As the voice faded, Gu Changsheng walked out. He had just arrived at Baiye Star and happened to hear Honghong calling him, so he cooperated with her.
"Master!" Honghong was overjoyed and quickly went to Gu Changsheng, taking his hand.
Gu Changsheng affectionately ruffled Honghong's hair and said, "You've grown taller and more beautiful in just a year."
"Hehe," Honghong giggled.
At this moment, the Ancient Heavenly Peng Crown Prince transformed into a human and walked up to Gu Changsheng.
"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
Gu Changsheng nodded. "You've worked hard this year."
The Ancient Heavenly Peng Crown Prince quickly shook his head and said, "It's my honor to be Miss's mount. How could it be hard work?"
The Baiye City Lord, who was standing to the side, had a complex expression when he saw Gu Changsheng, alternating between doubt, surprise, shock, and a deeply furrowed brow.
Then, he carefully approached Gu Changsheng and asked respectfully, "May I ask if you are His Majesty the Holy Emperor?"
"Hmm? You recognize me?" Gu Changsheng was surprised. He was certain that the Baiye City Lord was not some old monster sealed in divine source, but a contemporary Sage. For a contemporary Sage to recognize him was extraordinary, considering that before he chose to emerge, his fame was not even comparable to his son's.
Moreover, the Ancient Starry Road had been moved into this world before his emergence, so even if the beings in the mortal realm knew about him, the people within the Ancient Starry Road would definitely not have heard any news. Therefore, it was truly surprising that the Baiye City Lord recognized him.
Seeing Gu Changsheng's acknowledgment, the Baiye City Lord knelt down in the air.
"Gu Xinfei, the 247th generation descendant of the Gu Xin family, pays respects to His Majesty the Holy Emperor." Baiye City Lord Gu Xinfei was extremely excited, as if he were meeting his idol, unable to hide his feelings despite being thousands of years old.
"Gu Xin? Are you a descendant of Gu Xin'ao?" Gu Changsheng asked.
"Yes, Gu Xin'ao is our Gu Xin family's ancestor," Gu Xinfei replied. In the Gu Xin family, Gu Changsheng's portrait had always been enshrined, so when Gu Xinfei saw Gu Changsheng, he immediately recognized him as the Holy Emperor he had admired for many years.
"So it's him!" A hint of reminiscence flashed in Gu Changsheng's eyes.
During his hundreds of thousands of years ruling the universe, he naturally had subordinates. The most famous were the Eight Divine Generals under him, each of whom was a quasi-Emperor at the peak of physical sanctification. If it weren't for his Great Dao suppressing them, these Eight Divine Generals would have been able to become Emperors in any era.
Gu Xin'ao was one of the Eight Divine Generals. (I feel like I've seen this name in a novel somewhere, but I can't remember. However, the name left a deep impression, so I'm borrowing it.)
However, Gu Xin'ao had died of old age during Gu Changsheng's rule of the universe. Even Gu Changsheng, the Holy Emperor of the human race, had gradually been forgotten due to the passage of time, let alone the Eight Divine Generals. Moreover, because of Gu Changsheng's existence, the universe had been peaceful for hundreds of thousands of years without any major events. The Eight Divine Generals possessed great power, but they lacked earth-shattering achievements. The only ones who could remember them were probably their descendants and Gu Changsheng.
Looking at Gu Xinfei, Gu Changsheng couldn't help but recall the young man who had once vowed to challenge him. Unfortunately, that spirited youth had fallen more than nine hundred thousand years ago. Truly, things had changed.
Serpent Concubine's beautiful eyes flickered, and her heart was in turmoil. She hadn't expected Honghong's master to be the legendary Holy Emperor. *Hiss*, the Holy Emperor was a figure from a million years ago, yet he was still alive. What level had the Holy Emperor's strength reached?
Serpent Concubine couldn't even imagine it. A Sage was already beyond her reach, let alone the Holy Emperor's realm.
"Master, I have something to discuss with you," Honghong said.
"Speak, what is it?" Gu Changsheng asked.
"Promise me beforehand that you won't scold me."
"Alright, alright, I won't scold you," Gu Changsheng said with a smile.
With Gu Changsheng's assurance, Honghong said, "Master, I know that many races committed great mistakes in the past, but those who committed the mistakes are all dead. Although their descendants exist because of them, Master, you are too cruel. You have imprisoned them for hundreds of thousands of years. It would have been better to just destroy them from the beginning."
"..." Everyone.
Serpent Concubine didn't know whether to laugh or cry upon hearing Honghong's words. Was she speaking on their behalf, or did she want His Majesty the Holy Emperor to destroy them?
Honghong also realized that she had said the wrong thing and quickly tried to remedy it, "Master, I'm not asking you to destroy them! Don't do it!" Honghong knew how strong Gu Changsheng was. Destroying them was just a thought away.
"Then tell me, what should I do?" Gu Changsheng asked with a smile. The people who had committed the mistakes had long been executed by him. The races or family forces of those people had only been implicated. However, Gu Changsheng had imprisoned them on the Ancient Starry Road as a warning to others.
"Actually, I'm not asking you to directly eliminate their sins. Instead, I think we can find another way for them to atone for their sins," Honghong said. She already knew that these races had committed great mistakes, so she wouldn't directly ask Gu Changsheng to forgive them. She wasn't a naive simpleton. However, she had thought of a way to allow these races to continue atoning for their sins while also ensuring that Princess Serpent Concubine could successfully break through.
"Oh? Tell me your thoughts." Gu Changsheng looked at Honghong with interest. He had originally thought that Honghong would directly ask him to forgive these races. Although he would have done so, he would have been disappointed in Honghong. However, if Honghong could come up with a win-win solution, that would be the best.
