Everyone's hearts trembled. They naturally understood what Houtu said. Unifying the human race naturally included them, but this matter...
Houtu didn't give them time to consider and continued, "Have you seen these worlds? Among the myriad realms, there are hundreds of thousands of worlds, and many of them have humans. The human race can be said to be the most populous race in the myriad realms, but their overall strength is in the lower reaches. Since your Holy Emperor has entrusted the development and management of the human race to me, I cannot disappoint him. I will lead the human race of this mortal realm to unite the human race of the myriad realms."
Gu Changsheng listened to Houtu's grand words, speechless. It was as if he had asked her to unify the human race of the myriad realms.
"Goddess Houtu, was this authorized by the Holy Emperor?"
Someone asked. He was the head of the Baili family, an ancient aristocratic family from other star regions, usually living in seclusion, even more indifferent to fame and fortune than the Jade Pool Holy Land. Only the Gu family could contact them; otherwise, they would still be in seclusion.
"What do you think?" Houtu retorted.
At this moment, Gu Wei stepped forward and said, "Presumably, everyone has heard of the relationship between the Holy Emperor and my Gu family."
Everyone looked at Gu Wei, wanting to see what he would say.
Gu Wei continued, "The rumors are true, and not exaggerated at all. Our Gu family does indeed have a connection with the Holy Emperor. The Holy Emperor is our ancestor. It's just that our ancestor was used to a life of leisure. If the Ziwei Holy Land hadn't done something so infuriating this time, our ancestor wouldn't have returned. Senior Houtu is carrying out our ancestor's will, seeking eternal merit for our human race."
"This..."
Everyone looked at each other. They naturally knew the rumors, but when the rumors became reality, it was still hard to believe.
At this moment, the Holy Mistress of Jade Pool also stepped forward and said, "What Fellow Daoist Gu said is true. Our Jade Pool Holy Land can also testify to this. The Holy Emperor is indeed the ancestor of the Gu family and, according to seniority, also our Jade Pool Holy Land's ancestor."
Gu Wei and the Holy Mistress of Jade Pool sang in harmony. Even if they didn't want to believe it, after the matter of the twelve inheritance temples, plus the current Goddess Houtu, who was clearly one of the twelve ancestral gods—an existence beyond immortals—if she really wanted to unify the human race, it would be easy. There was no need to call them here with such fanfare. With Goddess Houtu's strength, she could easily crush them. Even if their Great Emperor were alive, it would be useless.
Since Goddess Houtu was speaking to them so calmly, it was clear that the Holy Emperor was standing behind her. Only the Holy Emperor would have such a gentle attitude.
They were not fools to become the heads of immortal forces.
The Emperor of Great Xia said, "Goddess Houtu, if the human race is unified, what will become of our Great Xia Dynasty?"
Everyone looked at the Emperor of Great Xia, wanting to give him a thumbs up. This was what they cared about most. If the human race was unified, what would become of their immortal forces? Now, they were the supreme holy lands, aristocratic families, and divine dynasties among the human race, enjoying the most尊贵 treatment wherever they went. If the human race was unified, would they still have this privilege?
Houtu coldly said, "I don't care about your forces' territories, but from now on, there will only be one transcendent force in the human race, and that is the Holy Emperor Palace. The Holy Emperor Palace will not usually interfere with you, but if the Holy Emperor Palace issues an order, whoever disobeys will not blame me for being impolite."
Everyone felt as if they had fallen into an ice cave, but they also breathed a sigh of relief. They understood what Houtu meant. Houtu would not forcibly confiscate their territories, but from now on, above all immortal forces, there would be a transcendent force, the Holy Emperor Palace. They were not opposed to this. Since the Holy Emperor was still alive, it was only natural for him to lead the human race. The only difference was that the Holy Emperor didn't seem to want to manage things himself, so he put forward a spokesperson.
"Goddess Houtu, can you give us some time?"
The Emperor of Great Xia asked.
"One month. I'll give you one month to handle this matter. I hope you can give me a satisfactory answer in one month."
After Houtu finished speaking, she waved her hand and sent them back.
Purple Heaven Star Region, Purple Heaven Star, Purple Mansion Holy Land. The Holy Master of Purple Mansion looked blankly at his surroundings. Such a familiar environment. He was back? He spent half a month going to the Desolate Heaven Star, and Goddess Houtu just waved her hand and sent him back. As expected of an existence beyond immortals.
"Holy Master, you're back? What about the Ascending Feather Flying Boat?"
