Destined Antagonist: I Refuse To Annul The Engagement!

"Remember, this journey is not for opportunities!"

Luo Xinglan looked at the three core disciples with a serious expression and warned in a deep voice, "Put away all your ulterior motives and focus on your tasks."

"Otherwise, don't blame me for enforcing the rules!"

The three core disciples felt a chill in their hearts and quickly responded respectfully, "Yes!"

The woman in front of them was personally appointed by Desolate Heaven, with an extremely high status, second only to the God Lord. To some extent, even the God Lord had to consider her opinions.

Moreover, the woman possessed the Mystic Yin Sacred Body and had unlimited potential. She was cherished and respected by everyone in the Divine Sect.

With their identities, they had no qualifications to go against the will of the woman.

"Although the Divine Abyss is full of opportunities, it also hides dangers. Even the Profound Earth is at risk of losing their lives."

"Be cautious and stick close to me!"

Luo Xinglan cautioned them solemnly. Then, a faint blue divine radiance emanated from her body as she manipulated a part of the rules of heaven and earth she had mastered. It formed special ripples, and she stepped on the invisible nodes in the void like a dragonfly touching the water.

With her past life memories, she had some understanding of the Divine Abyss. There were hidden dangers within, even secrets that she had not discovered in her previous life.

A slight mistake could lead to their downfall.

Even with her memories and experience from her past life, she couldn't guarantee a smooth journey to the depths and successfully obtain the sapling of the World Tree.

The three core disciples nodded solemnly and carefully watched Luo Xinglan. They followed her footsteps cautiously, stepping on the same spots she did.

The group of four moved slowly.

But in just a moment, their figures disappeared like illusions, as if they had entered another dimension.

On the other side.

Inside the Human Monument.

Jiang Xuan had gained recognition from the Human Monument and was bathed in a vast brilliance, with the majestic luck of the human race flowing into his body.

The human will hidden in his sea of consciousness solidified, forming a vague human figure. It sat opposite Jiang Xuan's divine soul, resonating with each other.

Jiang Xuan's mind produced a related understanding.

When the human will completely solidified, it meant that he had reached the pinnacle of the Lesser King and could attempt to become the Human King.

And after he achieved the status of the Human King, his divine soul could merge with the human will, allowing his consciousness to traverse the heavens and the human race.

"The Human King is not just a simple title, but... the supreme authority recognized by heaven and earth!"

Jiang Xuan realized this, just like the Mountain God who held the authority of a realm. The title of the Human King represented... the authority of the human race!

Of course, the increase in luck from the human race infused into Jiang Xuan's body brought him more than just this.

The most noteworthy was... his sword dao!

He cultivated the Sword of Humanity, which was based on the human race and derived its power from the luck of the human race. The infusion of human luck greatly enhanced his sword dao once again!

His sword dao had reached a perfect state of understanding!

In this way, he easily surpassed his fire dao and thunder dao.

Buzz...

A gentle sword aura surged around Jiang Xuan, like the water of a hot spring, slowly flowing. In the blink of an eye, it filled the entire altar, giving people a sense of peace and warmth.

Jiang Chen and the other four outstanding individuals were infected by this sword aura, and their anxious hearts calmed down, becoming much more stable.

In their eyes, there was also a deep sense of conviction.

Silently nourishing everything.

With their cultivation levels, they couldn't perceive the changes in their own state of mind.

However, the inheritances left by the Blade Ancestor and other ancient powerhouses, who had once achieved eternal life, keenly noticed the changes when they were affected by the sword aura.

But they didn't reject it.

On the contrary... they were even more surprised and excited!

"The Sword of Humanity!"

Zhuge Daxian was astonished and speechless, his heart filled with waves of shock, but his face was beaming with a brilliant smile.

To take the human race as the path of the sword... In their era, they clearly remembered that this was a hypothesis proposed by the Human Emperor.

Yes, even the Human Emperor only proposed the idea, it had not been successfully realized.

But today, they truly saw it in this young king!

Daozu and the others were overwhelmed with emotions, unable to express themselves, struggling to find the right words, and in the end, they could only use one sentence to express their feelings.

"The rise of the human race! The great rise of the human race!"

The spirit of the Human Stele gazed at Jiang Xuan, who was sitting high on the throne, her warm eyes flickering with surprise.

