ASER - Chapter 235
Chapter 235: Utterly Vulnerable
Would the Imperial Family make such a choice?
Naturally not, because they were the Imperial Family.
They could completely ignore this topic, or even seize upon the topic itself to condemn the person who raised it.
But what if this person was Chen A'Diao?
Could they still maintain their lofty, inviolable royal authority?
Of course not. So A'Diao's eyes darted around, and she gently patted her own delicate cheek. "My fault, my fault, for bringing up such a sore subject… It's all my fault. Everyone, please don't misunderstand, we must consider the bigger picture."
As she patted her face, a starlike teardrop fell from her reddened, slightly misty eyes, landing precisely on her fingertip and transforming into a butterfly.
She was getting emotional…
This artificially crafted, tear-jerkingly tragic scene, everyone knew it was fake, yet they had to admit it was beautiful.
Seeing the worthless expressions of these people, including the Imperial Family, speechless and unable to look away, Toilet lamented, "Interests can corrode a person's bottom line, but being swayed by beauty makes people lose all bottom lines."
Overall, A'Diao greatly resembled a cunning old demoness who toyed with her beauty!
Amidst this awkwardness, the cunning demoness A'Diao spoke again, "Of course, taking a huge step back, even if that Dantai Ye was a disguise created by my clone, does that mean I also killed the two little demon lords? By that count, I single-handedly eliminated five little demon lords? If I'm still considered a traitor for the Demonic Spirit Clan, isn't that threshold a bit too high? The Demonic Spirit Clan wouldn't even break even unless they pushed me into the position of Tang Song's monarch."
"So, our human race has such a high-end definition of loyalty. It's no wonder the Langya Clan and the Celestial Clan were classified as enemies."
"Then I'd like to know – was this standard set by the Imperial Family, or by the human race? And who is it aimed at?"
Anyone present with a bit of shrewdness could tell this question was venomous.
This was no longer about whether the Imperial Family was in cahoots with Dantai Ye or simply foolishly deceived into promoting a Human-Demon, nor was it about whether the Imperial Family had schemed against A'Diao.
She had elevated her own victimization to the level of conflict between the human race and the Imperial Family, transforming her suffering into an example of the Imperial Family's exploitation of groups outside their own.
This was an ideological issue concerning the state system, and it directly dragged the problem back to the fundamental influence of the Imperial Family group on the current shift in national ideology during the early stages of the spiritual energy resurgence.
One person against the Imperial Family is rebellion.
Many people against the Imperial Family is an uprising.
But what if one person acted for the many, for tens of thousands, for everyone, and raised the banner of resistance?
That would be a revolution!
This Chen A'Diao truly had something to her – especially when it came to bewitching people's hearts.
Her true objective today was finally revealed: step by step, she had driven the Imperial Family into a state of muddle-headed cruelty due to their fear of her and their oversight regarding Dantai Ye, thereby awakening the consciousness of the common people.
No! If it was about bewitching hearts, how was she doing it?
Others couldn't see what was happening here. Those present were all high-level cultivators, a group long familiar with the rules. Who was she speaking for?
Many members of the Imperial Family suddenly sobered up.
The Great Elder suddenly realized something. He used the armor system to inquire with the media and think tank, only to find they had lost contact with the group.
It was over. He had to divert his attention to log into the network and check, only to see… network login failed?
"What's going on!"
When the palace banquet began, because the situation looked bad, he had the relevant departments control the network. Since there was no feedback, he thought everything was fine. It turned out it was indeed fine – because there was no network here at all.
It seemed to be the same for the others there.
So… was it just them without a network, or was the entire nation offline?
The Great Elder had a bad feeling and sent someone to inquire in person.
However, before he could get an answer, Dantai Lingyao struck with lightning speed.
He had lived in the first era and was a cruel master capable of killing his brothers to seize power. Having just been resurrected, certain ingrained traits remained. Even though the Great Elder had transmitted a wave of information to him at the beginning, it mostly concerned the current threat posed by Chen A'Diao and others, and the situation with various factions. He hadn't yet had time to truly absorb and digest the information of this era. So, at this moment, he acted according to his old, ingrained mindset and style – just as he had dealt with the Langya Clan, he could do the same now.
Back then, did no one believe the Langya? They did, but as long as they struck fast enough and annihilated them first, whether you believed or not no longer mattered.
Dead men need no truth.
"Such glib talk! Under the Imperial Family's rule, the nation's glory will not be casually erased by you."
"Insubordination deserves death!"
Dantai Lingyao was so crude, choosing to strike first to gain the upper hand. If he killed Chen A'Diao, he wouldn't have to pay a great price. He could see that Kunlun was weak, his strength far from what it once was. Kunlun couldn't kill him, and thus no one in the entire Tang Song could.
But forcefully killing someone would, at most, lead to discussions about right and wrong. Could anyone actually make him pay for Chen A'Diao's life with his own?
Impossible!
Dantai Lingyao had his own calculations and thus struck decisively.
In theory and practice, he was correct.
One had to kill Chen A'Diao directly; otherwise, the future troubles would be endless.
