The middle-aged man with a stern face was none other than the Divine Weapon Master of the Daqi Dynasty.
Eight years ago, the Nation-Protecting Divine Weapons of thirty-five countries left their ancestral lands as if by agreement, disappearing without a trace.
According to the message left by the Divine Weapons for the Divine Weapon Masters, they said they were about to take the final crucial step.
Now, eight years had passed and apart from the Divine Weapon Masters occasionally being able to communicate with them, no one else, including the emperors of the nations, could sense the slightest presence of the Divine Weapons.
"The Divine Weapons have said they are nearly done with that step and will return to the world soon,"
the man with a stern face said, unable to hide his excitement.
Although the Divine Weapons had left a trace of their power within them before they left,
ensuring that the Divine Weapon Masters were not completely powerless,