At this moment, the Great Elder of the Purple Mansion Holy Land asked. The Ascending Feather Flying Boat was the quasi-Emperor-level Dharma boat that the Holy Master of Purple Mansion rode to the Desolate Heaven Star.
"Huh?" The Holy Master of Purple Mansion was stunned, then looked at his storage ring. "Crap, I left it at the Gu family."
"..."
...
A month passed quickly, and the immortal forces of the human race, as if they had agreed in advance, all announced their allegiance to the Holy Emperor Palace to the world.
As soon as the news came out, all the races of the universe were in an uproar.
Holy Emperor Palace?
What is this?
Just as countless living beings were wondering, in the Eastern Region, the Gu family, a transcendent palace flew into the sky, eventually stopping outside the starry sky of the Desolate Heaven Star.
The magnificent Holy Emperor Palace exuded an aura that suppressed the heavens. Countless living beings could feel the powerful aura within, making their hearts palpitate. It was like a great sun, suspended in the sky, emitting seven-colored light, illuminating the world.
The ancient myriad races felt that familiar aura and were greatly shocked.
The Qilin Ancient Race, the Twin Star Ancient Race, the Golden Ancient Race...
Almost all the great powers of the ancient races gathered on this day to discuss countermeasures.
They had heard before that the Human Race Holy Emperor was still alive, but they didn't believe it, thinking that the Human Race was deliberately spreading the news to deter them. Now, seeing the Holy Emperor Palace, the Holy Emperor Palace exuded that familiar aura, making it impossible for them not to believe it.
The Human Race Holy Emperor, that was the most powerful Human Race Great Emperor of all time. He was actually not dead? And now he had come out to once again integrate the Human Race of the universe. This was not a good thing for their ancient races.
While there were movements among the ancient races, there were also movements among the various forces of the human race.
The human race, excluding the Gu family and the already disappeared Ziwei Holy Land, currently had fourteen immortal forces. But below the immortal forces, there were many Saint-level forces like the Yin-Yang Sect. They used their relationships to find out what had happened and why all the immortal forces had pledged allegiance to the Holy Emperor Palace.
But soon, the Holy Emperor Palace released news that shocked countless humans.
First, the Holy Emperor had emerged and would integrate all the humans of the universe. Second, academies would be established in all human cities. All humans with cultivation talent could join the academies for free to learn cultivation methods. Those with excellent aptitude would even have the opportunity to enter the Human Dao Academy for further study.
Finally, there was the matter of the twelve ancestral god inheritance temples.
In order to increase the probability of suitable inheritors appearing, Houtu used great divine powers to connect the twelve temples to various human cities. Even those with useless bodies who could not cultivate had the opportunity to enter the inheritance temples. She did not believe that among so many humans, there would not be a few who could inherit the inheritance of her brothers and sisters. As long as one appeared, it would be a profit.
This was, of course, a wonderful thing for the human race. Other races, hearing that the human race had such good benefits, wished they could join the human race.
"Are we, the ancient myriad races, going to face the rule of the Human Race Holy Emperor once again?"
The ancient myriad races couldn't help but despair.
Inside the Holy Emperor Palace, Houtu was looking at a formation map with a smile on her face. There were countless light spots on the formation map, each representing a human undergoing the trial of the inheritance temple.
At the same time, she didn't expect that the human race of the mortal realm would be integrated so smoothly. But she knew that the reason it was so smooth was all thanks to the name of the "Holy Emperor."
"What did this lazy fellow do back then? He actually made the human race so trust him." Houtu muttered. She felt that even if Gu Changsheng led the human race into the abyss, the human race would think it was the road to the immortal realm.
The human race's worship of the Holy Emperor had become a kind of faith. Houtu could clearly feel that streams of pure faith power were constantly entering the Holy Emperor Palace.
This Holy Emperor Palace, refined by her own hands, would soon become a faith weapon of the Breaking Dao level.
The power of faith could be used to refine weapons and to break through cultivation. It was a very mysterious power, linked to the luck in the dark. It was an inexplicable power, but it truly existed.
Houtu felt the amazing power of faith. She had only seen this purity of faith power in the prosperous ancient god race. But the ancient god race had been managed by her for hundreds of millions of years. The human race was not comparable to the ancient god race.
"This guy, he has been missing for a million years, why can he still condense such a pure power of faith? It's really strange." Houtu was very puzzled. She had worked hard to manage and develop the ancient god race for hundreds of millions of years to condense this purity of faith power, but what about Gu Changsheng? He pretended to be dead and dived for a million years, and now he has returned and she manages the human race. Why can he condense such a pure power of faith?
