Chapter 140 A Grand Dream

The scroll, black with dark blood-colored patterns, was unfurled, revealing ancient and vigorous characters. People always say that handwriting reflects personality, but one couldn't imagine what kind of character could produce such powerful, composed, and unhurried writing. Yaoji scanned the words.

Having previously harbored some dislike for later generations of monarchs, Yaoji's expression froze, as if her entire mind had ceased to function. Canglong was curious as to why Yaoji, usually so lively and unconventional, had suddenly become so still.

Canglong asked, "What's wrong?"

"What exactly did Ying Zheng write?"

"Could it be that his demands and appetite are too great?"

Yaoji's eyes flickered, and then her tone became slightly ethereal as she murmured:

"...Perhaps, it is indeed too great."

Canglong frowned, "?? How much does he want?"

Yaoji replied, "Everything."

"??!"

Canglong was stunned. He subconsciously took the 'imperial decree' from Yaoji's hand. The former King of Chu and King Mu of Zhou had only glanced at it before their expressions changed drastically. "Open the path to the entire Ruins of Zhutian Wan界 (Ten Thousand Worlds), no longer sealing off different worlds, transforming the Ten Thousand Worlds into a single entity?"

"And the qualification to participate in the entire Ten Thousand Worlds and open the door is to use Yan Huang writing as the only language circulating throughout the Ten Thousand Worlds, and to send a copy of their world's books and classics to the Ruins."

"Unify writing, unify weights and measures, and completely integrate the cultivation system."

"Compile all the methods of the Ten Thousand Worlds into one volume of the *Daojing* (Taoist Canon)?"

"And then completely publish this volume of the Daojing?!"

Canglong's pupils contracted violently. The message sent by the First Emperor Ying Zheng did not require the Ten Thousand Worlds to scavenge for beauties, wealth, or treasures. Instead, it offered a future of complete liberation to the still-sealed Ten Thousand Worlds.

Completely open the forbidden.

This was something that even the Lord of the Ruins had not dared to do.

"Completely releasing the cultivation system, completely letting the beings of the Ten Thousand Worlds know that there are other worlds, that there are ways to set foot in other worlds, and even passing the language to them... what, what exactly does he want to do? Is he not worried that other worlds will produce monarchs or overlords who surpass him?"

Canglong lowered his eyes slightly, muttering subconsciously.

Suddenly, a calm voice answered, "That would be even better."

Canglong raised his eyes and subconsciously turned around, seeing that a path had been opened in the great gully of the East Sea. The young monarch, wearing black clothes with close-fitting armor underneath, calmly walked step by step, supporting the Tai'a Sword. He casually said, "If this vast world does not produce heroes and outstanding figures, wouldn't it be too desolate?"

Canglong, or rather, King Mu of Zhou, frowned and asked, "But... why don't you occupy these worlds?"

"Instead, you do this?"

The First Emperor's expression did not waver as he said calmly, "Occupy?"

"Do you mean that each place is unaware of the others, and then relying on the cultivation of the Great Wilderness and the Mountains and Seas, relying on the technology of the human world, to descend like gods, and then treat those worlds like fields, to harvest so-called beauties and treasures, and then come again after decades... King Mu of Zhou, your vision is still too small. Why be confined to the perspective of thousands of years ago?"

"If you're going to dream, why not dream bigger?"

He stretched out his right hand, and a stream of light emerged, then slowly unfolded before them. It was an enormous and extremely complex map, filled with countless sparkling stars. Each point of light represented a world, containing countless beings. In an instant, each world unfolded before Ying Zheng.

Accompanying the sound of the Tai'a Sword slowly being drawn from its scabbard.

This sword, known as the Sword of Majesty, lay flat across the map of the Ten Thousand Worlds. The still-young emperor's expression was calm as he said:

"As you said, or rather, as you and I were both once monarchs of the human world, perhaps we share some of the same thoughts. This world is a vast field, and the beings are the fruits. But what I want to plant is not the beauties you speak of, nor the treasures. Your treasures are nothing more than insignificant soil compared to mine."

"My greatest treasure is people."

Canglong murmured, "People?"

The First Emperor's sword tip pressed against the map, unhurried and calm, as he said: "Indeed, people."

"Oppressing the common people, plundering resources, using the masses as food, and using the heavens as bait to nourish myself alone – this is the way of the 行人 (traveler), not the way of the帝王 (emperor). Such a world is nothing more than stagnant water, merely a jewel to be played with in the palm of one's hand."

"If I come, I will open up a greater era. On this boundless and vast land, I will give them the same opportunities. Eventually, there will be people born who shine like a constellation of stars. Everyone calls me Zulong (First Dragon), and you are also a dragon, but have you ever thought of making everyone like a dragon in this magnificent world?"

Canglong reminded him, "The other realms are not Huang..."

