroes had struggled for the human race along the way?

It was grand and stirring!

Just as Qin Jun was