As early as Year 310 of the Goblin Empire, Reinhardt advanced to Legendary rank in the Bolake Territory, choosing the path of the Lionheart King.
From then on, he had a lifespan of one thousand years, and humanity became a major regional power.
Not only did he lead his people to independence in the North, but he also became a Legendary, allowing him the energy to focus on raising his heirs.
This was also a request from his mother, Fiona. For humanity to thrive, it needed talented individuals with extraordinary potential.
Fiona arranged for Reinhardt to take several wives, and only when Reinhardt strongly refused did she relent.
The Legendary Lionheart King thus submitted to his mother's authority and worked hard to sire heirs.
However, the bloodline of a Legendary was not easily passed on, and it wasn't until Fiona's death that Reinhardt had three sons and one grandson.
By the time the third emperor, Asa Amigul, passed away, Reinhardt's family had grown to nearly a hundred people.
At this point, humanity's population had reached half a million.
The original territory was no longer enough, so Reinhardt had to push north to expand his domain.
To the north of Bolake Territory was not a desolate land; there were several intelligent races living there.
Goblin-like kobolds, centaurs, and trolls all had tribes in the northern region.
After considering it for a few days, Reinhardt decided to target the kobolds.
The kobolds had once served under the great dragons, and in the changing times, their tribes were easier to deal with compared to the centaurs or trolls.
During Reinhardt's campaign against the kobolds,
On the Eastern Seaboard,
Jano was very satisfied with the development of the Winged Tribe.
Year 360 of the Goblin Empire.
Sophia, the genius of the Winged Tribe, had not returned to the Eastern Seaboard after leaving the Southern region. Instead, she continued traveling across the continent.
She didn't return until Year 490 of the Goblin Empire.
However, by the time she returned, she had already achieved Legendary status and created a Legendary career path: the Holy Light Maiden!
After more than 500 years, the Winged Tribe finally had its second Legendary!
Thirty years later,
Sophia's younger sister, Eryta, also advanced to Legendary and created another Legendary path for the Light Swordsman: the Holy Sword of Light!
This Legendary career was more combat-oriented than her sister's, and better suited for the vast majority of the Winged Tribe's extraordinary professionals.
The two sisters, with their dual Legendary paths, became a celebrated tale within the Winged Tribe!
As for their older sister, Limer, she was still stuck in the Heroic rank, unable to advance.
Perhaps the burden of dealing with numerous administrative duties held her back, and it seemed unlikely she would ever break through in this life.
By the time Asa Amigul passed away,
The Winged Tribe, in these two hundred years,
Had already developed Lomanda quite a bit.
Five Winged cities had been built between the mountains, housing about 500,000 Winged people!
In Lomanda and along the Eastern Seaboard, the Winged Tribe's population had reached 1.5 million!
This number had reached the upper limit of what the region could sustain for the Winged Tribe.
In the Heavenly Mountain portion of the Winged Tribe, growth was slow, primarily made up of military households, with a population of about 100,000.
Now, the total population of the Winged Tribe was around 2.1 million.
As for Jano,
After five hundred years of cultivation, he could have easily ascended to a demigod if he had chosen that path.
His mastery of the Thunder Law was already complete. If he were to become a demigod, this would be the moment to merge his will with the Thunder Law of the heavens, attempting to grasp the authority of Thunder and become a part of the celestial order.
However, Jano's approach was a bit different.
He wanted to, at the exact moment he merged his will with the Thunder Law of the heavens, wield the authority of Thunder and forcefully suppress it, using his will to transform into a divine sword, subduing and burying the powers of the Thunder Law.
This was the first step toward becoming the Lord of the Skies.
He called it the Throne Realm!
It was akin to the path of becoming a demigod, but for the sky.
But all of this required him to start forging a Sky Throne and a divine sword to carry his will.
In his plans, his Judgment Throne was essentially a sword tomb for the laws of the heavens!
A divine sword that would suppress and bury a law of the heavens!
Although finding such a sword was difficult, alchemy in the Goblin Empire had recently seen breakthroughs. He had spent the last few years studying alchemy and sword forging, making some progress.
The difficulty lay in the creation of the Sky Throne itself!
First, the materials were hard to find!
Second, constructing the Sky Throne would be a huge undertaking, especially since it had to be built in the sky. To complete it, he needed an opportunity!
He needed to wait, wait for a moment when all eyes were elsewhere.
Just at that time,
In the year 694 of the Goblin Empire,
A plague erupted that spread across all of Ferland!