In that era, the Human Emperor gathered three thousand rare stones from heaven and earth, took the luck of the human race, and created her with a great divine ability, giving her the ability to carry the luck and destiny of the human race. However, he did not make her his own, but took a divine authority from the heavens and enfeoffed a mountain god to guard her.

At that time, she was just a newly born spiritual body, her wisdom was still weak, and she did not understand this. She felt resentful in her heart and had asked the Human Emperor many times why he created her but did not make her his master.

The Human Emperor only said lightly, "Your master is someone else."

This sentence had been troubling her for millions of years.

Until today, she suddenly had some understanding.

Perhaps... the young king who cultivated the path of the sword was the one the Human Emperor referred to as her master!

The true master!

The answer to her millions of years of confusion made the spirit of the Human Stele cry tears of joy. Tears could not flow from her spiritual body, but the shimmering in her eyes was the ultimate manifestation of her emotions.

"Master, I pay my respects!" she said.

Previously, she said "I pay my respects to the young king," but now it was "master." There was a slight difference in address, but the significance was completely different!

No one naturally knew this.

Perhaps the mountain god who once stood in the sky and had already perished had some vague knowledge, but it would take a long time for him to recover and regain divine authority.

After digesting what he had gained, Jiang Xuan slowly opened his eyes, calm and gentle, with a profound and mysterious charm that seemed to encompass everything.

His gaze swept over everyone with a calmness that carried an indescribable momentum, causing people's bodies and minds to sink, giving rise to feelings of admiration and submission.

"We pay our respects, young king!"

Whether it was Jiang Chen's four monstrous geniuses or the inheritance marks of the ancient powerhouses like Daozu, they all naturally bowed and paid their respects, without any hesitation or resistance, as if it was the natural thing to do.

Jiang Xuan nodded and smiled, waved his hand, and activated the rules on the altar, lifting everyone up.

Then, he stood up and walked down from the throne.

The throne dissipated on its own.

Looking at the spirit of the Human Stele, Jiang Xuan pondered for a moment and whispered a sentence that only the spirit of the Human Stele could hear under the influence of the rules, "Based on your estimation, if the Human Stele merges with me, how much of the negative effects of the bloodline curse can it suppress?"

The spirit of the Human Stele raised her eyes slightly, focusing on the grim curse totem on Jiang Xuan's forehead. With just one glance, she recognized it as the terrifying curse set by the Cangming Demon Emperor, and her warm eyes emitted a radiance as she searched her own memories and pondered for a moment before responding respectfully with a difficult expression, "Reporting to the master, if the Human Stele is completely merged, restored to its complete form, I am confident that I can help the master suppress fifty percent of the negative effects of the bloodline curse."

"But now... the Human Stele has already split, and it cannot be completely merged. My strength has greatly diminished, so I may only be able to help the master seal the curse totem, preventing it from interfering with the master's cultivation."

Jiang Xuan narrowed his eyes slightly and nodded slightly.

He had gained an understanding of the spirit of the Human Stele when she recognized him as her master. He just felt a bit unwilling and wanted to confirm it through her.

Originally, with the will of the human race and the luck of the human race added to him, the curse was triggered, causing his lifespan to be reduced to only three years. Later, in the Jiang Heng lineage, he obtained a piece of the Human Stele, which suppressed the curse totem and extended his lifespan to about ten years. Now, with the spirit of the Human Stele recognizing him as her master, equivalent to subduing all five pieces of the Human Stele, his lifespan could be extended to about thirty years.

The suppression of the curse by the Human Stele was not as simple as imagined; there was also a certain degree of attenuation.

It was like... when a cultivator took too many elixirs, there would be a certain level of drug resistance.

After all, the Human Stele had split into five parts, and until it was completely restored, it could not fully exert the sacred power of the human race's holy artifact.

Moreover, this bloodline curse was set by the Cangming Demon Emperor at the cost of his immortal emperor foundation. It was already a terrifying existence that surpassed the pinnacle of the heavens.

"Thirty years to achieve true godhood?"

Jiang Xuan smiled helplessly. He wasn't Long Aotian, even if he cheated, he couldn't go against the objective laws. Achieving true godhood within thirty years... had never happened in the millions of years of history of the human race in the heavens.