"Yes!"
Once they received the Heavenly Human Emperor's order, the Quasi-Emperors of the Heavenly Human Race passed it down.
"Get lost! Who dares stop me? The Immortal Realm has clearly descended and the Immortal Path has opened! I'll kill anyone who stands between me and immortality!"
"That's right! Anyone who blocks my path to immortality will have to fight me to the death!"
Ordinarily, the Heavenly Human Race on the Heavenly Human Continent would have heeded the Heavenly Human Emperor's orders. But now, faced with the lure of the Path to Immortality, many had gone mad.
"Hmph. Doesn't the Heavenly Human Emperor just want to keep us here so he can keep squeezing us dry?"
"Exactly! We won't stay here and be their dogs anymore!"
For years, the upper ranks of the Heavenly Human Race had oppressed those below them mercilessly. No one had dared say a word before, but now they no longer cared.
Those trying to enforce the Heavenly Human Emperor's order could only look on helplessly.
They immediately reported the situation.
"Let them go!"
On hearing the report, the Heavenly Human Emperor waved a hand. He knew there was no way to make those people stay.
He looked up at the Space Rift in the sky. A vague understanding dawned on him, and he sighed. "Perhaps this is the true beginning of the Great Calamity."
"Your Majesty, what should we do now?"
The other Quasi-Emperors of the Heavenly Human Race turned to him for an answer.
"Gather everyone willing to stay and prepare to defend against powerful enemies," the Heavenly Human Emperor told the Quasi-Emperors beside him, his expression cold.
"Yes!"
The Quasi-Emperors answered in unison, then turned and left.
On the Barbaric Continent, the many cultivators of the Buddhist Land watched the sky. They saw Heavenly