For Sword Casting Manor, with insufficient manpower and strength, it is difficult to conquer the Chronicles of Time.

This is the conclusion after many studies by the blacksmiths.

They might boast endlessly, but they are very clear about their capacity, knowing well that they are just tiny specks.

After all, relying solely on top-tier combat power is not enough.

In warfare, probing enemy numbers and powerhouse quantity is not that simple.

They lack experience, and they lack hands.

Ultimately, the blacksmiths only have a switching-type Ancestor Demon God, their foundation is completely inadequate.

And Xin Xichen and others have realized this point.

"So, this is the situation, you are certainly strong, but now returning, you possess top-level strength... yet have no lower and middle-tier personnel," thought Cursed.

Such a situation clearly indicates they have come to trade.

But for them, it's akin to negotiating with a tiger.

"We are merely here to inform,"

The Giant Shell Ancestor Demon God snorted lightly, "We will open this Imperial Mausoleum but will charge to some extent, whether you come or not is up to you."

After speaking, he disappeared immediately.

Leaving everyone looking at each other.

...

...

Deep Sea Sacrificial Tomb.

A golden armor statue sits on the throne, and its scales are precisely the Chronicles of Time.

The Chronicles of Time consists of a series of corridor tombs.

These tombs also have vacancies, waiting for future emperors to occupy them. They are currently in a vacant emperor tomb, forming a new base.

Named:

[Between the Dawn]

Yes, they have not yet ascended to emperorship, yet have prepared their tomb for when they become emperor, exemplifying foresight.

At this moment inside the tomb, a simple city has been formed.

"How is the building going on your side?"

"Doing alright."

"Lay the floor tiles over there, fill the gaps."

"Exactly, quickly arrange everything, in a few days, guests will come for instance runs."

"Hahaha, managing an Adventure Town!"

"We must take a cut of the treasures they bring out."

A few blacksmiths logged into their roles here and arranged the third new base.

Speaking of which, their aliases are increasing in number now.

Human Race base: Ximen Metropolis.

Sea Race base: Bone Demon Royal City.

Imperial Mausoleum base: Ancestor Tribe.

They represent three different forces, the large map has fully unfolded.

Human Race.

Demon Race.

Ghost Race.

They even feel ready to start a [Faction] sect system, since in a game, isn't it normal to select sects, races, and factions?

Covering the three major races, forming a triumvirate.

They already envision players flowing out from the Sword Casting Manor Newbie Village towards the three [Factions] after open testing.

Plus, Xin Xichen enthusiastically joined "Hongmeng," and the data panel is truly going to take shape in the future.

This gaming world has appeared in embryonic form, through their internal test players' unending DuangDuang forging, adding various functions, creating "My World."

Many players have already become addicted.

They feel like programmers, coding various functions, the sense of achievement is overwhelming!

They've even imagined, with the [Data Panel] and [Human, Demon, and Ghost Camps] established, once the Sacrificial Era completely evolves into a big explosion, creating races...

Forming traditional MMORPG aesthetics and likely entering open test mode completely, right?

The planners are simply so considerate.

A group speaks freely, envisioning a bright future, chatting while building the city.

The streets along the way are swiftly constructed, with vacant shops appearing on site.

"This will be our true... independent power."

Jiucai Rong looked at the vast land, smiling, "After all, at most we are high-ranking on the Human Race side, and also high-ranking on the Sea Race side... here it's completely independent."

"Indeed."

Night Mad Cultivator deepened his endorsement.

The strength of a power depends on how fierce your Self-Transformation Realm is; otherwise, no matter how much industry you have, it cannot be maintained.

Our first batch of Ancestor Demon God Self-Transformation Realm can support this independent power.

As for the Human Race? Sea Race?

They are not yet within our grasp, and can only mingle among the high ranks as spies.

Their Self-Transformation Realm combat power is seriously lacking; it's obviously impossible to overthrow in real power terms the Human Emperor Xin Xichen and the Sea Emperor Phoenix Yi.

Even if they yield to you, can you control it?

The combat power of several Self-Transformation Realm entities can at most stabilize the power of the Ancestor Demon God side.

Thus.

They plan to increase the Suppression Level giants.

The Chronicles of Time is their best gateway to increase combat power.

"Are you sure they will come?" At this moment, Crayon Shin-Chan walked over and asked, "Is it too expensive to charge a 70/30 split?"

"They will definitely come, and the fee isn't too high." No Bedwetting at Nine Years Old said seriously, "Many people will come; believe me, they'll be scrambling for it. Giving them 30% is already quite generous."

Outrage of Man and God said, "I heard we're also doing a grand opening promotion, with double the benefits for the first dungeon run. Even though we offer less, our activities are more plentiful and enthusiastic."

Crayon Shin-Chan nodded in agreement, "Moreover, as long as they enter the dungeon, we'll have a daily sign-in event. If they sign in for a week straight, there will be a big gift pack."

The commission is high, but with all the various activities and rebates, it's even more enticing and exciting.

They chatted as they prepared for a new journey.

...

On the other side.

In the Bone Demon Imperial Palace, inside a huge research facility.

Various state-of-the-art equipment and Magical Artifacts were neatly arranged around.

