The whole world is forever locked in conflict—people fighting people, people fighting beasts. There is almost no civilization, no order. There are no powerful national organizations; the only formidable group is the Shenlong Sanctuary.

The Shenlong Sanctuary is the most powerful and transcendent organization in this world. Since the dawn of history, the Shenlong Sanctuary has existed. It is the faith of the entire world, the representative of the Divine Dragon on earth.

However, the Shenlong Sanctuary is aloof and detached, unconcerned with worldly rights and wrongs, and does not interfere in the wars of the world.

Therefore, all of Zhongtu is a wild and barbaric land, with bloodshed and chaos occurring every year, on every inch of land. Every day, countless people die, and for any child to grow up safely is a stroke of great fortune.

This chaos and disorder ended three thousand years ago.

Because the most powerful human in history was born. No one knew where he came from, nor who his parents were; it was as if he was born from heaven and earth itself.

In less than forty years, he became the undisputed strongest person in the world.

Then, over the next twenty years, he defeated all the great tribes and clans of the world, nearly unifying all of Zhongtu, and established the mighty Yanlong Empire. For the first time, the Yanlong Continent moved from chaos to order, and he became the first emperor of this world.

To honor his achievements, he was bestowed the title of Dragon Emperor by the Shenlong Sanctuary.

Yet, this was only the beginning of his accomplishments. In the following thirty years, he paused his campaigns and, by his own power, eradicated all other scripts and languages in this world, creating the Dragon Tongue as the sole language and script.

After that, he created philosophy, art, mathematics, literature, music, and more—almost single-handedly founding the entire civilization.

Of course, no matter how great a man is, he will one day die. At the age of one hundred and twenty-nine, the Dragon Emperor passed away.

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After the Dragon Emperor’s death, the Yan Empire continued to follow in his footsteps, further developing civilization. A great number of scholars and philosophers emerged, writing many brilliant works and composing countless pieces of music. The whole world entered an era of flourishing schools of thought.

However, even the greatest empire will one day fall apart.

Three hundred years after the Dragon Emperor’s death, the Yan Empire had already fractured. In the next two to three thousand years, conflicts continued endlessly, much like the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods of ancient China.

Up to the present, all of Zhongtu has split into dozens, even hundreds, of large and small countries. Among them, four great kingdoms and one empire are the five dominant powers of this world.

The four great kingdoms are: the Eastern Dongli Kingdom, the Southern Nulang Kingdom, the Western Xiliang Kingdom, and the Northern Beifeng Kingdom.

The one empire is the Central Yan Empire, the foremost power of Zhongtu and the leader of all nations.

Of course, in name, the Yan Empire inherits the Yanlong Empire founded by the Dragon Emperor three thousand years ago, but in reality, the two have little connection. Their relationship is even more distant than that between the Shatuo Later Tang and the Li Tang of ancient China.

It is only because the Yan Empire is now the strongest and has the recognition of the Shenlong Sanctuary that it has become the central empire of Zhongtu. But even so, the current ruler of the Yan Empire only dares to call himself king, not emperor.

Although the Dragon Emperor has been dead for nearly three thousand years, he is still the totem of the entire world, holding a near-divine status.

No one in this world knows the origin of the Dragon Emperor, but Logan Bennett has seen through it.

This most powerful and greatest Dragon Emperor in history, just like Logan Bennett, was a transmigrator. Only, he was far more formidable than Logan Bennett—he unified most of the world, established an empire, and created civilization.

Logan Bennett even vaguely feels that the previous host of the demon star within him might... possibly be the Dragon Emperor. But it doesn’t quite add up—the demon star once said that his mission in coming to this world was to destroy it.

But the civilization of this world was painstakingly built by the Dragon Emperor—how could he possibly want to destroy it?

Regardless, Logan Bennett feels that his transmigration is mysteriously connected to the Dragon Emperor.

Then, Logan Bennett recalled what the demon star had said about his mission in this world.

To destroy this world?

At the thought of this mission, Logan Bennett shook his head vigorously. He would never pay attention to such a ridiculous mission; all he wanted was to protect his sister and her family, nothing more.

“Xiao Ling? What’s wrong?” Isabel Norton asked.

Logan Bennett replied, “It’s nothing, sister. I’ve already studied much of the content in these books, so I don’t need to start from scratch. Maybe, in the graduation exams at the Royal Academy, aside from martial arts, after studying with you for a while, I should be able to pass the other three subjects smoothly.”

Logan Bennett was being modest—he was a top student in the arts at a prestigious university. Although the philosophy and literature of this world have changed somewhat, they are still derived from the knowledge of Earth. As for the classics of ancient and modern times, both Chinese and foreign, Logan Bennett has read countless works, many of which he can even recite backwards.

So, as long as he gets a little familiar with the writing style of this world, Logan Bennett’s attainments in this area already surpass those of many people.

“Really?” Isabel Norton asked in delight.

Logan Bennett nodded and said, “Really.”