“How could Zhong family possibly rebel? Didn’t the late emperor rely on Zhong family to establish the empire?”

“Aren’t we currently fighting on the front lines? Why is our own side becoming chaotic first instead?”

“How can people like us possibly understand these things? It’s better if we just don’t talk about it to avoid bringing misfortune onto ourselves.”

These types of conversations happened day after day continuously throughout Central Continent City.

The ordinary commoners couldn’t understand why everything was just fine, yet Wenren Cangyue suddenly became an enemy great general, Grand Secretary Zhou went into retirement, Jiang Family rebelled and Zhong Family carried out a betrayal.

They also didn’t have any chance of knowing that under the wisps of summer radiance, within this massive empire, this majestic city unparalleled in the entire world already welcomed a new age.

Many great events they didn’t know about already happened in Central Continent City one after another, and some of them were still currently happening.

…

Fragrance Palace [1] was burned into ashes.

Even the lotus flowers in that small lake were burned into yellow leaves, completely wilting during a season when they should be in full bloom.

Many years ago, there was a woman.

She was the last one alive from Juliu...