The will of heaven and earth was unfathomable.
The merging of the earthly and heavenly dragons was a great calamity for the world. This disaster could not be avoided. Indeed, it could be said that the calamity itself had been brought about by the first Emperor You. It would not be an exaggeration to call the Emperor You the chief culprit behind everything.
According to the original timeline, the merging of heaven and earth's dragons would only occur after Tantai Tanmie, Emperor of the Eastern Offering Dynasty, was slain by the Five Calamity Weapon Lords. Tantai Tanmie's attempt to defy heaven would fail, and their great battle would overturn heaven and earth. The Eastern Offering Dynasty's capital would be destroyed, and cities and towns, large and small, across the Nine Provinces of Central Huan would be razed to the ground. The dead and wounded among the common people would be countless.
An ambitious tyrant like Tantai Tanmie naturally would not spare a thought for ordinary folk. Nor would the Five Calamity Weapon Lords, in their quest to "defend the Heavenly Dao," concern themselves with commoners.
In truth, apart from the period under Great You's rule, whenever experts of the cultivation world clashed or a treasure emerged, the various factions would erupt into war. Each time, blood would flow and corpses would pile high.
After that great war, the dead and wounded would carpet the ground, corpses strewn across the wilderness. The resentment of the people of Central Huan's Nine Provinces would merge with the baleful dragon energy within the earth, causing the Sinister Dragon to stir, burst through the crust, and unite with the Heavenly Dragon. The two forces would become one, and the will of the people would transform into the will of heaven, giving birth to a Supreme