After learning about the Myriad Races,
Qin Shujian understood a great deal more.
He had also learned more about the Demon Race's glorious history.
In his view, had that Demon Emperor not been so ambitious, perhaps the Heavenly Emperor would never have had his chance.
Unfortunately,
that Demon Emperor had been immensely powerful, but apparently not very bright.
He lacked the strength to destroy the Myriad Races, yet had every intention of doing so.
When they all rose against him, the outcome was obvious.
So that Demon Emperor had deserved his fate.
The Heavenly Emperor who came afterward had been far wiser. Rather than bringing all the races under the Human Race, he had taken a conciliatory approach, establishing the Celestial Court to rule over them.
Sadly,
the Demon Abyss had come afterward and utterly buried the Celestial Court's glory.
Qin Shujian asked, "How many years did the Heavenly Emperor rule over the Myriad Races after establishing the Celestial Court?"
"Exactly ninety thousand years, up until the Demon Abyss arrived."
The Godslayer Saber answered without hesitation.
As the Human Race's Ancestral Weapon, he remembered the Celestial Court's glorious history vividly. The Heavenly Emperor, after all, had also risen from the Human Race.
Strictly speaking,
the Celestial Court could actually be considered part of the Human Race.
Using the name Celestial Court instead of Human Race had also been a way to avoid following in that Demon Emperor's footsteps.
In the Godslayer Saber's view,
had another few hundred thousand or million years passed,
perhaps the Myriad Races would gradually have vanished, leaving only the Celestial Court and the Human Race. By then, all the races of the world would effectively have become part of the Human Race.
Although their goals had been much the same,
one had used an excessively forceful,