What Abdication? Hereditary Rule Begins With You. Ask the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Heavenly Origin Sect for Help

"Oh? You're truly willing to bear infamy for a thousand years?"

Qingyuan chuckled.

Emperor Yu bowed and nodded firmly. "Human Lord, I am willing to put myself in the thick of it."

"If it will make the Human Race better and free us from the scourge of demons, then even if I must bear infamy for a thousand years, I am willing to do it!"

"Oh? You'll do it without even asking what I want of you? Aren't you afraid I'll lead you into a trap?"

Qingyuan laughed.

He waved Yu upright, a smile appearing on his face.

"Human Lord, I firmly believe that others in this world may lead the Human Race into traps, but you never would."

"When Empress Nuwa first created the Human Race, we were a weak race in the Primordial Wilderness. Countless trials and torments failed to make us strong. If you hadn't secretly taught us the way of civilization's Everlasting Fire, how could we have had the Primordial Three Ancestors?"

"Only after the Primordial Three Ancestors spread their teachings and forged a new civilization did the Human Race have a chance to build the foundations for its later rise."

"During the Witch-Demon Tribulation, the Witch-Demon Two Clans bullied the Human Race because we had no one to stand behind us. You stepped forward and held up the sky for us. Otherwise, the two clans would likely have joined hands to slaughter us all!"

"And after the Great Flood, you sent your disciples to help. Only then did the Human Race slowly endure that era and become the Protagonist of Heaven and Earth."

"Without you, the Human Race would have neither its brilliant civilization nor its place as the Protagonist of Heaven and Earth!"

"It's a pity... You can't remain the Human Lord. Otherwise, I