The Human Emperor fell silent for a long time.
He raised his head and looked toward the Sea of Laws, a complicated gleam passing through his eyes.
"Kong Xian, do you know why I've been sleeping here?"
Kong Xian said nothing.
The Human Emperor continued, "Because I believe the Human Race doesn't need me to save it. Every age has its own heroes."
"The Primordial Era had its heroes, the Ancient Era had its heroes, and this age has its heroes too."
"We old fellows belong to the past."
"Our time is over. It's time to make way for the young."
Kong Xian frowned. "Are you saying we shouldn't intervene?"
The Human Emperor shook his head. "I'm not saying we shouldn't intervene. I'm saying we should trust him."
He looked at Kong Xian with a faint smile. "Fang Chen didn't get this far because we old fellows helped him. He got here through his own strength and luck."
"If he can't even withstand the World Will's first probe, he isn't worth staking everything on!"
"If he withstands it, it won't be too late for us to act."
Kong Xian was silent for a moment, then nodded slowly. "You have a point."
The Human Emperor smiled. "So don't rush to help. Let's see what this young man can really do!"
Kong Xian looked at him. "And are you going to watch?"
"Watch? Of course I am!" the Human Emperor said.
He put away the bamboo slips. His figure wavered slightly, and an illusory figure stepped out of his body.
It was an avatar of his Divine Sense.
In the Human Race's Forbidden Grounds, before the Stone House.
Kong Xian's Divine Sense avatar did not leave at once.
He stood beneath the old tree, watching the Human Emperor in silence for a