"That person was Emperor Zhetian."
The Deputy General gave a faint sigh as he spoke Emperor Zhetian's name.
Who could have imagined fate could be so wondrous? The High God of the heavenly palace back then had become the celestial emperor of the mortal world.
Yet this mortal celestial emperor should have long since reached the natural end of his life. Instead, he was still waging wars far and wide. It had to be said that this former High God had completely mastered the secret to controlling his own life.
Hearing the Deputy General's words, Yang Qing recalled the legend surrounding Emperor Zhetian.
If Emperor Zhetian truly was the reincarnation of that High God, had the Eastern Radiance Ancient Kingdom's grand history of over a thousand years been created by him alone?
After all, ever since the Primordial Ancestor founded the Eastern Radiance Ancient Kingdom, rumors had persisted that it enjoyed heaven's favor.
Yang Qing and the others had originally believed this favor meant the Eastern Radiance Ancient Kingdom enjoyed uniquely blessed circumstances, with every ruler so outstanding that they had led its people to leave countless legends in the long river of history.
That was precisely why the Eastern Radiance Ancient Kingdom was still remembered and revered hundreds of years after its fall.
The impression of strength it had left upon people was simply too profound.
Emperor Zhetian in particular was like a sun that would never set, forever hanging high in the sky, making his subjects march onward according to his demands.
But after hearing the Black Tortoise Deputy General's words, Yang Qing had a new theory about Emperor Zhetian.
Starting with Eastern Splendor's first ruler, the Primordial Emperor, rumors of a Heavenly Stone appearing had surfaced in the Eastern Radiance Ancient Kingdom every so often, or whenever