Amid the sounds of ritual music, a vast procession emerged from the thunder.
If such a scene had appeared before cultivators, it would surely have left them utterly stunned. Human Path Thunder protected an entire continent and should have repelled all supernatural things. Yet now, as the True Dragon Emperor ascended to heaven, such a procession emerged from within this existence that should have cast aside all illusions. It truly contradicted everything they had previously understood.
Even Qiu Yan's heart had jolted when he first witnessed the scene, but after examining it closely, he discerned a few clues.
"This procession resembles a kind of spiritual inheritance. It is not truly real in itself, but a formation that naturally arose from the gathered thoughts of countless people. In folk legends, the emperor is honored as the Son of Heaven. To a certain extent, this deifies a human being. Such devotion is actually similar to Incense Gods."
However, the suppression of Dragon Qi and the Human Path made such devotion difficult to sustain. Thus, while the emperor lived, this deification had little effect. Previously, when Li Kun had been forcibly subjected to Soul Seizing, outside forces had intervened, bypassing many restrictions and targeting Li Kun himself while avoiding the constraints brought by his status. That likewise had not triggered the power of this deification. But now, Li Kun had exhausted his mortal lifespan, his soul had left his body, and he had embarked upon the normal path of death. This influence now spread without reservation.
"The instinctive desire to understand unfamiliar things is one of the driving forces behind civilization's progress. Yet when productive capacity is insufficient and people are limited by knowledge and tools, they instinctively classify explanations for phenomena as supernatural, giving rise to religion. This too is one way