"Very well, you handle it all. What about the other Evil that came before?"
"Your Majesty was in deep meditation, so I dared not disturb you.
That other Evil is a foreign entity. I noticed it had Ninth Tier power, so I spoke to it reasonably.
Fortunately, it understood the importance of the matter and was inspired by me, willing to serve Your Majesty.
This time, when the Evil infiltrated, it was this person who first discovered the Evil.
Besides this person, there are six others, all inspired by me, willing to join us in exterminating the Evil and the rebels.
This time, the foreigners that appeared here numbered a dozen, all at Ninth Tier.
I have made arrangements; if we can subdue them, we will, and if not, we will slay them."
"Well done." Emperor Dui glanced up at the towering building and then continued to ask, "Over these years, apart from the matters here, have there been any other major events?"
"There have been no major events; everything is very stable. I often replace Your Majesty to patrol the world, and apart from those rebels lingering stubbornly, there is nothing unusual."
"Is that so?" Emperor Dui furrowed his brows slightly, staring at Liu Changkong.
"Since I have awakened this time, not only have I not noticed an accumulation of strength, but instead, I feel empty inside, with a weak foundation.
Were it not for this, the Evil would not have taken advantage and caused such destruction.
Even resisting some of the Alien Power Meteors transformed by Divine Skills has been quite difficult.
Hearing this, Liu Changkong hurriedly fell to the ground.
"Please calm your anger, Your Majesty. For the great undertaking of Your Majesty, I have worked diligently without the slightest negligence.
Within Dadui, everything is extremely stable, and even those Evil rebels are hiding east and west, barely surviving and not worth worrying about.
Apart from this, there is truly no other problem.
I genuinely do not understand why Your Majesty feels this way.
The accumulated power has become difficult to digest and transformed into Qingyun; this is not an achievement that can be accomplished in a day."
Emperor Dui gazed at Liu Changkong for a moment, and then said slowly.
"You may rise. I believe you; this matter should have nothing to do with you or here.
Perhaps something is happening outside.
That foreign Evil used a page of the book to summon the Alien Power Meteor.
This Alien Power Meteor was a celestial disaster that Dadui once sealed.
He must have resolved that disaster.
Perhaps the calamities he resolved extend far beyond the Meteor Disaster."
"This..." Liu Changkong was shocked and turned pale: "Your Majesty, did the Evil find the lost 'An History Book'?"
"I will immediately mobilize all forces to capture the Evil alive!"
"Track his whereabouts; you are not his match and cannot capture him."
Liu Changkong backed away, while Emperor Dui stood up and walked step by step into the building.
As he walked, his form seemed to enter a mirror, appearing in the reflection beneath the tiles, moving toward the depths of the reflection.
Within the reflection was a nine-tier building, yet it was filled with eerie Demonic Qi, lacking any grandeur.
He approached a colossal pillar, already covered in cracks.
Vaguely, one could see elements such as the burning White Jade Building and the Nine-tailed Demon Fox howling at the sky depicted on the pillar.
The pillar detailed the calamity of the Demon Concubine from top to bottom.
Emperor Dui stretched out his hand and lightly touched this largest pillar, only to see it suddenly collapse, already covered in cracks.
With a rumbling sound, the massive pillar shattered into fragments, scattering all over and crumbling into dust.
Looking around, besides a few intact pillars, the others were already covered in cracks.
The entire tall building appeared on the verge of collapse.
Emperor Dui moved to the center, where a black stele stood.
The ancient word "Earth" was inscribed on the stele.
The stele was covered with bloodstains, some of which maintained the appearance of freshly smeared marks irrespective of how much time had passed.
"Earth Deity Origin."
This stele was discovered centuries ago, when the First Generation of Emperor Dui's Mausoleum collapsed, and it was during the restoration of the Mausoleum that it was found in the cleft of the mountain belly.
At the time, there were other steles beside it, recording some information related to the Earth Deity Origin, but over the long passage of time, the information had become incomplete.
It was only known that this relic belonged to an earlier great era before theirs.
It was an era once ruled by Deities, where they roamed the world, exerting supreme dominance.
At that time, the forebears thought, given the existence of Deities, why could not humans become Deities as well?
With the power of Deities, they planned to confront the power of Deities.
According to the stele's record, after years of relentless research and exploration, they finally found a method.
Conferring the title of Earth Deity, worshiping the Earth Deity by humans, to oppose the Deities.
But later, as Qi Refiners grew more powerful, more top strongmen emerged, overthrowing the Deity's sanctum.
Subsequently came the era of Qi Refiners, where Qi Refinement became orthodox, and the Earth Deity Dao slowly fell into obscurity.
Until the End Period of Dadui, Emperor Dui discovered the stele of the Earth Deity Origin.
Dadui's overall strength was weak, becoming the weakest among the Four Divine Dynasties.
Coupled with continuous natural and human disasters, the loss of talent, and a series of other issues.
Dadui had only a few Ninth Tier individuals left, and its number of top strongmen began to lag behind the other Divine Dynasties by a wide margin.
Although Dazhen is located in frigid lands with a population far fewer than those in Dali and Daqian, Dazhen had an excellent martial tradition, with average power exceeding that of the other Divine Dynasties.