The Great Ming Dynasty was born.
Zhu Wu sat firmly upon the imperial throne. Through strength, wisdom, and skillful leadership, he won the respect of his subjects below the mountain, and his prestige blazed like the sun at its zenith.
The Great Powers on his side all held him in high regard. On the day of Zhu Wu's coronation, their affiliated factions explicitly pledged allegiance, while their Spirit Refining Realm representatives felt a measure of awe alongside their admiration.
That same day, Sword Lake Palace, the Dream Tapir Tribe, the Phoenix Clan, and others openly declared their support for the Great Ming Dynasty.
Some martial artists in the wider world also answered the call.
The Four Commanderies, led by Floating Cloud Mountain, likewise declared their stance.
They directly broke away with part of the Great Zhou Divine Dynasty's territory. Both sides tore away the final scrap covering their shame, casting aside all pretense.
"This day has finally come!"
The Great Powers throughout heaven and earth all felt the same emotion.
Those who were neutral remained so, quietly watching events unfold.
The opposing sides, however, sprang into action.
The Great Powers personally intervened, entering the fray one after another.
Xuanming protected the Four Commanderies single-handedly. Standing upon the Supreme Polarity Golden Bridge and holding the Mountains and Rivers, Society and Millet Diagram, he stopped a top-tier Mighty Expert—the mighty practitioner of the Legalist School who had backed the former Great Xuan Divine Dynasty—and an Ordinary Great Power of the Demon Race: a Nine-Headed Bird.
Laws collided, and Great Daos clashed.
Facing their joint assault, Xuanming remained utterly fearless. His Great Dao of primordial unity dissolved all things, giving him the air of one unmoved no matter whether the wind blew from east, west, north, or south.
He even caught them off