Time flies like a white horse, and sixteen years have passed in a flash.

In the past sixteen years, how many people have aged with green faces, how many bloody battles have been forgotten, and how many joys and sorrows have been buried, these are indeed difficult to know, and in fact, there is not much meaning to explore, because it has passed.

However, in the past sixteen years, looking at the Yanhuang Continent, to be precise, the entire Celestial Empire, the barbarians on the other side of the Meilan River, and the overseas forces have begun to have a huge change that has affected each other and even produced many dangers.

First of all, the Celestial Empire.

The powerful sect "Sword Tomb" has existed for thousands of years and has finally begun its biggest move since its appearance. Several elders in the Sword Tomb led the disciples out of the mountain one after another, searching throughout the Heavenly Empire. Later, people learned that they actually followed the tomb owner's intention to collect the thirty-six famous swords that had been passed down many years ago scattered throughout the Celestial Empire. As for the purpose of gathering the famous swords, except for the other high-ranking members in the Sword Tomb and the few elders who were running outside, those ordinary disciples didn't know about it at all, let alone the outside world.

A few years before the Sword Tomb operation began, some small sects were killed and snatched by strong forces because they didn't want to hand over the famous swords on the Sword Tomb Sword Collection List in the faction, and some sects were even almost wiped out because of this, and they have been in a state of collapse ever since. Later, other weak sects chose to compromise with the Sword Tomb because they were afraid of the strength of the Sword Tomb. As a result, there has been a situation in which many small forces in the Celestial Empire have complained for more than ten years, but they are deeply helpless about the powerful sword tomb.

Of course, the people of the entire Celestial Empire also knew that the Sword Tomb was not the only supreme sect in the Celestial Empire. In addition, there are two major sects, and most cultivators in the Celestial Empire know that the strength of these two sects should not be much different from the Sword Tomb.

One of the two is the Exotic Valley, located in the southwest. It's been a long time since the Exotic Valley existed, and no one could say what its internal strength was. In a fight with the Sword Tomb in the Exotic Valley, the protector Qingtong, who started in the Exotic Valley, took the disciples out of the valley to run errands, and met the elder of the Sword Tomb, who sealed his throat and took the disciples. Although the Sword Tomb Sword Seal Throat knew that the Protector of the Exotic Valley was strong, he was also very confident in his own strength. It just so happened that he got a new famous sword "Cutting Eagle", so he fought with Qingtong with the famous sword in his hand, and the final result was a defeat for both sides. This battle was seen by many cultivators, and more and more people knew about it. However, since then, for unknown reasons, very little news of the Exotic Valley has spread in the Celestial Empire.

The other is the mysterious Blood Refining Sect. Because the people who encountered the sect all died unexpectedly, and their bodies were covered in blood, which looked terrifying, and the cultivators speculated that the mysterious sect practiced the extremely vicious blood refining method that rarely appeared in the cultivation world. As a result of this speculation, the sense of fear brought by the Mysterious Blood Sect to the Celestial Empire was not far behind that of the Sword Tomb. However, this sect seems to have a very deep grudge against the Sword Tomb, and every encounter is endless, and one of the lower-ranking elders of the Sword Tomb, Sword Stardust, died at the hands of the sect. However, due to the mysterious Blood Sect's secretive behavior and erratic whereabouts, the entire Celestial Empire's understanding of it was more limited than that of the Exotic Valley.

The low-key nature of the Exotic Valley and the Mysterious Blood Sect leads to the most publicized and hated sword tomb in the Celestial Empire.

The second is the overseas islands.

Some cultivators who were cultivating in the Sea Sea Sect came to the Celestial Empire on a sturdy huge wooden boat, and their arrival surprised the Celestial Empire at the same time, and also made many people know a lot more about the many islands in the depths of the sea.

According to the accounts of those cultivators, the overseas forces are just like those islands, scattered and complex, and there are many sects, and the one whose strength far surpasses that of other sects is a sect called Demon Island. As the name suggests, the sect occupies the largest island in the sea, and it has been unknown how many years it has existed. The Demon Island itself is both good and evil, and will not interfere with the development of other sects, but they have always been ruthless to the forces that dare to challenge their authority, and their methods are very powerful.

