News of Xiao Nanfeng declaring himself an independent king and founding the kingdom of Dazheng quickly spread throughout the Tianshu Empire, and even to the Immortal sects across the Eastern Sea.0

Many Immortal sects had expected such a day would come, but no one had expected it to come so quickly.0

The people of the Xiao lands were the first to see this declaration in every city.1

Before Xiao Nanfeng came to power, they had led lives marked with fear. Many of them were dead or dying; Marquis Wu's lands had been filled with skeletons scattered about, and nine out of ten homes had been emptied. The people bore the Tianshu Empire no goodwill, and even a fair amount of ill will. Now that times had changed for the better, who would want to return to the days of the Tianshu Empire?1

The common people weren't unpatriotic; rather, the Tianshu Empire had been formed as a result of a coup, of rebellion. That it would treat the common people so poorly despite its roots was reason enough to doubt it.0

Now, as the common people read about what their new lord had suffered, they were able to empathize with his actions....0