All the heavens, starting with Little Li Flying Dagger

"We will win"

Wang Gan spoke calmly.

"Even if we retreat for a while, we still have your son."

"???"

Ye Fan's eyes widened.
What do you mean? You're waiting for Ye Yishui to grow stronger after you fail?

Are you going to bite my son?

“Your son is the Crown Prince of Heaven, and you are the Emperor of Heaven.”

"If the Heavenly Court declines in the future, the responsibility of making a comeback will fall to you."

Wang Gan sighed, his tone solemn.
"Who told me to be merely the Eastern Venerable of the Heavenly Court, not the Emperor?"

"The Heavenly Court is mine, and it is yours as well. Ultimately, the future belongs to you."

Ye Fan's lips twitched. That's what he said, but it just felt weird no matter how he thought about it.

Wang Gan smiled slightly. This Ye Fan was still a bit naive, fixated on the power of the Heavenly Court.
Little did they know that becoming an immortal was the most important thing in this world, and the Heavenly Court existed solely for the purpose of achieving immortality.

If the Heavenly Court could help Wang Gan become an immortal, he wouldn't care who the Heavenly Court belonged to or how power was distributed.

Boom!

With the Great Sage's fleet leading the way, they finally arrived at the first human stronghold.

The moonlight shines down, the starlight is like a waterfall, and silvery-white star rivers hang down, making the entire ancient city look mysterious and grand, truly a place close to the gods.

The first trial for the human race is not always open, but rather every five or ten years to select promising candidates and those with the potential to become emperors.

The first level is now crowded with hundreds of cultivators, but there are very few who have achieved the Dao Severance Realm. Most of them are half-saints and saints, the most outstanding talents of each ancient life star.

The divine city is eternal and vast, with walls like mountains stretching endlessly, towering and magnificent, and a pair of heavy city gates closed, blocking thousands of troops and ancient sages.

In the void, divine power fluctuated, and suddenly a fleet descended, like a fallen star field, overwhelming the first barrier of the human race, full of domineering aura.

"This is the Great Sage Fleet from the legends of the Eternal Ancient Star!"

"Emperor Ye Tian has graced the ancient pass with his presence?! Who is Emperor Ye Tian?"

"This looks like an ancient battle flag from the Heavenly Court. Could it be a remnant of the ancient Heavenly Court?"

"The visitors are hostile! I sensed the power of a Great Sage, or even something beyond the Great Sage, emanating from them!"

In an instant, facing the Great Saint's warship roaming the void, countless cultivators changed color. Even the armored captain guarding the first pass of the human race, wielding a halberd capable of splitting the sky, tensed up and shouted.
"Quickly, go and invite the city lord! Quickly, go and invite the guide!"

A cold, indifferent voice emanated from the fleet, echoing throughout the entire Human Race's Heavenly Gate.

"The Heavenly Emperor has arrived to restore the ancient ways."

"All irrelevant persons, please step aside."

Upon hearing this, the saints of the first human trial all changed color, their expressions varying.
"What kind of power dares to call itself the Heavenly Court?"

"A mere remnant of the ancient Heavenly Court, yet it dares to talk about reclaiming the Heavenly Gate?!"

"The ancient road belonged to the Heavenly Court years ago. Do you think you're some kind of emperor?"

"Hold them back until our Great Sage arrives, then we will surely be able to stop him!"

Wang Gan coldly met the command, looking down at the human race's Heavenly Gate, and directly issued the order.

"You think you can stop us? What do you take us for?"

"Move closer!" Before the words were even finished, the Great Sage Warship moved!
The heavenly warship roared, like Mount Tai pressing down, carrying unstoppable divine power, stimulating the first barrier of the human race. Powerful formations surged, and silver-white divine runes manifested, protecting this ancient city.

Boom!

The collision between the divine city and the celestial vessel caused the surrounding star field to tremble, one large star after another to shatter, and even the sun and moon lost their luster.