When those cultivators were asked why they had come to the Celestial Empire by boat, they explained the reason in a sigh of resentment and helplessness. It turned out that they actually escaped from the sea. According to them, there was a civil strife on the Demon Island, the largest force in the sea, and the outcome of the civil strife was unknown, but soon after, the Demon Island began to rule the islands in the sea, and anyone who did not obey their orders would be imprisoned or killed. Some of the larger sects are still fighting stubbornly, and the people in the small sects are already panicking. Many sects chose to escape the chaos in the sea, and let the seniors in the sect take most of their disciples to the Yanhuang Continent in order to keep the foundation of the sect.

However, since the Magic Island had begun to rule the islands, how could it have allowed those people to flee so lightly? Under their obstruction and destruction, only a small number of ships had come to the Celestial Empire.

Finally, there are the barbarians north of the Meilan River.

Speaking of which, I have to roughly explain some of the situation of the greatest enemy of the Celestial Empire, the barbarians.

The barbarian tribe is located on the north bank of the Meilan River, and its territory is not as vast as the Celestial Empire, so it can be said that it is much smaller than the Celestial Empire. Across the land of 4,000 miles, there are barbarian residents with strong folk customs. The barbarian population is not large, but the body of the barbarians is generally stronger than that of the Celestial Empire.

The barbarians are good at harnessing beasts, and they will domesticate many fierce birds and beasts, which can provide a very good combat power when the barbarians are fighting against the Celestial Empire.

The patriarch of the barbarian tribe is also the king of the barbarians, and in the barbarians, he is called the Heavenly Khan by the barbarians, which means the Khan given by God to the barbarians. The barbarians advocate the respect of strength, except for the capital where the Tianci Khan lived, the barbarian territory was divided into ten domains, and the lords of the ten domains were also called the second khan, they were the sons or brothers of the Tianci Khan, the strongest ten people, these ten people had the land seal representing the fief and the military talisman that controlled the zhì army.

In history, once the time was ripe, the Heavenly Khan would appoint a second Khan as the Heavenly Lord, equivalent to the generalissimo of the three armies of the Celestial Empire. This Heavenly Gift Lord will choose one more person to sit on his second khan throne, and then the Heavenly Gift Lord will lead the army of the Ten Domains and invade the Celestial Empire!

In the face of the barbarians who are always eyeing themselves, the Celestial Empire's accurate grasp of the dynamics of the barbarians is particularly important, so the Celestial Empire sends many spies to the barbarians every year.

According to the news brought back by several secret agents, the current barbarian patriarch Shamo Ke has a very strong and resourceful second khan among his sons. This second khan's name is Zhemudan, and he has always been very ambitious. Not long ago, he, together with his son, defeated the remaining nine second Khans with lightning speed. He didn't know what means he used, but he actually made the nine second khans obediently hand over the earth seal and talisman in their hands, and without much effort, he subdued the other nine domains.

Zhemuduan took the earth seal and the talisman of the Ten Domains to his father, Shamoko, and declared that he was in charge of the Ten Domains and unified the entire barbarian race. Zhemuduan asked his father to crown him as the heavenly lord of the barbarians, and he was going to lead the barbarian army to invade the Celestial Empire!

Shamoko was not dissatisfied with Tetsumuduan's initiative to become a godsend, he liked this ambitious son, and admired his son's courage. After listening to Zhemuduan's analysis and earth-shattering strategy, he even thought that the barbarians might complete the immortal act of annexing the Celestial Empire in the hands of his son, and at that time, he would also become the greatest Heavenly Khan in the history of the barbarians. Therefore, Shamoko did not hesitate to agree to Tetsumu Duan's request and let him start preparing to attack the Celestial Empire.

At the end of the news, it was emphasized that now, Zhemuduan is training the army, preparing war horses, brute beast troops, and grain and grass, and in less than three years, when it is ready, it will be the time for the barbarian invasion. The ruler of the Celestial Empire, the Yan family, knew very well that with the barbarians' covetousness of the Celestial Empire, the arrival of the invasion was indeed only a matter of time.

In the imperial capital of the Celestial Empire, Emperor Yan quickly issued three top-level combat readiness orders to the frontier, and began to plan to deal with the barbarian invasion.

The huge changes in the barbarian clan are also the reason why the Sword Tomb is acting with such fanfare, but the Yan family has no time to take care of it, after all, the behavior of the Sword Tomb cannot shake the Yan family's rule over the Celestial Empire, and the invasion of the barbarians is indeed imminent.

How soon will this war break out, and what will be the outcome? No one can say with certainty, and no one can guess......