[Battle for the Throne] [Recruiting Peerless Talents] [Building a Divine Dynasty] [Invincible Power Fantasy] [Decisive and Ruthless]
The Great Yin Dynasty is on the brink of collapse. The old emperor has vanished, seven kings rule their own territories, officials are forcing their way into the palace, and three sacred lands are plotting to carve up the realm.
At his coronation, eighteen-year-old Crown Prince Gu Changyuan is pressured by the regent to abdicate, but unexpectedly awakens the "Heaven's Mandate Imperial Register," which lets him see the futures of all living beings and find peerless talents before they rise to prominence.
A female prisoner awaiting execution in the imperial dungeon will one day become the Frostsky Sword Emperor, freezing the heavens with a single sword strike.
A young fire-tender in the imperial kitchens, bullied at every turn, will one day become the Heaven-Suppressing Martial Emperor, whose fists shatter the gates of heaven.
A discarded disciple from the Medicine Valley, scorned by everyone, will one day become the Myriad Poisons Alchemy Sovereign, sought out by emperors begging for elixirs.
A black flood dragon trapped in a cage in the Northern Frontier will one day lead ten thousand demons and rule over an entire realm.
So Gu Changyuan takes up the Imperial Register and appoints his ministers. Starting with a divine dynasty on the verge of destruction, he pacifies the seven kings, crushes a hundred sects, unifies ten kingdoms, and slays divine envoys, leading his court of imperial ministers into the heavens.
Years later, the old Heavenly Court descends, using Heaven's Mandate as a shackle to make all living beings bow and accept their fate.
Gu Changyuan sits upon the Human Emperor's throne, with emperors standing in ranks behind him and the armies of his divine dynasty stretching across the heavens, pressing against the Heavenly Gate.
"Heaven's Mandate is nothing but a cage the strong build for the weak."
"From this day on, Heaven shall appoint no gods."
"The fate of all who live in the human realm shall be decided by their own hands!"
