All across the Nine-State, everyone is closely watching this battle, with terrifying news constantly coming in.

The Chronicles of Time has been stolen.

The Old King has returned.

The Ancient Monarch has already entered the Sacrificial Tomb's domain.

And finally, before everyone's "eyes" returned to normal, they witnessed that final scene.

In the sky above.

This Ancient Monarch clashed with the nine mighty palms reaching out from an ancient tomb, a majestic shockwave surging forth.

The commoners and scholars below have never seen a High Tier Cultivator battle before.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Countless people were dumbfounded as they witnessed this scene, between two supreme Divine Spirits, radiant golden light erupted, and two streams of the Milky Way collided at this moment, seemingly forming a boundlessly dark and brilliant starry sky.

And this scene gently etched itself on their retina until their eyes returned to normal.

Many people rubbed their eyes as they returned to normal.

"My eyes saw it! I'm back to normal!!"

On the streets, the once-blind people were regaining their sight, and the crowd exploded in excitement, with the unease and fear in their hearts slightly lessened, but a larger discussion quickly erupted.

Everywhere on the streets and alleys, heated discussions abound:

"A divine battle, now that's a divine battle!"

"My heavens, what was that? Is this the ancient Gods and Demons who have lived for tens of thousands of years? It frightened me."

"It makes an old man like me, who can barely walk at sixty, so envious. Those with such long lives truly exist. Scholars, that's what scholars are. Reading can open the Three Flowers and tread the path of cultivation. I want my grandson to study hard and strive to become a great person."

"Was the one in the Chronicles of Time just now, the legendary strongest Emperor, Emperor Jiushui?"

"I never imagined that as a humble Five-Body Realm Cultivator, I could witness the first public Saint battle. The fight was terrifying."

"This Ancient Monarch is too terrifying, reclaiming his body. Who in this world can stop him?"

"I'm witnessing a miracle!!"

The crowd buzzed with conversation.

In the end, the scene freezes at the moment of their clash, the current strongest Emperor Jiushui and the ancient strongest monarch's palm strike, leaving everyone eager to discuss.

Clearly. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

The blacksmith's slick operation, this eye projection wave, was truly masterful.

They know how to create topics.

Previously, the War of Man and God spread as being so powerful, yet ordinary civilians hadn't seen it, thus they lacked the real sense of it. Hearsay always lacked that immersive feel.

But now?

The scene is right in front of their eyes.

The resulting tumult will be unprecedented and will spread rapidly into the mouths of every human being.

The Water Deer's divine power is often considered insignificant, but at this moment, it showed its greatest value.

...

In a secluded Dragon Palace.

The Nine-headed Dragon Emperor sighed deeply, feeling the power in his eye sockets, "My eyes, and the eyes of the people have restored to normal. They are truly magnanimous and upright... unlike the shady tricks of Humans and Gods."

"Perhaps it's their pride that doesn't allow them to do despicable things."

"They really simply wanted to let the world hear their voice, see their form."

The Nine-headed Dragon Emperor could naturally resist the infection and interference in the eyes.

But why not take this opportunity to watch the battle?

He rubbed his eyes that had returned to normal, and from his heart, he naturally felt some admiration for that proud Ancient Monarch, feeling a kinship.

However, the strong entrance of this ancient powerhouse, unabashedly exhibiting a dominant and powerful temperament, did not instill despair in him but rather made him tremble with excitement.

In times like these, with countless strong enemies, he has the right to go all out.

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...

In the Capital City.

Countless cultivators are rushing to the Imperial Palace, with these intelligence organizations scurrying through the streets and alleys of the capital, constantly documenting and capturing images of the battle's ruins.

The first-hand information obtained by these spies not only facilitates their own forces for data recording but also allows them to release some shallow publishable intelligence in the latest editions of their newspapers.

In today's era, reading newspapers and feeling the confluence of world changes is what scholars love the most.

Every large newspaper agency is a Treasure Basin, profiting daily, and can also command the voice of the masses, controlling public opinion. This leads to intense competition among newspapers under various forces, all eager to create major news to capture the market.

Click!

One by one, the spies recorded the chaos in the Human Race's first Holy Land, the capital, after losing the Chronicles of Time, a scene rarely seen in history.

Inside the Imperial Palace, atop the ruins of the destroyed Between the Scales, every Golden Armor Warrior, and even each of the top generals, masters, and national-level tributors, remained silent, as if turned to stone.

