Ji Bang's identity was far too special to the Mystic Gate Sect.
Master Lu Li's son-in-law.
Fourth Senior Sister Lu Man Ge's husband.
The traitor who had sold out Lu Li's whereabouts.
As the saying went, one night as husband and wife brought a hundred days of affection. Ji Bang and Lu Man Ge had been husband and wife for a hundred thousand years; such feelings could not be measured.
Compared to that, Ji Bang's current identity as the Human Emperor was nothing much.
Before the battle at Gazing Cloud Platform, Ji Bang's status as Human Emperor had been an immensely intimidating talisman of protection. Even the Heaven Temple's three Dao Ancestors had not dared rashly lay hands on him.
If they struck him down viciously, they would inevitably suffer the backlash of the Heavenly Dao.
Only when Ji Bang had left Luoyi for the Nine Heavens, and the protection of the Power of Faith of humanity had weakened drastically, had they dared act against him.
However, while the Heaven Temple's three Dao Ancestors had once feared Ji Bang's identity as Human Emperor, it meant little to Ye Zhen now.
The path walked by the Heaven Temple's three Dao Ancestors was to use the Heavenly Dao to control humanity, while Ye Zhen's path was to prove the Heavenly Dao through humanity. Their essences were fundamentally different.
And what was the essence of the Human Emperor?
The essence of the Human Emperor was humanity. Humanity was the Heavenly Dao!
With that comparison, everything became clear.
For the Heaven Temple's three Dao Ancestors to deal with Ji Bang was akin to foreign enemies invading. If they succeeded, humanity's backlash would be incomparably fierce.
The backlash of humanity from killing the Human Emperor would manifest through the Heavenly Dao, because humanity was the