Half a Rule.
That was what Xia Yi had truly intended to leave to the Human Race.
After all, he had been a True Immortal of the Middle Three Levels.
His strength had been immense.
Even in ancient times, he would have been a major figure.
For someone like him,
even half a Rule was stronger than the Rules ordinary True Immortals commanded.
If someone could attain Immortality through this half a Rule,
they might not be particularly powerful, but they certainly would not be weak.
Xia Yi had done this
with a plan clearly already in mind.
He had severed the Rules of heaven and earth, predicting that hundreds of thousands of years later, no one would be able to attain Immortality.
In that case,
if the Human Race could use this half a Rule to attain Immortality directly, they might seize the opportunity to turn their situation around.
As for who should receive this half a Rule,
that was not actually a difficult choice.
Qin Shujian certainly had no use for it himself. With life source at his disposal, attaining Immortality was merely a matter of time.
As for anyone else,
Qin Shujian could not simply hand the Rule out at random.
The reason was simple.
If a Great Power attained Immortality through this half a Rule,
where would that leave him, the Qin Emperor?
Was he supposed to use his position as Human Emperor to command a True Immortal?
Or
establish another Human Emperor alongside the existing ones?
But the Human Race's current situation was not particularly complicated.
It was divided only into the Cultivation World and the Imperial Court.
He governed the Cultivation World, while Emperor Zhao governed the Imperial Court. In Qin Shujian's eyes, this was the ideal arrangement.
Another Human Emperor
might upset that