The Imperial Palace Clan

As the queen recited this passage, the clamorous imperial hall fell instantly silent.

All the ministers and governors stared at the ancient book in stunned disbelief.

They could scarcely believe that their ancestors' gaze had pierced through a hundred billion years of time to precisely foretell the situation of today.

"Our ancestors—had already foreseen this day?"

"This is simply unimaginable!"

"Our ancestors were too great!"

"Yi Dynasty, Yan Province, Luoyang—could these be the names of the gods' homeland?"

"If the prophecy is true, then there is no need for us to say anything further."

Amid the astonished exclamations and sighs of the court officials, the proposal was ultimately settled.

They chose—the first form of compensation.

Later, when Zhang Sanxian appeared once more above the Pool Kingdom, the queen was again summoned into the clouds.

She looked nervously up at Zhang Sanxian's enormous face and asked in a trembling voice, "Honored and great god, before making our choice, this little one dares ask: are you—from Yi Dynasty, Yan Province—Luoyang?"

At her words, surprise suddenly appeared upon Zhang Sanxian's ordinarily placid face. A sharp gleam flashed through his pale eyes. "Eh?! How do you know the name of my homeland?"

Hearing that definite answer and seeing Zhang Sanxian's utterly unfeigned surprise, the queen's long-suspended heart finally settled completely. She let out a long breath, and a relieved smile appeared on her face. "This is—truly wonderful. Great god, what this little one just asked was in fact an instruction left behind by our Pool Kingdom ancestors countless ages ago."

Zhang Sanxian's gaze shifted slightly. Swiftly employing various arts of prophecy, he used the queen before him as a basis to glimpse that so-called ancient Pool Kingdom instruction from afar.

"The material of this book is extraordinary—so extraordinary that it cannot be probed. And