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Han Tomb
Many people knew of the tomb underneath the Imperial capital of the Han province. It was the reason why such a prosperous city was born in such a desolate place. It was said that a divine treasure lies beyond the door to the tomb.

Treasures beyond imagination, a crown to rule the world. No one knows where such rumors came about, but people put aside their curiosities and yearned for what lies beyond.

The number of travelers, experts and even merchants who crowded the doors of the tomb grew to an unfathomable number. The amount of time they'd need to wait for it to open was unknown, so gradually the doors to the tomb became a grand settlement for martial cultivators across the world.

But to the people outside of the doors, opening was anything but possible. There were no handles on the door and the door only opened inward
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Whether if you believed in either theories, people remained in the settlement waiting for the day that door opens.

Of course, a mere settlement could not sustain the amount of people excited for the opening of the tomb. So as the years turned into decades, the settlement that once stood on the grounds above the tomb evolved into a city. The city itself was grand, attracting people to it daily. It also provided for the martial educations for the future geniuses in hopes that either one of them could open the door to the divine tomb providing further wealth to their city.

The creation of the Divine God's Imperial City brought forth of the excitement of the opening of the Divine Tomb. But like all things, that excitement died out. Such excitement for the tomb no longer exists in the days of ten thousand years later.

People of this era no longer cared for the sole reason of the creation of this city. As such it wasn't surprising that no one realized the door had opened when it did. No one had seen the existence that had crawled out of that enigmatic


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