âConsider it an order,â said Su Ping helplessly.
Being their junior, he found it unbearable to be called âHuman Ancestor,â a supreme title.
âAs you wish, Human Ancestor.â
All the emperors nodded, but still exchanged looks and hesitated. Su Ping was indeed young, just a toddler compared to them, but his strength was extraordinary. In any clan, the strong were always the most respected.
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After becoming an Ancestral God, Su Ping was bound to see views others could not.
It had only taken him a thousand years to reach and surpass their attainments of hundreds of thousands of years. Their old age was nothing to be proud of; after all, too many people had lived ten thousand years in the same way, just repeated ten thousand times.
Age was never something to be respected.
The things gained because of age were the source for respect.
âAncestor Su, I heard you were surrounded by the Rain Clan and nearly killed. It was too late when we received the report; we were too useless and almost allowed for something to happen.â
Emperor Xin spoke with guilt.
The other emperors lowered their heads with troubled feelings.
Su Pingâs breakthrough made them realize what humanity could have lost. He was the dawn they had been waiting for too long. âCan you not call me ancestor?â said Su Ping with a bitter smile.
âAncestor Su, forgive us for disobeying, but you should accept this. All Ancestral Gods are called this way. We cannot break the rules. Besides, youâre the first Ancestral God in the history of humankind. We canât show you enough respect,â said Emperor Xin in a hurry.
He didnât regard Su Ping as a young genius who wasnât even a God Warrior, but as a real, supreme Ancestral God.
Su Ping stopped bothering about the title. He said, âNow that Iâm an Ancestral God, I should establish a new world for all humans. From today onward, humans will no longer be anyonesâ vassal race. Weâll become a high-ranked clan standing above the other clans. We will live as long as the world exists!â
Emperor Xin and the others trembled after such a statement, with faces already covered in tears when they raised their heads. They had long waited for those words.
Humans were weak, having paid dearly to rise to that height. The humiliating deaths of their geniuses; the enslavement of so many humans. There was too much darkness, too hurtful to remember. However, it had happened, and was remembered by those living fossils.
âThank you, Ancestor Su!â
âAncestor Su, youâve made the greatest contribution!â
The emperors shook as they spoke.
âIâve only done my part as a human should,â said Su Ping, âHowever, Iâll often be away. Youâll have to take care of our clan after the new world is established.â
Emperor Xin and the others had heard something about Su Pingâs background. They heard that Su Ping was a ferocious beastâs child, and that he didnât have much of a humanâs bloodline.
Su Pingâs admission to being a human was delightful nonetheless.
He had revealed the body of a mythical creature when he fought the Heavenly Tribulation. It wasnât easy for him to acknowledge his human identity.
âWeâll certainly do that. Donât worry, Ancestor Su,â said Emperor Xin in a hurry.
Su Ping nodded.
After that, Su Ping took the human emperors to see the elders of the Heaven Path Institute. He saw Yan Qing and the others, then chuckled and said, âElders, itâs been a long time.â
âItâs an honor to meet you, Human Ancestor!â The white-robed old man at the centerseeing Emperor Xin and the othersunderstood everything and immediately bowed to pay respects.
Elder Yan and the others were also excited as they lowered their heads to greet him.
Su Ping felt rather helpless. It seemed that he couldnât get rid of that title as long as he acknowledged his human identity. He said, âNo need to be polite, elders. I wouldnât be what I am today without the Heaven Path Instituteâs help. If youâd like, Iâm willing to become the fourth Ancestral God of our institute. Iâll lend a hand if the institute is in trouble!â
The leading elder was excited by the offer. He said, âThank you, Human Ancestor. You didnât cultivate for long in the institute and we didnât help you much. Even so, you still remember the little things we did. Iâm truly touched!â
âYouâre too kind, elder. I wouldnât have walked this far and this fast without the instituteâs help. I wouldnât dare forget your favor,â said Su Ping.
With Su Ping as the instituteâs fourth Ancestral God, the Heaven Path Institute would become even more threatening than before.
âHuman Ancestor, are you going to establish a new territory for all humans? If you want, you can create one on the continent near our institute, that way we can take care of it,â said the Chief Elder.
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Emperor Xin and the others had glittering eyes.
âOkay.â Su Ping nodded. Such a proposal would spare him some worries while being away in other cultivation sites.
Led by the Chief Elder, they went to the Heaven Path Institute.
The journey was fast. Elder Yan Qing and the others were only taking peeks at Su Ping in silence, clearly delighted. They kept sizing him up, as if never having seen such an Ancestral God.
Su Ping could sense their thrill. He smiled at them, and took the initiative to talk about things in the institute, as he noticed how scared they were to say a peep.
He set Emperor Xin and the others down, then he spread his senses and explored the continent around him.