That era was also known as the Dark Age. The geniuses of old were reduced to utter dimness, with no chance at all to display their talents.
Some great powers even stepped onto the stage personally to hunt down geniuses, seeking to snuff out any possibility of their rise.
As though raising pigs, those lofty great powers and top factions held the entire Star River Cosmos firmly in their grasp, looking down from on high as they raised all living beings like swine.
The entire Star River Cosmos was steeped in lifeless gloom. Countless geniuses who should have shone with boundless brilliance and marched toward the pinnacle had instead been broken at the spine, becoming timid and submissive.
In the end, the Human Emperor rose with tyrannical force. Upon reaching the end of his path, he bathed the entire Star River Cosmos in blood. Countless races, countless factions, and countless great powers were slain.
After that battle, the Star River Cosmos's strength had diminished by at least half.
Its overall power had fallen to a terrifyingly low point.
Yet in the end, geniuses sprang forth one after another like bamboo shoots after rain. Freed from suppression, the great geniuses rose powerfully.
High-spirited and full of vigor, they looked down on everyone. The entire Star River Cosmos seemed to have come alive, with these spirited young men visible everywhere.
In the end, one mighty great power after another emerged, and the entire Star River Cosmos took on a completely new appearance.
And now, who knew how many years had passed? It seemed that the situation from back then had returned.
It had come again in their generation.
"Stop letting your thoughts run wild. Those people are coming."
"When they arrive, talk first. If we can't reach an agreement, kill them."
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