"Follow the Human Emperor's example?"
Xia Fuyou's words startled everyone. They knew which Human Emperor she meant: the one who had united the Xuanhuang Continent and founded the Central Sacred Dynasty 150,000 years ago.
"The Human Emperor refined the Nine Provinces Origin?"
Lu Ren asked in surprise.
Xia Susu's expression grew grave. She nodded. "Back then, Human Emperor Ye Chuang united Xuanhuang and founded the Central Sacred Dynasty. Somehow, he offended a god. When the god descended, Ye Chuang smashed the pots and sank the boats, forcibly refining the Nine Provinces Origin to fight him. A mortal stood against a god, and their battle turned the Xuanhuang Continent upside down. In the end, Ye Chuang fell, and the nine Origins, grievously damaged, returned to their provinces. But the Xuanhuang Continent declined completely, falling from a high-ranking advanced continent to a low-level one!"
Lu Ren was stunned. He had never imagined that the Central Sacred Dynasty's Human Emperor had such a history—or that he had dared fight a god.
"Lu Ren, if you want to stand against Hun Mie Xian, you can only refine the Nine Provinces Origin. But there's a drawback!"
Xia Susu continued.
"What drawback?" Lu Ren asked.
"Once you refine it, the Xuanhuang Continent's spiritual energy will fade away and dry up!"
Xia Susu said.
"The continent's spiritual energy will dry up?"
Lu Ren started. "Then I won't refine it!"
"The Xuanhuang Continent's spiritual energy is already as thin as it can get. Refining the Origin won't change anything now!"
Xia Susu said, "Once the continent's Origin becomes one with you, it will grow stronger if you become a god. Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy will surge, and the stronger you grow, the stronger the continent will become. It might even regain its former glory. But if you