This division into factions, as distinct as the Jing and Wei Rivers, was clear-cut.
To Houtu, it was no longer anything unusual.
After all, from the moment she planted her seed of the netherworld reincarnation origin law in the Chaos Dao Scripture's Sea of Consciousness,
she had already begun cultivating a faction of her own at Lin Tian's side.
Yet at this very moment,
the Hongmeng Devoted Four Generals-Baiwan, Xiongshi, Dujiang, and Dragon Binder-had, like Houtu, experienced all manner of battles and advancements here on the Primordial Southern Continent, and Houtu had planted her netherworld reincarnation seeds in their Seas of Consciousness.
Baiwan, Xiongshi, Dujiang, and Dragon Binder nevertheless immediately chose to join this circle of discussion.
This left Houtu somewhat taken aback.
After all, as Houtu saw it,
the Four Great Generals of the Hongmeng Fierce Birds,
even if they were somewhat closer to the Human Race,
would ultimately never choose to make such a factional split right before her eyes.
But reality had delivered a slap to Houtu's face.
The Four Great Generals of the Hongmeng Fierce Birds, whom Houtu had believed would never choose sides before them and join the Human Race's faction,
still chose the Human Race's faction without hesitation, right in front of her.
At this very moment,
Lin Tian's private exchange with the Six Human Ancestors,
because these peerless powerhouses, led by Zhen Yuanzi, had all joined the private discussion circle,
had ultimately become an act of choosing sides.
Of course,
the chief reason such a choice of factions was being displayed so openly before Lin Tian
was this:
the Six Ancestors of the Human Race were protesting.
They were protesting that, over these hundreds of thousands of years, Lin Tian had devoted all his energy and favor to Li Er and Jiubao, those