Half a day later, the fourth gathering of All Saints across the Primordial World came to an end.
After a fierce battle of verbal spears and swords, the Saints finally reached a consensus: from that day onward, the Human-Creating Whip would be entrusted to the Human Race Co-ruler and passed down from generation to generation.
Note that this meant the Human Race Co-ruler, not the Human Emperor.
This meant the Human-Creating Whip would not enter Fire Cloud Cave when a Human Emperor took his rightful place there. Instead, it would remain with the Human Race forever, serving as the Human Race Co-ruler's token of authority and the instrument by which he governed his people.
Honestly, never mind the Saints-even Gungun, who had merely sat in on the discussion, thought this agreement was quite good.
After all, the Human-Creating Whip was Nuwa's treasure. If the Saints wanted to wield it jointly or seal it away together, Nuwa would certainly object. But if it remained with the Human Race and was entrusted to the Human Sovereign, she would feel much better about it. The Human Race was her creation, after all, and she was their Holy Mother.
After reaching their consensus, the Saints acted together, placing a restrictive formation on the Human-Creating Whip and sending it into Chaos. It would wait there until a new Human Race Co-ruler emerged, then automatically fly to his side.
A new Human Race Co-ruler?
That was right. Although Shennong had already become a Human Emperor, Laozi had decreed that he still had a few years to spend outside, tending to miscellaneous affairs. Thus, he remained the current Human Race Co-ruler. But was there any point in giving him the Human-Creating Whip now?
There was no longer any point, so they would skip him and wait for