Today's first update: Chapter 3025! 1/4!
"The Huang Race—what a Huang Race!"
A low, slightly hoarse voice rang through the council chamber, carrying undisguised shock and a hint of complicated emotion.
"A newly risen race that crawled out of some unknown backwater actually managed to stir up such storms among the myriad races. Now, it has even directly challenged a royal race and ground the Black Tortoise Race's dignity beneath its feet!"
After a brief pause, the voice turned probing. "Should we... try making contact with the Huang Race? After all, the enemy of our enemy is our friend. The Black Tortoise Race has never stopped undermining our race, both openly and in secret, over the years!"
The speaker was none other than Sikong Ting.
Eighteen years were enough to completely change a person.
The once carefree, high-spirited young master from a wealthy family had undergone a drastic transformation.
The trials of life had carved themselves into his brows and the corners of his eyes. Steadiness had replaced his old liveliness, and his voice now possessed the magnetic charm unique to a mature man. Yet deep within those once spirited eyes lay an unshakeable gloom and weariness.
For the past eighteen years, two private matters had haunted him day and night like nightmares. One was his eldest brother, Xu Kun, who had vanished eighteen years ago without a trace, as though he had disappeared from the face of the world.
The other was his wife, Artemis, from whom he had been separated for eighteen years. No matter how hard he racked his brains or exhausted every possible method, fate had kept them apart, never allowing them to meet.
Under these twin blows, he had grown increasingly despondent. Most of his days passed in a muddle—either venting his emotions through