Hearing the words "Holy Emperor."
Li Xinge's pupils contracted instantly.
Though his expression remained calm.
A stormy sea had already risen in his heart.
Holy Emperor—this title was not the first time he had heard it.
In the Southern Wasteland, beneath the Myriad Gu Abyss.
That ancient aberrant species, the Gu Sovereign, which had lived for tens of thousands of years.
When it saw him, it had called out the words "Holy Emperor," and his appearance had nearly frightened it into fleeing without a fight.
There was also that damaged jade slip found in the Witch God Hall's treasury.
That lingering remnant of divine intent, recording the despair of the world-ending calamity.
"The sky has fallen..."
"Holy blood scatters across the land."
So this mysterious and powerful Holy Emperor had actually been the progenitor of the Li Family.
No wonder Heavenly Human Bloodline flowed within the Li Family.
All of this.
Had originated from this Li Family progenitor!
Li Xinge steadied his thoughts.
He continued asking, "What exactly happened back then that made the Rootless People choose betrayal?"
By all rights.
A lineage could only grow strong through unity.
And back then, the Li Family had dominated an entire realm with the Holy Emperor standing guard.
The Li Family with the Holy Emperor.
Had been the foremost lineage of this world.
Then what reason was there.
For the Rootless People to risk splitting the lineage into four and five pieces just to stab the Holy Emperor in the back?
Li Xinge could not make heads or tails of it.
Hearing this question.
Li Qingcang fell silent.
After a long while.
He shook his head.
His voice was hoarse. "I do not know the exact reason either."
"The era of the Holy Emperor was already more than twenty thousand years before