With One Hand, Mending the Cracks in Heaven!

Within the Great Qin royal palace, mercury-like radiance flowed and surged. Clumps of mercury split and took shape, transforming into sharp swords suspended above the hall, dangerous yet brimming with a sense of technology.

Tamamo no Mae's fur stood on end. She shrank her neck slightly, then bowed faintly and answered solemnly.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I was indeed the one who presented this object. What I spoke of concerns a calamity for Great Qin."

The First Emperor rubbed the Fluorescent Stone between his fingers. A strange sensation arose within him, and that uncontrollable resonance made the sovereign seated upon the throne furrow his brow as his tone gradually turned grave.

"My Great Qin has swept across the six realms and unified the world. From south to north, from east to west, all beneath heaven is royal land; all within its borders are royal subjects! Now that we are flourishing by the day, where could calamity come from? Do you know that witchcraft and prophetic rumors are the greatest taboo of rulers?"

"The Book of Changes says: 'The proud dragon shall have cause for regret; fullness cannot endure.' The way of heaven follows the order of yin and yang. When yang reaches its extreme, yin is born; when prosperity reaches its peak, decline follows. That is the norm.

"The land of the Nine Provinces is no different. Long united, it must divide; long divided, it must unite. Prosperity will inevitably bring disaster. In the past, King Wu's Zhou lasted eight hundred years, the longest of all. Yet where are the Nine Cauldrons now? Yin-Shang enjoyed five hundred years of rule, but present-day Chaoge has long become a mound of yellow earth."

Tamamo no Mae spoke solemnly. Even before the ruler of Great Qin, she remained composed and eloquent. Her heartfelt