While Cheng Yu was meeting Snow Spirit, the situation in the Eternal True World changed again and again.
First, Shen Bai, the White King of the Demon Race, vanished in Humankind Territory. Then Human Emperor Qin Shuo withdrew deep into his palace after leaving an imperial edict. After that came the Sages' Descent.
The once-peaceful Eternal True World was thrown into an uproar once more.
The leaders of the various races speculated about what the Sages intended by descending into the world this time.
But only Di Yi Yun and the other Sages knew that Qin Shuo, the Human Emperor, had dealt them a ruthless blow.
Humanity's Way would replace the Heavenly Dao, severing heaven from earth and forbidding any descent.
While the Heavenly Dao and all the Sages had their eyes on Shen Bai, this Human Emperor had actually been plotting in secret for over twenty thousand years!
First, he gathered humanity's Way, then used the standing of the Human Emperor to suppress humanity's Way qi, preventing the Sages and the Heavenly Dao from discovering it.
Then he used the Nine-Nine Supreme's Plan to lay out his scheme across the entire Eternal True World.
Most unexpected of all was that Shen Tian, the Demon Son of Heaven, had cooperated with Human Emperor Qin Shuo's plan. Though the two had never met, they had carried out this world-shaking feat with remarkable tacit understanding.
Nourished by the two overlords of humans and demons, humanity's Way grew at an astonishing pace.
Shen Bai had even made himself a pawn, using the True Knowledge Secret Realm, a special space outside the Heavenly Dao's jurisdiction, to lure its attention there. He intended to use the great terror within the realm to deal the Heavenly Dao a crippling blow.
So had Qin Shuo succeeded?
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