The humans of Fire Cloud Cave had originally all emerged from the Human Emperors of successive generations.
However, as humanity rose to prominence, Fire Cloud Cave gradually faded from view, and cultivators began to appear, fewer and fewer people knew of the concept of the Human Emperor.
A Human Emperor was blessed by destiny, the finest product of heaven and earth. Even cultivators did not dare provoke one lightly.
Even Saints did not dare casually lay hands on one.
That was the meaning of a Human Emperor's existence.
Of course, back when humanity had yet to become the protagonists of heaven and earth, the so-called Human Emperor was not nearly so formidable.
But things were different now. Humanity had become the overlord of heaven and earth. The birth of a Human Emperor was equivalent to creating another Saint in the mortal world.
It was merely that such a Saint had a lifespan no different from an ordinary mortal's, and his methods were only average.
Yet if a Saint wished to attack him, they would have to weigh the matter carefully.
If one killed a proper Human Emperor, even a Saint would be unwilling to easily bear the backlash of destiny that followed.
Moreover, during a certain period, it was not that no one knew of Human Emperors. Rather, some people had deliberately been erasing the mark of the Human Emperor.
For ordinary humans to produce such a freak of destiny naturally left many people deeply dissatisfied.
Nor did they wish for the Human Emperor to reappear in this world.
But now, Mysterious Bird gave birth to Shang. The emergence of Shang once more gathered the power of heaven and earth, and a new Human Emperor appeared.
Above heaven and earth, the Great Dao trembled. Even Saints in secluded cultivation were