Wind Direction

Aurora Empire.

Despite Xia Kingdom's high-ranking officials taking up residence at the first opportunity, and despite Prime Minister Alov's tireless efforts to make the rounds and coordinate matters, the entire Aurora Empire still remained shrouded in an atmosphere of panic.

Fortunately, under the Aurora Empire's exceedingly harsh laws, this atmosphere of panic had never developed into major chaos.

At least...

That was true of North Star City and the Twelve Territories, which had been brought under Xia Kingdom's control at the first opportunity.

However...

As Prime Ministers Alov and Yasso finished discussing and refining the specific arrangements, a piece of news gradually began circulating throughout the Aurora Empire.

"Have you heard? Aurora Emperor... Audun's death at the hands of Xia Kingdom's legendary son, the Child of Miracle Baili Qingfeng, was actually predestined long ago. That legendary son is far from as simple as we imagined. His true identity is the incarnation of the Void Devil God, who wanders unseen through the void and chaos. He is the projection of a true god walking upon the earth. No matter how powerful Audun was—even if he gathered every expert in the nation to form the Great Emperor Sword Art—how could he possibly be a match for the incarnation of a true god?"

"I've heard similar rumors. They say this incarnation of a true god suddenly awakened three years ago, and once he did, he began growing at a mad pace. Less than three years have passed, yet he already possesses combat power equivalent to the strongest experts in our human martial arts world?"

"Three years. With divine arts, he reached the summit of the strongest. If we wait another three years, and the Void Devil God's power recovers, won't he be able to suppress the entire world!? Our Aurora Empire lost Audun's