The Divine Wonders (Bonus Chapter-Please Subscribe)

After Yue entered seclusion, the Shaman Terrace still towered high.

Under the coordination of the hegemon Xia State, nothing momentous happened across the realm.

Xia Qi proved a capable regional overlord. During his reign, he suppressed the four frontier peoples, balanced the kingdoms, and carved up the realm, greatly expanding Xia State's borders.

Unfortunately, age finally caught up with him. After ten years as regional overlord, he died of a sudden illness. Having thought it over again and again before his death, he ultimately passed the title of Marquis of Xia to his youngest son—Yu!

The decision threw the realm into an uproar, sparking arguments over whether succession should favor the eldest, the youngest, the legitimate heir, or the most worthy... But with his own Shamanism cultivation and his status as a disciple of the Shaman Terrace, Yu managed, barely, to have the last laugh. He defeated all his brothers and ascended as Marquis of Xia.

Xia State remained powerful under his rule, and he showed Jing Kingdom the same deep respect, paying homage year after year.

Another twenty winters and summers passed in the blink of an eye.

Great Wilderness Calendar, year 20,170.

Jing City, the Shaman Terrace.

Su held a tortoise shell in his hand and tossed it into the flames.

Then his sight rose without limit, as though he could see the vastness of heaven and earth.

In a corner of a small city, a middle-aged man with a filthy face and ragged clothes huddled against an earthen wall, silently watching the crowds.

"What a filthy beggar..."

"What happened to him? Why are his arms and legs all broken?"

Passersby hurried away, covering their faces with their sleeves. Not one offered to help.

"I... I am the king!"

Zhou murmured, forcing the words out in