Chapter 1402: Realms After the Zhanming Realm

"Back-up plans?" Xiao Fan was stunned, and asked the middle-aged man to explain what he meant.

"Your Majesty… although I am not clear about how the Nine Provinces are nowadays… but back then, the Nine Provinces had countless experts… and the Human Emperor was someone with profound cultivation."

"Unfortunately… the Witch God Clan and the Weiyang Clan, two terrifying races, joined forces and sent countless experts to invade… At that time, the Human Emperor led his subordinates to fight desperately… including these guards…"

"However, in the end, the Nine Provinces were still no match… The Human Emperor resisted bitterly, but he knew there was no turning back the tide… Before he died in battle, he left behind many back-up plans, including this Secret Realm…"

"This Secret Realm not only preserves the Power of Laws used to make up for the defects in the Dao… but the Human Emperor also spent a tremendous price, not hesitating to damage the Origin and Foundation of the Nine Provinces… to seal the remnant spirits of the guards who died in battle then… opening up this Secret Realm to let us survive within… all for the sake of having another day to fight to the death with the two extraterritorial races again!!"

The middle-aged man's voice was mixed with grief, indignation, and excitement…

A new Human Emperor of the Nine Provinces had been born!

Xiao Fan being recognized by the immeasurable divine pearl meant he had mastered the Divine Hall and received the acknowledgment of the previous Human Emperor!

"So that's how it is…" Xiao Fan whispered.

He speculated that the previous Human Emperor had probably handed the Divine Hall to Hou Wanli to manage first.

And then prepared many back-up plans…

Including the Tianji Sect… looking at it now, they were all back-up plans of the Human Emperor.

Perhaps the previous Human Emperor had even prepared other back-up plans, it was just that no one knew about them…

Xiao Fan looked around at the countless armored warriors…

There were 1,000 Gold-Armored Warriors in the Shie Realm!

And these were just the guards!!

How powerful was the Nine Provinces back then?!

"Can these guards… leave the Secret Realm?" Xiao Fan asked.

"Replying to Your Majesty… there are two ways for the guards to leave the Secret Realm… First: obtain the Power of Laws, and these guards will follow those orders… Second: an order from the Human Emperor."

Xiao Fan nodded, his expression joyful.

These Gold-Armored Warriors could leave?

Wouldn't that mean he would truly dominate the Nine Provinces?!

With just one thousand Gold-Armored Warriors in the Shie Realm, Xiao Fan could crush the entire Tianshen Prefecture!!

"However… Your Majesty, the guards within the Secret Realm… once they leave the Secret Realm, they can only survive for seven days in the outside world… after which they will disappear forever…" the middle-aged man added.

"Why?!"

"Because these guards are all remnant spirits… This Secret Realm has been reinforced with special means and belongs to a place that nourishes souls… That is why these guards can exist!" the middle-aged man informed him.

Xiao Fan sighed, his face full of bitter laughter…

He could indeed summon all these guards to the outside.

But there was only one chance!!

This was the hope left by the previous Human Emperor for the Nine Provinces to turn the tables…

"The Witch God Clan… the Weiyang Clan… are they really that strong?" Xiao Fan asked.

He had never come into contact with these two races.

But they were able to conquer and enslave the Nine Provinces, which possessed such terrifying guards!!

Their strength… far exceeded Xiao Fan's previous imagination.

"Replying to Your Majesty… very strong… actually…" The middle-aged man's expression turned ugly, and he hesitated.

"Speak, what is it?"

"Actually… even if experts of the Zhanming Realm and the remnant spirits of the guards were born and participated in the war… the win rate of the Nine Provinces would still be very low…"

"Hmm?" Xiao Fan frowned: "Explain in detail."

"Yes!" The middle-aged man nodded and told Xiao Fan about the terror of the Weiyang Clan and the Witch God Clan.

The Human Emperor back then was an expert far beyond the Zhanming Realm…

He had reached the Liandao Realm!

After the Zhanming Realm is the Fanxu Realm…

After the Fanxu Realm is the Hundred Elephant Realm…

And only after the Hundred Elephant Realm is the Liandao Realm…

Xiao Fan was dazed for a moment…

This was the first time he had heard about the Realms after the Zhanming Realm!

He hadn't expected the Human Emperor back then, and the Nine Provinces of the past, to be this powerful.

"If the ones who descend are powerful beings of the Liandao Realm… wouldn't that mean everything is over…" Xiao Fan asked in a deep voice.

He felt immense pressure.

Even though his ability to challenge those of higher Realms was terrifying, reaching the Zhanming Realm…

He did not have the confidence to challenge across three major Realms.

The middle-aged man continued to explain to Xiao Fan…

"Your Majesty… you can rest assured about this point. The Witch God Clan and the Weiyang Clan are not aware of the back-up plans left by the Human Emperor… Back then, he learned of the two clans' intentions in advance, and it was to use the Nine Provinces as the Trial Grounds for their race… used to temper their young Prodigies."