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In the five hundred and twenty-ninth year of the Immortal Qin calendar.

The Way of the Five Pecks of Rice, the Way of Great Peace, and Western Chu formed an allied army, breached strongholds such as Wuguan Pass and Hangu Pass, and marched straight into the Guanzhong region.

Xianyang was breached, the two Nascent Soul Cultivators died, and the Second-Generation Emperor surrendered while holding the Imperial Jade Seal. Although Immortal Qin had lasted for more than five hundred years, it truly perished with its second generation. It seemed that, in the unseen workings of fate, the Empress's curse from back then had come true.

Shortly afterward, Xiang Yu proclaimed himself emperor in Guanzhong, established the Yanhan Empire, and issued an edict demanding that the feudal lords throughout the realm submit.

After Liu Ji learned of this news, he was so dumbfounded that he blurted out, "Yanhan? Yanhan! Damn... Xiang Yu, you stole my scene! You established the Han dynasty—what am I supposed to do?"

Liu Ji was genuinely stunned.

He had no idea that the He Yi True Monarch had originally wanted to name it the Second Yanhan Empire, or even the Third Yanhan Empire.

It was only because Nine-Spirit Dragon Mother True Lady, Grand Marvelous True Monarch of Great Peace, and the others had talked him out of it.

After all, only they, as remnants of Yan Han, knew what "Second Empire" implied. It truly would not make sense for a newly founded dynasty to use "Second" in its name.

Besides, in the Great Wilderness, single-character names were prized.

Shang, Zhou... they were all one-character dynasties.

But when it came to Xiang Yu, it became "Yanhan," two characters. Somehow, it felt just a little lacking.

Many ministers even demanded that the Tyrant Emperor change the dynasty name to