The tethered prefectures had developed so much already—how much more so the prosperous regions like the Central Plains and South of the Yangtze?
Even before Pan Yun left, technology had already blossomed across the board, laying down a solid foundation. The moment she ascended, spurred on by her, talented people in every trade sprang up like bamboo shoots after rain, changing with each passing day.
The world developed so quickly that even Zhu Jianji, who had wanted to stop and enjoy himself for a while, could not stop. He too was swept onward.
The fleets of the Foreign Trade Ministry and the imperial family crossed the oceans. Not only did they establish maritime contact with Nanyang and the Western lands, but they also found a new continent in the far east. After crossing that new continent, they actually returned to the Ming Dynasty from the other side.
Only at that moment did they believe what the Imperial Preceptor had said: the Earth was round.
Before that, everyone had suspected that the sea charts provided by the Imperial Preceptor were fake, and that the claim of a round Earth was merely meant to bolster her own prestige.
Oh, so the land beneath their feet extended through the heart of the Earth to another stretch of land on the other side, one covered in plants, inhabited by animals—and humans.
At that moment, the Ming people's desire to explore the world reached its peak.
Just how many continents were there on this planet beyond the Ming Dynasty?
Beyond this heaven and earth, above the cosmos, how many planets like Earth were home to intelligent life?
Were "they" the same as them?
Where was the place the Imperial Preceptor had ascended to?
Was it still on Earth, merely in another dimension, or somewhere else