Chapter 2329: The Benevolence of the Emperors in Human History

Four pieces of scripture, gathering the wisdom of all emperors, a transcendent path to immortality!

Jiang Ding's heart rippled slightly.

These four scriptures are extremely important and indispensable to him; the Human Emperor understands the Human Emperor's ideals and pursuits—they are of the same kind.

These scriptures have touched the deepest part of Jiang Ding's heart.

"Fellow Daoist,"

"Human emperors throughout history, what do you want?"

Jiang Ding did not take the four scriptures, speaking softly.

The Human Emperor best understands the Human Emperor.

The human emperors of history would never give away these priceless scriptures for nothing; they must demand something in return.

"Your Majesty,"

"What the human emperors want is nothing more than two points."

Indeed, the twisted shadow bowed respectfully: "First, join forces to strike down the self-proclaimed emperors of foreign races, wear down their foundations—best to exhaust the foundations of weaker foreign emperors, so they perish in this era;"

Jiang Ding's eyes flashed.

Thus, even if self-sealed slumbering history, the foundations between emperor and emperor still differ—some emperors have shallow foundations, making them more prone to death—for example, the Myriad Laws Ancient Emperor.

However, this should not be the most important reason.

"Second,"

"The emperors wish to join Your Majesty in developing the Boundless Starry Void, sharing blood food, and jointly pursuing the Dao of immortality."

The twisted shadow bowed deeply again, saying: "Your Majesty, this will certainly not harm your interests. Alone, you possess the Boundless Starry Void; jointly developing it with the human emperors yields different value. Though shared, you will gain more."

"Jointly contemplating the Primordial Ancient Canon is also certain—the wisdom of the emperors will surely far surpass yours alone."

"These two points—nothing more."

The twisted shadow knelt deeply, forehead touching the ground, silent thereafter.

The palace fell silent in an instant.

A pin drop could be heard.

"Blood sacrifice—"

"Speak of this blood food."

Jiang Ding sighed lightly, saying.

Human emperors, since ancient times, have been exceedingly proud; many look down upon blood sacrifice and blood food, many bear the great righteousness of their race, the welfare of all under heaven, their Dao hearts unshakable.

Yet, can sealed slumber truly change so much?

"Your Majesty,"

"The emperors slumber, though consumption is minimal, still they consume."

"And the longer the sealed slumber, the more immortal essence is consumed—since ancient times, there have been emperors who died from exhausting their immortal essence."

The twisted shadow slowly rose, its voice devoid of any emotion.

Somewhat icy, indifferent.

Invisibly, waves of terrifying emperors' will revived upon it, icy and heavy pressure spreading.

"Now, if we could use the powerful, young lives from the Boundless Starry Void as raw material, adding myriad immortal ingredients, we could refine a universal immortal essence supplement—replenishing one or two, enriching foundation, extending the emperors' slumber through history, increasing the chance of awaiting the Golden Great Age."

"Blood sacrifice and blood food concern the emperors' path to immortality!"

"Of utmost importance!"

"Any who block the human emperors, foreign emperors' living beings will invite endless retaliation! No living being can withstand the will of the myriad ancient emperors!"

The twisted shadow's voice was no longer respectful nor humble; strange echoes unknowingly arose.

Some echoes were sonorous and dignified, some icy and piercing, some soft and enchanting, some indifferent and ruthless—each echo a will, each will an existence the human emperors must heed. There is not a single nameless nobody.

These wills together depicted a result.

The will of the emperors cannot be obstructed!

"Then,"

"May I ask, the moral question of blood food."

"This Boundless Starry Void, in the age when the Human Emperor lives, must necessarily have most living beings as human, and the historical human emperors all cultivate the path of indifference?"

Jiang Ding, unmindful of threats, asked lightly.

Morality.

This term, among high-level cultivators, seems somewhat strange, out of place.

Whether righteous or demonic path, such a problem does not exist—speaking of morality invites ridicule, for it seems not something a high position should consider, appearing too weak.

But, from the standpoint of the Human Emperor, it is not so.

Since ancient times, those who achieve great undertakings must have extraordinary aspirations, extraordinary will!

Such top-tier beings possess ideals distinct from most cultivators.

For example, the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang, he holds profound humanistic values, regards every cultivator and every mortal equally, granting them personal respect.

For example, the Taiyang Gu Huang of history rose in an era when humanity suffered, enslaved and serving, in the age of blood food.

At that time, humanity united to the utmost; one human powerhouse after another willingly sacrificed for the race, willingly sacrificed for the young Taiyang Gu Huang not yet attaining Dao—countless times, myriad human powerhouses willingly died, merely to shield the Taiyang Gu Huang's escape, without resentment or regret.

Those special-era human heavenly powerhouses united, devoted, selfless, sacrificed to the point of bewildering people; the many historical records left behind seem utterly incredible to later generations, like Arabian Nights, thought to be surely altered by human hands during the Taiyang Immortal Dynasty.

But Jiang Ding and many human emperors know this is true history—the special era of human history.

Moreover, the Bei Dou Gu Di, this ancient emperor in history had grand ambition, preached the Dao to all heavens, for the myriad races had great love, treating every race and every living being equally, to the point of arousing resentment among many human powerhouses.

This ancient emperor, in racial policy, was too extreme—far more extreme than the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang, utterly lacking the racial stance a human emperor should have.

During his reign, it was a most brilliant age of immortal Dao prosperity.

After his passing, the human race experienced an extremely dark and bloody decline, with countless human beings dying; in many periods, even the entire Wu Jin Kong Kong human race was exterminated except for the human slaves kept in captivity, a period that countless human powerhouses find difficult to look back upon.

Many human powerhouses believe that Qingfeng Beidou was not human.

From a historical perspective, every human emperor has had their own unique outlook on life and values, most of them holding the world's common people in their hearts, not the extreme bloodthirstiness imagined by many cultivators who regard the world's common people as ants, for there is still some compassion in their hearts.

Benevolence and compassion are a kind of latent danger.

High-level cultivators being cold and ruthless is a form of self-protection.

And the human emperor is qualified to be benevolent.

Except for a few special examples who died without regret, a hundred times unyielding in attaining the Dao, the life of a human emperor is rarely one of deep hatred and great suffering.

Their talents and abilities are too terrifying, their wisdom too astonishing.

Society cannot whip the human emperor; instead, it is often the human emperor who whips society, so those who grow up this way often feel that the world is full of love, everywhere beautiful, and filled with humanity.

— In fact, from the human emperor's perspective, most people are good people.

Either it is pretense or it is genuine.

Therefore, in the eyes of many human emperors, conducting blood sacrifices on vast numbers of human beings is a somewhat immoral act that makes them feel slightly uneasy in their hearts, impacting their Dao heart to a certain extent.

Even if the impact is small, it is still an impact.

For the extremely arrogant, invincible under heaven and on earth human emperor, such a slight Dao heart impact is unacceptable, and to the human emperor it is a humiliation.

"Blood sacrifice and blood consumption, morality — "

The twisting black shadow indeed fell silent for a moment.

The contemporary human emperor is indeed their kind, each question directly pointing to their innermost hearts.

"Morality, can be abandoned."

"For the sake of becoming an immortal, minor details can be discarded."

The voice of the twisting black shadow echoed, with one thick, cold, resolute, gentle voice after another reverberating, representing the will of one human emperor after another.

In their hearts, compassion for human beings originally held only a slight position.

Now, discarding it is no problem.