The Heavenly Emperor Used Heaven and Earth as the Board, While the Incompetent Used Lives as Pieces

The End of Dharma Era in the Prehistoric Universe had reached its middle stage. Immortals and gods had long vanished from the Primordial World, and only the Earth Immortal Realm still possessed dynastic dragon qi to inherit the remaining fortune of heaven and earth.

In the Great Sui of the Nine Provinces, Yang Jian had once ushered in the Reign of Kaihuang.

But now, it was the time when his second son, Yang Guang, seized the succession and ascended the throne.

Yang Guang possessed both great ambition and cruelty. He was a mighty ruler capable of laying foundations for ten thousand generations, yet also the source of calamity that stirred heaven and earth.

A cryptic saying was hidden within him:

"To become an Imperial Master, first become a Calamity Lord."

The first thing he did after ascending the throne shook the entire Earth Immortal Realm.

"I shall connect north and south, redraw the Nine Provinces, and lay the foundation for ten thousand generations!"

Yang Guang issued an imperial edict across the realm, conscripting laborers. Starting from Luoyang, they diverted the Luo River into the Yellow River, connected the Qin River to the Huai River, then carved canals to link the Yangtze River and Qiantang River. After hundreds of years of labor, they cut out a Grand Canal running from north to south.

Three or four out of every ten laborers died, and resentment filled the land.

Yet from the perspective of the Prehistoric Universe, this was a rare act of "Earth Vein Reshaping" in the End of Dharma Era.

As a Human Realm Emperor, Yang Guang forcibly stirred the Earth Veins of the Nine Provinces in the Earth Immortal Realm, linking the three great Water Veins of the Yellow River, Huai River, and Yangtze River into one.

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