Atop Mount Tai.
Immortal clouds swirled, and immortal mist billowed.
Dao Sounds and Immortal Music echoed across the mountaintop. All manner of flying birds and Immortal Beasts soared through the sky as boundless auspicious visions appeared from nowhere. A towering platform stood upon the earth.
This platform had been built from parasol wood and numerous Innate Spirit Materials during the Investiture of the Gods, when the Human Race Holy Mother, Nuwa, had crowned Di Xin Human Emperor.
More than twenty years ago.
First Emperor Qin had climbed this very platform to perform the Fengshan ceremony.
Now.
He had returned to the same place, but the scene before him was entirely different.
Great Qin Elite Soldiers clad in black armor lined the path from the foot of the mountain to its peak. A host of Great Qin civil and military officials stood beneath the platform, gazing up at the figure of First Emperor Qin, Ying Zheng.
Bai Qi, Wang Jian, Meng Tian, Li Si, Fusu...and the other pillars of Great Qin were dressed in solemn ceremonial robes, quietly taking in the mountains and rivers stretching in every direction.
All of this belonged to the Qin State!
Rumble!
Visions appeared, and thunderous booms resounded.
Dozens of figures came from the East Sea Coast, riding Auspicious Clouds, and descended upon the summit of Mount Tai.
"Greetings to all the Ancestors of the Human Race and the Human Emperor!"
"We pay our respects..."
At once, First Emperor Qin, Ying Zheng, hurriedly led his officials in paying their respects. Some kowtowed, while others bowed, but all wore looks of reverence.
Those who had arrived were the Immortal Sages who watched over the Human Sacred Land.
The Five Ancestors of the Human Race were Suiren Shi, Ziyi Shi, Youchao Shi, Literary Ancestor Cangjie, and Ancestor of