Two hundred years later.
Boundless Immortal Domain, Human Emperor Hall.
In the Myriad Races Great Slaughter Era, the Great General of the Heavenly Wasteland returned.
Beneath the Human Ancestor, winds and clouds surged, figures thronging everywhere. They were the Heavenly Wasteland Old Guard who had once returned from the bottom of the Heavenly River. In this era, they had marched their armies across the Three Thousand Great Worlds and charged into the Primordial Myriad Realms Domain—a bloody iron army of Human Race cultivators.
Their expressions varied, yet all stood solemnly behind Bai Mengli, before the Human Emperor Hall.
Ji Ruonan stood alone outside the hall, staring in disbelief at the arriving Great General of the Heavenly Wasteland. The shock in her expression was impossible to conceal, and for a long time, she said nothing.
"The fluctuations sent by the Heavenly Dao Will have long been known to our clan."
"The Heavenly Dao cannot be defied. Heavenly Wasteland, our clan is powerless in this matter."
"Before you came, our clan had discussed this matter for years. It is too difficult—far too difficult."
Several ancient, vast voices sounded from within the Human Emperor Hall, each carrying a sigh. The Five Elements Dao Ancestor had been suppressed by the Myriad Spirits Heavenly Dao. It seemed the Human Race had not wished to foresee this either, but they had not caused it, much less guided it.
To put it bluntly, he had brought it upon himself.
Within the Human Emperor Hall.
Sixteen aged figures slowly met one another's gazes, then closed their eyes and nodded.
They had actually long since reached their conclusion: use the Five Elements Dao Ancestor to exhaust the Heavenly Dao Power. The Boundless Hegemon Clans understood this perfectly and tacitly accepted it. No one would lend aid.
They had