Ning Zheng saw Xin Xichen, Thunder Hammer Duke, Doukou Hong, Xinyi Baisan, all engaging in groundbreaking research around "Hongmeng" in Bone Demon Royal City.

It seems like every time I change disguises, I end up with this same group of people.

Despite always interacting with you under different guises, you never recognize us.

Looks like it isn't true love.

"This Eye of Identification is best spread through the Earth Vein." At this moment, Xin Xichen, who was continuously researching the Sea Race's National Guardian Divine Artifact Hongmeng, said, "Moreover, I've already revamped the Earth Vein Magical Artifact once."

It seems that Jiu Shui handed over part of the Earth Vein Divine Artifact's permissions to Xin Xichen.

"May I ask how you remodeled it?" Thunder Hammer Duke asked.

Xin Xichen replied, "The Earth Vein's Artifact Spirit is now our Xin Family's Ancestor Demon God...formed from countless Innate Firewood Divine Spirits, mastering the Earth Vein can rapidly filter and absorb massive amounts of information."

The Earth Vein's Artifact Spirit is the Xin Family's fusion of the Ancestors.

Ning Zheng instantly understood. It seems like that Xin Family ancestor blocking me in the Imperial Palace wasn't meant for combat but to control the Earth Vein.

Xin Xichen's approach here is also quite clever.

The Firewood of the Immortal Path from the Firewood Era, after updating, can burn some bloodline aura to read your personal data.

And now?

As long as you transmit messages or chat within the Earth Vein, you can burn the aura with Firewood to capture your Divine Techniques, Cultivation Techniques; it's akin to being stripped bare, swimming naked in the Earth Vein Network!

One can only say that Xin Xichen played around with Firewood quite creatively.

His Xin Dynasty's royal family is the biggest eavesdropping hacker in the Nine-State!

Beside him, Daojiu instantly thought of those tech movies featuring the likes of the Celestial Eye and Celestial Net, monitoring you with no blind spots.

In front of the royal family, you're stripped bare!

This is the Imperial control method of the Immortal Path Era!

If the Emperor doesn't have enough control, clans and aristocrats could rebel without him knowing, such a Dynasty won't last.

Xin Xichen's adaptation to the era indeed has infinite brilliant uses, pinching the throats of various major forces within the dynasty.

Seeing the frightened expressions of everyone, Xin Xichen said, "Don't worry, we haven't had the chance to monitor your communications and behavior yet, nor seize the opportunity to acquire your Divine Techniques and bottom lines."

Clearly an eerie statement, yet he spoke so calmly:

"The Ember Ancestor Virus was only activated after the emergence, and the Xin Family Ancestor Demon God was born just ten days ago; we just got it sorted... The original intention was to monitor, to explore your Four Seas' various Divine Techniques, Cultivation Techniques, and bottoms and register them all... Who knew so many things would happen?"

"You could say you dodged a bullet!"

Ning Zheng: "..."

This Sixth Xin nearly stirred things up.

Was he attempting to turn the Sea Race into his own subjects, fully recorded? Using the Communication Token not only allows eavesdropping, but personal Divine Techniques and abilities would be secretly burned by Firewood, thoroughly known.

But fortunately.

Ning Zheng has always been wary of the Earth Vein Communication Token and generally refrains from using it.

He can catch others, but he can't catch me atop Xirong Manor.

"Gentlemen, you can't blame me for this." Xin Xichen sighed, facing the resentful looks of everyone.

Heroes are always lonely, bearing burdens unrecognized by others.

He understood the misunderstanding, suspicion, and fear of others, yet chose to silently contribute.

But the era is too dangerous; for the safety of the people, he must monitor the Earth Vein, all for the peace of the world.

Isn't this quite reasonable?

Firewood + Earth Vein is the best choice.

But clearly, his secret research and stealth archive department accidentally collided with the ideas of the blacksmiths, who also came up with a "Hongmeng."

Now that there's an unexpected change, it's better to combine the two.

"Hongmeng" + "Firewood Earth Vein."

In simpler terms, the Sea Race provides the "server," while the Human Race supplies the advanced "fiber optic network," with the network also featuring built-in ID address tracking.

Their National Guardian Divine Artifacts are considered complementary.

Next, they continued discussion and officially launched the first cooperation between Nine-State's Four Seas, matching the two National Guardian Divine Artifacts.

Xin Xichen is a vigorous and decisive research talent, continuously discussing with Doukou Hong, Xinyi Baisan, and others.

From Thunder Hammer Duke's Sea Race side, their experts also participated, forming a significant exchange meeting, collectively researching the era-defining Keystones Divine Artifact.

If successful.

This foundational artifact of the Immortal Path Era will rival the significance of the Chronicles of Time from the olden days!

Forever guarding the rivers and mountains, protecting one era after another.

"Even if the Chronicles of Time disappeared, we could surely create another!" Thunder Hammer Duke's disciple, Daojiu, said earnestly amidst the big shots.

"Exactly, the disappearance of the Chronicles of Time just shows they were rightly eliminated by the times!" Detective Yan Shuangying also spoke up.

Xin Xichen looked at them with a hint of doubt, as if he had heard their speaking style somewhere before.

But thinking carefully, it seemed he had seen it everywhere.

It seemed like a trend among the new generation of youth in many places, not something an elder like himself could understand, perhaps he was just being overly suspicious.