Chaoge City stood amid the Vast Continent, stretching across north and south like a mountain range, overlooking east and west.
Like a colossal dragon, it looked down upon the eight hundred vassal states.
The twenty-nine Human Sovereigns of Great Shang had suppressed heaven and earth for millions of years, gathering ninety percent of a world's Human Dao Fortune. Their might commanded the world, and none dared disobey.
In a mountain range tens of millions of miles beyond Chaoge City.
Chu Xuan, his expression indifferent and cold, stood atop a solitary peak, gazing toward Chaoge City, which seemed to reach from earth to heaven beyond the boundless sea of clouds.
"Captain..."
A figure pierced the void and landed behind Chu Xuan.
The newcomer carried a longbow on his back. It was Zhang Heng.
"Wang Zhongchao wishes to see you."
Zhang Heng bowed slightly, his expression respectful and cautious.
To his senses, beneath their captain's slender frame lay a power more dazzling than the sun and moon, more vast than time and space.
It filled his heart with awe.
"Wang Zhongchao..."
Chu Xuan gazed toward Chaoge. In the depths of his eyes, endless streams of data flowed without pause.
In an instant, Wang Zhongchao's intentions, his objective, the implications behind it, the likelihood of success, and the likelihood of failure—
All surfaced in his mind.
"Tell him to return. I agree to this matter."
Chu Xuan raised his head slightly. The glasses on his nose reflected a cold gleam.
Zhang Heng happened to look up and saw the endless data streams still flowing within that cold gleam. A chill ran through his heart.
"Yes."
Zhang Heng bowed and withdrew.
Whenever he stood before this captain, he always felt an inexplicable fear, as if he had no secrets whatsoever before him, as though