As Aether replaced True Ether as the foundation of Earth's magic, the age in which gods ruled the land was finally officially declared over.
With True Ether gone, the surface was completely cut off from the basis for gods to be born. It could be said that, after the gods of the mortal world had been purged, aside from the two island nations where remnants of the Age of Gods still remained, the world's major lands had completely lost the soil in which deities could arise. Humanity had been freed from the greatest shackle above their heads, and the glorious age of Human Order was about to arrive.
Of course, it would be a glorious Human Order under Ye Ting's rule.
As humanity's true sovereign and the emperor who ruled the world, Ye Ting had only two tasks.
First, monitor the development of Human Order and await Alaya's formal birth.
Second, continue developing the Qin Empire and lead it toward prosperity.
In truth, aside from the Divine Land itself, all other humans on Earth were merely newly subjugated peoples. Compared to the utterly loyal old Qin people and the people of the Six Kingdoms who had been fully assimilated, these newly subjugated peoples did not possess sufficient loyalty or obedience toward him—Qin was still a conqueror to them.
And if he did not gain the loyalty and submission of all humanity, Ye Ting would not be able to truly control Alaya.
According to Ye Ting's research, given the current prosperity of Human Order, less than a century remained before Alaya's birth. During that time, Ye Ting needed to use governance to make all the conquered peoples fully acknowledge Qin's rule and maintain sufficient loyalty toward him.
This was not difficult, really. After all, there were nearly a hundred years ahead—four