Kunpeng and Emperor Jun exchanged a glance, confirming what each had in mind.
Emperor Jun immediately said, "Good. Next, Baize will make a trip to the human race and invite them to join the Heavenly Court, that we may seek the Great Dao together."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Baize cupped his hands in acknowledgment.
He then rose and left the great hall, heading straight for the human race's ancestral land.
"So it is Great Sage Baize. Great Nest failed to welcome you from afar." Upon seeing Baize, Great Nest hurried forward to greet him from a distance.
After all, Baize was a great sacred being who had stood between Heaven and Earth since time immemorial.
Though the human race now seemed to be in the full bloom of splendor, like flowers piled upon brocade and oil poured onto raging flames, Great Nest did not dare put on airs before such an old hand who had attained the Dao untold ages ago.
Especially since the Baize Clan knew astronomy above, geography below, and the affairs of men in between.
They could comprehend the feelings of all things and knew the affairs of ghosts and gods.
To them, there were essentially no secrets anywhere beneath Heaven or upon Earth.
Even among the demon race, they were both revered and feared.
After all, in any age, those who could make their names known across the world as all-knowing sages possessed gifts beyond the ordinary.
The Baize Clan knew the secrets of all races and could speak of them without restraint, yet had remained free and easy between Heaven and Earth to this day.
That alone showed how formidable they were.
"Greetings, Human Progenitor." Baize did not put on airs either. Observing every courtesy, he returned with Great Nest to the Nest-Building Tribe.
After some