Cyclical Theory of Civilization Evolution, Four Stages

East Sea.

Bone Demon Royal City, Imperial Palace.

Several large characters reading "Between Bones" were set into the plaque above the main hall. Once through the gates, one could see dazzling ancient Mythological Murals.

It was clearly built by imitating the layout of the human race.

Of course, this was also a covert jab at humanity for losing its ancestral tomb and nation-protecting divine artifact.

It was early morning.

Although the Four Seas Dynasty was an alliance, the ministers of the East Sea each managed their own region of the East Sea.

"Those with business, present your memorials. Those with none, withdraw from court."

Grand Steward Yan Shuang Ying stepped forward and called out, his expression imposing.

He was very pleased with the murals on either side. They had reproduced the style of the human race's Chronicle of Ages murals down to the last detail.

However, the affairs of state had grown somewhat complicated lately: grain stockpiling, city construction, weapons storage, and civilian registration.

As the true ruler wielding practical authority over the dynasty, he could barely manage the tangled mess of major and minor affairs only by relying on the forum's armchair political commentators.

The netizens, in turn, had crammed hard on ancient methods of governing and handling state affairs, and had even pooled their wisdom to improve them.

A beauty shaped like red coral stepped forward.

"Your Majesty, it is said that the Longevity Imperial Mausoleum has already been excavated down to its core. Our informants discovered that several cultivators emerged carrying Transforming Self Realm treasures that only the imperial family could possibly possess."

"From this, we can infer that all the successive Great Emperors Longevity within the Longevity Imperial Mausoleum have already been captured!"

The news immediately sent the ministers below into a lively discussion.

"They've already