This was the Human Clan's untamed radiance

[Main quest activated: Spend ten years in this world, witness causes and consequences, the ebb and flow of tides]

[Quest reward: One Aperture Mastery (flawless version)]

As the ancients said, mastering one aperture opened the way to mastering a hundred.

It was a divine art very close to Self-Taught Mastery, though it required exceptional comprehension.

Ye Zhuo's comprehension was naturally exceptional, but to truly master it, he still had to wait until the quest was complete.

After the rites of heaven and earth, Jiang Ziya also became a feudal lord.

All day long, he heard the Ancient Gods whispering in his ears, their complaints never ending.

"You lunatic! Even if we're locked up here, other gods will still devour blood sacrifices!"

"Drop dead, you old lunatic!"

"Why? What's so wrong with humans cooperating with the Ancient Gods?"

Jiang Ziya ignored them and simply waited in silence.

Only after a long while did he speak.

"Almost no Ancient Gods with physical bodies remain. With me here, they won't dare show themselves. Only after a few hundred years, when they think I'm dead, will they emerge one after another.

"But that doesn't matter. I'll wait right here until my master comes to see me and destroys every last one of you."

Later, Jiang Ziya discovered that he had not died, but the voices of the mortal world began to murmur endlessly in his ears.

He had also gained some divine power. Now immortal, he suppressed the Ancient Gods' remnant souls while wandering the mortal world.

The world unfolded hazily before him. Tides rose and fell, many people died, and even more were born.

In the end, everything was merely a passing cloud.

He was waiting for an opportunity, for the day when that man in black armor and black