All the Divine Kings hesitated but in the end, could only let it go.
Celestial Court.
Qianyuan Palace.
A majestic man clad in an Emperor’s Robe stood with his hands behind his back, overlooking the Three Thousand Lower Realms from above the Nine Heavens.
Dao Patterns intertwined around him, manifesting numerous visions.
As his eyes opened and closed.
It was as if the sun and moon turned, the cosmos unfolded, and all things were born and died.
Within the infinite Chaos Qi, Five-Colored Divine Light flickered, emitting a trace of innate aura.
"Did the Great Brahma Divine King and the others fail?"
Celestial Emperor Qianyuan’s gaze remained calm and indifferent, as if all of this had been anticipated long ago.
He spoke no words, only a flash of his gaze.
An Innate Divine Thought flowed upstream in the River of Time, observing everything that transpired in the Lower Desolate Realm clearly.
"Using heaven and earth as a furnace, laws as firewood, refining countless deities, such boldness indeed resembles the style of the Celestial Emperor of the Human Race back in the day."
"However, even the mighty Five Emperors of the Human Race could only meet a bitter end. What can an Outer Heaven Demon do?"
A hint of mockery appeared on Celestial Emperor Qianyuan’s impassive face.
As the Lord of Heaven, he presided over the Three Thousand Lower Realms as the Celestial Emperor of the Upper Heaven.
In the past million years, he had encountered countless Outer Heaven Demons.
However.
Though these Outer Heaven Demons came with grand backgrounds, their power was quite lacking.
Even the strongest among them barely reached the Ancestral God Realm, unworthy of his attention.
Thinking carefully.
It seemed that this Barbaric World had not seen any Outer Heaven Demons for tens of thousands of years?
"I hope this insignificant Outer Heaven creature grows up quickly, not to disappoint this Emperor."
Celestial Emperor Qianyuan turned slightly, casting a glance at the Lower Desolate Realm.
His gaze seemed to pierce through the Endless Void and the blockade of the Innate Trigram Diagram, seeing the Desolate World and the cultivating Lu Yuan.
The Divine Thought of someone like him, a Celestial Emperor Strong Person, was even more powerful than the Heavenly Dao, covering the Three Thousand Lower Realms in a single thought.
All things and changes were entirely within his grasp.
In fact.
Not long after Lu Yuan was born, he had already noticed Lu Yuan’s abnormality and extraordinariness ahead of the Heavenly Dao.
Yet, when he intended to erase Lu Yuan as he usually would, he felt an ancient sense of dread.
If he insisted on eliminating Lu Yuan, it seemed it would bring him fatal disaster!
Realizing this.
Celestial Emperor Qianyuan was euphoric; not only did he spare Lu Yuan, he secretly delayed the awakening of the Heavenly Dao.
After all, no matter how powerful he was, he was still merely a servant of the Innate Divine Demon Race.
If things continued this way.
He would be trapped in Heaven all his life, unable to transcend.
Moreover, an Emperor is invincible; every Celestial Emperor has their convictions and pride.
How could he willingly remain beneath others?
"The Great Dao is like a grand furnace, all beings are firewood."
"Only by sacrificing everything, by burying everything, can this Emperor break and rebuild, attaining immortality and eternal Divine Dao!"
A gleam of coldness flashed in Celestial Emperor Qianyuan’s eyes.
Back in the Ancient War.
He personally witnessed the might of the Innate Divine Demon Race and how the five Celestial Emperors of the Human Race fought to their deaths.
This left him with a flawed Dao heart, unable to achieve perfect clarity or advance his power.
He needed an extreme battle to achieve Perfection and transcendence.
And Lu Yuan, born extraordinary and protected by the Will of the Heavens, was undoubtedly the best candidate to bury the Heavenly Dao and the Innate Divine Demon Race!
"This child’s growth is not yet fast enough, not sufficient to contend with the Heavenly Dao."
"In that case, let the Holy Lands and the Divine Race make another move."
A cold smile appeared on Celestial Emperor Qianyuan’s face.
Not long after.
This order was swiftly relayed by the Celestial Court God King.
The initially schadenfreude-filled strong figures of the Holy Land felt as if the sky had fallen upon hearing the news.
The Great Brahma Divine King and four others led four hundred thousand Celestial Soldiers and Divine Generals to the lower realm, only to meet with a disastrous end.
Now the Celestial Emperor Qianyuan orders the Three Great Sacred Lands and the Nine Divine Races to quell the lower realm’s turmoil. Was this not sending them to their deaths?
Yet who would dare defy the Celestial Emperor’s decree?
Moreover, Celestial Emperor Qianyuan worried that the Holy Land and Divine Race would comply insincerely, and thus changed the site of the sacrificial trial to the Desolate World.
He promised that whoever could annihilate the Lower Desolate Realm would be eligible to inherit the Authority of Law from the four Sword Ancestors.
Furthermore.
The Celestial Emperor Dao Soldiers, whoever had the power would claim them.
Whoever could seize the Emperor’s Weapon, it would be theirs.
Celestial Emperor Qianyuan also promised to personally intervene to forcibly open the Two Realms Passage.
With the Celestial Emperor himself overseeing, they would surely not repeat the failures of Great Brahma Divine King and others.
Men die for wealth, as birds die for food.
Ancestral God Authority, Celestial Emperor Dao Soldiers, Human Race inheritance...
Thinking of these Supreme Treasures made all the strong figures of the Holy Land fervent.
If not now, then when?
The path of cultivation was inherently defying the heavens, snatching life from heaven?
If one was to cower and hesitate, how could they achieve great deeds in this life?
Moreover, it was the Elders and disciples of the Holy Land entering the lower realm; even if something happened, it would hardly affect them significantly.
Thinking of this.
All the strong figures of the Holy Land finally made their decision.
...
In the Lower Desolate Realm, within a small world.
Lu Yuan, who was cultivating, seemed to sense something and abruptly opened his eyes, looking to the sky.
"Was that just now...?"
Carefully feeling the anxiety from the depths of his heart, Lu Yuan’s expression became extremely grave.
His Innate Dao Body could foresee fortune and misfortune.
And the intense dread suggested he had just drawn the attention of an Ultimate Existence!
"Though the Heavenly Dao is terrifying, it cannot yet instill fear in an Innate Dao Body."