By this time, all five Supremes had returned!
The universe cheered, and heaven and earth celebrated together!
Shi, the Dao Ancestor, the Heavenly Lord, and the Ghost Queen were all radiant with vigor. Only the Human Emperor seemed somewhat subdued.
When the Human Emperor had transformed into the Black-Gold Long Spear, he had been in a state of death.
But those ten thousand years had still been within the "five-second epoch" created by Shi!
Without interference from outside enemies, Jiang Yang, as the Supreme Concept Sovereign, had directly used his own mighty power within those five seconds to alter a portion of history, erasing the temporal backlash against the Human Emperor and thereby bringing him back to the world of the living!
At the moment, however, the Human Emperor was simply in somewhat poor condition after being put through all that.
Fortunately, as a Supreme, he would soon recover.
The five Supremes stood in the starry sky, looking at the already-destroyed Clock Tower, at the Divine Emperor Bell suspended high amid the Starsea and radiating vast power of time, and at the Subordinate Civilizations waiting outside the Clock Star System, as quiet as quails. Then they turned toward Divine Emperor Jiang Yang, who stood amid the radiance, heroic and imposing yet somewhat listless, and intense joy welled up in all their hearts.
Jiang Yang had won. Human Civilization had triumphed!
Their sacrifices had not been in vain!
Dao Ancestor Taishang was the first to offer praise.
"Thank you for your efforts, Jiang Yang. You reversed the fate of Human Civilization!"
The Human Emperor looked at Jiang Yang and gave a slight nod, just as he always had.
The corners of the Ghost Queen's lips lifted, and she was clearly in an excellent mood. Heavenly Lord Ye, meanwhile, looked himself over,