First Human Pass.
"The latest news about Fang Yang came from the Star Ruins on the Human Ancient Road. He unearthed the Monster Emperor's tomb and obtained its most precious treasures, including every fragment of the Heaven-Measuring Ruler the Monster Emperor forged, and a full forty or fifty Ancient Medicine Kings. I hear his mount, the Dragon Horse, also received the inheritance of the Monster Emperor's Mount. How could anyone not envy him?"
The captain spoke with heartfelt emotion.
The passes along the Human Ancient Road were linked by a thousand threads, so even here at First Human Pass, he could receive some news, though it arrived late.
After the captain spoke, the trial-takers who had just reached the pass felt an even more tangled mix of emotions. Some burned with fighting spirit and wanted to measure themselves against Fang Yang. Others felt as if a basin of cold water had been dumped over their heads. What could they use to contend with a cultivator who held an Extreme Emperor Weapon?
Even broken, an Extreme Emperor Weapon still bore the word "Emperor." Its might was nothing an ordinary Great Saint Weapon could hope to touch.
"Fragments of the Monster Emperor Broken Ruler, dozens of Ancient Medicine Kings, the Dragon Horse's inheritance... Fang Yang's luck is as good as ever. Even I'm a little envious."
Huo Qizi faced his feelings squarely. His gaze was distant and deep, carrying a host of emotions, but not the slightest trace of fear.
It was not as if he lacked an Extreme Emperor Weapon of his own.
One day, he would stand before Fang Yang openly and tear apart, with his own hands, the shadow cast by his defeat at the hands of a mere Dao Body.
Holding fast to that conviction, Huo Qizi walked