"The Heavenly Emperor's Son's Dao Heart is even more fragile than we imagined."
"He simply doesn't seem like an Ancient Emperor's Son."
A Saint of Yaochi spoke softly, a strange look appearing in her eyes. In this Golden Great Era, the descendants of Emperors and Sovereigns had emerged one after another, and Yaochi had dealt with quite a few of them.
Ji Zi possessed Void's stubbornness; Saint Prince possessed the Fighting Saint Emperor's pride. Even Huang Xudao had a heart that pursued the Dao without regret. None of them disgraced the title of Emperor's Son, each inheriting their father's pride.
"Some time ago, Hua Yunfei sparred with Yuan Gu, the Origin Emperor's eighth-generation grandson. During the exchange, he used the Spirit-Deliverance Art to test him."
Ye Fan said calmly, "The moment Yuan Gu realized his Dao Heart had been shaken, he immediately chose mutual destruction, intending to revive the Origin Emperor Bloodline and perish together with Hua Yunfei."
"That resolve is something the Heavenly Emperor's Son lacks."
If these Emperor's Sons discovered that they were being converted, their first reaction would be to die rather than submit.
Only the Heavenly Emperor's Son, when facing the Spirit-Deliverance Art, had actually chosen appeasement. He wanted to buy time for himself until Ancestral King reinforcements arrived.
Yet he did not know that one step back led to step after step back. Once he made the first compromise, there would be a second, and his Dao Heart would teeter on the brink of collapse.
"Like father, like son."
The Great Xia elder Great Saint snorted coldly. Viewing the Immortal Lineage through colored glasses, he said indignantly, "The Immortal Emperor is the great hidden mastermind behind the ages. Despicable, shameless, and capable of every evil, he has not the slightest heart befitting an Emperor. Naturally,