Chapter 728: Nine Provinces Martial Artists! (Combined Chapter)
"At most fifty years. After fifty years, I too will leave the Nine Provinces for the New World." Xi Yanxue fell silent for a moment before speaking.
Hearing this, Su Qingqing knew her mother had agreed and was overjoyed.
As for the fifty-year limit Xi Yanxue had mentioned, it was already more than enough.
Fifty years was enough for a new generation of human powerhouses to rise, including the Human King candidates under her command.
That way, she could also set out sooner to search for Song Changming.
Over the following months, countless rumors spread throughout the various provinces.
No matter how tightly the news of the Heaven-Ascending Steps had been sealed, such a massive event had still taken place. True and false rumors inevitably began circulating among the common folk.
Of course, ordinary people could mostly only cling to false news for entertainment.
Only the stronger one was, the more authentic the information they came into contact with became.
And when they truly learned the truth, most were left completely dumbfounded.
Heaven-Ascending Steps? Ascending to heaven in a single step? Cultivating immortality and becoming gods? Traveling to another world?
These matters undoubtedly lay far beyond their understanding, even overturning many of their past beliefs and perceptions!
At the same time, only a very small number of people vaguely realized that the highest authorities across the lands were gradually being transferred.
Many formidable figures even vanished overnight, with no one knowing where they had gone.
Until this day.
After more than thirty years in office, the Queen of Yuanzhou suddenly chose to abdicate and announced it to the world!
Countless people throughout Yuanzhou who knew nothing of the truth were deeply shaken.
During Su Qingqing's more than thirty years in power, her