Though the area around Heavenly Court Island had quieted for a time, that tense undercurrent still surged beneath the surface, like haze over the sea, lingering for a long while without dispersing.
Ever since Jiang Ping'an had gravely wounded an early-stage Chaos Devil God with one spear strike and suppressed that late-stage Chaos silver-white God Devil, the Gods and Devils and Foreign Races who had openly coveted Heavenly Court Island had indeed restrained themselves greatly.
No longer did groups of Immortal Gods and Devils hover over the sea, and the Spiritual Senses spying from afar had grown much sparser. But Jiang Ping'an knew perfectly well that this was not fear. They were waiting for an even stronger existence to act, waiting for him to reveal an opening and a weakness.
Over at Human Emperor Cave, the migration had nearly fallen into stagnation.
The news had long since spread throughout Human Emperor Cave: although Heavenly Court Island was a Blessed Land, with abundant Primal Qi and vast lands, it was not safe. Great numbers of Gods and Devils and Foreign Races were watching it like tigers eyeing prey, and a great battle could erupt at any moment. Once Heavenly Court Island was overturned, the humans who had migrated there would die without even a burial place.
With certain people secretly stirring the wind and fanning the flames, spreading claims that "Heavenly Court Island is the graveyard of the human race," nearly everyone inside and outside Human Emperor Cave knew how perilous Heavenly Court Island was.
Jiang Ping'an did not force anyone to migrate.
From the very beginning, he had set the rule: those willing to come were welcome; those unwilling would absolutely not be compelled. This was his principle, and also his breadth of mind as Human Emperor. He did not