The last person to ascend to immortality.
Li Rui thought to himself.
His footsteps did not pause as he rapidly approached the Azure Emperor statue.
Most of the cultivators who had entered the Human Emperor Hall before him had also gathered beneath the enormous stone statue of the Azure Emperor.
The Human Emperor Trial is Emperor's Hearing.
The Human Emperor Trial was not like the contests of those immortal sects. Cultivation and talent were even secondary; what it sought were promising seedlings capable of suppressing an entire dynasty.
As the saying went, the great affairs of a nation lay in rites and war.
What were rites?
They were sacrifices offered to the heroic spirits of the Human Emperors throughout the ages.
Li Rui narrowed his eyes slightly. Upon this Azure Emperor statue, he sensed a full hundred auras, all belonging to Human Emperors of past generations.
The words "Human Emperor" in Human Emperor Hall could not have been more fitting.
That was because every Human Emperor was ultimately buried within the Human Emperor Hall. Over a thousand years, the accumulated Emperor Qi and Emperor souls had become immensely substantial.
The Human Emperors of every dynasty also took pride in being buried within the Human Emperor Hall.
Emperor's Hearing means linking one's own fortune to the stone statue, gaining the recognition of the Human Emperor souls within the Azure Emperor statue. The degree of recognition is determined by the color of the aura.
Purple Qi is highest, Red Qi is middling, and Azure Qi is lowest.
Li Rui recalled the intelligence he had heard from True Monarch Yu Hai.
At that moment.
A middle-aged man dressed in a python robe spoke leisurely and cast Li Rui a friendly gaze. "My name is Ji Fang. I am Xiaofan's clan uncle."
"Greetings, Senior