Chapter 1332: Changing World (1/2)

This involved a heavenly monarch’s face, so the details were known to only a few. However, many people asked around and added their own take on the story, weaving countless new versions of it as time went by. Naturally, most of these stories wouldn’t reach the monarch’s ears.

Some said the Profundity Monarch was on the decline due to his age, some said it was due to carelessness, and others claimed he was ambushed by the dark races. Some even said that he was attracted to Nighteye. There were too many different rumors floating about.

The one certain thing was that Nighteye’s name had spread throughout the Empire.

The people from the lower strata exchanged gossip and legends, but those from the upper echelons were focused on a different matter. Ordinary experts were more interested in the Awakening Dream, one of the three holy weapons, as well as the might of the Tempest.

It was said that the Awakening Dream was so sharp that it could slash through the void. It was one of the Evernight Council’s three holy weapons, a status not inferior to the Grand Magnums.

Reportedly, this blade was designed after the spear of a space-tearing marlin in the depths of the void, and the material was extracted from the king of said species. The space-tearing marlin was already a legend that hadn’t appeared in centuries. When they did, they would usually appear in large schools, and each one of them possessed the strength of a marquis. After all, they were also a species of void colossi.

There was no longer any information on how that powerhouse had killed the king amidst thousands of space-tearing marlins, but Awakening Dream remained a weapon to pass down in the council’s treasury. Who would’ve thought it would shine so brilliantly in Nighteye’s hands?

The divine champions cared little for treasures at their stage; even the Awakening Dream was forgotten after a short discussion. What they focused on was why the Tempest was in Nighteye’s hands.

There was no reason for a race to lend their guardian weapon so easily. Did the werewolves compromise, or did the other three races invite them to join the pioneering efforts after realizing their importance? Or was there some unknown reason behind everything?

As they saw it, the Tempest was an important sign that the power balance in the Evernight was about to change. The mainlands descended into a strange calm as all eyes were on the new world, but neither side dared relax. It was similar to when the holy war had just stopped in the Evernight Faction; everyone's nerves had grown even tenser.

One level above, the heavenly monarchs and superior divine champions had their attention on Nighteye.

The Profundity Monarch described her domain down to the smallest details. He felt that this domain had accumulated the strength of the entire Evernight army, allowing her to contend against a heavenly monarch for a short while.

Such a domain had never appeared before, and it possessed unimaginable potential. It was hard to say how powerful the domain would be with even more dark race experts. Who would be able to stop her if she were to become a great dark monarch and attack the Empire with a million-strong army?

Yet every heaven-defying secret art had to have its limitations. This domain possessed two likely shortcomings—whether its capacity would increase with Nighteye’s rank and how long it could last. Unfortunately, the battle was too short to draw a conclusion.

The heavenly monarchs and superior divine champions went through ancient records but found no records of this domain. At least, it had never appeared before in battles involving the Empire.

According to the Profundity Monarch’s description, the domain was filled with blood energy flying around in the shape of birds. The Empire thus gave it a temporary name—Flightbird.

In a single night, Nighteye became a great problem for the Empire.

Some people analyzed the situation and felt that Li Fengshui was right in doing what he had done back then. This problem should’ve been removed at the roots. It was just that Li Fengshui was limited in his foresight and wanted to extract as much value as he could from the prisoner. In the end, he fell headfirst in Qianye’s hands.

The mention of Nighteye would, of course, remind people of Qianye as well.

After a brief exchange of information, people were greatly surprised to find that Qianye had already accomplished so much on Fort Continent. He was already a dignified regional power and one of great strength no less! He had tens of millions of werewolf subjects as well as millions of human followers. The size of his army was roughly a million with close to a hundred thousand human soldiers and mercenaries.

In terms of experts, there was Caroline and the Storm Duke in addition to Qianye himself. These three were at the rank of dukes and divine champions. In addition, Qianye was no ordinary divine champion.

Caroline couldn’t be underestimated, either, since she had the Thunderfrost Temple as her backing. The temple master was her brother, a bona fide superior divine champion—a grand duke. There was no way this temple lord would stay out of it if his sister were angered.

In the end, only the Storm Duke seemed a bit easier to deal with. Then again, none of those crafty old dukes were easy to handle.

The Empire did have some vassal nations on the Fort Continent, like Zheng for instance, but all of them put together would not be Qianye’s match. Besides, Zheng was almost Qianye’s vassal nation at the moment. At least, he was the one who placed King Nan Ruohuai on the throne.

Not to mention encircling and destroying him, they were already lucky that Qianye hadn’t taken over them.

Destroying Qianye’s force was no easy task.

Not counting the Zhao clan, at least four high-ranking aristocratic families and over a dozen mid to inferior families had deep ties with Qianye.

These families had all dispatched private soldiers to fight under Qianye’s flag. The influx of gold and resources from Fort Continent was enough to move these experienced elders, not to mention their combined share of territory on Fort Continent was already greater than a province.

They had only been there for such a short time! On top of all that, there were profits from the new-world expansion efforts.