[You raise a hand, and a gentle breeze lifts him to his feet.]
["I don't teach, so why call me Master?"]
["Master's strategies lifted the Human Race, and the Torch Society is ashamed. Our millions of years of perseverance pale in comparison to your years of masterful planning."]
[You let out a bitter laugh.]
["If you put it that way, I feel ashamed too. I'm just on a Second-tier Star, spinning those Alien Races around my finger. You're preserving the sparks of humanity across the entire universe. I can't compare to you."]
[The two of you spent a good while exchanging mutual compliments before getting down to business.]
[Whether you liked it or not, you now held a high position, making it impossible to fully understand the conditions of the common people below.]
[Today's visit was to inquire about the current state of the Human Race from Mr. Xun.]
["The lives of residents everywhere have improved tremendously, because the Alien Races have visibly dwindled in number.
Any Alien Race members with real strength have been conscripted and sent to the front lines. Some were taken by the Heavenly Calamity Alliance, others by the Resistance Coalition. Ironically, the Human Race has been left alone entirely.
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The Alien Races remaining in the local areas are mostly ordinary civilians.
Regardless of race, common folk are still common folk. Acts of mutual oppression still happen now and then, but they're nowhere near as rampant as before. Everyone just wants to scrape together a warm meal.
As for cultivators, the human cultivation support policies that Mr. Chen helped push through have been implemented reasonably well at all levels. Martial halls and doctrine gates catering to humans are already up and running.
Those among our Human Race with quality immortal roots no longer need to hide in the shadows. They can cultivate openly and freely.
That said, some doctrine gates run by Alien Races do have corruption issues, arbitrary fees, and the like.
But compared to before, things have improved greatly..." ]
[After listening to Mr. Xun's account of the Human Race's current state, you said.]
["Shifts in social climate and the correction of the Human Race's standing aren't things accomplished overnight. It takes generations to slowly turn things around. Getting off to a smooth start is already quite good."]
[You had a second matter to consult Mr. Xun about today.]
["Mr. Xun, how much do you know about the Sun Halo Ring?"]
[You withdrew the lusterless Sun Halo Ring from the Pot Heaven space.]
[This great treasure, when in the hands of the Feiyu Founding Ancestor Battle Corpse, had blazed with ten thousand golden rays, scorching and irresistible.]
[But now, in your hands, it was dim, dull, utterly devoid of spirituality.]
[Mr. Xun regarded the Sun Halo Ring with great reverence.]
["This is the Celestial Emperor's divine armament of the Scarlet Celestial Emperor. Though it's only a fragment, this piece bears no damage or flaws, which is why its power is astonishing."]
["But I can't use it at all! Every time I try, this happens. Watch..." ]
[With that, you summoned a doppelganger and used the "Give Me the Power" trait tag to grant it Early Extreme Terrain cultivation, then had it channel the Sun Halo Ring.]
["AHHHHHHHHH!!"]
[The doppelganger screamed as its body split apart inch by inch, vanishing into a puff of black smoke with a "pfft."]
[The Sun Halo Ring merely flickered once, displaying no power whatsoever.]
[Mr. Xun chuckled and said.]
["Senior You entrusted this to Mr. Chen hoping you'd find its true owner. If you wish to use it yourself, I'm afraid that might be quite difficult..."]
["Finding the owner? Of course I need to find them. But then again, he never told me who the true owner is. Do you know?"]
["The Chosen One of Destiny."]
["Wait, I've heard that term before..." ]
[In the last simulation, when Ji Wuqing saw Ah Dou and noticed the golden characters "Sun" and "Moon" on his palms, she had blurted out those exact four words.]
["Mr. Xun, do you know what the Chosen One of Destiny means?"]
["The Torch Society preserves certain ancient legends. Among them, it's mentioned that among those Celestial Emperors who once dominated the cosmos, there were some with earth-shaking abilities. Though they couldn't truly ascend to immortality, they believed that a path to immortality must exist in this world.
In their own lifetimes, they had exhausted every effort, yet still couldn't knock open the immortal gate.
Helplessly, lifespan was finite, and no reversal was possible.
No matter how peerless your grace or how you captivated the world, in the end, you become naught but red powder and bleached bones.
No matter how heavenly your talent or how vast your empire spanning ten thousand miles, in the end, you'll turn to a handful of loess.
Even a Celestial Emperor is no exception.
The Celestial Emperors believed that if one lifetime of struggle wasn't enough to complete the work, then living another life wasn't out of the question.
Each relied on their supreme methods, attempting to grant themselves another lifetime.
Since you've already obtained a cenotaph of the Celestial Empress, you must know the legend of the Celestial Empress slashing her three souls to be reborn."]
["I suspect that wasn't just a legend, merely that the Celestial Empress never succeeded."]
["Exactly. To alter the laws of life and death, to defy fate and live another lifetime, is unimaginably difficult. Even Celestial Emperors can't simply succeed on a whim.
Each Celestial Emperor uses their own method of rebirth. Those connected to their resurrection are the Chosen Ones of Destiny.
However, don't mistake these Chosen Ones as reincarnations or avatars of the Celestial Emperors. Some indeed are, but most are merely individuals with some connection to the Celestial Emperor's rebirth.
But whether they're true reincarnations or merely linked by fate, they are all Chosen Ones of Destiny."]
["So you're saying a Celestial Emperor's divine armament can only be properly wielded by that Emperor's corresponding Chosen One of Destiny?"]
["That's what I understand, yes."]
[Without a doubt, Ah Dou was someone's Chosen One of Destiny. The question was whether he was a reincarnation or merely indirectly connected like the Celestial Empress's situation.]
[From the last simulation, you already knew Ah Dou's birth date, but the birth location was uncertain.]
[This time around, you'd triggered a global
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[Would Ah Dou still be born?]
[You probed the question indirectly.]
[Mr. Xun stated that the birth of a Chosen One cannot be interfered with by external forces.]
[They aren't like ordinary lineages where grandfather sires father, and father sires son, with every generation being Chosen Ones.]
[Grandfathers and fathers have absolutely nothing to do with the Chosen One. But when the grandson is about to be born, the destined karma begins to turn, and that grandson directly evolves into a Chosen One of Destiny on the spot.]
[So you reasoned that nothing currently happening would prevent Ah Dou's birth.]
[Or perhaps Ah Dou would be born into a different family. Either way, he would definitely come.]
["Having this great treasure by my side every day without being able to use it is truly a waste..."]
[Mr. Xun pondered for a moment, then asked.]
["Earlier I noticed Mr. Chen possesses a method of external avatars. May I ask how many you can manifest simultaneously?"]
["Four at most, currently."]
[In truth, it was six. Chen Six was still stationed in the human world, and Chen Five was holding down the Winged Feather stellar system.]
["Try this: have two or three doppelgangers channel the Sun Halo Ring simultaneously. But those two or three doppelgangers must at least reach the Extreme Terrain Realm and possess divine power. If their divine power synchronizes, it might work."]
[Like some Pacific Rim dual-pilot mech.]
["Worth a try!"]
[Following Mr. Xun's theory, after several attempts, you successfully activated the Sun Halo Ring using three doppelgangers connected to your hotspot!]
[The familiar searing heat and terrifying pressure emerged.]
["Excellent! Excellent!"]
[The three doppelgangers responsible for channeling the Sun Halo Ring were visibly aging at an alarming rate.]
["Well, it works now, but it does consume the doppelgangers quite a bit."]
[Fortunately, you could resummon doppelgangers every day, so it wasn't a major problem.]

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