Buzz—
That faint hum seemed only the beginning.
Immediately after, the entirety of Huoyun Cave began to shake violently without the slightest warning.
The golden dragon that had originally coiled above Huoyun Cave had now swelled more than several times in size, dazzling black-and-yellow light flowing over its scales, each breath tugging at the Destiny of the entire Human Race.
Fuxi shot to his feet, staring fixedly into the depths of that passageway.
"This is..."
His voice was trembling.
Sui Ren Shi also stood, an unprecedented light bursting from his eyes.
"The Human Dao Destiny is boiling!"
Shennong clenched his fists, his knuckles turning white.
"Wu, he... he's really about to succeed!"
Hongyun said nothing, merely gazing quietly at that passageway, the corner of his mouth curving into a faint smile.
He had long known this day would come.
He simply had not expected it to arrive so soon.
Boom—
Another tremendous sound rang out, and the Human Dao Destiny throughout Huoyun Cave completely exploded.
Endless black-and-yellow merit poured down from above the Nine Heavens, transforming into a pillar of light that pierced heaven and earth, directly flooding into the depths of that passageway.
At the same time, an indescribably vast will awakened behind that stone door.
That will was tyrannical, pure, filled with the resolute determination of World Creation, pressing forward without retreat.
It was not the Heavenly Dao, not the Earth Dao, and not even purely the Human Dao.
It was the supreme battle will to fight the heavens, fight the earth, fight all things to the end, slaughtering its way out from mountains of corpses and seas of blood, all for the sake of protecting the billions of kin behind it!
"It's the Martial Dao!"
That was not suppression in realm, but a shudder that came from