"You are..."
Just as Kunpeng asked, Fang Ming answered.
"I am the Human Emperor."
A few simple words delivered a great shock to Kunpeng!
Kunpeng never imagined that the Human Emperor would look like this.
But even more than the Human Emperor's appearance, Kunpeng cared more about the Human Emperor's identity and his own strength!
For millions of years, humanity had been ruled by the three ancestors of the human race. It was only in the last ten thousand years that the position of Human Emperor emerged, surpassing the three ancestors.
And it was precisely in these ten thousand years that the overall strength of humanity underwent earth-shattering changes, enabling them to defeat the thirty thousand races of the Demon Court with the power of a single race.
Where did this change come from? Kunpeng knew very well that it was caused by the Human Emperor before him!
Without him, there would be no change in humanity.
The Human Emperor, who could lead the weakest race in the Primordial World to its current strength with his own power, possessed an extremely high level of wisdom, cunning, and ability. How could Kunpeng not be wary and reverent of him?
Kunpeng had no idea what means this Human Emperor had used to subjugate Zhulong and the entire Dragon Clan as mounts for humanity.
Such terrifying tactics, beyond his imagination, forced Kunpeng to be reverent!
And this Human Emperor's strength...
"His strength completely surpasses the Quasi-Saint realm, yet it doesn't feel like a Saint..."
"Could this be the legendary Quasi-Saint realm?"
Fang Ming's Heaven-Shielding Method achieved enlightenment in an alternative way, allowing him to contend with Great Emperors. In Kunpeng's eyes, this was the legendary Quasi-Saint realm.
According to a legend circulating in the Primordial World, the Six Saints of the Heavenly Dao all achieved sainthood by relying on Heavenly Dao merit and the Primordial Violet Qi when they were in the Quasi-Saint realm.
From the Quasi-Saint realm to the Saint realm.
So, if a peak Quasi-Saint cultivator, without the Primordial Violet Qi, surpassed the Quasi-Saint realm through Heavenly Dao merit and broke through to a new realm, what would that realm be?
The answer would be the Quasi-Saint realm.
In this legend, beings who lacked the Primordial Violet Qi but surpassed the Quasi-Saint realm naturally could not merge their primordial spirits with the Heavenly Dao to become Heavenly Dao Saints. Without the power of a Saint, they could only be called Quasi-Saints, not Saints.
The strength of a Quasi-Saint was far superior to that of a Quasi-Saint.
If Saints were like gods and even peak Quasi-Saints could not withstand a Saint's attack, then a Quasi-Saint cultivator could, according to legend, contend with Saints. Although they would ultimately be defeated, they could last for dozens of rounds.
Quasi-Saints were powerless before Saints, but Quasi-Saints had the ability to harm Saints and pose a threat to them.
This was the Quasi-Saint realm.
The legend of the Quasi-Saint realm had a history of forty thousand eons since Dao Ancestor's sermon in Zixiao Palace, yet no cultivator in the entire Primordial World had ever stepped into this realm.
Even powerful cultivators like Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi were still at the peak of the Quasi-Saint realm, not having broken through to any Quasi-Saint realm.
Kunpeng originally believed that this legend was likely untrue, which was why he schemed to seize Hongyun's Primordial Violet Qi instead of trying to cultivate and break through to the so-called "Quasi-Saint realm" himself.
Essentially, Kunpeng believed that only the Primordial Violet Qi could surpass the Quasi-Saint realm, while the so-called "Quasi-Saint fruition" was like a reflection in a mirror, seemingly existing but unattainable.
However, Kunpeng never expected that he would one day truly witness a cultivator comparable to the Quasi-Saint realm!
There was no Quasi-Saint realm cultivator in the entire Primordial World, nor had anyone heard of anyone achieving the Quasi-Saint realm.
This realm, whose existence was uncertain and whose truth was not even confirmed, had actually been reached by someone!
The Human Emperor had actually reached the Quasi-Saint realm... and he was less than twenty thousand years old, less than an eon old, to reach Quasi-Saint!
At such an age, to reach this realm, one could imagine how great the future achievements of this Human Emperor would be!
With this thought, Kunpeng's respectful expression became even more so.
"Great Human Emperor!"
"You are a supreme expert in the Quasi-Saint realm, capable of subjugating Zhulong as a mount."
"You must have means to control me."
"Just like Di Jun's Demon Summoning Banner, your methods are far superior to that old crow's."
"Regardless of my character, if you take me in, you will have control methods and can rest assured."
"I am now an old-time Quasi-Saint, and like Zhulong, I can help humanity develop and grow, and resist the Demon Court."
Although Fang Ming had previously stated that Kunpeng's character was not good.
Kunpeng dared not flee from Fang Ming. An old-time Quasi-Saint fleeing before a Quasi-Saint, even with Kunpeng's speed, would not be able to escape.
Moreover, was this Fang Ming truly an ordinary Quasi-Saint realm cultivator? Kunpeng was almost certain he was not.
This Human Emperor, capable of subjugating Zhulong as a mount, accomplishing what even Saints could not, and reaching such a realm at such a young age, was certainly not comparable to ordinary Quasi-Saint realm cultivators.
He must have unique methods.
The chance of success in escaping before him was too low.
It was better to surrender directly.
If it were any other Primordial cultivator facing such a situation, they might choose to die rather than submit. But Kunpeng was indifferent. If he had been unwilling to submit, he would have chosen to fight to the death when he was defeated by Di Jun and Taiyi and driven to the Demon Master Palace in the Northern Sea, rather than surrender.
Because he was originally Di Jun's dog, Kunpeng felt nothing about being another person's dog. It was merely changing masters.
To save his life, Kunpeng was willing to be a mount.
Fang Ming stared at Kunpeng coldly and said, "What you said is partly correct."
"Although I am currently unable to take you as a mount and lack mandatory control methods."
"But if I wish, I can summon methods to forcibly control you at any time. As long as you don't resist, I can enslave your body and mind in an instant."
"These methods are absolutely more terrifying than Di Jun's Demon Summoning Banner. Even if the Demon Master overestimates, he probably wouldn't imagine that this method can even control one's thoughts."
Fang Ming obtained the Quasi-Saint realm beast-taming collar from a gift package. He only had one at the time, which was already forcibly placed on Zhulong.
Naturally, there was no second one.
Therefore, Fang Ming said that he temporarily did not have mandatory control methods.
But temporarily not having them did not mean Fang Ming could not purchase them in the system mall.
Given that humanity's overall strength now surpassed the Demon Court, such a huge "development" had provided Fang Ming with a vast amount of origin points.
He could completely buy a Quasi-Saint level beast-taming collar.
But the problem was, Fang Ming already had one mount, and he did not want a second one.
Moreover, Fang Ming did not think highly of Kunpeng's character.
In the myths of the Primordial World, after the Lich Cataclysm, Kunpeng directly absconded with the River Chart and Luo Shu, betraying the Demon Court. This was not even mentioning it.