Space and time rippled.
A large hand radiating a faint golden light reached out.
Its sleeve was white, however. It was not Ye Zhuo.
He did not reveal himself, yet a single sentence made the reigning Heavenly Emperor stand down.
"There is no need for this, Heavenly Emperor. He was once the Immortal Ancestor's benefactor, too. Let him go. If he still has not taken the righteous path after another million origin cycles, it will not be too late to eliminate him then."
"As you command, Human Sovereign Fuxi!"
The Heavenly Emperor cupped his hands. He recognized that powerful aura as Fuxi's, whom he had met only once, before his ascension as Heavenly Emperor.
He had never forgotten that scene.
Inside the Human Sovereign Palace, dozens of human sovereigns and great emperors had gathered, each radiating an aura beyond the level of a Primordial Grand Unity Heavenly Immortal.
They were very likely at the legendary realm of Primordial Limitless Peak.
It was said to be an inconceivable realm, one that granted Unrestricted Coming and Going.
Below the great hall stood over a hundred Heavenly Emperors, overlords of bygone eras.
Only then had he understood why the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms constantly faced crises involving foreign races and the like.
Yet the Human Clan had never been afraid.
Countless powerhouses stood behind them.
Even a single mighty cultivator from the Human Realm could quell every disturbance beyond it.
He still remembered how, before he rose to become Heavenly Emperor, the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms had fallen into a terrifying crisis.
The resentment of Chaos Beasts had coalesced into the Evil Clan, which attacked the great worlds.
He had quelled one disaster after another and become the new Heavenly Emperor. Only then had he met the previous Heavenly