The ritual and image recording were completed in one smooth sequence.
"The Three Calamities have descended. The Sky Toad Clan has chosen a worthy lord and joined the Human Race."
"With Heaven and Earth as Witness, let the Myriad Races bear witness."
"Let this proclamation be known."
As the voice rang out across heaven and earth, the Sky Toad Clan's induction officially came to an end.
Zhong Yi departed.
His retreating figure seemed a little unhappy, though—at least less happy than when he had arrived. Zhong Yi had been all smiles then.
"Mortal King, where will we live?"
The enormous toad before him glanced around.
Chen Fan sighed softly. "From now on, don't call me Mortal King. Call me Domain Lord. Wang Kui will arrange your accommodations. Follow him."
Fine.
Even if he was going to become a King,
"Mortal King" still didn't sound very good. Didn't "King of Humanity" sound much better?
Of course, he was only saying that. His ideal remained a world without Kings, himself included.
That ideal had never changed, from the very beginning to now.
"November 14, year 11 of the Eternal Night New Calendar."
"Today marks the Eternal Night Continent's 174th day in the Boundary Battlefield."
Inside the cave on Nameless Mountain.
Chen Fan sat at his desk, recording recent events in his diary. They had clearly only been in the Boundary Battlefield for a little over half a
year, but it felt as though much longer had passed.
"Whew..."
He leaned back in his chair and stretched.
Time to head out and get to work.
The Mortal Domain was busy too. Its territory had grown considerably after the last expansion, when it had merged with two continents back in the 1024 Heavens.
Meanwhile,
in Sky-Reaching City, within the Mortal Domain,
the streets rang