The Great Tu Dynasty's formidable military might surged toward the weak and frail State of Zheng.
When they stepped into Zheng territory, countless commoners came bearing provisions and flocking in its wake, warmly welcoming them. One after another, they joined the Great Tu army as vanguards, wishing they could devour the flesh and blood of Zheng officials with their own teeth.
Crimson military might stretched from sky to earth, filling the river of stars.
Along the way, it could hardly be called a war. It was simply the acceptance of surrender. Minor World after Minor World, city after city, surrendered at the mere sight of them and willingly joined the Great Tu royal army.
Boundless ecstasy, yearning for the future, dreams of establishing a unified dynasty—these things completely filled the hearts of Great Tu's civil and military officials, as well as its countless soldiers. They thought no further.
Even King Tu was the same.
Tu Sanyi had completely immersed himself in the lofty ambition of expanding his territory and unifying the world, utterly forgetting his former worries.
Unseen, humanity's favor had completely vanished at some unknown moment.
Humanity would never wholly belong to any single human creature. Humanity would only ever proceed from the overall interests of the entire human race.
When a creature lost its value to humanity, there was naturally no longer any talk of favor.
After losing humanity's favor, Tu Sanyi had been beguiled by the dynasty's fortune and could no longer remain clear-minded. He had become a monster controlled by the ignorant fortune of the dynasty, moving wherever that fortune went.
A gaze carrying a trace of complexity appeared in the distant sky, seeing him off.
Seeing him off after six thousand years of watching.
"A king who struggled and resisted for humanity, yet has already