He was now preparing to play the waiting game, to stay here and kill Fang Ming for his treasures when he returned!
All that was left was to wait.
As for whether he could defeat Fang Ming?
Steward Liu had not considered this point.
Fang Ming was at most at the third level of the "One Qi Technique".
Steward Liu, however, possessed the "Cloud Sea Technique," a more powerful cultivation method than the "One Qi Technique," and had already cultivated it to the fifth level.
The victor was already clear.
There was no need for concern.
...
While Steward Liu was playing the waiting game.
Fang Ming had already used his world-hopping talent and traveled to the fourth world.
Unlike the other worlds.
Upon arriving in the fourth world, Fang Ming discovered that this world was ruled by warriors.
In the Great Yi Dynasty, the strongest warrior was the current Emperor, the Martial Emperor.
Only those with martial prowess could unify the world, and dynasties rose and fell because of warriors.
In the previous Great Gan Dynasty, the last emperor diligently governed and did not indulge in pleasures, dedicating himself to saving his crumbling empire.
However, by the end of the Great Gan Dynasty, the top martial artists in the royal family had already passed away. Without top martial artists to guard them, no matter how diligently the last emperor governed, how close he was to the people, or how much military power he held, it was all in vain.
At that time, a Celestial-Demon level warrior emerged from a major martial arts sect. He fought for three thousand miles alone, invincible, and stormed the imperial palace. Countless guards could not stop him. Finally, in broad daylight, he assassinated the last emperor.
The last emperor died as a result.
The Great Gan Dynasty's prestige was shattered.
To have the enemy warrior almost openly kill the last emperor in broad daylight, and then leave unhurriedly, what else could be considered a loss of prestige?
This was not a fall into water, nor was it an assassination, but a true public killing. An emperor was calmly killed, and then the killer left amidst the encirclement of numerous guards.
The Great Gan Dynasty naturally dispatched a million troops to attack this martial arts sect.
However, before the million-strong army reached its destination, while still en route, its main generals were killed one after another by Celestial-Demon level warriors.
After killing the main generals, they killed the deputy generals, and then the mid-level officers.
With such tactics, how could the million-strong army still attack the martial arts sect as originally planned?
It had already collapsed from being slaughtered!
The Great Gan Dynasty was helpless against Celestial-Demon level warriors, even with a million soldiers.
A million soldiers, brave warriors, and a united army were far inferior to having Celestial-Demon level warriors guarding the royal family.
And this was not the end.
At that time, the Great Gan Dynasty, in terms of popular support, geographical advantage, and timing, was truly a prosperous era, disregarding top martial artists.
Yet, a lone Celestial-Demon level warrior, without any advantage in timing, geography, or popular support, single-handedly killed the two emperors who had been enthroned after the death of the old emperor.
Those two emperors did not even serve for a month before dying in the heavily guarded imperial palace.
Three emperors killed in three months, coming and going as they pleased.
Furthermore, countless civil and military officials were eliminated, and numerous aristocratic families were slaughtered, leading to rivers of blood and mountains of heads.
The facts proved that in the face of absolute power, even without favorable timing, geography, or popular support, absolute victory could still be achieved.
Therefore, under the great slaughter of Celestial-Demon level warriors, the Great Gan Dynasty, despite being a prosperous era with popular support, perished.
The Celestial-Demon level warrior annihilated the Great Gan royal family and established the Great Yi Dynasty.
The Great Yi Dynasty was also guarded by a Celestial-Demon level warrior.
However, although Celestial-Demon level warriors were said to be above martial arts, having achieved immortality in the mortal world, and were not mortals, their lifespans were finite.
When their lifespans ended, even immortals and demons had to perish and fall.
Fortunately, in addition to the founding ancestor, the Great Yi Dynasty later produced another Celestial-Demon level warrior.
This allowed them to once again suppress the entire world and become emperors.
And now, the second Celestial-Demon level warrior, the Martial Emperor of the Great Yi Dynasty, was estimated by the people to be nearing the end of his lifespan and would not live much longer.
The Great Yi Dynasty did not have another Celestial-Demon level warrior.
If the Martial Emperor were to pass away, the Great Yi Dynasty would likely collapse not long after.
The Martial Emperor was aware of this outcome – after all, he knew very well how the Great Yi Dynasty came to be. However, he did not want anyone to repeat the actions of his founding ancestor.
Therefore, the Martial Emperor focused on cultivating successors, hoping that by the time his lifespan ended, another Celestial-Demon level warrior would emerge.
At the same time, he was looking for an opportunity to purge the world, so that there would be no more Celestial-Demon level warriors.
As long as there were no Celestial-Demon level warriors in the world, the emperors of the Great Yi Dynasty, even if they were not Celestial-Demon level warriors, would not cause the Great Yi Dynasty to perish.
If they only needed to suppress those below the Celestial-Demon level, the armies and the large number of warriors supported by the Great Yi Dynasty would be sufficient.
The Martial Emperor began to purge the world.
The Celestial-Demon level warriors in the martial arts sects were not fools; they joined forces.
Although the Martial Emperor was the strongest Celestial-Demon level warrior, it was not easy to eliminate all Celestial-Demon level warriors in the world.
A bloody war ensued between both sides, during which the dynasty lost countless destinies.
It was at this time that Fang Ming used his world-hopping talent and entered this world ruled by warriors.
World Number Four.
Fang Ming did not spend much time in this world. He casually found a shop that collected books, wanting to understand the common knowledge of this world.
The history of this world indicated that in ancient times, there was no martial arts, only primitive humans.
The so-called martial arts emerged in the ancient era when the ancestors, in their struggles with fierce beasts in the wilderness, to increase their survival rate, discovered a technique containing qi through countless battles.
This qi-containing technique, though crude and incomplete, and very difficult to master, was also a skill that could enhance one's combat power.
The ancestors discovered that by mastering this qi, their strength would become greater, their speed faster, their minds more active, and their energy more abundant.
The beasts that could previously harm the ancestors gradually found it difficult to do so.
This qi-containing technique was continuously refined, becoming less incomplete, developing subtleties, and its mastery difficulty decreased.
The survival rate of the ancestors increased by almost tenfold.
This qi-containing technique was the nascent stage of martial arts.
The first martial arts classic, compiled and perfected by the ancient ancestors, was called the "Origin Sutra."
The "Origin Sutra" described three martial arts realms: Body Tempering, Organ Refining, and Spirit Condensing.
However, these were only the initial realm divisions, which were considered incomplete by later generations.
Thus, through many changes in later generations, with improvements to martial arts by numerous warriors, some realms disappeared, while others were re-established.
The division of Qi Acupoints began.