The Great Desolation Era, Year 56103 of the Human Race, the Fifth Human Emperor passed away before his lifespan was up, shocking the Five Races of the Untainted Land.
The Four Legions of the Human Race entered the highest state of alert.
Mourning filled the Human Race. According to tradition, the death of a Human Emperor would last for ten years until the new Human Emperor ascended the throne.
During these ten years of mourning, the human race was not allowed to have any civil wars except for wars. Even fighting was not allowed.
Otherwise, it would be disrespectful to the previous Emperor.
Half a month later, the new Master of the Wuji Pavilion, Yi Haoran, passed down the final decree of the previous Human Emperor, Tai Ho, to open the path to the Human Emperor and shorten the mourning period to three months.
In addition, the Commanders of the Four Legions were still guarding the border and were not allowed to leave their posts to attend the funeral in Imperial Dragon City.
They also appointed the Old General of the Divine General's Estate, the Dean of the Heavenly Academy, and the Master of the Wuji Pavilion to manage the affairs of the Human Race and preside over the opening of the Human Emperor's path until the new Human Emperor ascended the throne.
When the Four Races heard the news of the Human Emperor's death, they did not launch a large-scale attack. Instead, they decided to wait until the three months of mourning period before attacking the Human Race to show their respect for this super expert.
However, there were already undercurrents surging within the Human Race. The biggest change was in the South.
Many experts suddenly appeared in the South, and there were even Emperors among them. For this reason, the Tiannan State took the initiative to withdraw from the Dutian Clan's territory and returned to its original territory.
But even so, the Three Sects and Seven Schools of the South had already begun to secretly form an alliance with the Tiannan State. They were ready to attack the Tiannan State as soon as the mourning period was over.
In addition, the Imperial Dragon City was divided into three factions. One was led by the Heavenly Academy and the Wuji Pavilion, while the other was led by the Divine General's Estate, which ruled the Human Emperor's Palace.
The last faction was led by the Alchemy School and the Tool Sect. These two factions were united.
Among them, almost all the superpowers in the Imperial Dragon City followed the Heavenly Academy's lead. The Alchemy School and the Tool Sect, who were united, did not seem to be ready to participate in the battle between the Heavenly Academy and the Divine General's Estate.
Instead, he announced that he was going to remain neutral.
However, everyone knew that two tigers cannot live on one mountain. Sooner or later, the Divine General Estate and the Heavenly Dao Academy would shed all pretense of cordiality.
Although the Divine General's Estate seemed to be at a disadvantage, the four strongest armies of the Human Race almost immediately declared their allegiance to the Divine General's Estate.
With the exception of a few, the Human Emperor Palaces in the various regions had all chosen to pledge their loyalty to the Divine General's Estate.
However, the most important power had chosen to join the Divine General's Estate's camp. This power was the Jubao Hall!
Everyone knew that the Jubao Hall was extremely wealthy. It was the Human Emperor's money bag. Apart from the few that were self-sufficient, most of the military supplies of the four legions came from the Jubao Hall.
The reason given by the Jubao Hall was very direct. The Jubao Hall never participated in internal conflicts, but the Jubao Hall would cooperate with the Divine General's Estate and even the Human Emperor Palace to ensure the supply of military supplies to the four legions. This was to prevent the alien races from taking advantage of the situation.
Thus, the power of the Divine General Estate was on par with the Heavenly Dao Academy.
However, the reason why the major powers did not choose the Divine General Estate was because the Divine General Estate could only control the Human Emperor Palace in the various regions.
If the Human Emperor was gone, who would listen to the Human Emperor Palace's orders? Even if a war really broke out, they would only listen to the orders. It was impossible for them to send experts to the Human Emperor Palace unconditionally to serve the four legions like before.
The four legions were indeed the core power of the Human Race. However, the four legions guarded the borders and could not leave the borders to boost the prestige of the Divine General Estate.
Thus, on the surface, the Heavenly Dao Academy naturally had to suppress the Divine General Estate.
Among the four legions, the North and the West both had quite a few rebellions. Warriors from the major powers of the Human Race wanted to leave the legions and return to their own factions.
However, these rebellions were quickly suppressed.
On the other hand, the Rosefinch Army in the South and the White Tiger Legion in the East remained steadfast.
The moment the Human Emperor fell, Lu Xiufu issued a death order. Anyone who dared to rebel within the legions, no matter who they were, was to be killed without question.
In addition, the Buzhou Mountain side had already been cleaned up by Ye Tianze. Naturally, no one would dare to make trouble.
However, Lu Xiufu was very clear that once the three-month mourning period was over, the monsters in the Human Race would immediately come to Mount Buzhou to pressure him.
