With the support of King Rui, Zhou Country, which was still the dominant power in the world at the time, began to allocate many resources towards He Ba Yuan.
The path to the Second Realm of the Inborn that he had previously interrupted was now unfolding once again.
After ten or so years of perseverance, it was five years ago that he finally broke through the Inborn bottleneck and became a Grandmaster of the Second Realm, after taking dozens of elixirs bestowed by King Rui.
However, at that time, Zhou Country was at its zenith, and the Zhou Emperor was strong and vigorous. As for abdication, it was uncertain how many years away that was.
Even though the Emperor's sons had already begun to vie for the throne, signaling the start of a struggle for succession,
with the formidable Emperor still present, the dispute remained within a controlled scope—no one dared to act out of line.