"It's unreasonable, too unreasonable." Houtu complained.
"What's unreasonable?"
At this moment, Gu Changsheng walked in.
"You!" Houtu said.
"Me? What did I do to you again?" Gu Changsheng asked innocently. He had been drinking wine in his small courtyard during this time and hadn't provoked anyone.
"Hmph!" Houtu snorted lightly and continued to watch the formation map.
"Eh, the power of faith!"
Gu Changsheng also felt the streams of pure faith power. A look of唏嘘 appeared on his face, "Speaking of which, the last time I felt such a pure power of faith was 900,000 years ago. At that time, as the Human Race Holy Emperor, I diligently guarded the peace of the universe for hundreds of thousands of years. It can be said that I worked hard and made great contributions..."
"..."
Listening to Gu Changsheng bragging about the past, Houtu originally wanted to close her ears, but she couldn't help but be curious about what Gu Changsheng had done back then, so she endured his self-praising tone and listened. But she wanted to listen, but Gu Changsheng didn't say anything.
"Why don't you say anything?" Houtu asked.
"Say what?"
Gu Changsheng asked back.
"..." Houtu didn't answer. Could it be that she would tell him that she wanted to hear about his past deeds? Obviously, Gu Changsheng would answer her like this: "So you want to hear about my heroic deeds, you should have said so earlier."
Seeing that she didn't speak, Gu Changsheng didn't care. He said, "How is it?"
"How is what?" Houtu frowned.
"How does it feel to lead a race? Have you found the feeling of leading the ancient god race before?" Gu Changsheng asked.
Houtu's beautiful eyebrows relaxed, and she said insincerely, "Is that all? The human race is so weak, isn't it natural to unify them?"
"Really? Don't forget that I can read minds!" Gu Changsheng laughed.
Hearing this, Houtu couldn't help but roll her eyes at him and said, "Actually, it's okay. I still like this kind of life, being busy every day, just like before."
Houtu's before naturally referred to the time when she was in the barbaric land. At that time, among her brothers and sisters, she was the only one who liked to manage the ancient god race and developed the ancient god race into one of the three peak races in the barbaric land. So now that Gu Changsheng asked her to manage the human race, to be honest, she wasn't that resistant.
"Hehe, as long as you're happy. But you have to be careful. The human race in the mortal realm is too weak and can't withstand your too much tossing." Gu Changsheng instructed.
"In this regard, I'm more careful than you." Houtu said. She completely placed the hope of the ancient god race on the human race, so naturally she couldn't toss the human race. On the contrary, she wanted to use her ability to lead the human race to the peak of the myriad realms step by step.
"By the way, if you have time, you can pay attention to the reincarnation of the mortal realm." Gu Changsheng said.
"Reincarnation? I know." Houtu nodded.
Gu Changsheng smiled. He liked chatting with Houtu because Houtu's realm was high enough, and many things didn't need to be explained in detail, and she could understand immediately.
"Then I'm leaving, I'm out of wine, I'll go get some." After Gu Changsheng finished speaking, he waved his hand and left.
"Lazy ghost, drunkard!" Houtu despised.
But after Gu Changsheng left, Houtu fell into deep thought.
She had sensed that there was a problem with the reincarnation of the mortal realm a long time ago, but Gu Changsheng didn't fix it. She thought that this was an opportunity that Gu Changsheng had left for others, so she had never mentioned the matter of reincarnation.
Yes, the reincarnation of the mortal realm was a great opportunity for some people.
The law of reincarnation was a very unique law. It wandered outside the basic laws of the world and was not restricted by the basic laws, because the countless laws that made up the world did not include the law of reincarnation. Simply put, the composition of the world had nothing to do with the law of reincarnation, but the law of reincarnation was a real existence, so it became a special law.
The law of reincarnation was also a great opportunity for Houtu. Although it was impossible to break through the shackles of Breaking Dao with the law of reincarnation, it was enough to allow her to go further in the Breaking Dao realm, at least becoming stronger than she was now.
"Did he come to me specifically to talk about the matter of reincarnation?" Houtu was stunned, then shook her head and said, "How could this guy be so kind? If he were so kind, he wouldn't have left everything to me."
But no matter what, since Gu Changsheng told her about the matter of reincarnation, that was entrusting the reincarnation of the mortal realm to her. To her, this was an unparalleled trust.
"If this guy wasn't so lazy, I would really want to say thank you to him."
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