Maximum authorization alert.
The sound was no longer a simple red light and buzzer.
It was like an ancient, vast, heavy bell tolling directly within the depths of everyone's primordial spirit.
Carrying the majestic destiny gathered from countless human lives, it pressed down until the entire Guardian Great Hall hummed.
"What's going on?!"
Daoist Duobao's expression changed drastically. He had never heard an alert of this level before.
Zhao Gongming frantically operated the central compass with both hands, his fingertips even leaving afterimages, but the color was rapidly draining from his face.
"No! The data source has been locked! The authorization... the authorization isn't sufficient!"
He suddenly looked up, his voice turning shrill from utter shock.
"Dao Protectors! The alert source... comes from Huoyun Cave, Ancestral Land of Humanity!"
Huoyun Cave.
Those three words crashed into the hearts of every Jie Sect Immortal like three Primordial Divine Mountains.
That was humanity's sacred land.
The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors of humanity resided there. It was where all Human Dao Destiny was suppressed.
Though they were not Sages, in matters concerning humanity, their authority carried even more weight than that of Sages!
"Bzz—"
Before anyone could react, a mysterious yellow golden light of destiny ignored every formation on Golden Ao Island, pierced directly through the hall's ceiling, and hovered in midair.
The golden light dispersed, transforming into an ancient bamboo scroll.
There were no ornate Dao inscriptions on it, only a vast and upright righteousness of "the world belongs to all," forcing every immortal present to instinctively want to bow in salute.
"This is... the Human Emperor's Imperial Decree!" Daoist Duobao cried out.
With trembling hands, Zhao Gongming projected the contents of the bamboo scroll onto the Light Screen.
There was no elaborate introduction, only lines of forceful clauses written in