Chapter 645

"According to your words, if we compare Huoyun Cave to the Primordial World, and ourselves to the Three Paths of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity, then Huoyun Cave began as a village—I was the first among you two younger brothers to attain Dao, the first to enter Huoyun Cave, and at that time, I was its sole master."

"Yes, the Heavenly Emperor speaks truly."

Speaking with a clever person is easier—you need no lengthy explanations; Heavenly Emperor Fu Xi immediately understood his meaning.

"After Elder Brother attained Dao, my brother Xuanyuan and I followed suit and entered Huoyun Cave. Thus, Huoyun Cave came to have three masters. Elder Brother was kind-hearted and never oppressed us."

"So, all three of us are de facto masters of Huoyun Cave."

After Heavenly Emperor Fu Xi spoke, Earth Emperor Shennong also grasped the underlying logic and could not help but speak up.

"I understand—if Elder Brother had not been kind, and had chosen to oppress us when we first entered Huoyun Cave, then Huoyun Cave would still be ruled solely by itself today."

Human Emperor Xuanyuan's temperament is merely unsteady, but having attained the title of Human Emperor, he is undoubtedly a brilliant man.

After listening to Luo Fu, Heavenly Emperor Fu Xi, and Earth Emperor Shennong explain in turn, he too gradually understood.

"The Three Paths of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity are like us Three Emperors—Heavenly Path is that unkind elder brother who, after Earth Path and Humanity Path emerged, suppressed them and seized dominion over the Primordial World."

"Indeed, the Human Emperor speaks correctly—the Heavenly Path has maintained dominion over the Primordial World by suppressing Earth Path and Humanity Path."

Luo Fu nodded slightly, affirming Human Emperor Xuanyuan's words.

To those who know, these secrets are nothing at all.

To those who do not know, they are earth-shattering revelations.

The reason the Three Emperors and others could not perceive the relationship among the Three Paths of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity

is because the Heavenly Path has always towered above, dominating the entire Primordial World.

No one ever imagined that the weak Earth Path and the nearly invisible Humanity Path were, like the Heavenly Path, one of the dominators of the Primordial World.

"Though the Heavenly Path suppressed Earth Path and Humanity Path, it never fully consumed them or completely seized dominion over the Primordial World."

Seeing that the Three Emperors now understood the relationship among the Three Paths, Luo Fu continued, revealing further secrets to them.

"Earth Path and Humanity Path have merely been suppressed; there is still time before the Heavenly Path can fully dominate the Primordial World—this is our opportunity!"

Luo Fu's words rang like thunderclaps in the ears of the Three Emperors.

"Are you suggesting, Luo Fu Dao friend, that we aid Earth Path and Humanity Path to break free from the Heavenly Path's suppression, then rely on Earth Path and Humanity Path together to resist the Heavenly Path?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Heavenly Emperor Fu Xi discerned the hidden intent behind Luo Fu's words and voiced it outright.

"Yes—use Earth Path and Humanity Path to resist the Heavenly Path. We cannot directly oppose the Heavenly Path, but we can use Earth Path and Humanity Path to constrain it."

This was Luo Fu's long-standing intention.

When he first entered the Journey to the West World, Luo Fu had already decided to constrain the Heavenly Path through Earth Path and Humanity Path, ultimately suppressing Ancestor Hongjun.

This was also the most viable method Luo Fu could conceive.

If he could restrain the Heavenly Path and prevent it from mobilizing the world's power against him, he would have the confidence to hold Ancestor Hongjun in check and successfully reverse the Journey to the West's cosmic calamity.

"Your idea is good, but unfortunately, this method has virtually no chance of success."

After hearing Luo Fu's plan, the faces of the Three Emperors slowly grew calm; they exchanged glances, then Heavenly Emperor Fu Xi spoke with a bitter smile:

"We do not fully understand Earth Path, but we understand Humanity Path well. Today's Humanity Path has already been fragmented by the Heavenly Path and has nearly become its vassal—even if we exert our full strength, we cannot awaken Humanity Path's power."

As Sub-Sages of Humanity Path, the Three Emperors were among the most knowledgeable beings in the entire Journey to the West World regarding Humanity Path.

Over the years, they had also come to comprehend some of Ancestor Hongjun's schemes to dismantle Humanity Path.

Especially Heavenly Emperor Fu Xi, skilled in divination, understood these secrets most clearly.

Precisely because he understood these secrets, Heavenly Emperor Fu Xi knew how impossibly difficult it was to reunite Humanity Path and break free from the Heavenly Path's suppression.

Humanity Path differs from Heavenly Path and Earth Path—it is the Way of Wan Ling.

To gather the power of Humanity Path, one must possess sufficient Wan Ling fortune positions.

The human race is the protagonist of Wan Ling, embodying the majority of Wan Ling's fortune.

As the Three Emperors of the human race, they possess Sub-Sage positions granted by Humanity Path.

Originally, merely by uniting their three forces, they could temporarily gain the power of a Humanity Path Sage, gather Humanity Path's power and manifest it within the Primordial World.

But due to Ancestor Hongjun's schemes,

the fortune of the human race had long been divided among the Six Sages.

The remaining small portion was partly consolidated by Ancestor Hongjun into the positions of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, partly still scattered among the human race, and the rest seized by the celestial immortals and gods.

The human race is the protagonist of Wan Ling, not its sovereign.

The share of Wan Ling fortune they hold was never large to begin with.

Of course, compared to other races, the human race holds countless times more Wan Ling fortune.

After being divided among the Six Sages, the already meager Wan Ling fortune could barely support the emergence of two Humanity Path Sages.

And of these two Humanity Path Sage positions, one was fragmented into the positions of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors.

The remaining Humanity Path Sage position was dispersed among every human being, while the other half remains in the hands of the Heavenly Court.