Zhang Lie truly hadn't expected such an outcome.

He had displayed his strength, been venerated as a deity, and forced onto a golden throne dripping with overstated opulence. He had no choice. If they refused to listen to his explanations, then he... would accept his new role as guardian deity.

It took a serious bout of questioning before Zhang Lie obtained the answers he was looking for.

These alien half-beastmen, whose faces were painted with white streaks and who had rather imposing statures, used to be a very weak race in the second realm. They called themselves the Baimei.

Their ancestors were subordinate to another race, but when they were killed in a war,...