Chapter: 789

“During those decades, the land had continued to bleed and live in devastation. This outrageous Chaos soon casted its shadow on the Wulin.”

Despite their attempts to remain uninvolved with each other’s matters, the Imperial family and Wulin, couldn’t help but feel affected by the changes occuring in the Empire.

The endless war had brought about the total devastation of the Empire, and famine and new diseases reared their ugly heads.

All field workers were conscripted as soldiers, whilst some others turned into bandits. The Empire had fallen into its dark age.

“But then a hero had risen.”

Amongst the existing ten nations, the Sun Dynasty had been the most influential and powerful.

After King Zhu Won-soon of Sun Dynasty passed away, everything changed, as his son Zhu Won-myeong ascended the throne.

Unlike Zhu Won-soon, who inherited the knowledge of the past generations, Zhu Won-myeong was an undefeated high-ranking general who had fought in the war against the barbarians of the North.

Returning to his nation after the extinction of the barbarians, he lost interest in worldly affairs and wandered around his nation.

“If it’s Zhu Won-myeong, then it’s the 1st Emperor’s name.”

At the words of Chun Yeowun, Ran-yeong nodded.

The Daemyeong Empire had been founded by the 1st Emperor.

“Zhu Won-myeong was considered a hero. He had protected the nation from the barbarians of the North during the days of war. Even the people of Wulin admired him.”

He was the only hero, who’d been capable of bringing extinction to the barbarians.

He was recognized by both his people and Wulin’s martial artists, even the Lord of the Demonic Cult of that time had wanted to build a healthy relationship with him.

He’d been a loyal man, and had always been willing to give up his titles for his nation’s welfare.

However, during the next ten years, people had begun to suffer from the Western power’s invasion from the north. Defenses had been weakened and the spillage of blood had never ceased flowing.

“The 1st Emperor was a hero, a high ranking General Commander with long experience, but at that time, the dynasty’s power alone hadn’t been strong enough to unify the ten divised nations against the invasion of a foreign power.”

Despite being the General Commander and a genius strategist, he knew that developing the power to unify the nations wouldn’t easily happen in a short time.

However, seeing the amount of suffering the people had been going through, he had decided to ask the warriors of Wulin for their help, using the good relationship he had built with them over the years.

The Heavenly Order had asked him to wipe away the blood and tears of the suffering people, and to put an end to the kings’ and bandits’ Greed. The responsibility upon his shoulders had been as heavy as mountains.

But, he had believed in his cause.

Zhu Won-myeong, gathered everyone he could.

The warriors from all across the nation gathered under his command, and quickly destroyed the enemy driving out the foreign invaders.

In just 10 years, the 10 nations had been completely reunified once again.

“The unified Sun Dynasty was named the Daemyeong Empire after the 1st Emperor.”

As the nation had begun to stabilize, the warriors had been recognized for their war contributions, and were provided with leadership titles and land.

At that time, it wasn’t just the people of Yulin who had helped the Emperor, but also the Demonic Cult.

“They had helped in the war after receiving the emperor’s request, but once the nation had stabilized, they had turned into troublesome people for the Emperor and his officials.”

One skilled warrior from the Cult could face dozens of soldiers.