Li Shimin's Goal

Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, sat upright within the Grand Ultimate Hall of Chang'an.

This palace was no ordinary structure. It was a sacred hall of the Human Path, built with Nine Heavens Breathing Soil as its foundation, stellar refined gold as its pillars, and the dragon veins of the Four Seas as its guiding framework.

The hall's roof was not made of mortal timber, but of a Zhou Tian Star Chart condensed through supreme divine abilities. Three hundred and sixty-five principal stars shone brilliantly, resonating with the true starry sky of the Primordial Wilderness.

As he sat upon the imperial throne forged from copper of Mount Shou and the undying flame of humanity, the mountains and rivers, cities and villages, and the faith power of countless living beings throughout Holy Tang flowed into him like babbling streams converging into a vast river.

No dazzling radiance shone from his body. Only a layer of five-colored divine light, warm and lustrous as jade yet heavy as Buzhou Mountain, circulated naturally around him.

Within that radiance, red represented conquest and expansion; gold symbolized civilization and ritual law; azure signified vitality and propagation; deep black embodied order and statutes; while yellow was the virtue and fortune of the thick earth that bore all things.

The intertwining five colors were the manifestation of Holy Tang's Primordial imperial path.

As a sovereign of his generation, Li Shimin's ambitions extended far beyond his current position as Human Emperor.

His goal was to emulate Ying Zheng, using the merits of the Human Path and the fortune of his dynasty as the core to condense a Primordial Dao Fruit and successfully attain the Primordial Golden Immortal realm.

He knew this goal would be difficult.

Throughout humanity's resplendent history, heroes had risen in great numbers.

Liu Bang, the