"With the National Guardian Divine Artifact being taken away like this, our Xin Dynasty truly marks a first in all dynasties."

"A national disgrace, a disgrace to the Human Race."

"The Human Race's ancestral tombs have been robbed, though it's the Pseudo-human ancestral tomb, but nominally it still is..."

"We should have foreseen this... They had earlier robbed the ancient tombs of the Giant Shell, Tree-man, Thunder Stone Puppet, and Water Deer. How could they appear suddenly without a grand scheme?"

But no one thought that they would dare to rob the tomb of the greatest clan of the Nine-State?

They planned this long ago!

Their faces stiffened as they looked at the empty Human Race Imperial Mausoleum, rendered speechless.

"The scholars of the world will have to parade once more."

"Alas, the Emperor may have to issue a decree of self-reproach."

Many high-ranking officials of the dynasties discussed intensely, their expressions desolate.

With the Emperor writing a decree of self-reproach, they too would be chastised, with a layer of flesh scraped from them.

Even the entire Imperial Palace might undergo a serious personnel change; their positions couldn't be preserved, and the Upper Grade and Celestial Grade aristocratic families of the Human Race would be implicated.

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...

Xin Dynasty year 101, October 1st.

Ancient Monarch resurrected, declaring his presence, casting his shadow at the bottom of the East Sea, battled the leaders of three clans, and seized the Chronicles of Time.

Through eye projection, this scene was widely disseminated, captured into various images and channels, and spread far and wide.

Indeed.

Some anti-human groups, or cultivators who suffered unjust persecution from the Human Race, scholars with grievances, watched this ancient monarch with fervor, hoping to pledge allegiance.

"The Human Race officials protect one another, oppress us with their power, suppress our businesses, causing us to be ruined and families destroyed. This is the ancient hero who saved the old era, now returning to save us."

"We, Humans, are deceitful, apt at internal strife, unworthy of being the rulers of this world."

Some young individuals, seeing this imposing figure, already harbored thoughts of defecting.

No matter where, it's always the powerful who are respected, and the powerful will always have followers.

Moreover, the opponent conceded two moves, communicated indirectly without harming living beings, earning admiration and reverence from some cultivators.

...

...

With a rustle.

Right when the emotions within the Central Plains Dynasty and the Four Seas Dynasty Alliance reached their pinnacle, Ning Zheng stepped into the coverage of the Sacrificial Tomb.

"Indeed, they did not pursue."

The surrounding was quiet, as if the boiling external world did not exist here.

"They know that fighting further is meaningless, unable to determine victory or defeat... they might even break open the Chronicles of Time, explode the ancient Pseudo-human Emperor's tomb, allowing a third-party ancient force entry..."

Ning Zheng contemplated, "For now, things have calmed."

The Self-Transformation area of Xian was vast, practically a small territory.

Due to the substantial quantity of 50% Embers explosion rate, various fish Embers were absorbed, transforming into residents of ancient tribes, forming a large ancient tribal nation.

Ning Zheng was indifferent, pressing his palm horizontally.

A gorge emerged, releasing Thunder Stone Divine Power, turning the surroundings into explosive clay, establishing a small barrier to prevent disturbances.

Clearly.

He was carrying the [Chronicles of Time] with no place to hide, only temporarily residing here.

The Chronicles of Time were too conspicuous, destined to be exposed under spotlight, with its location known to all.

He might as well conceal himself here in the Sacrificial Tomb.

Ning Zheng felt the mural armor on his body, though the 1.5 billion gamble emptied most of his savings, acquiring this [Chronicles of Time] was an unmistakable gain.

It was exactly this 1.5 billion that made Xin Xichen, the one who trusted data to the utmost, misjudge the whole battle's situation, allowing Ning Zheng to succeed, break his calculations, and attack his old lair.

"Now, I'm at the interdependence of disaster and happiness, replacing Xin Xichen's position, becoming the strongest offender on the surface, everyone wants to deal with me first..."

"I've become the target of many."

The strongest ancient boss in history arriving.

Who wouldn't be afraid?

But compared to the attention, all the gains are worth it.

Fully exploring the [Chronicles of Time], treating it as instances to conquer, the gains within must be unimaginably large.

Speaking of which.

It seems the Human Race's Divine Artifact, [Chronicles of Time], [Eternal Sun and Moon], I hold them all...

The neighboring Xin Xichen seems more like an imitation emperor.

Unfortunately, just missing a Nine-State Earth Vein, and I'd have completed the Human Race's Divine Artifact trio.