I am a living immortal.

The quiet changes at court initially had little impact on the people. But as time went on, people began to notice the changes, such as the government's attitude towards handling issues, public security, steadily declining tax revenues, and various conveniences that had once been unimaginable.

Everything is changing quietly.

For those in the imperial court, their pursuits were originally power and gold. However, now, an even more alluring offer lay before them: the alluring power of faith. With sufficient faith and strength, even things you could only dream of could be easily attained. Especially strength, compared to the power of flight, gold, silver, and jewelry were like dirt.

Things once coveted are no longer rare, so why not give them to the people? Why not trade what you don't want for what you do want? Because of the added incentives, some officials who got wind of the situation took action. The achievements and accomplishments of these officials, once rare talents, were now escalated to unimaginable proportions.

This is actually what the emperor wants to see.

In fact, this state is benign. The upper class is entangled and dying to create benefits for the lower class, rather than the lower class being entangled and dying to feed the upper class, which only knows how to suck blood.

Moreover, the big man had also become somewhat strange. Although the world had not changed much, many people always felt an inexplicable strangeness, and no one knew where this strangeness came from.

Some who knew the truth had already recovered from their shock, their blessings fulfilled, leaving them ecstatic. These individuals were the first to apply and expand the faith. It was precisely because of their research that, when the heroic spirits began to surge thirty years later, people, relying on the government's summaries and the inspiration of these individuals, led to the flourishing of various systems.

Sedimentation in time, fermentation in time.

The current prosperity of the entire Han Dynasty is for the sake of a more shocking transformation in the future, and it is also the eve of the most difficult times.

For the first time, the people and the court worked together with all their strength to achieve mutual success.

Chen Dong, Su Can and even the entire Imperial Master's Mansion were not idle. They kept observing the operation of this system, trying to avoid any mistakes.

While the great man was undergoing his own transformation, Su Mu was also completing his own transformation, discussing the Dao, the mind, transforming the world with the mind, and using the world to reveal the Dao. The transformation of the world drove Su Mu's own transformation. He observed the future of all things, observed other things, observed himself, and observed the future, and was taking an unprecedented step forward.

This will be the last and most crucial step, which will completely change the outcome of the world. Wait for his return.

In the world created by Su Mu, time keeps moving forward.

The outside world is also in turmoil.

.........

Time slipped by. Chen Dong's disappearance brought no change to the outside world, and no one realized how profoundly the world would be transformed by a young man's departure. Except for Mirage Dragon. When he closed that door again, fate quietly shifted.

Mirage Dragon continued to build the cave, racing against time as the war loomed. Over the past decade or so, the world's recovery had accelerated, even faster than many had predicted. The innate gods had also begun to return across the river of time.

The war on time showed no sign of ending, and neither did Su Mu. These great figures were exerting their remaining strength on various battlefields. However, the return of another heavyweight innate god in the present world brought an unprecedented impact to the world.

The first to bear the brunt are the dragon clan and the water god.

Because the one who returned was the supreme being of the Shuibo lineage, that is, Tianwu, who was dubbed the original water god.

The return of such a pinnacle being might just be the spark and the beginning of that war. War never begins with preparations being made, but rather begins silently.

The world's recovery was even faster than expected, and the sudden arrival of Tian Wu caught the Water Tribe off guard. Xuan Mo was unlucky, caught up in a mere meeting. However, the divisions were quite evenly balanced. Of those who followed Su Mu, the old goat stayed with the demon tribe, the Saint Lord aligned himself with the gods, and now Xuan Mo has joined the Dragon Tribe. Wei Ming must be human, or perhaps even on the human side, while Su Mu herself is on the immortal path. Furthermore, these scattered individuals, carrying out Su Mu's will, each wield a voice within their respective factions.

And I was one of those Xiantian gods who defected. Mirage Dragon sneered, looked up at the sky, and muttered, "Is this accidental or deliberate? You're really hard to figure out, Su Mu."

However, no one could answer Shenlong at this moment, and now he also felt the pressure. He didn't know who else stood with the Emperor of Heaven at the top, but it was definitely not just Tianwu.

He didn't know how many Vertex Beings hadn't left, or perhaps had left and returned. In the worst-case scenario, there were still two or three more, and that was the worst-case scenario. You have to remember that there were only a dozen Vertex Beings in that era, and most of them had already left.

If Su Mu can't come back, then I'm afraid I'll have to face someone. I'm not good enough now, so I have to hurry. I don't know if this sentence is said to myself or to Su Mu.

The returning primordial water god, upon his return, immediately sought to reassert his former authority and seize control of the entire water system defined by the Dragon Clan's water god. This, of course, was unacceptable to the Dragon Clan's water god, and a conflict inevitably ensued. So what if he was a pinnacle being? With the Nine Rivers and Eight Veins of the world, the Dragon Clan had never feared anyone. And the water god was even more so. One by one, the True Lords of the Water Veins fell upon the battlefield, forcing even Tian Wu, the pinnacle being, to consider whether he could remain unscathed under the siege of countless powerful beings.

Furthermore, Tian Wu's authority was not complete from the beginning. He had negotiated with the world, surrendering 90% of his authority over the waters to escape. While his return to the world wasn't stopped, his authority wouldn't be returned. It was pointless to return it, as it had already been divided between the dragons and the water gods.

It is not easy for Tian Wu to regain the title of the original water god. Both sides are determined to fight until they achieve their goals.

I hope they can control the battlefield outside the central continent and avoid affecting other areas.

Initially, both sides in this battle for water power held themselves back. After all, the time had not yet arrived, and an all-out war could spiral out of control, disrupting all plans. However, this was a battle, and Tian Wu, as a pinnacle being, possessed an inherent arrogance that wouldn't change. If it came to that, he'd be reckless.