And many sages of the Human Race, seeing how vulnerable their people were and how badly they were losing, refused to stand by. They came out of seclusion, joined the Human Race armies, and fought the Wu Clan and Demon Race!
The Human Race still lost far more battles than it won, but at least it could fight back! Its people multiplied quickly, their numbers were vast, and they held the advantage of familiar terrain. That was just enough to resist the invasions of the Wu Clan and Demon Race. But that was all. The Mortal World Nine Provinces had become a battlefield. Fighting raged at every hour, day and night!"
Ren's eyes flickered as he listened, deep in thought. The changes among the Human Race had caught him off guard!
He had believed that the Mortal World, a place of relative peace for the Human Race, would remain manageable even if it fell into chaos. He had never expected Bai Qi's rise to make that chaos so tangled that it could no longer be controlled!
After a long silence, Ren looked at Yan Ruyu and asked, "Ruyu... with the Mortal World in turmoil, what happened to the Destiny that scattered when the Zhou Dynasty collapsed?"
Ren cared about the Mortal World because of its Destiny. In the Primordial World, Destiny had remarkable uses and greatly aided cultivation. Even Saints fought one another over it. That alone showed its importance!
Ren had once launched his war to destroy Buddhism for the sake of Destiny. But the Demon Empress had reaped the rewards in the end, while he had gained only resources and a small portion of Buddhism's Destiny!
Unfortunately, Western Ox Continent had become Demon Land, home to the Demon Empress and the Demon Cult. Ren could only give up