How could Fuxi endure this?
His face twisted into a terrifying grimace, his killing intent soaring to the heavens.
"You're courting death!"
Fuxi spoke almost word by word, then leaped forward, preparing to strike Zhongshan Shi.
Seeing Fuxi attack, Zhongshan Shi remained calm and let out a disdainful sneer.
"Humiliating yourself!"
With a thought, an incomparably sharp blade appeared in midair.
It was a world-shaking greatsaber. Its blade light blazed brilliantly, tearing through countless realms as it hacked down with unstoppable force.
At the same time, Zhongshan Shi shouted the name of this divine weapon.
"Blade of Time!"
In an instant, Fuxi's scalp went numb and his entire body turned ice-cold.
The great terror of life and death descended upon him, making it impossible for him to maintain the dignity and composure expected of the Human Emperor.
"Ah, how dare you!"
Fuxi cried out in horror.
But immediately afterward, the Blade of Time tore through the void and arrived, slashing directly across Fuxi's body.
The Blade of Time!
As its name implied, this treasure was empowered by the laws and order of time.
It could sever all existence at its very source.
Fuxi, who possessed only Quasi-Saint cultivation, had no means of resisting such a world-shaking divine weapon.
In an instant, Fuxi let out a miserable cry, and his aura plummeted!
The previous strike of the Blade of Time had already severed part of his origin.
Damage to one's origin was the most severe injury a cultivator could suffer. It would take hundreds of thousands of years to heal.
Moreover, it could leave hidden injuries in one's Great Dao, preventing any further advancement in the future.
One could well imagine just how violent and overbearing this move was.
"The name Fuxi is the highest faith of the human race."
"Only those who give everything for the human race and swear to resist foreign enemies unto death are worthy of bearing such a title!"
Zhongshan Shi paid no attention to the hatred on Fuxi's face and continued speaking.
Then, Zhongshan Shi slowly waved a hand and calmly uttered several words.
"And you are utterly unworthy of such reverence from the human race!"
Silence!
A deathly silence filled heaven and earth!
There was no other reason—Zhongshan Shi was simply too domineering.
He had berated Emperor Fuxi!
He had even directly declared that Fuxi was unworthy.
Unprecedented throughout eternity!
What shocked all beings even more was that, upon hearing Zhongshan Shi's rebuke, Fuxi made no movement whatsoever.
That earlier strike had already dried up Fuxi's blood and exhausted his Mana!
Even cracks had appeared throughout the source of his Great Dao.
In his current state, he did not dare provoke Zhongshan Shi any further.
"Tsk, tsk. As expected of His Majesty Fuxi, the Human Emperor from another plane!"
Within the Sacred Court of the human race, Zhou Yuan clicked his tongue as he looked at the peerlessly graceful Zhongshan Shi.
Though the Heavens and Myriad Worlds differed greatly from one another,
as the saying went, different paths led to the same destination!
Thus, the supreme divine arts Zhongshan Shi cultivated in the Human Dao world manifested their power in another form within the Primordial World.
Such as the earlier Eight Trigrams Formation, Nine Steps to Break the Heavenly Dipper, and the Blade of Time just now!
Within the Primordial World, they instead displayed even more unfathomable and bizarre might.
This gave Zhou Yuan some insight.
Because of the confrontation at Huoyun Palace, unusual auras began to emanate from the Heavenly Court and Wa Huang Heaven.
"Damn it, who exactly is this Zhongshan Shi?"
Seated upon the treasure throne of heaven and earth, Di Jun spoke angrily.
He had already witnessed the scene at Huoyun Palace.
At his words, Eastern Emperor Taiyi, the Ten Great Demon Sages, and the others all fell silent.
They too did not know Zhongshan Shi's exact origins or identity.
Within Wa Huang Heaven, Saint Nuwa looked toward Huoyun Palace with a gloomy expression.
"The human race..."
She murmured softly, unnoticed by anyone.
By now, stormy waves had long since risen in Nuwa's heart, and she could not calm herself.
The once weak human race had now produced one powerful figure after another.
This gave Nuwa an ominous premonition.
Moreover, Fuxi's grievous injury at Zhongshan Shi's hands today filled Nuwa with anger.
Yet she made no move.
She concealed neither joy nor anger on her face, and never allowed others to know her thoughts.
As a Saint, she had long cultivated such composure.
Still, after pondering for a moment, Nuwa sent out a thread of divine sense toward the Thirty-Three Heavens.
Huoyun Palace!
Fuxi and Zhongshan Shi faced each other in a tense standoff!
However, Zhongshan Shi was truly forceful and domineering.
Fuxi, on the other hand, was fierce on the outside but weak within.
After a long while, Fuxi spoke in a deep voice:
"I am the Human Emperor of the human race."
"What you have done today is perverse and heretical, a betrayal of all proper principles!"
"You will surely suffer heavenly punishment!"
Knowing his combat strength could not compare to Zhongshan Shi's, Fuxi sought to pressure him with the authority of the Human Emperor.
Hearing this, Zhongshan Shi looked at Fuxi disdainfully and said:
"Haha, this so-called Human Emperor is less than dog shit in my eyes!"
"We of the human race revere only the Human Ancestor!"
Zhongshan Shi's words exploded like Heavenly Sound, rumbling endlessly.
Even the Heavenly Dao responded, issuing deep rumbles one after another.
All beings were shocked!
They revered only the Human Ancestor and not the Human Emperor?
Could it be that Zhongshan Shi intended to depose the Human Emperor today?
The human race was destined by heaven—who dared bully them!
Deposing the Human Emperor!
What a heaven-shaking concept that was.
One had to know that the Human Emperor stood at the pinnacle of the human race and bore boundless human race destiny and merit.
If such an existence were deposed, it would be enough to make heaven and earth resonate!
Naturally, Fuxi understood the importance of this matter.
His expression shifted constantly, but he still forced himself to remain calm as he said:
"Zhongshan Shi, I was ordained by fate."
"You? You think you can strip me of my status?"
Fuxi shouted angrily.
He knew that if things truly became as Zhongshan Shi said—if the human race revered only the Human Ancestor and not the Human Emperor—
then his so-called position as Human Emperor would be completely stripped away.
Hearing Fuxi's words, Zhongshan Shi responded with a cold sneer:
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