Chapter 479: No King Under Heaven! The Unprecedented First Emperor!

Chapter 479: Chapter 326: No King Under Heaven! The Unprecedented First Emperor!

[Swish—!]

[In an instant, Flying Swallow Thirteen drew his sword, and the assassin was executed.]

[Taishi Bo put down his pen and looked at Xiang Ji.]

[The leaders of the Martial Arts Hall, along with Xiang Ji, surveyed the world for several months, but the “Heaven-mending Soil” gathered by the “Xiazhou Cauldron” was scarce, indicating that the people of Xiazhou Heaven did not recognize Xiang Ji as the Young Human Emperor.]

[It is not merely calling oneself the Human Emperor, or being granted the title, that makes one the Human Emperor; only when ninety percent of the race acknowledges one can it be considered a true Human Emperor.]

[Yet under the heavens, the eight hundred Feudal States have been at war for three thousand years, during which treachery and conspiracy have been rampant… Now, the people of the world belong to different countries and bear mutual enmity.]

[Today, one might belong to Jin Country, tomorrow to Yuan Country, and the day after to Tang Country.]

[The people no longer hold the faith of their ancestors and only know—the winner becomes king!]

[Although Xiang Ji has achievements in breaking the Unbreakable Celestial Mandate and is recognized by the Flame Ancestor and the Great Xia Human Emperor, gaining the recognition of the people of the world is extremely difficult, and this is not the challenging moment of the “pioneering years.”]

[The leaders of the Martial Arts Hall remained silent.]

[There are three Great Dao for Xiang Ji to become a Human Emperor: one is to educate the world, the second is to unify the world, and the third is to lead the heroes to open up new heavens and establish oneself as the Human Emperor.]

[Educating the world is the most difficult, as changing people’s hearts is not something that can be achieved overnight, and what is most lacking now is time.]

[They have only temporarily repelled the Jiuying Dynasty and have not dispelled the mist.]

[Xiazhou Heaven cannot be breached, for once the mist invades, except for the land of the Spirit Realm, seventy percent of the population will be devoured by it, and the Spirit Realm alone cannot sustain the people of Xiazhou Heaven.]

[Yin Tianyi’s eyes focused: “In that case, we should proactively wage war, eliminate the eight hundred Dukes, unify the world, and build a brand new nation.”]

[Taishi Bo shook his head: “It’s not that simple. A brother who has not seen his sibling across a ten li mountain in thirty years would consider him a stranger. Moreover, the Great Xia’s enfeoffment system has been in place for tens of thousands of years.”]

[“The eight hundred Feudal States have a history, and their native cultures run deep in people’s hearts. There are always those who long for the old state languages and songs of their homeland… Do not forget when Jin Country destroyed Yuan Country, only for its descendants to successfully restore it after a hundred generations of effort.”]

[To unify the world, Qing Country must raise an army, overthrow everything and start anew, and during this process, the Overlord Country would never willingly submit, with rivers of blood across the world imminent.]

[Today the cry of “execute the tyrant” by an assassin in the streets could very well become reality.]

[And Xiang Ji, the first to eliminate the eight hundred Feudal States to become the Human Emperor, would be that unprecedented tyrant.]

[Xiang Ji understood Taishi Bo’s meaning.]

[Becoming the Human Emperor in this way, forcefully seizing the world’s heart, would also mean bearing the world’s resentment, and being the first to do this one day would lead to dire consequences!]

[Only by learning from the ancient Saints to set sail across the Void Sea, eradicating alien races, pioneering new lands, and building a nation can one rightly become the Human Emperor.]

[However, the leaders of the Martial Arts Hall and Xiang Ji could not watch Xiazhou Heaven be eroded by the mist.]

[The leaders of the Martial Arts Hall looked at Xiang Ji, waiting for him to make a decision. With the strength of Qing Country, combined with the Supreme Divine Weapon Mountain and River Seal, Invincible Under Heaven, and the Great Xia Human Emperor’s Warrior Technique…]

[It was enough to rally the world’s heroes to sail across the Void Sea and open up new lands.]

[Xiang Ji possessed all the qualities to become the “Human Emperor,” and they believed Xiang Ji could establish an Eternal Realm greater than “Xiazhou Heaven.”]

[By choosing this bright path, Xiang Ji would not have to carry the infamy of an unprecedented tyrant in the history of the Human Race.]

[The leaders of the Martial Arts Hall and Xiang Ji arrived at the breach in the Celestial Vault.]

[In the distance, the mist surged like a living creature, inch by inch devouring the borders of Xiazhou Heaven, leaving the vegetation withered and the mountains and rivers colorless wherever it passed.]

[The leaders of the Martial Arts Hall gazed intensely at Xiang Ji—the Young Human Emperor whom they pinned their hopes on.]

[Everyone clearly understood what any rational person would know how to choose. Xiang Ji had once been a hostage in Jin Country and had seen the malice of human hearts from a young age.]

[The people of the world would not understand that tyrant who unified the world only to “repair the Celestial Vault.”]

[The Xiazhou Cauldron dimmed, and Xiang Ji looked up, staring into the horizon swallowed by the mist, silent as an abyss.]

[The wind blew by, stirring his robes.]

[He did not need the understanding of the people of the world.]

[Nor did he care about his name in posterity.]

[Xiang Ji came to this world, and despite his tragic youth, he did not hold his father Xiang Wenlong’s so-called grief over family and country in his heart. Initially, he only wished to farm, practice martial arts to cure his lung disease, and seek stability, with plans to withdraw from the struggle for Emperor Yuan and establish Qing Country in a remote place.]

[Afterward, he and the Queen would cultivate the Dao and seek longevity. He could stay in Qing Country and watch the eternal landscape and beautiful scenery. Who enjoys being an emperor working every day? The ultimate pursuit is to be a carefree Immortal in the World!]

[However, Xiang Ji genuinely failed as a person. Not truly good, yet not thoroughly bad…]

[“What a bunch of troublesome people! Kill them all!”]

[Xiang Ji decided to unify Xiazhou Heaven and then retire to seek the Dao and longevity.]

[With eight hundred Feudal States in Xiazhou Heaven, each at least had one Great Spirit Realm, beneath which were several towns. After three thousand years of warfare, the Overlord Country had taken on a swallowing trend, and now seventy-two Feudal States remain.]

[For the first time, the leaders of the Martial Arts Hall resented why the Great Xia Human Emperor conquered such vast lands back then.]

[Xiang Ji looked at the True Martial Lords fighting alongside him, informing them of the mysteries of the “Returning Void Mist” as discussed in the Martial Arts Hall, hoping they would help Qing Country unify Xiazhou Heaven.]

[The True Martial Lords remained silent, for leading warriors to invade their own homeland and slaughter their own kin? Their soldiers voluntarily withdrew, and Xiang Ji did not stop them, only warning that when they meet on the battlefield in the future, he would show no mercy.]