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Days later.
The court historians gathered to debate the posthumous title.
The late Human Emperor had been powerful. He drove back the Nine Flames Tribe, reunited the realm under one banner. By those merits alone, he deserved to be remembered as a wise and mighty ruler.
But then came the bloodshed. The executions. The officials and martial artists who died by his hand.
The people suffered under his rule, plagued by endless disasters, the land in turmoil, while he did nothing.
“Let’s go with Wu Lie, a Martial Ardent..” The new Emperor despised the tyrant, yet chose not to smear him with a disgraceful name. Instead, he gave him the rare honor of a double epithet, a name that carried the weight of both respect and ambiguity.
The court historians murmured in agreement.
And so, Emperor Wu Lie of Zhou was carved into history.
That very moment, as his title was sealed, sunlight pierced through the...
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