Vast rivers and mountains rushed toward him, while the rolling dust of the mortal world swirled all around.
Light and shadow flashed past, shifting beyond all prediction!
In that instant, Chen Cuo saw the boundless Sea of the Eastern Lands, the vast desert to the north, the Hundred Thousand Mountains to the south, the towering roof of the world to the West, and the Western Regions with their immense Vast Sea and hundred kingdoms...
He saw myriad nations coming to pay tribute, and Buddhist and Daoist Cultivators receiving imperial recognition.
The people lived and worked in peace, while soldiers put their horses out to pasture on the southern mountains. Peace reigned everywhere!
As light and shadow flowed, the scene around Chen Cuo changed. He seemed to stand not in a palace but on a bustling street. Smiling figures surrounded him, and their laughter and greetings filled his ears.
Suddenly, a horse came galloping toward them.
"Good news! Good news! The army on the southern campaign has won battle after battle and captured Jiankang City of Southern Chen! The false king of Chen has been seized, and every member of the Southern Dynasty's Chen Bloodline has been caught. They've been locked in prison wagons and will be escorted to the capital any day now!"
"Good news! Good news!"
The rider shouted all along the road, his voice brimming with delight. He galloped through the cheers of the people and gradually vanished from sight.
"Wonderful! Our Great Zhou has finally united All Under Heaven!"
"Since the Two Han Dynasties, only our Great Zhou has been this strong!"
"First we destroyed False Qi, then we overthrew Southern Chen. Our Great Zhou is invincible across All Under Heaven!"
The voices of the crowd and the thoughts of ten thousand people stirred fierce emotions.