Although the divine will was only coming from the imperial palace that Xu Qing had previously visited, all of the eyes above all the imperial palaces in the entire Ancient Spirit world were twitching.2

The reality was... that encounter had been more frustrating to Emperor Ancient Spirit than anything since the destiny aura of Revered Ancient destroyed hīs species and banished them to this place. Given hīs personhood, and hīs former glory, it was possible to guess hīs state of mind when hē ended that encounter by screaming, “Screw off, NOW!” [1]3

In hīs eyes, Xu Qing was a bug. For a bug to attract the attention of Crimson Mother to use as a threat and take a soul that had been offered to hīm... well that was one thing. But then Xu Qing extorted some of his Ancient Spirit destiny aura. It was such an incredible offense and disrespect that it took hīm months to calm down after Xu Qing left.4

And now, this person dared to return?0

Emperor Ancient Spirit was nowhere close to as glorious as hē had been in the past, and hīs mental faculties had suffered after hīs fall. Hē couldn’t think as deeply, and hīs thoughts were simpler than before. However, hē was just as proud as hē’d always been. And in terms of hīs personality, hē was still an Ancient Emperor of Revered Ancient. To hīm, Ancient...3