Suiren Shi also spoke, "Within the Human Race's Heavenly Court, beneath the surface of prosperity, there still lie various hidden dangers."
"A woman's perspective, failing to see these, and instead sympathizing with the hidden dangers... yet not knowing, the former Five Sages of the Heavenly Dao once dominated the Primordial World, looking down upon the Wu and Yao tribes..."
"Where are they now?"
Where are the former Wu and Yao tribes, who once unified heaven and earth, now?
Where are the former Five Sages of the Heavenly Dao, who believed they had foreseen all past and future, ruled the Primordial World, and viewed the Wu and Yao tribes as mere ants... where are they now?
In the world, no power is eternal, but if one sympathizes with hidden dangers, sympathizes with enemies, and digs their own grave, how long can that power survive?
Hundred Flowers Fairy, rendered speechless by the questioning, could only personally admit her mistakes.
A farce thus concluded.
The numerous powerhouses of the Human Race, the Three Ancestors of the Human Race, and the many powerhouses of other races, all adhered to the ten-thousand-year plan formulated by Fang Ming as the highest directive!
To sweep across the universe...
To eradicate external enemies...
The doom of Immortals and Buddhas...
To eliminate all hostile forces in the Primordial World!
...
Within the Human Race's Heavenly Court, in a certain pavilion.
This was the dwelling place of Hundred Flowers Fairy, once a tribal chief among the three thousand tribes of the Human Race, now a powerhouse at the Great Luo mid-stage.
Hundred Flowers Fairy was weeping sorrowfully.
She wept in the pavilion.
Below the pavilion lay a sea of flowers, an ocean of blossoms.
Within it, many flowers had gained sentience; there were over a thousand flowers at the Earth Immortal cultivation level, and dozens at the Profound Immortal cultivation level.
At this moment, a flower demon spoke, "Hundred Flowers Venerable, Hundred Flowers Celestial Venerable, why do you weep..."
Hundred Flowers Fairy now felt an inexplicable aversion to the titles Hundred Flowers Venerable and Hundred Flowers Celestial Venerable.
Another flower demon, seeing this, directly said, "Hundred Flowers Chief, do you remember the past?"
Hundred Flowers Fairy suddenly looked back and said, "Yes, I remember the past. I remember when he first became the Human Emperor."
Hundred Flowers Fairy was reminiscing.
...
Twenty thousand years ago.
When Fang Ming had just become the Human Emperor, less than a hundred years had passed. He had descended upon the Hundred Flowers Tribe to inspect its specific situation.
Fang Ming went secretly, posing as an ordinary human youth traveling through the Hundred Flowers Tribe, unrecognized by anyone.
Hundred Flowers Fairy, aware of his true identity, saw him in the crowd and wished to pay her respects.
Fang Ming smiled and shook his head, stopping the Hundred Flowers Chief from paying her respects. He smiled, like a sunny youth, saying, "I came secretly, not as the Human Emperor."
"In public, one discusses status, but in private, what status is there to discuss? If one lives only by status, won't it be tiring?"
"Sister Hundred Flowers, what do you say?"
Hundred Flowers Fairy was about to call him Human Emperor, but upon hearing these words, she felt Fang Ming was much more approachable and changed her address, "Little Brother Fang Ming, you asked me to call you this yourself, so you can't punish me."
Fang Ming showed a look of disdain and doubt, scoffing, "Sister Hundred Flowers, can we avoid using words like 'punish'? It makes our statuses seem unequal."
As soon as he said this, Fang Ming and Hundred Flowers Fairy both burst into laughter.
The two then entered the pavilion of Hundred Flowers Fairy. Fang Ming, with his keen eyes, spotted a sea of flowers before the pavilion.
He sensed demonic energy.
Hundred Flowers Fairy quickly said, "Little Brother Fang Ming, these flower demons are all very kind. In the past, when the Hundred Flowers Tribe faced several demon invasions, they helped many humans survive."
"You..."
