"Humm~" As he spoke, Ao Yue raised his arm, divine light flickering at his fingertips, and opened the scroll of the Human Race's history. Then, with a thought, he summoned the Xuanyuan Sword from Fire Cloud Cave.
As the true form of Human Emperor Xuanyuan, the Xuanyuan Sword was actually his own sword, too!
"Imperial Brother, what are you planning to do?"
"Yinglong, bring forth the Ancestral Dragon Pearl that Imperial Father left you," Ao Yue instructed instead of answering Yinglong's question.
"Well..." Yinglong froze at his brother's command. The Ancestral Dragon Pearl? What did Elder Brother want it for...?
Yinglong frowned, somewhat hesitant. After all, it was the only keepsake the Ancestral Dragon had left him. Still, the bond between the brothers ran deep, and he trusted that his brother would not covet the Ancestral Dragon Pearl. Otherwise, he would have taken it from him long ago. Yinglong opened his mouth, and a beam of golden light shot out, transforming into a huge Dragon Pearl containing boundless divine power. It was none other than the Ancestral Dragon's pearl.
Looking at it floating before him, Ao Yue fell into a daze, that stern, ferocious face surfacing unbidden in his mind.
"Heh." He lowered his head with a soft chuckle, then looked up and asked his younger brother beside him, "Do you know why the Heavenly Emperor remained unmoved by Western Zhou's destruction?"
"Because the Son of Heaven of Zhou displaced the legitimate heir in favor of a concubine's son, violating the proper order of human relationships. And because he failed to govern his entire race properly, allowing the feudal lords to collude with the Quanrong," Yinglong answered.
"That was only a minor reason. The Heavenly Emperor isn't such a rigid god. Even if he disapproved of the King of Zhou