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High above, the Human Emperor stood watching it all, a faint smile playing on his lips.
But then, a sudden, sharp pain stabbed through his head.
He raised a hand to his brow and steadied himself, breathing through it. After several heartbeats, the pain passed.
He turned his gaze downward toward the earth, where a thick, oppressive aura seemed to brood beneath the surface. Something hidden. Something ancient.
His eyes flickered with an unreadable hesitation.
Then he shook his head, turned away, and began walking toward the sky prison.
The prison currently held many detainees.
These were not ordinary criminals, but resurrected remnants of the Xia Dynasty.
Ever since Imperial Tutor Gao had abruptly revealed himself to be none other than the last emperor of the ancient Xia Dynasty, the Emperor had kept a close eye on such matters.
And the deeper he investigated, the clearer it became. The recent merging of Yin and Yang had not happened on its own. These Xia revivalists had been quietly stoking the fire behind the scenes.
Through ruthless interrogation, the Emperor had uncovered much about the long-buried dynasty.
The Xia Dynasty had begun 30,000 years ago.
Their rituals revolved on sacrifices. Human sacrifices, to be precise.
And the Archon Star back then, whatever ancient entity it was, had a unique power to store souls.
That’s how Xia She’s soul had survived all these millennia. The Archon Star preserved it, and when that soul found its way into Imperial Tutor Gao’s body, the man became Xia She, gaining his powers and memories....
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