Ksitigarbha's words gave Su Xin a sudden sense of enlightenment. He had long felt that the history of that ancient era was incomplete—not only that of the Human Race, but even that of the Monster Race. So this was the reason.
The Human Emperor had been able to utterly defeat the Monster Race not merely because of his own strength, but because the Human Race had already possessed a foundation for resisting the Monster Race. Otherwise, nine Heaven-Connecting Realm experts would never have emerged among humanity.
Su Xin tapped the table and asked, "What happened to the Human Race in the Immortal Domain afterward?"
Ksitigarbha said indifferently, "There is not much to say about the Immortal Domain. It remained unchanged all along. But around the time the Human Emperor emerged, something went wrong within the Immortal Domain, causing it to split apart. One fragment of the Immortal Domain fell near White Emperor City, and its entrance appeared there as well.
"Moreover, the shattering of the Immortal Domain weakened the entire place. At that time, the Human Race of the Immortal Domain was not even as powerful as the Taoist School or Buddha Sect of the lower realm.
"You should know what happened later. The Human Emperor discovered that Immortal Domain fragment, took something from it, and uncovered the Immortal Domain's secret. Afterward, he directly shattered the void and led a large number of martial artists into the Immortal Domain, slaughtering its native inhabitants—who were also descendants of the Human Race. In the end, he occupied the Immortal Domain and turned it into the present Twelve Domains of the Immortal Domain."
After hearing Ksitigarbha recount so much, Su Xin could not help feeling that the world was ever-changing and unpredictable.
Back then, the Human Race had drawn the short straw by