After many years apart.
Ye Zhuo traveled to Rome aboard the Cloud Immortal Palace, living among mortals for ten years and leaving behind countless legends.
There were tales of princesses and royal consorts going mad overnight, ordering portraits drawn of a strange man in black armor.
There were tales of holy maidens adding the Demon God to murals as a god among the heavens. Those past events had long since become myths.
Ye Zhuo had clearly not even realized that every action he took was changing this world.
One night.
Ye Zhuo was meditating in the Cloud Palace when he suddenly heard a notification.
Several more words had appeared in his divine title.
"Damn it, who was it?"
He rode the clouds over and spotted someone performing another fengshan ceremony for him atop Mount Tai.
"Liu Xuande has inherited the imperial throne. To thank the Demon God for protecting the Han realm, he is hereby granted the additional title of Primordial Supreme, Boundless, Infinite, Mysterious Demon God Emperor!"
Hmm?
Why had Liu Bei become the new emperor?
Over the past few years, Ye Zhuo had simply not concerned himself with worldly affairs.
He had allowed the great currents of the world to shift on their own.
Only after calculating with his fingers did he learn of the many developments over the years.
With Emperor Xian of Han in his hands, Liu Bei had swiftly absorbed the territories of Liu Biao, Liu Zhang, and the rest of the Liu clan.
He had become one of the three powers dividing the realm. Then, after the Battle of Red Cliffs ended—
Cao Cao suffered devastating losses and, with his claim lacking both legitimacy and justification—
Liu Bei joined forces with Ma Teng of Xiliang and Sun Ce of Eastern Wu, competing for the