The First Emperor lowered his eyes and said, "More than two thousand years ago, the Qin people massacred a million Zhao soldiers, and the allied forces of the other states once knocked on the gates of Hangu Pass. There was the hatred of flogging corpses, and the hatred of a hundred generations from the Gongyang School of Confucianism. But two thousand years later, they are all in one country, speaking the same language."

"The Ten Thousand Worlds can become provinces, and everyone can become a Qin person."

"Wasn't there a joke in the human world? It's called 'since ancient times'."

The First Emperor still wouldn't tell jokes.

Just like what Wei Yuan had seen in the past.

As he said this, his eyes, described as hawk-like, remained calmly fixed on the magnificent map, as if containing endless war and endless waves. Canglong couldn't help but say slowly, "There were also many rebellions at the end of the Qin Dynasty, there was also Xiang Yu, and there was also Liu Bang."

The First Emperor said, "Xiang Yu was once a guest in my son's house, and Liu Bang was a pavilion chief under my command."

"If the path forward is deliberately blocked in order to keep the world in one's hands, how boring would such a world be."

Canglong looked at the young figure in front of him with a complex expression.

The First Emperor put away the map in front of him and casually threw it to Canglong, King Mu of Zhou, beside him: "Here, take it."

Canglong said, "Since ancient times... the Great Qin has never set foot in other worlds."

The First Emperor sheathed the Tai'a Sword, and his wide sleeves fell down, saying: "...Indeed."

"But in the future, there will be people, and in the future, there will be children jokingly saying, 'Since ancient times, since ancient times.'"

"They will tirelessly search for things in stories that can support their arguments."

The First Emperor looked at him, his eyes calm and peaceful, and said calmly.

"This moment is what they call 'since ancient times'."

Canglong, King Mu of Zhou, was filled with emotion, while the First Emperor seemed to only want to hand over the map to him, supporting the sword in his hand and looking in the direction of the Ten Thousand Worlds, seemingly talking to himself: "I will inject the soul of the entire Ten Thousand Worlds into the boiling blood of my Great Qin, which is also the black dragon rising from the land of Yan Huang."

"Opening up the road for future generations is what we should do."

"Canglong, I ask you, why are the gods always high above, why do the countries of the mortal world fight each other?"

"Why do people seek gods and worship Buddha, saying that the Yellow Heaven is above and the Hou Tu is below, and then kneel and worship?"

"Why isn't it the heavens that worship people?!"

"Why isn't it the earth that seeks people?"

Canglong didn't know how to answer this madman in front of him. He was a madman, but the composure in his tone made Canglong feel a sense of trembling in his heart. A sober, crazy human. But the First Emperor's gaze did not fall on Canglong, but simply rested his hand on his sword, saying:

"I want to build a greater nation, one day, it will not be that all that the eye can see is the king's land, nor will it be that all that the sun and moon reach is the king's land."

"I want to build a nation where even in places where the stars do not shine and the sun and moon do not appear, it is still our territory. Let the human world be brilliant and magnificent, no longer needing to look up at the stars, and let there be no more so-called god races and human races in the world. Wherever there are stars, they will be the territory of my human race. Wherever there is flowing water, the songs of my Great Qin will be sung."

"The Ten Thousand Worlds shall be surnamed Qin."

Canglong looked at that figure. Ying Zheng slightly turned his face and smiled as he looked at Canglong.

And so, silently, the figures of Bai Qi, Guan Yunchang, Han Xin, and Xiang Yu seemed to be behind him.

The ancient war gods Chi You and Xing Tian would once again step onto the battlefield.

Wielding the weapons in their hands on a new battlefield.

The monarch who had once suppressed the remaining divinity of China with his own body, gave up the Xuanyuan Sword, and abandoned the jade seal of the realm, inexplicably gave Canglong a feeling of being looked down upon. The enormous pressure made him subconsciously think of another existence, and his expression changed slightly, almost blurting out:

"Do you want to rely on the path of the Human Dao to step into the Dao Fruit?"

"Dao Fruit? No, I won't."

The First Emperor replied: "The Dao Fruit realm will transform into rules, right? And to become that level, one must be responsible for all the rules of the entire world. But I don't intend to transform into rules. The door to the Dao Fruit once opened before me, but I simply didn't walk through it."

These words made Canglong's expression freeze.

The First Emperor said:

"I don't intend to be a fair, equal, and broad-minded god who treats all living beings equally."

"I will be a king who is forever biased towards the human race, who loves the human race alone."

"I only hope that in that great nation of the future, my human race can all open their hearts, without worry, not kneeling to the heavens, not worshiping the earth, not seeking people, and not kneeling to me. All will be brave and diligent, and I will forever stand behind them, and be the Invincible King who will forever suppress the enemies of the human race and help them."

"These are far more important to me than the Dao Fruit."

"Therefore."

"I do not wish for the Dao Fruit."