Just as the Spirit Race was in despair and could only kneel and beg for mercy, Long Chen didn't care about Ling Huang at all. At this moment, he had the right to speak above everyone's heads.
Just as the Dragon Emperor had thought, no one could disrespect Long Chen, because he was now the most powerful person in the world.
Number one in the world, a peerless overlord.
If not for the Chaos of the Demon Star, Long Chen could live in seclusion in peace and break through to the Divine Spirit Realm.
That was his and Lingxi's dream from the beginning.
Facing the Spirit Race, he said with the authority of an emperor, "My friends from the Spirit Race, I can promise you everything about the Spirit Lord's inheritance. First, according to our bet, the inheritance is for my wife, Lingxi. I'm sure you all have heard what kind of person she is. During the Primeval Troll's chaos, it was because she set up the Qian Kun Teleportation Formation and used the Earth Vein Sky Dragon Formation to trap the Primeval Troll, that the Eternal Sacred Realm was able to escape. In the future, she will become the new Ling Huang. Although she is a human, she has 80% of the bloodline of one of the two great Elder Gods of the Spirit Race, the Pure Lady Ancestor God. Her bloodline is even purer than your current Ling Huang's. In the Eternal Sacred Realm, there is no one more suitable than her to receive the Spirit Lord's inheritance."
"Pure Lady."
Hearing this name, many of the Spirit Race were stunned.
The Pure Lady Temple still existed in the Spirit Race, but it was underground. They were searching for the Pure Lady Ancestor God. She had disappeared from the Spirit Race for so long that people had forgotten about her. But her divine power and legend still existed in the hearts of every Spirit Race member.
Long Chen had no reason to lie to them. So when they found out the truth, they still found it strange that it was a human who had inherited the Pure Lady's bloodline.
In reality, there was not much difference between the Spirit Race and the Human Race. The biggest difference was that the Spirit Race could not inherit the essence blood. The Human Race was more like the original Spirit Race, while the Spirit Race was more like the Human Race that had undergone some changes and developed in a different direction. For example, the Tree Spirit, the Flower Spirit, and so on.
The two words' Pure Maiden 'caused many people from the Spirit Race to cast their gazes onto Ling Xi. When they saw this beautiful woman, they immediately had a good impression of her. They simply couldn't reject her. A person like Ling Xi would be respected no matter where she went.
Long Chen continued, "Lingxi has inherited the Spirit Sovereign's legacy, and I can promise you that she will treat everyone in the Spirit Race the same way she treats humans. The Eternal-Life God Domain needs peace, not war. As long as I, Long Chen, exist, that will not change. We will unite against foreign enemies, and we will unite. From now on, the Human Race and the Spirit Race will be equal. I can promise that as long as we are here, the Spirit Race will be better than before. Today, I can promise you that if I misspeak, I will definitely return the Spirit Sovereign's legacy to the Spirit Race. At the same time, I can also promise that besides my own bloodline, I will not pass the legacy to anyone else. I will only choose between the Spirit Race and my own bloodline. As for who I choose, that will depend on whether or not you have the same potential as my descendants."
He did things openly and frankly, and if he had something to say, he would say it directly. He intended to create his own direct descendants in the future, so he said it directly. Of course, if the Spirit Clan had a more suitable candidate, he would also return the Spiritual Venerable's inheritance to them. He had never hated the Spirit Clan, and the only one he hated was the Spirit Emperor.
Long Chen gave these two answers to the Spirit Race's request.
After hearing Long Chen's promise, the Spirit Tribe, who had been in agony, looked at each other in dismay. It seemed that the situation wasn't as bad as they had thought. Long Chen's character was trustworthy. At the very least, he was someone who would sacrifice his life for his wife and children. He was a hero who could face off against an opponent like the Primordial Great Demon.
In reality, they were most concerned about themselves.
Lingxi had become Ling Huang, but Long Chen was behind her. It was as if Long Chen ruled over the Human Race and the Spirit Race. A person like him promised to treat the Human Race and the Spirit Race equally. He also swore that the Spirit Race wouldn't have to worry about losing the Spirit Master's legacy and being bullied by others.
After all, the Spirit Master's legacy was everything to the Spirit Race.
If the Spirit Race was under Long Chen's protection, it would be even safer than when Ling Huang was there.
