[Lin Xian, the rightful heir of Deathless Mountain]

A Great Accomplished Saint Spirit emerged into the world already at great perfection, comparable to an Alternative Path to Enlightenment Dao-Attainer. Born an emperor or sovereign, such a being naturally stood high above others, looking down upon all living creatures from the depths of its heart and regarding the myriad races as slaves, servants, and subordinates, rather than equally intelligent beings with equal personhood.

This was the greatest difference between an innate supreme being and an acquired great emperor.

The former was already among the strongest from the moment its intelligence awakened. Even if it endured trials, bloody battles, and struggles along the emperor path while advancing from the alternative path to enlightenment to tribulation crossing and becoming an emperor, the indifference, ruthlessness, and arrogance engraved in its marrow never disappeared.

If they were not similar people, not creatures of the same race, not even life-forms on the same plane of existence, how could they empathize?

It was precisely this lofty disdain for all living beings that made innate supreme beings more prone to falling into corruption. They bore no psychological burden whatsoever when unleashing dark turmoil.

Although the Black Tortoise Ancient Emperor was a Saint Spirit, he had not emerged from a stone embryo at great perfection. He was not a born Supreme Being.

The term Saint Spirit did not refer to a single race, but to beings born of heaven and nurtured by earth, favored by the heavens and fashioned by the universe.

Compared with a Stone Embryo Saint Spirit, the Black Tortoise Ancient Emperor was more like the Dragon Horse Saint Spirit born from the vital essence within Kunlun Mountain. He had grown from weak to strong, with a cultivation history worthy of song and tears.

Because he had once been weak and mingled in the mortal