“Humanity has never blamed anyone for our predicament… not even that empyrean supreme from the darkness,” the elder sighed. “Existence is a massive forest of darkness and countless races hunt through it. We were just defeated by others.

“The number of defeated since time immemorial outnumber the number of carp in the rivers. Humanity is just one of them.

“But we are very lucky to have those such as the great god Pangu and august personages like Hongjun who willingly gave themselves up to be our respective guardian gods and resident heavyweights, thereby extending our fortunes.”

Lu Yun said nothing. Although the beaten down elder in front of him was two hundred and fifty kilometers tall,...