Between the Human World, the Mortal World, and the Six Realms-Zhenwu Put on His Armor Once More!

The Capital City of the Human World was renowned throughout the Six Realms. It was one of the core nodes of the Human World's Destiny Great Formation, the Supreme Great Formation that had shrouded the nine provinces for thousands of years. Countless enemies had shed their blood and laid down their lives to prove its unrivaled might.

Yet in this Mortal World, its sharp blades and swords stained with the blood of countless foes, peace and prosperity flourished. The Mohist School's masters had improved the official roads, extending them to every city and town in the Human World. Those of the human race who bore Human Dao Destiny could travel freely on iron carriages, speeding from place to place like the wind.

The academies of every school welcomed disciples in great numbers. The Human World's methods for processing Spirit Material and the Mohist School's ingenious mechanisms had even won renown across the other Six Realms. Today was the day the academies recruited disciples, and the Capital City was livelier than usual.

That was because the Nine Stone Tablets left behind by the masters of old stood here.

In the thousands of years since, there had been no shortage of nobles with power and position who wished to claim the Nine Stone Tablets, imbued with the Dao's resonance, for themselves. Every one of them had been driven back by the academy masters. In this day and age, the Nine Tablets belonged to all under heaven; they were the common property of the human race. In every generation, masters from the various schools had set aside their duties. They neither ascended to become immortals nor traveled the realms, nor did they open new grotto-heavens. They simply remained by the Nine Tablets.

Dressed in plain gray robes, they looked no different from ordinary