After their negotiations, the two clasped hands firmly.
"Here's to a fruitful partnership."
"Then, from this moment on, the Xuanyuan Tribe will formally join the Ancient Li Kingdom."
Shennong gripped Xuanyuan's hand tightly.
Xuanyuan nodded slightly.
"Very well. I will cooperate with the Ancient Li Kingdom's operations from now on."
They signed no contract, for both knew that, as powerful cultivators aspiring to become Saints, they would not resort to any trickery in such matters.
That would only plant inner demons in their hearts and prevent them from reaching greater heights.
Soon, as the Xuanyuan Tribe took action,
the Human Race's territories were unified once more.
Following Fuxi's old system, Shennong gathered the tribal chiefs and established a powerful federated nation of the Human Race, with its tribes as the core units.
With the Ancient Li Kingdom unified,
Shennong paid homage to heaven and made his proclamation to earth.
"Human Emperor Fuxi ventured deep into the darkness to eradicate evil for the sake of the Primordial World, and thus fell."
"The Human Race has endured a hundred years of chaos."
"Now I, Shennong, have subdued the defiant and unified the Human Race. I hereby proclaim myself Human Emperor and shall safeguard the peace of the Human Race from this position."
"From this day forth, I am the Flame Emperor."
As his words fell, boundless merit drifted down, and Merit Flowers surged eagerly into his body.
Human Emperor Shennong's cultivation had been stagnant, but this vast flood of merit instantly pushed him through the Quasi-Saint threshold.
In an instant, a strand of primordial violet qi drifted over and merged into Shennong's body.
Human Emperor Shennong attained Sainthood.
Throughout the Primordial World, everyone had been fleeing, trying to work out how to preserve their lives.
But suddenly, ethereal immortal melodies rang out,