This was the Myriad Races Assembly of the Ancient Clans and the Human Race's foremost figures, but the Ancient Clans found it deeply Different.
From the very beginning, the gathering seemed to have been swayed by someone they had never heard of, never seen, and could not even locate.
There was no emperor or sovereign in the world now. However glorious a figure had once been, he had eventually died. Why should he stir up such a storm?
After the Immemorial Era's Ancient God, the Undying Heavenly Emperor, passed away, hadn't his Daoist Grounds been overturned?
Majesty at its greatest belonged to the living. As for the Majesty of the dead, people could honor it if they wished, but if they chose not to, there was little more to it. All the more so when the dead man had been an Different race's invincible figure—a race once eaten as blood food.
The Ancient Clans found the situation thorny. Even with several Quasi-Emperors having emerged, they still found it thorny.
Many among the Ancient Clans also harbored grievances against the Undying Heavenly Emperor's Heavenly Sovereign Lineage. This was no occasion for infighting, however, so they did not show it.
Whether it was the earlier insults to the Saint Emperor's Son, the disrespect toward the Fighting Saint Emperor himself, or the later words openly mocking the Heavenly Emperor who had died no one knew how many years ago, some among the Ancient Clans had been uncomfortable hearing it.
All had once attained the Dao, achieved greatness, and stood invincible in their eras. None deserved such casual insults.
But the Undying Heavenly Emperor's Heavenly Sovereign Lineage really was brainless at times. Their worship of him had reached a grotesque degree.
Aside from the Undying Heavenly Emperor, they held no one in their eyes.