At the same time.
The Evil Realm.
Lord Xia, fully recovered from his injuries, left the Human Race and headed for the endless starry sky.
Thus began the Human Race's six-thousandth year.
Seeing this scene,
Chen Yan's pupils trembled.
Lord Xia's true self had left the Human Race long ago.
So who was the Lord Xia in the Evil Realm now?
Without dwelling on that, Bai E's memories continued to flash before him.
Time passed slowly.
Another two thousand years went by.
Yu Prefecture announced that it was closing its borders, cutting off all contact with the outside world.
Meanwhile, Chen Prefecture fell into decline after Chen Fazhen's defeat.
Just as everyone thought Chen Prefecture would gradually withdraw from the Five Clans and become a mere vassal of Great Xia,
Chen Yuan was born.
Thus began the Human Race's eight-thousandth year!
Chen Yuan's birth shook the world.
He reached the Origin Realm at ten and the Creation Realm at seventeen.
At twenty-five, he became the youngest Eighth Order in the history of the Human Race.
At twenty-seven, Chen Yuan became the Eighth Elder of Chen Prefecture.
At thirty-five, he became the First Elder of Chen Prefecture.
His progress was so rapid that it drew the attention of the Lord of True Meaning and Great Xia.
By the time he was forty, Chen Yuan had already been chosen as the next Lord Chen and had received the Blood Brand's recognition.
The Lord of True Meaning ruled the Human Race for three thousand five hundred years, a true king by any measure.
Yet he had never coveted the Xia Family's throne.
He had even continually supported the development of Great Xia and the Five Clans.
Martial Dao reached its greatest flourishing under the Lord of True Meaning.
The Xia Imperial Family honored