As for Ling Huang's death, he had brought so much danger to the Spirit Race. If he handed over the Spirit Master's legacy, he would lose everything. No one would care about his life or death.
So, the Spirit Race didn't beg Long Chen anymore. They had accepted the reality.
In reality, Long Chen said so much to Ling Huang.
In the eyes of the world, he turned around to face Ling Huang, whose eyes were still closed. At that moment, the old man was crying. He looked quite pitiful.
"You heard it."
"Yes..."
At that moment, Ling Huang opened his eyes. They were dim and lifeless. He was not far from death.
Seeing him like this, Long Chen couldn't bear to see him die. But he wasn't a saint. He couldn't forgive him. Ling Huang smiled bitterly.
"Don't worry, I've thought it through. All of this is my own fault. I was too arrogant. The world is changing, and there will always be someone who will come to change it. But I was too stubborn and brought about my own destruction. Everything that happened today is my own fault. You're not wrong at all. Everything that you promised is a gift to me. You're also right. If I were the victor, you would already be a dead man by now. I won't give the Human Race any chance to plead for mercy, and I'll even kill whoever tries to stop me."
Everyone listened to their conversation quietly.
After everything was over, they were in a different state of mind. Maybe they weren't a match for each other anymore, so Ling Huang was able to talk calmly.
"Don't worry, the Spirit Venerable's inheritance is just a way for me to retaliate against you. Since I accepted it, I will take responsibility for it. I can admit that in my eyes, the Human Clan and the Spirit Clan are the same. I will take care of this clan, and I will let them have a more vigorous life. I can make it better than when you ruled."
Hearing this, Ling Huang suddenly smiled.
He whispered, "Long Chen, to be honest, I admire you. You and your father are both natural-born heroes. Now that I'm about to die, I've let go of everything. It's because of this that I can see you clearly. Your father pursued too many things, and he wasn't satisfied with just being the strongest person in the world, so he searched everywhere for opponents. That's why he died. Now that the world has changed, you have too many responsibilities, and you have a natural sense of mission. This is where you and I differ from each other. I'm an incomparably selfish person, and I can even abandon and kill my own wife and children, let alone protect my people. You say that you will protect the Spirit Race better than me, and I believe you a hundred percent. But I think that with your father's personality, when you encounter those terrifying existences, you might also die early …"
Ling Huang was selfish and didn't care about anything. That was why he was still alive today.
Long Qinglan was just a flash in the pan, and then gone.
It was rare for Ling Huang to be able to see things clearly, and for him to be able to let go. Long Chen felt a lot more relaxed, and he smiled. "I didn't expect you to understand things like that. If you believe me, then I can rest easy. I used to have a lot of hatred for you, but I don't hate you anymore. But life and death are all fated, and I don't know what will happen to the world in the future. The Devil Star is coming, and I'm going to do everything I can to protect the world. I'm not trying to promise you anything, but that's what I came to this world for. It's the mission my father gave me."
"So it seems your father is even more noble than you are. I really want to see what happens to the Immortal God Domain in the future, and whether or not my Spirit Race will go extinct. I can't believe you. The Devil Star Primeval Troll has truly awakened, and this place is going to become hell. I want to see what you can do, but it's time for me to die."
"All you have to do is hand over the legacy of the Spirit Sovereign, and who cares if you live or die?" Long Chen smiled.
"No. Rules are rules, and a bet is a bet. The moment I make the bet is the moment my life ends. Everyone has to pay the price for what they do. That's karma. It's just like you said. Without karma, the world would lose its order. Sometimes it's not that there isn't karma, it's just that it hasn't arrived yet. I've been selfish all my life, and I only care about myself. Everyone else in the world is like ants to me. Today, I finally got my karma. Karma really is a mysterious thing...."
Emperor Ling smiled as he sighed with emotion.
Long Chen's heart was deeply moved by his words.
"So that's karma."
This was the first time he had ever been moved by that word.
Karma. So that was how it worked. He had always pursued the dao of karma, but had never realized that he hadn't even understood the most basic of it. How you lived, how you lived, how you lived, how you lived. It was the same for everyone and everything. Lecherous people would eventually die because of lust, and evil people would end up as corpses in the wilderness. Every detail of the world was governed by the rules of karma. It was just like how fertile soil could bear fruit.