Within the great hall, Bai Jiuyi gazed at the stone gate, a complicated look in his eyes. This was something the Bai Clan had guarded for countless years, yet it was also the thing that had imprisoned the Bai Clan.
Bai Jiuyi had once wondered whether White Emperor City would cease opening if every member of the Bai Clan died out.
As a result, Bai Jiuyi had searched through all the records left behind by the Bai Clan. Quite a few members of the clan had entertained that very thought, but the facts proved it was useless.
They were merely gatekeepers. Whether they existed or not made no difference. The one who had truly established the rules of White Emperor City was His Majesty the Human Emperor.
White Emperor City would certainly open once every hundred years. As long as one possessed a Divine Martial Token, one could enter White Emperor City.
The stone gate within White Emperor City was the same. Though it had to be opened by the Bai Clan, even without a single Bai clansman, it would open on its own three days later, then close again one month afterward.
This discovery left Bai Jiuyi deeply helpless. Even if they died, it would not affect White Emperor City in the slightest.
Looking at the stone gate, Bai Jiuyi turned around and said, "Daoist Li, Lord Heavenly Emperor, you were the strongest among those who entered White Emperor City in the previous generation, and you are also among the few survivors of that generation.
"But do you know that in ancient times, my Bai Clan was once immensely glorious? Back then, we were not prisoners. We were the Human Emperor's maternal relatives, imperial kin, and the guardians of White Emperor City.
"Thus, whenever warriors of the First Dynasty