Chapter 0651: The Hengyuan Realm After Hundreds of Thousands of Years

The Yellow Dragon stood in the sky, gazing at the blue waves below, feeling emotional for a moment before flying down to an island.
This island was once the location of the imperial palace of the Four Seas Empire.
Hundreds of thousands of years had passed, and it was unrecognizable. The Yellow Dragon found that the imperial palace of the Four Seas Empire was no longer there.
“Fide City!” Before reaching the city on the island, the Yellow Dragon looked up at the ancient characters on the city gates and frowned.
The Yellow Dragon entered Fide City and walked along its streets, where there was a constant stream of people and vehicles—very bustling. Seeing the ordinary lives of mortals in the Hengyuan Realm once again, the Yellow Dragon’s mood changed.
He stopped at a hotel on a busy street.
“Sir, I wonder if you’re here for food or to stay at the hotel. Our hotel…” The waiter in front of the hotel, noticing the Yellow Dragon’s imposing presence, stepped forward enthusiastically to promote his hotel.
Watching the waiter talk nonstop, the Yellow Dragon found it amusing. He hadn’t encountered such a scene in ages.
The Yellow Dragon glanced at the hotel and saw that it was indeed quite large. In the Four Seas Empire back then, it would have been considered a large hotel.
After some thought, he entered the hotel.
The waiter, seeing this, bowed even lower and began introducing some of the hotel’s signature dishes.
The Yellow Dragon went to the second floor and chose a seat by the window. He then asked the waiter to bring all the signature dishes mentioned earlier. With a flash of his hand, he tossed a gold coin to the waiter.
This gold coin was found by the Yellow Dragon after searching every corner of the Five Prisons Divine Cauldron. Back in the Hengyuan Realm, he had auctioned magic swords and pills, and the gold coins he got were casually thrown into the Five Prisons Divine Cauldron. Otherwise, he would have had to eat for free.
Upon receiving the gold coin, the waiter’s eyes lit up, and he became even more obsequious. He asked the Yellow Dragon to wait a moment before scurrying downstairs to get things ready.
It wasn’t long before dishes were served one after another, filling the entire table. They were delicious in appearance, aroma, and taste. The Yellow Dragon nodded in approval—seemingly, the waiter hadn’t exaggerated; the hotel’s dishes were quite good.
Of course, these mortal dishes were only good on the surface. Compared to those in the divine realm, they were incomparable—like heaven and earth.
After the dishes arrived, the Yellow Dragon began eating with interest.
“Have you heard? Our Tanghai Empire is about to go to war with the Haryuan Empire again!”

“Who said not? Now, our Tanghai Empire’s great emperor is incredibly talented, and defeating the Haya Empire is only a matter of time. I believe the Hengyuan Realm will be unified soon.” At that moment, murmurs came from a table nearby. “Tanghai Empire, Haya Empire?” Huang Long’s mind stirred. The last time he returned to the Hengyuan Realm, neither the Tanghai Empire nor the Haya Empire existed. Huang Long couldn’t help but listen more carefully. Gradually, he learned about the current power structure in the Hengyuan Realm. There were only three major empires now: Tanghai Empire, Haya Empire, and Lier Empire. Among them, the Tanghai Empire was the strongest. Other than these three empires, there were only kingdoms and duchies that relied on them. If only these three empires remained in the Hengyuan Realm, it meant the Sihai Empire no longer existed! Although Huang Long had anticipated this upon returning, he still felt sad when he learned that the Sihai Empire was gone. Over a hundred thousand years had passed, and the Sihai Empire had ultimately vanished into the annals of history. Everything reaches its limit. Even though Huang Long had left a lower-tier divine beast to guard the Sihai Empire when he returned, it couldn’t change this historical trend. “If Father and Mother knew, they would surely be saddened too,” Huang Long thought to himself. Before coming here, Huang Xiong had asked him to return and check things out. If they knew the outcome, they would definitely be disappointed. “I also heard that Void Heaven from the War God Sect is about to break through to the level of a Holy Realm warrior!” “Tsk tsk, Void Heaven is indeed the most talented super genius in our Hengyuan Realm in a thousand years. At just 23, he’s already a peak-level warrior of ninth rank, and he’s also proficient in magic, with a magic talent that has also reached ninth rank!” “Yes, even the head of the War God Sect, the War God, is very satisfied with this disciple, claiming that Void Heaven can break through to the level of a Holy Realm warrior by the age of 24!” “A Holy Realm warrior at 24? I think not only in these past thousand years, but probably in the entire history of Hengyuan, there are few geniuses who can compare to Void Heaven!” After discussing the wars between the Tanghai Empire and the Haya Empire, the people at the neighboring table shifted their topic to the War God Sect and Void Heaven, their expressions filled with admiration, envy, and jealousy. From their conversation, Huang Long learned that the War God Sect was another superpower in the Hengyuan Realm besides the three major empires. Its headquarters was located on a sacred mountain, filled with powerful warriors. Its status was comparable to that of the three major empires. The head of the War God Sect was a peak-level warrior of the Divine Realm, one of the strongest individuals in the Hengyuan Realm.

