He had been wrong.
More precisely, he had misjudged the gap between them.
The moment Lord Changyao, already at the peak of Void Return, learned the Third Investigation Envoy's identity, he dropped to his knees without the slightest hesitation.
Humble. Terrified.
Just like the antlike subjects in his kingdom, who prostrated themselves before him out of fear of his power.
The moment that happened, he knew his plan wouldn't work.
But he still didn't understand!
He couldn't understand why Lord Changyao, at the peak of Void Return, would grovel before a Human Race Investigation Envoy.
That was Void Return...
An exalted being who walked the Starry Sky under the title of "Lord," revered by myriad races and mighty enough to shake the stars.
Not until he heard those words—
At twenty-two, she reached Spirit Transformation—the greatest prodigy in the universe.
That was a statement that completely surpassed his understanding.
Through his dealings with the Fu Ling Interstellar Council over the past few centuries, he had gained some understanding of the Human Race and its ways.
He had seen how most of the races in the Council sought to imitate the Human Race.
That was why he had donned a Daoist robe, put on a wig, and ordered his craftsmen to forge a sword from the finest materials.
And that was also why he understood just how terrifying those words were.
Twenty-two years old. In other words, this Third Investigation Envoy had cultivated from nothing to Spirit Transformation in just twenty-two standard years.
Twenty-two years...
On average, even the spare time he spent breaking through a minor realm took longer than that!
If a single Human Race Investigation Envoy was already like this, what about the Human Race behind her?
He didn't even dare think through the implications.
Of course, he