For Chu Yang and Yao Guang, it felt as if they had returned to that village where they had lived together for five years. The deep-seated blood feud buried in their hearts was never mentioned.
Emotions are peculiar and mysterious things.
Over time, they tend to become more subdued, losing the intensity they once had.
In such moments, the deep-seated blood feud and the hatred buried in their hearts become incredibly intense.
This caused Yao Guang, in the years that followed, to be constantly tormented by the blood feud, just as she had been before.
Although she never spoke of it, their relationship gradually grew colder over time.
It could even be said that they became somewhat estranged.
Yao Guang knew that staying by this man's side would only cause more harm to both of them.
So, one morning, before the break of dawn, Yao Guang had already packed her things.
She stood at the door, her gaze filled with indecision and complexity as she looked at the man one last time.
In the end, she resolutely chose to leave.
She left the man who brought her immense pain and complexity.
Her figure gradually receded into the distance.
Chu Yang, after she had gone far, slightly opened his eyes.
In fact, he had sensed Yao Guang's intention to leave, but he didn't say a word or try to stop her.
He chose to let her leave quietly.
Chu Yang knew that this young woman's heart was very pure, even after all the turmoil she had experienced.
Her feelings were extremely genuine.
It was precisely because he didn't want to shatter this beauty in their hearts that she decided to leave so decisively.
A year passed since Yao Guang left.
During this time, Chu Yang never left the human world. He remained among the people, observing the myriad facets of life.
Even though his Dao had some flaws that could be perfected for ultimate transcendence, he chose not to leave.
Perhaps leaving the human world would allow him to fix these flaws more quickly, but Chu Yang had grown attached to the human race. He didn't want to leave them.
Maybe it was because he had inherited the will of the sages, giving him a stronger sense of belonging to the human race.
So, Chu Yang decided to stay, continuously perfecting his Dao of Humanity.
For the current human race, although the situation had improved compared to before, they were still very weak compared to other races.
The Dao techniques that Chu Yang had passed down would take a very long time for the human race to fully master, assimilate, and convert into their own strength.
During this process, it was necessary to have strong individuals to suppress and protect them, giving the human race enough time to grow strong enough to stand against other races.
Therefore, Chu Yang's presence was almost hidden in this world.
He was like a deity, silently guarding the land of the Nine Provinces and protecting the human race.
With Chu Yang's protection, the chaos within the human race finally settled.
Even the foreign races that had previously bullied the humans didn't dare to act recklessly anymore.
Countless foreign entities lurking within human territory were pressured by Chu Yang and withdrew.
This granted the human race a long-awaited peace.
Chu Yang felt very gratified, watching the human race grow stronger step by step. It gave him a sense of inexplicable accomplishment.
Time flew by.
One day, as Chu Yang was comprehending the Dao of Humanity, about to perfect its final flaw, he suddenly sensed an incredibly terrifying aura of malice surging from the land of the Nine Provinces.
The malice shot up into the sky, turning the once clear and sunny heavens into a scene of gloomy clouds and sorrow.
This dreadful aura seemed like the gaping maw of an ancient beast, continuously encroaching upon the territory of the human race.
Chu Yang opened his eyes at that moment, his gaze shimmering with infinite golden light.
With a wave of his hand, he tore open a massive rift in the void before him.
He stepped into this void, traversing an unimaginable distance, and arrived at the place filled with malevolence.
However, upon reaching this place where malice soared to the sky, he found no terrifying foreign enemies.
There wasn't even a single intact figure in sight.
What he saw instead was a city bathed in blood, with a sky-high aura of blood and malice.
Countless severed limbs were scattered across the streets, rivers of blood flowed backward, and the scene was gruesome.
Chu Yang could even see numerous spirits, imperceptible to ordinary people, lingering in the space.
These were the remnants of the souls of the deceased, their eyes filled with hatred and anger as they stared at Chu Yang.
Chu Yang naturally noticed this scene and his brows furrowed tightly.
This was an ancient human city, home to tens of thousands of mortals and cultivators.
Judging by the surrounding architecture, this city had once been a prosperous place.
But now, the city was filled with corpses.
Commoners, noble descendants, and powerful cultivators had all turned into skeletons.
The overwhelming stench of blood was almost tangible, filling the entire city with a nauseating odor.
Anger burned in Chu Yang's eyes.
Everyone in the ancient city, regardless of age or gender, had been brutally slaughtered. Even infants in their cradles had not been spared.
Foreign races slaughtered humans, viewing them as food.
The demonic path slaughtered humans to absorb their essence and blood.
But the scene before him indicated that the perpetrators were neither of these; they were killing purely for the sake of killing.
At that moment, a few figures moved within the endless pool of blood. They slowly stood up, their eyes filled with hatred and disbelief as they looked at Chu Yang.
"It's him! He slaughtered everyone in the city!"
Their eyes were filled with barely concealed anger and fear, their bodies trembling as they stood up and accused Chu Yang, "You, the Human Emperor, have done this!"
"We humans respect you so much. We even replaced our images of the Buddha at home with images of the Human Emperor, and we burn incense and pray to you every day. Yet you have done this to the human race!"
"You are unworthy of the human race!"
"You are unfit to be the Human Emperor!"