Chapter 1025, Round Table Conference

Translator: Silavin

 

Many people feared the strong, feared the great powers, feared those peerless Human Deities!

 

However, only those who had reached the absolute pinnacle discovered that only one thing deserved their fear… time!

 

Time was the most terrifying. It silently, soundlessly claimed the lives of all living beings. No one could escape from it.

 

Even Human Deities, as time flowed, ultimately returned dust to dust, earth to earth.

 

This was time.

 

If one did not contemplate it seriously, time seemed quite ordinary. But upon deep reflection, it became profoundly frightening.

 

Time was an invisible scythe, harvesting the lives of all things.

 

At this moment, before Qin Yichen stood the Human Race’s strongest, the Saints Heavenly Manor Master… Tian Wuming.

 

He was not merely the Human Race’s strongest expert, he was also one of several supreme experts standing at the continent’s pinnacle.

 

With him present, Foreign Races had remained dormant for nearly ten thousand years without invading their lands!

 

This had also granted the Human Race ten millennia of respite.

 

One could see how great Tian Wuming was.

 

However, Tian Wuming had lived for too long, reportedly nearly twenty thousand years.

 

He had not appeared for several millennia. Outside, many Races circulated news that Tian Wuming had already perished, so some Races had long grown restless.

 

They simply did not dare move first.

 

If titan-level figures could be compared to firearms and artillery, then supreme experts were equivalent to nuclear weapons!

 

Genuine nuclear deterrents!

 

Once provoked, no Race could withstand a supreme expert’s retaliation.

 

That massacre by the Demon Subduing Great Saint remained fresh in many Foreign Races’ memories.

 

Therefore, they could only wait.

 

Wait for Tian Wuming to die.

 

In his previous life, Qin Yichen had never met this legendary figure.

 

Because he had never appeared.

 

Even when the Human Race later experienced several conflicts, this Manor Master never emerged.

 

His life or death remained a mystery.

 

Qin Yichen had not expected to have the fortune of meeting this guardian of humanity.

 

Toward this old man who had brought humanity ten millennia of peace, he felt only respect, profound reverence.

 

“Manor Master.” Qin Yichen knelt before him, respectfully kowtowing to this elder.

 

This came from his heart.

 

“Enough, enough…” He seemed in good spirits, beckoning Qin Yichen to sit beside him.

 

This action once again shocked everyone.

 

They had not expected that merely by manifesting the True Dragon Martial Soul, Qin Yichen had already received such regard from the Manor Master.

 

This also reflected the True Dragon Martial Soul’s significance from another angle.

 

The old man kept smiling. He extended his hand, grasping Qin Yichen’s palm.

 

Qin Yichen immediately felt the roughness of his hand.

 

Though his skin and flesh currently appeared no different from an ordinary elderly person’s, it gave him the sensation of touching tree bark.

 

For some reason, Qin Yichen’s nose tingled with emotion.

 

“Haha…” Within moments, the old man actually laughed, and  that laughter contained joy, surprise, and… the relief of a burden being lifted.

 

[This damned Heaven had truly treated me well.]

 

Because the youth before him was not merely a powerful individual possessing the True Dragon Martial Soul, he was also a Heavenly Martial Artist!

 

A Heavenly Martial Artist!

 

An existence unique to the Human Race, the Physique closest to the True Dragon.

 

Body and Soul condensed as one, flawless in every aspect!

 

Every Heavenly Martial Artist was a pillar of humanity, a thorn in Foreign Races’ sides, their most troublesome opponent.

 

The Human Race had produced quite a few possessors of a True Dragon Martial Soul, but those who possessed both a True Dragon Martial Soul and the status as a Heavenly Martial Artist numbered only one, the Demon Subduing Great Saint!

 

Since Ancestor Hongjun, the Human Race’s most prosperous period was precisely the Demon Subduing Great Saint’s era.

 

Whether True Dragon Martial Soul or Heavenly Martial Artist, both represented the continent’s absolute pinnacle existences. When these two converged in a single person, only one phrase could describe it… entering Heaven and Earth, unstoppable beyond mortal means!

 

In Qin Yichen, he seemed to glimpse a prosperous Human Race era!

 

This further solidified his determination to protect Qin Yichen’s path.

 

“Child, from now on, I will entrust the burden of the Human Race to you…” His voice resonated within Qin Yichen’s Knowledge Sea.

 

“Yes!” Qin Yichen nodded heavily.

 

From accepting the Demon Subduing Great Saint’s inheritance, the mission upon him no longer concerned merely personal honour or disgrace, but the entire Human Race’s rise and fall!

 

“Follow me.” He gently patted Qin Yichen’s hand, bringing him away from this place.

 

Beside him, Qin Yichen’s mood felt exceptionally heavy.

 

Because he had understood this Manor Master’s situation clearly.

 

This pillar of humanity… did not have much time remaining…

 

When this pillar collapses, the Human Race might collapse along with it.

 

Unless another pillar emerged.

 

……

 

A round table.

 

Six positions.

 

Six people were seated.

 

This represented the Human Race’s highest six Forces.

 

Sword Feather Gate.

 

Heavenly Martial Domain.

 

Lunar Palace.

 

Alchemy Master Governing Board.

 

Council of Elders.

 

Enforcement Legion.

 

The first four Major Forces required no explanation.

 

The Council of Elders managed Saints Heavenly Manor’s existence, affiliated with the Manor Master.

 

The Enforcement Legion patrolled inside and outside the Human Race, eliminating all threats to humanity.

 

The other five positions held elderly individuals.

 

Heavenly Martial Domain, Lunar Palace, Sword Feather Gate, precisely Su Hua and the other two.

 

The Council of Elders had the Grand Elder who had received that Phoenix Clan expert.

 

Appearing in the Pill Path seat was naturally the Alchemy Saint who had been beside the Manor Master earlier.

 

He managed the Human Race Alchemy Master Governing Board, commanding all Alchemy Masters with influence absolutely no weaker than the others present.

 

Yet occupying the Enforcement Legion position was a young figure.

 

Precisely that white-robed youth… Huang!

 

Despite his youth, he had already become the Human Race Enforcement Legion’s Vice Commander, his hands stained with countless Foreign Race blood.

 

The old Enforcement Legion Commander had grown too old, and needed rest, so the legion had been fully entrusted to this youth’s management.

 

At such a young age, to already be qualified to sit here, this alone spoke volumes.

 

Huang himself was also the existence most likely to become Saints Heavenly Manor’s next Manor Master!

 

“This matter must be kept sealed. No one may rashly spread this information.”

 

The Council of Elders’ Grand Elder spoke, his face showing no joy whatsoever, only solemnity and concern.

 

If news spread that the Human Race had produced a True Dragon Martial Soul expert, those Foreign Races already growing restless would likely lose all restraint.

 

If war erupted, it would mean another scene of devastation. Possibly, all the resources humanity had accumulated over ten millennia would be consumed.

 

His words clearly gained everyone present’s agreement.

 

Regarding other matters they might disagree, but this situation was crystal clear.

 

“Then this matter requires your greatest efforts.” The Grand Elder addressed the white-robed youth Huang.

 

“With me present, not wrong will happen.” Huang smiled, projecting an extremely trustworthy aura.