Fang Ming smiled, unconcerned, and said, "Sister Hundred Flowers, rest assured, I only target evil demons, not good ones."
After speaking, Fang Ming went to play with the flower demons in the sea of flowers.
They played with great joy. The numerous flower demons had no defense against such a harmless, young boy like Fang Ming.
Hundred Flowers Fairy smiled.
The last trace of worry in her heart was lifted.
Fang Ming and Hundred Flowers Fairy stood together.
The flower demons in the sea of flowers playfully teased, "Hundred Flowers Chief and the Human Emperor look very good together!"
"Fang Ming! Hundred Flowers! Become Dao companions!"
"After all, it's normal for the Human Emperor to have Dao companions..."
After playing for a while, Fang Ming returned to the original ancestral land of the Human Race.
Hundred Flowers Fairy did not notice the deep, emotionless gaze in Fang Ming's eyes back then, nor the lack of affection for Hundred Flowers, nor his disdain and disgust for the flower demons.
The time was not yet right, so Fang Ming did not reveal his true attitude. He hid many of his true emotions.
...
Returning to the present.
Hundred Flowers Fairy, with tears, said, "He has changed."
"After the Human Race unified the heavens, defeated the Demon Court, and became the Heavenly Emperor, he changed."
"He is not the Fang Ming in my heart."
The numerous flower demons fell silent.
Finally, one flower demon said, "But, the current Human Heavenly Emperor is the true Fang Ming!"
"We all overlooked one problem back then – would the Three Ancestors entrust the position of Human Emperor to a sunny youth without schemes or methods, like a child?"
"He has always been a believer in 'I alone am supreme'... and an extreme Human race supremacist!"
At this moment, two Great Luo Golden Immortals of the demon race, one of the first rank, two of the second rank with three flowers, plant-type Great Luo female immortals, arrived.
Many other transformed flowers, Golden Immortals, and Taiyi cultivators also came to visit Hundred Flowers Fairy.
Hundred Flowers Fairy and the many flower demons, formerly belonging to the plant-type flower demon ancestors of the ten thousand races of the Demon Court, and even the highest cultivation level of the former flower demon lineage, two mere Great Luo ancestors whose strength was only slightly weaker than Demon Gods.
Having accepted the restrictions of the Human Race's Longevity Decree and the limitations on spiritual energy, the demons, along with Hundred Flowers Fairy, complained bitterly.
Encouraged by countless platitudes, Hundred Flowers Fairy added, "Heavenly Emperor Fang Ming's mistake is that after ruling the Primordial World, he did not govern with virtue but with strict laws and severe punishments."
"For the Immortals and gods of the Chan Sect, such as Yun Zhongzi, the True Immortal of Blessings and Virtues, a decree of seeking talent should be issued."
"The Western Sect and the Sanqing Dao Lineage all have great sages. To slaughter great sages would be to lose face for the Heavenly Court!"
"For the ten thousand races of the Demon Court, reconciliation should be sought with them, governing them with virtue, not with刑法 (punishment and law)."
"In this way, governing the Primordial World with virtue, where all beings are convinced, would make him the Human Heavenly Emperor!"
Just as the many flower demons and Hundred Flowers Fairy were speaking intensely,
Suddenly, many Human Race soldiers, led by a Human Race powerhouse at the peak of the Great Luo stage, entered Hundred Flowers Fairy's cave dwelling.
"You..."
Hundred Flowers Fairy, feeling a surge of anger,
Only to hear the innate Human Race man berate again, "Hundred Flowers! The Heavenly Emperor is the Heavenly Emperor of the Human Race, not the Heavenly Emperor of all races!"
"Your intelligence is insufficient, and you are easily incited by demons. I will have the Human Race Judicial Institution deal with these flower demons for you!"
"No need to thank me!"
"Guards!"
Hundred Flowers Fairy was shocked and angry, mixed with fear.
One night later.
Looking at the corpses of the many flower demons.
Hundred Flowers Fairy could not help but weep again.