Transmigrating over ten thousand years late, I was forced to become a mighty presence

Jing Province, Imperial Capital.

Since the upheaval of heaven and earth, the Great Xia Dynasty had lost substantial control over vast swathes of land, leaving only three provinces.

And Jing Province, with its incomplete Mortal Path Array, was the core hinterland of the Great Xia Dynasty, as well as its greatest reliance to maintain rule.

The Female Emperor, Xia Yunqiu, stationed within the Imperial Capital, leveraging the Mortal Emperor position to govern the fate of humanity, could activate the incomplete Mortal Path Array enveloping Jing Province, powerful enough to suppress all cultivators below the Void Refining Stage.

This was once considered an insurmountable moat, even for ambitious great powers facing the Jing Province Array, retreat was the only choice.

However, as the world of the Primal Chaos Realm further revived, now capable of accommodating Void Refining powerful experts in the present world, the incomplete Mortal Path Array had become virtually ineffective.

After the disappearance of the ten-day celestial phenomenon, figures resembling deities emerged from the various Great Grotto Heavens Blessed Lands and Divine Court Dragon Palace, traversing tens of thousands of miles to descend upon Jing Province territory.

There were no less than twenty Void Refining True Monarchs, their might as overwhelming as the Great Sun suppressing all.

The incomplete Mortal Path Array and the incomplete Mortal Emperor Status Grid were simply unable to withstand so many Void Refining True Monarchs.

Clad in a red-golden imperial robe, Xia Yunqiu proudly stood high in the sky. With the support of resources from the Great Xia Dynasty, she had already broken through to the Return-to-Void Realm, her strength on Jing Province territory, bolstered by the fate of humanity, was no less formidable than that of a Void Refining True Monarch.

By Xia Yunqiu's side, the superintendent of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau, Zhong Buwen, had space fluctuating around his body, clearly displaying the cultivation of the Void Refining Realm.

However, the originally elegant and handsome superintendent now had white hair and beard; his Void Refinement Realm was also unstable, his body constantly leaking vitality like a broken hourglass, clearly having paid a tremendous price for his rush to break through to the Void Refining Stage at the first opportunity.

The already heavily injured body, after such an ordeal, could hardly be sustained even with the Imperial Astronomical Bureau's three thousand years of foundation and planning.

But it was Xia Yunqiu and Zhong Buwen, the only two Void Refinement Realm fighters left in the Great Xia Dynasty, the dynasty's remaining foundation.

The number of Void Refining True Monarchs above the firmament was more than ten times that of Great Xia's, and from distant lands, more Void Refining True Monarchs were moving toward Great Xia.

Facing so many experts, Xia Yunqiu showed no sign of fear.

"Why do you, esteemed True Monarchs, suddenly visit our Great Xia's Jing Province? What exactly is your intention?"

From the crowd, a cold voice replied:

"Why does the Female Emperor ask what she already knows?"

"With the revival of heaven and earth, over the next few years, Great Xia has completely lost control over many provinces.

Despite losing power, Great Xia ultimately ruled over the land of the provinces for three thousand years, holding an unquestionable right to legitimacy, and that influences something else."

The words paused briefly as the tone of the Void Refining True Monarch grew deeper.

"For example, the fate of humanity!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of the Void Refining True Monarchs from various powers shifted, their gaze fixated on Xia Yunqiu.

"The fate of humanity is the foundation of the Human Clan in the Primal Chaos Realm. Great Xia is nothing but a decayed Imperial Court and cannot even retain control over the land of the eighteen provinces. Naturally, it no longer has the right to monopolize the fate of humanity.

Today we are here to request that the Female Emperor issue a decree to legally revoke Great Xia's rule over the eighteen provinces and allow each province to govern itself, with control over the incense offering willpower and the fate of humanity to each province."

"If today's matter is settled, we True Monarchs will turn around and leave, and from hereafter, Great Grotto Heavens Blessed Lands and Divine Court Dragon Palace will certainly not offend Great Xia's Imperial Court in the slightest!"

Although the True Monarch spoke lightly, his words were cutting to the core.

The fate of humanity is indeed the foundation of a human Imperial Dynasty and the cornerstone of a Mortal Emperor's position. The great blessed lands wished to wrest control over the fate of humanity from Xia Yunqiu's hands, utterly intending to abolish the Great Xia Dynasty.

If Xia Yunqiu agreed, the already incomplete position of the Mortal Emperor would certainly collapse entirely, and the teetering Great Xia Dynasty would ultimately come to an end.

Even if Xia Yunqiu could still occupy the land of Jing Province, at best, she would be nothing more than a local power, essentially no different from the blessed lands, and certainly no longer considered a threat by them.

The Imperial Astronomical Bureau's Superintendent spoke vehemently:

"How preposterous! Our Great Xia is the legitimate beacon of humanity, favored by the path of humanity, and it is only right that we should be in charge of the fate of humanity. If the Mortal Emperor is unjust and the dynasty corrupt, the fate of humanity will naturally choose a new heavenly mandate to replace the dynasty. How could you blessed lands take control of that?"

A True Monarch with a human head and dragon body sneered:

"If Great Xia were not decayed, how could the upheaval of the Dusk Realm just years ago have allowed the invasion of Primal Chaos?"

Another majestic True Monarch proudly said:

"As a dying dynasty, how could you not understand the reason behind your rapid cultivation to the Void Refinement Realm amidst the Spirit Energy Tidal Surge over the past ten years?"

"A human Imperial Dynasty burdened with the Great Schism's heavy karma should have long been swept into the dust of history, just like the Great Yin Imperial Dynasty thousands of years ago."

"The Great Xia Dynasty is already on the path to death!"

Many Void Refining True Monarchs from different powers exhibited a surprisingly unanimous attitude at this moment.

Such rhetoric caused the Imperial Astronomical Bureau's Superintendent to laugh in anger:

"Since the Spirit Energy Tidal Surge, Great Xia has strived to maintain order and protect millions of its citizens.

On the contrary, you use the name of the monster tribe to ravage the provinces, usurp their governance, and with it, steal the fate of humanity to sever the foundation of our Human Clan. You are the real traitors to humanity!"

As the voice fell, Xia Yunqiu, who had been quietly observing until now, finally spoke.