Sovereign of the Three Realms - Chapter 1872

Chapter 1872: 1872

Everyone in attendance tensed .

They’d been slow on the uptake, but it now dawned what it would mean to the Divine Abyss Continent for its coordinates to be exposed - in addition to demons, there could easily be invaders of other races .

Emperor Coiling Dragon inhaled deeply . “Young lord, since the coordinates of our plane have been exposed already, why haven’t there been any powerful invaders since the demons?”

Jiang Chen smiled faintly . “Why do you think?”

Coiling Dragon thought for a while and blurted out, “Can it be that Myriad Abyss has been guarding the continent?”

“The ten sacred lands, to be exact . During the ancient demonic invasion, each of the sects fighting in the war sent part of their forces to Myriad Abyss with their heritage and established the ten sacred lands . They have been defending the gap to the continent against offworld invaders since then . ”

The room fell silent . Everyone was shocked by the tale . They’d always considered Myriad Abyss to be home of deserters from the ancient war .

“Then what happened to the deserters?” Mo Wushuang asked curiously .

“Apart from the ten sacred lands, there are many other factions in Myriad Abyss, most of them composed of descendents of those deserters . These factions make up the bulk of Myriad Abyss’ power . Some time ago, they staged a collective uprising, attempting to topple the ten sacred lands . However, they lost . ”

Jiang Chen briefly explained the political order of Myriad Abyss .

“Myriad Abyss suffered great damage in the rebellion . It was difficult enough for the ten sacred lands to deter the offworld enemies before, it’ll be even more difficult now . Things don’t look good for the continent as a whole . ” Jiang Chen’s tone was grave, but he wasn’t exaggerating .

Within the continent, demons lurked in the dark, ready to launch an attack anytime . Outside the plane, various adventurers had been trying to invade .

If a powerful foe emerged from offworld, it’d be a threat to the continent’s very existence .

There was every reason for them to be pessimistic .

A heaviness hung in the air after Jiang Chen spoke . The human domain had been a frog at the bottom of the well, ignorant to the reality of the world .

The great emperors especially, felt they had reached the peak of martial dao and the human domain at large, but in truth, they were nothing in the vast world .

Apart from the demonic race, Myriad Abyss was far more powerful than the human domain . There were divine cultivators there! And yet, the human domain had believed great emperor was a cultivator’s peak before the Order of Wind and Cloud emerged .

How pathetic .

Jiang Chen could read the heavy mood . “Reality may be cruel, but don’t be too pessimistic . Before the Order of Wind and Cloud, many didn’t even believe great emperors could ascend to empyrean, let alone that empyrean experts resided in the domain .  

“These biases stem from a lack of understanding . Although the human domain has fallen from its past glory, reaching empyrean realm isn’t an impossible dream . I believe more and more empyrean experts will emerge in no time . Our martial dao will enter an age of rapid progress . Once the ancient spirit veins break through their ancient seals, everything will revert back to normal . The human domain will return to its peak in the ancient times . ”

There were many factors leading to the decline of the human domain .

The most important one being the toll that the ancient demonic war had taken . Resources had been exhausted and spirit veins depleted . Many major sects and racial heritages had been moved to Myriad Abyss, resulting in the deterioration of the human domain .

In addition, many of the major sects from the ancient times had sealed off their sacred lands and heritage, knowing the demonic war would be disastrous . The Ancient Crimson Heavens Sect and the Primosanct Sect for example .

If the heritage of the ancient sects were continuously excavated, they’d naturally take root in the human domain and flourish . Even if the domain couldn’t be restored to its past self overnight, it’d gradually grow stronger .

What was more, after a couple hundred thousand years of rest, a large portion of the spirit veins had slowly recovered .

Even the martial dao world followed the law of nature . There was an ebb and flow to the natural cycle . Nothing could stay at its peak forever, and nothing would be in decline indefinitely .

As the son of the Celestial Emperor in his past life, Jiang Chen had formed a deep understanding of the patterns of heavenly law during his millions of years in existence .

In his opinion, the human domain had hit rock bottom and was naturally going to rebound after a long period of time .

In fact, it had already started to rise . Since Jiang Chen’s emergence, the collective strength of the domain had improved significantly .

The Veluriyam Capital, for example, had been ruled by a few great emperors with Sacred Peafowl Mountain taking the lead . Now, the mountain was the sole ruler with countless powerful cultivators in its ranks .

Empyrean experts like Mo Wushuang and Jingzhong Hui had also emerged .

Even Forefather Embittered Bamboo of the Embittered Savage Tribe had become the mountain’s servant . That was something no one would’ve even dare dream of before Jiang Chen’s time .

Though Emperor Peafowl was well-respected in Veluriyam Capital, no one could deny that Sacred Peafowl Mountain had made substantial progress under Jiang Chen’s leadership . Not even Emperor Peafowl himself could deny the truth if he was here .

Jiang Chen’s words made the despairing cultivators feel a little better . It was true the human domain had been improving over the years .

“Young lord Jiang Chen, is it really possible for the human domain to recover to how it used to be in the ancient times? I hear that every first rate faction at that time was led by at least one divine cultivator, and sometimes even more . Gods weren’t the rare exceptions in the human race . ”

Jiang Chen smiled and answered with a question, “Do you think no human will be able to ascend to divine realm in the future?”

Could there be another human god?

Jingzhong Hui laughed and said in a bright tone, “I’ve done a lot of research on the ancient times . No genius was talented as young lord Jiang Chen even then . Why would you think our young lord isn’t going to become a god in the future?”

Everyone was surprised . Could their young lord become a god?

It suddenly dawned on them that Jiang Chen’s cultivation had reached a height beyond their expectations .