Such a terrifying commotion naturally turned everyone inside the human fortress pale with fright. If such a fleet were to crash in, the consequences would be unimaginable!
"What on earth is going on?! A Great Sage is actually attacking the first pass?!"

"I remember now, this is the Heavenly Court that rose from the Big Dipper. It is said that it has already conquered the two ancient stars, Ziwei and Yongheng, and its momentum is at its peak!"

"Damn it! This Heavenly Court has no martial ethics!"

This is only the first test. Even Saint Kings rarely see such a thing, so how could a Great Saint-level being appear?!
"Fellow lords of the Heavenly Court, what is your intention in attacking our clan's ancient path?"

The guide at the first level had a serious expression.
"Our Great Sage is about to arrive. Do you intend to break ties with the Ancient Road of Humanity?"

Wang Gan laughed heartily, his voice echoing throughout the city.

"Your race's ancient road?! Have you forgotten that the ancient road of the human race was originally built by the Heavenly Court!"

"We are here only to restore the old road, and we will not harm any innocent people."

The guide gritted his teeth and frantically activated the formation, attempting to hold back the Great Sage's warship.

But the Great Sage was invincible, and even the Quasi-Emperor was not present. He was enough to suppress an entire star field. He could only watch helplessly as one array after another shattered, and the first barrier of the entire human race almost exploded.

"The Northern Dipper Heavenly Court! Your actions are so domineering, are you trying to start a great war between the extreme realms?!"

Why would someone do this?

The guide's face turned red, showing a mixture of bravado and cowardice.
All he can do now is silently pray that the Great Sage's support will arrive as soon as possible, otherwise the first line of defense for the human race will be in danger!

"You are not yet at the pinnacle of cultivation; we, of course, aspire to become immortals!"

Wang Gan's figure plummeted, his feet treading on the void, his holy might overwhelming the world.

"The path to immortality is about to begin, and dark turmoil is imminent. The human race naturally needs a leader to unite all forces and resist external enemies!"

"This is the general trend of the world, and it cannot be reversed!"

"The Heavenly Court inherits the will of the ancient Heavenly Court and follows the orders of the Great Emperor Qingdi, vowing to sweep across the six directions and unify the ancient path!"

The guide was somewhat surprised.
"You're their leader!?"

Wang Gan was only a Saint, but he seemed to hold a high position in the Heavenly Court's forces, as several Great Saints were following behind him.

"I am the Eastern Venerable of the Heavenly Court, the First Pride of the Big Dipper."

"Also a descendant of the Azure Emperor!"

Wang Gan swept his gaze across the group of geniuses who had passed the first level of the human race, his tone calm.

"This time, I will not only conquer the Heavenly Gate of the Human Race, but also suppress all enemies, kill all the geniuses of my generation, and achieve the ultimate path to becoming an emperor!"

Although the saints of the human race at the Heavenly Gate were astonished by the power of the Great Saint Fleet, they were also quite unconvinced by Wang Gan's words.
"The Big Dipper? That ancient star that ancient emperors would visit in their later years?!"

"With no name, it seems that even the Overlord Body and Saint Body are not enough to defeat all the geniuses of the universe. It is truly arrogant."

Every cultivator who makes it to the first stage is a supreme expert in their own star field, a true hero of their generation. They are all full of confidence in themselves, believing that they can at least become a Great Saint, or even a Quasi-Emperor.

"Extremely arrogant!"

A sage finally couldn't hold back any longer and erupted. He had cultivated the Tao for over two hundred years and had become a sage. His Taoist cultivation was profound, and he was a prodigy of his generation.
"So what if you're a descendant of the Azure Emperor? Who here isn't a descendant of a Great Emperor? I'll fight you then!"

The sage was dressed as a Taoist priest, proficient in numerous immortal arts. His first move was a supreme, forbidden Taoist technique, its divine power overwhelming, as if a celestial realm had descended to suppress him. (End of Chapter)