Mount Kunlun.
Yuanshi met with Jieyin, who had come to visit him. The two Saints spoke privately behind closed doors for a long time before finally reaching an agreement: the Western Religion would choose three of the Five Emperors first, while Yuanshi would decide the remaining two afterward.
It was not that Yuanshi was willing to yield, but rather... it really made no difference to him.
There was no distinction between being an earlier or a later member of the Five Emperors. He had lost the Human Emperor Contest and received the right to choose two of the Five Emperors as compensation, while the Western Religion had three. Since the Western Religion already had candidates in mind, he might as well let them appoint theirs first. He had not even begun looking yet. If he had to appoint the Five Emperors now, he would have no idea whom to choose.
Jieyin was delighted that Yuanshi had agreed and thanked him repeatedly. Not long afterward, with the White Crane Attendant seeing him off, he departed Mount Kunlun atop the Merit Golden Lotus.
Elsewhere, Nuwa looked at Zhunti, who had come to play a board game with her, and her face twitched slightly.
Did he come to play with me, or specifically to keep an eye on me?
Nuwa was no fool. Looking at Zhunti's ingratiating smile, how could she fail to understand this alms-begging Saint's intentions? He was worried that she would stick her foot into the affairs of the Five Emperors, just as she had during Xuanyuan and Chi You's struggle, preventing their chosen candidates from becoming great emperors of the Human Race.
Actually... he was worrying far too much!
Although the Five Emperors also ruled the Human Race and possessed the protagonist's fortune, they could not compare to