And this Xu Wu Tian is one of the most outstanding disciples of the War God Sect’s sect leader. Although he is only 23 years old, he is already famous throughout the Hengyuan Continent.
It’s understandable though—being 23 and already at the peak of level 9 as both a warrior and a mage is astonishing, even in the Hengyuan Continent from tens of thousands of years ago.
Of course, his talent is remarkable compared to others, but if compared to Huang Long, he’s utterly worthless!
“There’s one more thing you might not know. At the last martial arts tournament, Xu Wu Tian met Tang Hai Qin, the second princess of the Tang Hai Empire. He was utterly captivated by her beauty. The emperor of the Tang Hai Empire intends to match her with Xu Wu Tian, and the War God Sect’s sect leader also agrees to this. If that happens, with the War God Sect’s support, even if the Ha Yuan Empire and Li Er Empire unite, they likely won’t be a match for the Tang Hai Empire!”
Huang Long sat there, listening intermittently for over an hour. He realized that the Sea Clan was no longer what it used to be. Back then, the Sea Clan unified the Endless Sea, but now it was fragmented into hundreds of factions.
However, to Huang Long’s surprise, one of the five strongest factions among the Sea Clan was the Phoenix Clan.
The Phoenix Clan, one of the three great powers of old, had not declined at all!
Huang Long felt somewhat relieved and couldn’t help but think of Nicole from the Phoenix Clan. Thinking of her, he felt a bit guilty. All these years had passed, and he didn’t know how she was doing, nor Long Yi, the Sea God Apton, and the others.
“Guys, I have a question for you,” Huang Long suddenly said as a group at the next table was whispering. Their chatter stopped immediately, and they all turned to look.
Huang Long had an imposing presence, and the displeasure they felt at being interrupted vanished.
“I wonder what this friend wants to know?” one of the young men asked, clearly the leader of the group.
Seeing their wary expressions, Huang Long secretly shook his head with a smile but didn’t mind. He asked, “I’d like to learn about the Four Seas Empires of the old Hengyuan Continent.”
“The Four Seas Empires?” The young man exchanged a puzzled look with his companions.
“Sorry, we’ve never heard of those Four Seas Empires,” the young man said, shaking his head. Since the person mentioned them as ancient empires, they must be extinct. In their recollection of the Hengyuan Continent’s history over the past one or two thousand years, they had never heard of such empires.
Huang Long nodded in response and said nothing more. Since they didn’t know, he had anticipated it and wasn’t disappointed.

“It seems that to learn about the Four Seas Empire, I’ll have to look for ancient historical records related to the Hengyuan Realm,” Huang Long thought to himself. Perhaps because of Huang Long’s remark, the people at the nearby table became wary and lost interest in talking, eventually checking out and leaving. Not long after they left, Huang Long also got up to pay the bill. “Waiter, I have a question for you,” Huang Long said to the waiter while paying. “Sir, please ask whatever you want; I’ll answer it if I know it,” the waiter replied with a bow and a big smile. “Which academy on the Hengyuan Continent has the longest history?” Huang Long asked. Since he needed ancient historical records to learn about the Four Seas Empire, he thought of some academies with long histories and their libraries. After Huang Long asked, the waiter gave him a strange look. It wasn’t really surprising—after all, who didn’t know the oldest and most famous academy on the Hengyuan Continent? Even people in the remote mountains knew about it. “Sir, if we’re talking about the oldest and most famous academy on our Hengyuan Continent, it’s naturally the Divine Wind Academy!” Despite feeling puzzled, the waiter answered honestly. “Divine Wind Academy?!” Huang Long blurted out, his expression even more strange than the waiter’s. Back then, the academy where he studied on the Hengyuan Continent was also the Divine Wind Academy. Could this be the same academy? Tens of thousands of years had passed, with empires coming and going, and countless dynasties having ruled the Hengyuan Continent—but hadn’t the Divine Wind Academy disappeared? Huang Long asked the waiter more questions about the academy. Though annoyed by the constant questions, the waiter patiently answered them. After hearing what the waiter said, Huang Long became even more confused—this Divine Wind Academy didn’t seem to be the one he had attended. Could it just be that they shared the same name?! It seemed he really needed to go and take a look. “Sir, see, I still have work to do, right?” The waiter said as Huang Long was lost in thought. Only then did Huang Long realize it. Seeing the waiter’s embarrassed expression, he flashed a golden light in his hand and tossed a gold coin at him, saying with a smile, “Go ahead!” The waiter caught the gold coin, beamed with joy, thanked him respectfully, and then scurried away, no longer showing any signs of earlier annoyance. Huang Long shook his head with a smile, then left the inn. In a flash, he disappeared. “Was I drunk just now?!” a passing strong man muttered, reeking of alcohol. He shook his head violently, his eyes slightly blurred from drunkenness. “I clearly saw someone just now!”

“It seems my eyes are really playing tricks on me!” After checking again and again, he staggered away.