"Hmm—"
At Fuxi's startled exclamation,
the All Sages high in the heavens saw the Investiture of the Gods merge into the mortal world. Yin and yang separated and combined, splitting into two.
They flowed into the lands where the Human Race and the demon race lived and multiplied.
They wavered between the two races, unable to settle on a candidate.
Until, at last, the Spiritual Light of the Investiture of the Gods completely subsided.
The Sages all understood what this meant.
It was a sign that the destined person for the Investiture of the Gods had yet to be born. That was why the Investiture of the Gods had not immediately chosen its master.
What startled Fuxi and the All Sages was that the Investiture of the Gods had actually split into two yin-yang aspects.
These two lists seemed to be choosing one person each.
Could it be that there would be two destined people for the Investiture of the Gods?
Or was it that the Human Race and demon race both possessed flourishing Fortune, and each would give birth to someone with Great Fortune?
Was the Investiture of the Gods—or rather, the Heavenly Dao—hesitating because it did not know which one to choose?
Would that not mean that, in the eyes of the Heavenly Dao, both the Human Race and the demon race had a chance to inherit the position of World Protagonist?
The All Sages' gazes immediately grew ambiguous as they began pondering.
"Cough, cough—"
Fellow Luo Qing's cough interrupted everyone's speculation.
"The Investiture of the Gods is merely choosing the person who will preside over the Heavenly Dao's investiture of the gods.
It is not choosing the World Protagonist.
Moreover, although the Investiture of the Gods Calamity and the struggle for the Acquired Era's protagonist appear to