It was difficult to reach a higher realm.
But in the High-end Primordial World, they could completely break free of their restraints, and their limits could be raised without end.
Zhou Yuan did not know that just as they rejoiced over the return of Great Emperor Potential—
On the other side, an astonishing scene was unfolding within Huoyun Palace.
Welcoming the Wolf into the House, Fuxi's Wolfish Ambitions!
Huoyun Palace!
This was not the cultivation ground of the legendary Old Ancestor Hongyun.
Rather, it was where the Three Sovereigns of the human race—Heaven, Earth, and Humanity—cultivated.
The so-called Three Sovereigns were Emperor Fuxi, Earth Emperor Shennong, and Human Emperor Xuanyuan.
Because the Three Sovereigns resided in Huoyun Palace, all living beings called them the Huoyun Three Sage Emperors.
At this moment, however, Fuxi, the Emperor of Heaven, wore a troubled expression.
"The human race actually possesses such hidden means."
Fuxi spoke in a deep voice, greatly displeased.
As the human race's Emperor of Heaven, he knew nothing of human race experts such as Yi Zi Fang Yun and Zhou Qing.
This left him quite enraged.
"It seems I must speed this up!"
"Otherwise, once an expert like Zhou Qing returns, I will likely be doomed!"
As his words fell, a deep look of worry surfaced on Fuxi's face.
Zhou Qing's strength had previously not only alarmed Eastern Emperor Taiyi.
It had also profoundly shocked Fuxi!
Moreover, he had earlier sent an Imperial Envoy to drive away Yi Zi Fang Yun, already offending the human race.
Not to mention that if the human race discovered what he was doing in Huoyun Palace now, it would provoke towering fury.
If a human race Sage such as Zhou Qing returned, he would be as good as dead.
Just as Fuxi sank into thought, an angry shout rang out.
"Fuxi, your wolfish ambitions will surely be exposed!"
"When that day comes, you will suffer Heaven's condemnation and die at the hands of human race experts."
"Ha ha..."
It was an incomparably bedraggled figure.
His Daoist robe was utterly tattered, stained with mottled blood.
His hair was completely disheveled, his aura weak and listless; he was in a horrifyingly miserable state.
Even more shocking, four enormous black-gold chains bound his body, preventing him from escaping.
He had actually been imprisoned here!
At this moment, the figure glared venomously at Fuxi and laughed wildly.
Hearing this, Fuxi gave a cold laugh and disdainfully glanced at the miserable imprisoned figure.
Then he said icily:
"Hmph, Shaohao, do you think your pathetic human race can stop me?"
"What a foolish dream!"
That was right—the miserable figure imprisoned here was Shaohao, one of the Five Emperors of the human race.
It was hard to imagine why Fuxi, as Emperor of Heaven, had imprisoned Shaohao, one of the Five Emperors, here.
After a brief pause, Fuxi continued with a sinister laugh:
"Once I refine all the authority of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, I will surely attain the Dao of Hunyuan."
"By then, I will be invincible in this age, undying and indestructible!"
"And the so-called Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors will cease to exist."
Hearing Fuxi's plan, Shaohao grew even more enraged and rebuked him:
"You will never succeed!"
"Those not of our kind will surely harbor different intentions. Our human race revered you as the supreme Emperor of Heaven, yet you wish to use the human race as a tool to attain sainthood!"
"A beast will always be a beast, forever impossible to reform!"
As Zhou Yuan had suspected.
Fuxi had become the human race's Emperor of Heaven not out of concern for the human race's prosperity.
On the contrary, everything was for Fuxi's own selfish desires.
He had secretly plotted to refine all the authority of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, absorb the positions of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and concentrate them within his own body.
Then, with the human race's immense fortune and merit, he could achieve the Dao of Hunyuan in one stroke.
This scene was precisely Fuxi imprisoning Shaohao, intending to first refine part of the human race's authority under Shaohao's control.
Hearing Shaohao call him a "beast," Fuxi's expression darkened.
"Shaohao, you are at death's door, yet your tongue is still so sharp!"
As his words fell, Fuxi waved his hand, and streams of karmic fire immediately surged forth, enveloping Shaohao.
"Ah! Fuxi, when the human race's experts return, they will surely leave you without even a burial ground!"
Shaohao roared!
It was both because of the immense agony of being refined and the endless hatred and resentment in his heart.
Although imprisoned within Huoyun Palace, Shaohao had still sensed Yi Zi Fang Yun, Zhou Qing, and the others fighting for the human race earlier.
Thus, he awaited the return of the human race's experts, hoping they would suppress Fuxi and reclaim the human race's authority.
"Hmph, by then I will already have attained the position of a Sage."
"Even if Zhou Qing and the others return, what can they do to me?!"
Fuxi remained unmoved, his expression growing increasingly ice-cold.
Then he stopped wasting words.
Within Huoyun Palace, only blazing streams of karmic fire swept through the air, accompanied by wave after wave of shrill, terrifying screams.
One could imagine the immense agony of having the position of one of the Five Emperors forcibly stripped away and refined.
Meanwhile, within the primordial world!
"Now that the human race's Sacred Court has been established, where should we go from here?"
"Should we continue obeying Fuxi's commands?"
Four figures gathered together: Taihao, Emperor Yan, Emperor Huang, and Zhuanxu.
They were the other four among the Five Emperors of the human race.
At this moment, Taihao spoke first, asking the other three.
In truth, as the Five Emperors of the human race and natives of the human race, they had always greatly despised Fuxi, an outsider.
Furthermore, Fuxi's earlier attempt to force Yi Zi Fang Yun and the other man had completely exhausted the human race's favorable impression of him.
Therefore, Shaohao, Emperor Yan, and the others now turned their attention toward the newly established human race Sacred Court.
Hearing this, Emperor Yan, Emperor Huang, and Zhuanxu remained silent, thoughtful expressions appearing on their faces.
After all, Fuxi was the human race's Emperor of Heaven acknowledged by the Heavenly Dao. If they switched allegiance to the human race Sacred Court, the implications would be enormous.
At that moment, Zhuanxu's expression shifted, and he asked in confusion:
"The five of us Emperors have gathered. Why has Shaohao not yet appeared?"
Upon hearing Zhuanxu's words, everyone looked at one another.
That was true. Shaohao should have arrived here long ago.
Yet there was still no trace of him.
Emperor Huang pondered for a moment, then began deducing the secrets of Heaven.
The Five Emperors shared an unseen connection with one another.
Thus, a moment later, Emperor Huang's expression changed.
"Shaohao is actually in Huoyun Palace?"
He raised his brow, deeply puzzled.
Before the others could ask, Emperor Huang continued:
"Why does Shaohao's aura feel so weak through my senses, as though he is about to perish?"
As soon as he said this, the other three men's expressions changed drastically!
One had to know that the Five Emperors bore Heavenly Dao Fortune and possessed endless lifespans.
They could be considered immortal and indestructible in another sense!
Therefore, Shaohao's aura being so weak meant he had surely fallen into some desperate predicament.
"Huoyun Palace? Could Fuxi have attacked Shaohao?"
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