Ten thousand li beyond Kunlun Mountain, a hooded woman with a slender figure stood atop a mountain peak with several black-clad figures, gazing toward Kunlun from afar.
When the Hymn of Glory rang out between heaven and earth, it also began echoing through their mental spaces. The vast, stirring hymn left them utterly shaken.
"So this was when that familiar hymn first appeared?"
"The Fifth Epoch's civilization trait, that absurdly powerful civilization trait-the Hymn of Glory. So its first performance was this breathtaking."
"That fallen Supreme reflected such a powerful civilization trait. If he truly appears in the future, how powerful will he be? Perhaps he is the second Human Emperor!"
The black-clad figures voiced their admiration one after another.
Clearly, they had heard this hymn long before and knew its power well!
Six epochs had nurtured six different human civilizations.
The civilization trait of devils and angels-immortality-made them like cockroaches that refused to die, while the civilization trait of the Fifth Epoch's Divine Clan-the Hymn of Glory-could be called unmatched in slaughter!
The Hymn of Glory slowly flowed through everyone's hearts until it faded away.
Yet the black-clad figures' fervent discussion had not stopped.
Suddenly, one sharp-eyed figure in black looked at the hooded woman before them and exclaimed in astonishment.
"Huh? Captain, why are you crying?"
The Eastern Cang Region, Kunlun Peak.
White clouds churned into a sea, and the wind across the azure heavens scattered daylight.
Beside the cliff, an immensely tall tree rose from the ground, piercing straight into the clouds.
Kunlun was already the loftiest of peaks, yet this towering tree had forcibly raised its height once more, reaching above the cloud layer.
The tree's origins were simple enough.
A thousand years ago, an unknown seed had lodged in a crack between the rocks