The news of the Northern Expedition Army’s great victory swept through Liangzhou City at an extremely fast pace, causing a huge sensation. On this day, everyone was celebrating the event.

Chen Yuan’s prestige also almost reached its peak moment.

At the same time, the news intensified, quickly spreading throughout the Three Northern States, causing an unprecedented shock, and everywhere people were reciting the event.

Because compared to other regions, the people of the North were the most oppressed by the Barbarians. For the past few hundred years, the North’s development had lagged behind the South because of the Barbarians.

Year after year of harassment, year after year of assaults on the gates.

The hatred between the Northern people and the Northern Barbarians was almost at an extreme, especially in Liangzhou and Youzhou, where their strongest presence was at the border.

Now, with the Northern Barbarians wiped out, for at least several hundred years they would not be a threat, and those who benefited the most were them.

This quickly sparked a wave of worship for Chen Yuan.

In the past, when he stirred up the storm across the world, every time he could cause turmoil in the Central Plains, the response in the North was not small, but ultimately not as big as imagined.

Now, Chen Yuan, with his boundless achievements, resolved the hidden dangers for them.

Naturally, he could gather a lot of popular support.

With the Three Northern States as the center, the news gradually began to spread, especially in Central State. The court, already prepared, wrote extensively about the Regent King’s outstanding achievements.

No less than creating a god!

In just a few days, the Central Plains Thirteen States knew of the event, causing a sensation in the Central Plains and the Human World. At the same time, the hope for Chen Yuan to claim the throne as Emperor also grew stronger.

Such unprecedented achievements could only be accomplished by an Emperor.

The position of Regent King was no longer enough to highlight Chen Yuan’s terrifying power.

And this was precisely Chen Yuan’s plan.

Why should he claim the throne himself, when the entire world anticipated him as Emperor, which was more legitimate?

Only then could the strongest Human Emperor Qi Fortune be gathered!

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Central State, Divine Capital City.

As the capital of a nation, even after many wars, Divine Capital City still boasted as the foremost city in the world in name. Naturally, Chen Yuan’s prestige in the Capital was undeniable.

Even before its occupation, countless people yearned for it.

Now that the world was settled, naturally, it continued to rise sharply.

At the East City Gate, there stood an envoy of the Jinyi Guard on a high platform, loudly proclaiming the outstanding achievements of Regent King Chen Yuan in the battle of the Northern Expedition, even after several consecutive days.

And yet, countless people were still willing to come and listen again.

"Regent King pacified the three great tribes of the grassland...."

"Good!"

"Excellent, haha, worthy of the Regent King."

"Such outstanding achievements are enough to be recorded in history. I, an old man, once went to the grassland. You haven’t seen it; the Barbarians there are so fierce...."

"The Northern Border is stabilized. With such achievements, the Regent King should claim the throne as Emperor."

"Yes, such great feats are more than adequate to become the Human Emperor...."

If during peaceful times, someone dared to discuss the Prince’s claim to the throne, they’d face not just the extermination of nine clans but at least three clans. But who could argue now that the Great Jin Dynasty was only a name?

Even the Emperor left the Imperial Palace, residing in the Anle Public Residence, never showing his face again, just waiting for the future judgment. Who dares to criticize this matter?

Additionally, Chen Yuan meticulously created such a scene of popular sentiment, and anyone who dared to stop him would meet their death.

Amid the vast crowd, a plain-looking middle-aged man stood watching with great interest as the official on the high platform read the achievements.

He whispered to himself:

"Tsk.... The Northern Barbarians.... originally were granted to General Bangu by the Martial Emperor, and now they are also extinguished...."

His identity was undoubtedly Shan Fu, who recently escaped from the Holy Mountain in Japan.

After defeating those sent by the Demon Hall, he naturally conducted a Soul Search on them, gaining some understanding of the current world situation, yet thousands of years had passed.

Change is relentless.

The once Martial Emperor had long lost his trace, and even a break occurred. As for the dynasty they once created, it had long faded from the river of time.

It suddenly made him feel a bit bewildered.

Even he had lived for thousands of years, possessing the Immortal Elixir, why did the Martial Emperor disappear?

What did the so-called Immortal Domain refer to?

To search for these secrets, he secretly came to the Central Plains, stepping again on this land he had long been away from for thousands of years.

Unfortunately, his search yielded nothing.

Currently, the only thing that could pique his interest was the so-called Regent King Chen Yuan. This man’s growth was very similar to that of the Martial Emperor.

Both rose from insignificance, growing to become giants of the world.

The Martial Emperor was born in troubled times, starting as a mere slave, growing step by step, creating the Human Race’s Martial Arts Realm, expelling the Southern Border Demon Clan, and occupying the Central Divine Continent.

This Chen Yuan, on the other hand, started as a humble constable and now became the de facto overlord of the Central Plains.

Such a hero is worthy of his interest.

Only by defeating someone so similar to the Martial Emperor could he ignite his competitive spirit and sit on the long-coveted Human Emperor throne.

The Human Emperor position was achieved by the Martial Emperor. Shan Fu asked himself, why not?

"Hehe..."

Shan Fu raised his head, looking at the void, a slight smile crossing his lips. Now, he just hoped that the Regent King would swiftly return triumphant, and he would strike down this son under the watchful eyes of all.