"Taiyi, this is utter rebellion!"
Heavenly Dao Hongjun stared at Taiyi with a face full of gloom, his face dark as he spoke.
"How is it rebellion?"
Taiyi retorted.
"Sages represent the will of heaven."
"And the will of heaven cannot be defied."
Heavenly Dao Hongjun declared righteously.
"The will of heaven?"
"Ever since the Human Race was born, we have believed that our fate lies in our own hands, not heaven's!"
"I am the will of heaven!"
"We kneel to heaven and earth because we repay them for the grace of giving us life and nurturing us."
"We kneel to our fathers and mothers because we repay them for the grace of raising us."
"Other than that, no one can make the Human Race kneel and submit."
To everyone's surprise, Taiyi openly refuted him.
Heavenly Dao Hongjun's expression immediately shifted uncertainly.
The Primordial Powerhouses watching from the sidelines were all dumbfounded as well.
Taiyi was openly singing a different tune from the Dao Ancestor!
But thinking about it, Taiyi had already clashed with Hongjun several times. Rebuking the Dao Ancestor and damaging his dignity no longer seemed like such a big deal.
Seeing that Hongjun had no further reaction, Taiyi no longer paid him any heed.
He turned to Tianyi, Nüwa, and the others.
"Now that the Martial Dao has been established and the True Martial Divine Stele have been scattered throughout the Human Race's settlements, make proper arrangements. Let every member of the Human Race practice martial arts and enter the Dao, defending the Dao through martial strength."
"Yes!"
Tianyi and Nüwa immediately bowed to accept the order.
Taiyi Holy Father had just told them that he did not like seeing the Human Race kneeling at every turn.
Unless it was some grand and important occasion.
Otherwise, when