Chapter 387: Humans (2/2)

The energy of hell suddenly began flowing in a certain way and solidified in the air as the ‘dao’ character.

“This is the embodiment of dao! The form that all non-connate creatures ought to take!”

This ‘dao’ character was identical in appearance to the members of the Exalted Divine Tribe Lu Yun had previously seen. A human head and a serpentine tail!

“Due to humans shattering the dao, they are the masters of the world and sovereign over every other sentient race! What divines, dragons, phoenixes, and qilins? Preposterous, they all kneel in front of their human masters and cower in fear!

“Between heaven and earth, humans are the one and only truth! Human dao is the only grand dao revered by all living things! That is why the human form is the most noble form in the universe, why every creature transforms into a human, why they venerate humanity!

“Once upon a time, this world, this entire universe... even the netherworld beneath your feet belonged to mankind.” The voice grew more impassioned the longer it spoke, its booming tones reaching every corner of hell.

Those imprisoned inside the unknown void deep in the netherworld all quavered with apprehension, and the three giant coffins inside hell shone with dazzling light, resonating with the voice.

“But in the end, humans were dethroned,” Lu Yun observed.

“Yes.” A hint of sorrow flashed deep inside the eyes. “Humans were vanquished in an utter rout, a thorough defeat.”

“Is that why you people cast malicious curses against the dragons, phoenixes, qilins, turtles, and divines?” Lu Yun’s brow furrowed tightly.

“Hahahaha!” The eyes swiveled with the crazed laughter. “Cursed because they defeated the humans? No, because they are traitors, one and all!

“Humans once consecrated the dragons, phoenixes, qilins, and turtles as the four true spirits—auspicious symbols of good fortune and beings to be worshipped by all beneath the heavens! As for the divines… mankind elevated them to supreme beings second only to humanity.

“But in the final war, they turned on their human masters. They slaughtered the weak among humanity, the old, the women, and the children… they almost extinguished the human bloodline!

“We do not hate those who rose in rebellion. Human civilization was rotting from the inside and decline was inevitable. But we can neither forgive nor tolerate the existence of those sinners!”

Dragons, phoenixes, qilins, tortoises, and the divines were all traitors?

“Do you know?” The voice softened gradually. “Back when human civilization and dao ruled the world, these so-called true spirits were still ripping off pieces of raw flesh and making food out of blood inside their dens, and the divines were naught but nebulous spirits worshipped by primitive tribes in the remote corners of the world.

“The dragon and phoenix nests you visited are nothing more than primitive, backwater dumps!

“This dragon palace came into being as a result of a human king who killed nine Fiend Beasts rampaging through the lands. With the assistance of ten human grandmasters of the supplemental paths, he refined this palace for the dragons to guide them to the light of civilization.

“And yet, those same dragons butchered nearly all human descendents.”

Lu Yun fell silent. What was the appropriate response for a revelation like this? What should he say, how should he feel? Those who’d never lived through that era would never understand the deep-seated hatred burning within the voice.

“Then what about the severing of the immortal dao or those long-haired monsters?” he suddenly asked. “What about the poison curse inside Qing Han? Did you people also do that?”