The Great Xian Dynasty was called a divine dynasty, and that was no empty claim.
Its founding ancestor, Xianwu Emperor Qiu Fangzheng, possessed the power to uproot mountains and surpass seas, his divine abilities unfathomable and beyond description.
With the strength of one man alone, he surpassed armies of thousands upon thousands; ordinary mortals before him were scarcely different from ants.
Thus, after founding the nation, Qiu Fangzheng, possessed of peerless martial might, did not stop at the Central Plains.
Under his boundless power, in mere months, whether it was the Northern Desert, Southern Frontier, Western Extremity, or Eastern Sea—
Every land touched by sunlight and moonlight was brought into the territory of Great Xian.
Thus the four seas and eight wilds, all beneath heaven, were united as one, achieving an unprecedented age of universal harmony.
For the following five hundred years, Qiu Fangzheng sat firmly upon the Dragon Throne, maintaining the vast empire's stable operation through his supreme power and iron-handed methods.
Time flowed on, and the rise and fall of dynasties was only natural. Yet with Qiu Fangzheng, a living god, holding it down, the Xian Dynasty endured five hundred years without decline, as steady as a boulder.
And so, centuries later, many mortals began to regard him as an immortal god walking among mankind. They secretly erected altars, bowed in worship, and kept the incense offerings burning without end.
Yet the way of Heaven had its constants; miracles could not be sustained forever.
Qiu Fangzheng himself might enjoy longevity, but among his descendants, not one could inherit his extraordinary bloodline, Battle Soul aptitude, or earth-shaking martial strength.
Among the imperial princes and grandsons, most possessed only mediocre talent for martial cultivation. Their lifespans were no different from ordinary people's; even with spiritual medicines and secret techniques to