"So be it. Excellent."
The gleam in Great Emperor Fengdu's eyes grew brighter as he nodded and spoke.
"In that case, Kong Xuan, are you willing to enter reincarnation and become one of our Human Race?"
Great Emperor Fengdu paused, then continued, "If you enter reincarnation, I fear you will no longer be able to keep your peacock body."
Kong Xuan's aptitude and origin ranked among the finest in the Primordial World. Bringing someone like him into the Human Race would naturally be of considerable help.
Had not Saint Zhunti personally acted to subdue him back then? That alone showed Kong Xuan's potential.
However, entering reincarnation and abandoning his peacock body meant that tens of millions of years of cultivation would vanish like smoke in a single day. Anyone would have to consider such a matter carefully.
Yet Kong Xuan gave it little thought before nodding outright. "For Your Majesty's gift of a place among the Human Race, I would brave ten thousand deaths without hesitation!"
Seeing his decisiveness, a trace of surprise crossed Great Emperor Fengdu's face. A moment later, however, he slowly smiled.
"You are clever, and I like clever people. Enter reincarnation and join the Human Race. This mere quasi-saint realm will never be able to hold you."
"You shall be the next Saint of our Human Race..."
The next Saint of the Human Race?
Even with Kong Xuan's strength of mind, Great Emperor Fengdu's words left him shaken.
Had anyone else said such a thing, Kong Xuan would never have believed it. Yet coming from Great Emperor Fengdu, those words inspired an involuntary conviction in his heart.
After all, Lin Tian had led the Human Race step by step from weakness to where they stood today, creating countless miracles without ever disappointing them.
"For the Human