Prologue

Within this Green Ocean continent, there are 3 big kingdoms that coexist with each other and having peace for almost one thousand years. Despite each emperor can live about around one thousand years, each emperor respects each other and live to strive eternal peace which is each of their last ancestor's wishes. On the eastern part of Green Ocean continent, Green Dragon Emperor is the king of Great Tree kingdom, On the northern part, Gray Serpent Emperor is the king of North Lotus Kingdom, and on the southern part of the continent, South Sea Emperor is the king of South Sea Kingdom.

Great Tree Kingdom is the biggest kingdom on this continent and they have the biggest land and biggest territory while Gray Serpent Emperor has most river and numerous lake on the continent. As for South Sea Kingdom, they are the smallest kingdom with the smallest territory that cannot be compared with the other kingdoms. Previous South Sea Emperor becomes king after he has united many fishing villages and small cities around and gained one of the ten ultimate artifacts. The "Ultimate Scarlet Shield"

Year 161, North Lotus Kingdom attacks South Sea Kingdom, with Gray Serpent Emperor leading the attack into South Sea Emperor. It is rumored that Gray Serpent Emperor wants to take the "Ultimate Scarlet Shield" as his own and as it marks the change in history, it also attracts many people in the continent to become adventurers and become a treasure hunter. Because when the battle between South Sea Emperor and Gray Serpent Emperor, both emperors died in the battle and the "Ultimate Scarlet Shield" is nowhere to be found. South Sea Emperor has declared before his death, whoever owns Ultimate Scarlet Shield shall become the next King of the South Sea Kingdom, with his death afterward, South Sea Kingdom become Kingdom without a King but governed by senior ministers that have been working with South Sea Emperor for decades.

Author note about basic information in the story:

- Cultivation ranked is ranked from

Basic -> Iron -> Steel -> Black Steel -> Bronze -> Silver -> Gold

Each rank has 10 levels to achieve before breakthrough into the more advanced rank

There is a probability that tier/rank higher than Gold might appear, and if it did, it will be revealed inside the story

- Expert/Practitioner is the same

- Spirit core/Profound core is the same, it contains soul of the beast

- Expert/Practitioner can absorb spirit beast when he/she reached Steel rank

- Having one whole rank above enemy (Silver vs Bronze) does not guarantee a certain victory, it is possible to win against a stronger enemy with better equipment/weapon/number of people fighting it / strategy and tactic

Author note for all readers:

Hi everyone, this is my first light novel, when making it I was imaging that I was making a manga, so you guys will find out that there are many conversation/dialogue that suits more into manga

For readers that often read a manga, this light novel should fit better than those who do not read manga

Although the genre of this light novel is Wuxia similar to "Tales of Demons and Gods" and "Against the God", but you guys will see many differences when you read depth into the chapters

For a better experience, I strongly recommend everyone to read the novel while imaging the conversation, the battle, and everything

Thanks

I hope I am not disappointing you guys!