Fang Zheng had only come to look around out of curiosity, yet he had unexpectedly obtained some surprising intelligence. For him, this counted as an unexpected gain.
More than that, it was also an opportunity...
"Where is Daji?"
Standing atop the cliff, Fang Zheng called out softly. Before long, a pure white fox with nine tails darted out from the forest behind him. Her body flashed, and she transformed into a woman, gracefully bowing to Fang Zheng.
"Your Majesty, what are your orders?"
Naturally, this fox was not the one from Investiture of the Gods. In truth, she was merely one of the demons who had followed Fang Zheng back at Carefree Palace and taken human form, after which Fang Zheng had given them names. Of course, since Fang Zheng was the one naming them, he did not care about such trivialities. He just used whatever names came to mind.
For example, this Nine-tailed Fox Demon had a younger sister whom Fang Zheng had named Tamamo-no-Mae... Why worry so much about it? As long as he found it easy to remember, that was enough, wasn't it?
What did respecting history have to do with him?
"How have things been at the border recently?"
As an emperor who held every aspect of this land, from life to death, in his grasp, Fang Zheng was truly the first of his kind throughout history. Normally, mortal rulers had no way to connect with other worlds. Yet Fang Zheng not only ruled the human realm, but had also taken control of the underworld and the demon realm. That was another reason this nation had become so prosperous.
"The recent border situation... My apologies, but I do not seem to have received any unusual reports."
The imperial court was mainly responsible for border affairs in