The newly founded Empire brought peace to the Four Blues; Liu Bei's benevolent heart aided the people!

The first year of Haiyuan, Mengchun.

The aftermath of the Hua Empire's founding and coronation ceremony continued to sweep across the seas. News of Chen Yu's ascension as emperor spread with the News Coos' newspapers to every corner of the Grand Line and the New World, making the name "Hua Empire" the most revered and feared name upon these seas.

In Chang'an City, the Empire's capital, there was no relaxation after the clamor of the coronation ceremony. Instead, the vast machinery of this empire spanning the Four Blues began operating at an even more efficient pace.

Inside the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Hua Empire's first grand court assembly was underway.

Civil and military officials stood in separate ranks. At the head of the civil officials stood the Empire's chancellor, Liu Bei.

He wore a black chancellor's court robe embroidered with dragons. His face was like polished jade, his lips as though rouged, his ears reached his shoulders, and his hands extended past his knees. His eyes were gentle yet profound, filled with enduring benevolence and gravity. The Twin Blades of the Male and Female hung at his waist, and a pale green halo of life surrounded him-the fundamental power of the Mythical Zoan Xerneas Fruit.

Even though he deliberately restrained his presence, his Admiral-level pressure still enveloped the hall like a nourishing spring breeze and rain, blending perfectly with his supreme Armament Haki and Observation Haki. There was also his unique Conqueror's Haki-not wild and domineering like Lü Bu's or Zhang Fei's, nor deathly still and cold like Bai Qi's, but generous as the earth and gentle as warm sunlight, yet capable of winning wholehearted submission and leaving no one daring to overstep.

This imperial chancellor was not only the foremost civil official who devised plans and oversaw affairs