After all, the resources of Mount Buzhou were what the major powers really wanted. The two alliances and the Heavenly Dao Academy's forces were driven out, but Ye Tianze refused to give them the right to enter. It could be said that the Heavenly Dao Academy and the two alliances were gnashing their teeth in resentment.
After the fall of the Human Emperor, the two alliances in the North and the East were relatively stable.
However, Lee Chao-young, who was overseeing Stone City, had already received a lot of intelligence from spies. The two alliances had secretly contacted the Heavenly Dao Academy.
They were negotiating, and the content of the negotiation could be guessed by Lee Chao-young.
They probably wanted to work together from the inside and the outside to move away this huge mountain that was pressing down on their heads.
Although the two alliances had signed a contract, that was when the Human Emperor was still around. But now, the Human Emperor was gone!
Stone City and the legions took away more than half of the mountain's resources, and the two alliances only got a small portion. But even this small portion was enough to surprise them.
Not to mention the majority of Stone City's resources, which they coveted.
In the past, when the Human Emperor was suppressed, Lu Xiufu helped Stone City. In addition, they had lost to Stone City repeatedly, so they naturally couldn't do anything.
Now that the Human Emperor was gone, although Lu Xiufu's cultivation was strong, he wasn't the strongest in the Human Race. Those hidden experts popped up like bamboo shoots after the rain.
They needed a lot of resources to compete on the path of the Human Emperor!
Moreover, their strength was far superior to the experts at the foot of the mountain.
"The legions sent news that Lord White Tiger sensed that in the half month after the fall of the Human Emperor, there were many Emperor Realm auras, and they all just broke through!"
In the Ancestral Hall of Stone City, Master Ming sat in the center, and beside him was Tang Yuan.
The two rows below were the upper echelons of Stone City. Zhuge Qi, Zhou Chong, Lee Chao-young, and so on, all of them had a heavy expression.
Fortunately, they knew that even if the Human Emperor was gone, Ye Tianze was there to support them. They could do what they wanted to do without worries.
"This is the era of the Emperor Realm." Dugu Nuoyan smiled bitterly. "Unfortunately, I just broke through the Heaven Realm. I'm afraid I can't compete on the path of the Human Emperor. Senior Tang Yuan, I can compete."
"That's not necessarily true."
Tang Yuan said. "Since the path of the Human Emperor appeared, many Emperor Realm experts have fallen. Didn't His Majesty Tai Ho grow up step by step on the path of the Human Emperor?"
"But, only His Majesty Tai Ho can do that," Shen Yu said. "Walking on the path of the Human Emperor without entering the Emperor Realm is courting death."
"Shouldn't we be worried about how to stabilize the situation in Stone City?"
Lee Chao-young suddenly said.
Everyone nodded and returned to the topic. Lan Yuheng, who was sitting on the side, suddenly said, "I'm not worried about Mount Buzhou. With our current strength, other than the foreign races, the Heavenly Academy can't touch us."
At this point, Lan Yuheng looked at everyone. "There's the nine-story pagoda on the mountain, three hundred thousand elites in Stone City at the foot of the mountain, and the Heavenly Punishment Great Formation above us. No matter how tough it is, we can still hold on and give up some benefits. I'm worried about the Tiannan State. That's where our foundation is. If we don't have it, we'll be like water without a source!"
Everyone was silent. They now knew the importance of the Human Emperor to Stone City.
The experts that had sprung up like bamboo shoots after the rain made them feel great pressure. Stone City lacked such experts the most, Emperor Realm experts!
Even Ye Tianze was only at the Mid Heaven Realm. Tang Yuan was a half-step Emperor Realm expert and could break through to the Emperor Realm, but he had to maintain the interests of Mount Buzhou.
At the very most, the only Emperor Realm expert that Stone City could use was Shanhai Fu's master, Shui Bingyue.
However, Shui Bingyue's Taiyin Sect couldn't even take care of themselves. If they forced the Heavenly Academy into a corner, they would do anything.
They could use many Emperor Realm experts to kill one Emperor Realm expert.
Most importantly, if Stone City couldn't handle the situation, Lu Xiufu wouldn't support them under great pressure. This was a problem.
After all, the Divine General's Estate had no choice but to sacrifice them for the sake of the stability of the entire human race.
This was also a situation that Lu Xiufu couldn't change unless he became the new Human Emperor.
"It seems that the only thing we can do is to stabilize the situation and wait for the new Human Emperor to appear." Lan Yuheng smiled bitterly.
This was the first time he felt so powerless in front of the big picture. After hearing this, the people of Stone City were a little depressed.
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