So he struck… At that moment, Yu Xuanji and the others felt themselves restrained.
So many people were restraining him that he couldn't even distinguish who they all were.
Because there were far too many people here who wanted to kill Chen A'Diao.
And on the founders' side, the Founder of Wu Mountain's spiritual body was entangled by the Founder of Bronze Mountain.
In any case, it was an overt, forceful assassination attempt amidst turbulent undercurrents.
The result was… the attack descended.
Peak Great Spirit King, oh.
Kunlun spoke little and didn't like to blabber, because he knew that blabbering was a job for those who loved to blabber. But he also knew what he had to do – he knew from the start that Dantai Lingyao would eventually make a move, so he was waiting.
Waiting for this moment.
At that instant, the plump, adorable body standing behind her didn't move, but one bear paw, with fingers delicately poised like an orchid, tugged at A'Diao's sleeve, intending to pull her behind him and simultaneously part space to send her back to the Lushan forbidden grounds, to be watched over by a group of old souls. He himself raised his other bear paw to meet the oncoming attack.
But then!
A'Diao turned and hugged his waist, looking up at him face-to-face with a smile.
"My dear chubby Kun-Kun, that old fellow Changting definitely never told you why he saved you, did he?"
"I guess there's only one reason."
"You're so beautiful, born to be cherished, not to take blows for others."
"No one at all."
With that, she pressed both hands against his tummy – bouncy and soft – and with a smile, her body drifted backward.
Her back faced the attack, but she looked up to meet… the descending heavenly might of the spiritual dao.
She was about to break through.
Everyone's eyes widened. Dantai Lingyao grew anxious and launched several more attacks, faster and fiercer.
Bang… So what if it was an attack from a peak Great Spirit King?
When heaven and earth administered a tribulation, no living being was allowed to interrupt; all external attacks were nonsense.
She didn't need anyone to take blows for her, sacrifice for her, or dedicate everything to her.
She, Chen A'Diao, never miscalculated (ignoring occasional setbacks, which she didn't acknowledge).
If you can't win, kneel.
If you can't win, join them.
If you can't win, submit.
Or perhaps… if you can't win, break through.
Dantai Ye was a restrained prisoner, on the verge of death, barely clinging to life, but he witnessed the strongest lightning tribulation of an era.
The effect was probably ten times the combined spectacle of every scumbag in human history being struck by lightning.
Nine radiant suns and nine radiant moons appeared in the entire sky.
A sun-radiance and moon-radiance pair in circulation formed a star system, and nine such star systems formed a Nine-Bend Interlinked Formation. The tribulation lightning born from this formation was the Nine Cauldrons Tribulation.
So, a bit of historical archaeology.
Why were all the strongest factions in the Three Kingdoms of that era called the Nine Cauldrons, and why did all parties tacitly acknowledge it?
Was it merely because there were exactly nine, and each faction stood firm like a cauldron's leg?
No, it was because the Nine Cauldrons Tribulation came first.
It was the most terrifying lightning tribulation in human history, rumored to be for achieving the Spirit King realm. Of course, a pig wouldn't face the Nine Cauldrons Tribulation.
Because it was a talent tribulation.
Historically, anyone who could face a one-cauldron lightning tribulation was considered an outstanding talent, a dragon among men. Among the top hundred on the Golden Prodigy List of human history during the first era, only about half had reached one-cauldron talent.
Changting and Kunlun were both eight-cauldron. The strongest geniuses of the Imperial Families, namely the founding emperors of the Three Kingdoms and the founders of the other two nations, were merely seven-cauldron.
The rest… for example, the ancestors of foreign imperial families and later spirit cultivators like Dantai Lingyao, were only six-cauldron.
And then look at their status and achievements.
Because it had never appeared before, the cultivator community considered it the limit for the human race, the talent ceiling for all spirit cultivators after the fall of the Celestial Clan, something no one could reach – it was the pinnacle.
But there were also legends that the Celestial Clan had beings who surpassed nine cauldrons. In any case, the Demonic Spirit Clan definitely did; at least the Demon King Supreme was nine-cauldron or even beyond, while the Seven Great Demon Kings were at least seven-cauldron, with some individuals being eight-cauldron, comparable to Kunlun and Changting.
So, only the human race's genetic limit was the lowest.
But now, the first nine-cauldron anomaly in human history had appeared.
The ceiling had arrived.
Sun and moon shone together, starlight illuminated all, and myriad lightning bolts densely formed a heavenly sea.
A heavenly sea of lightning poured down, within which the phantoms of nine giant cauldrons rose and fell, cascading downwards.
One cauldron, smash her!
Two cauldrons, smash her!
Three cauldrons…
The others had long since been scared and flown far away. The citizens of Kyoto, who had been hiding at home trembling since the incident began, were now peeking through their windows, utterly dumbfounded.
"Heavens, what kind of person is undergoing tribulation? Does such a being exist?"
"Daddy, yes, there are! There are lots on TV, getting struck by lightning every day."
"Who?"
A five-year-old girl beside them, with eager eyes, replied with utmost innocence, "The ten-thousand-year-old green-haired turtle demon and, and Old Wang next door."
Daddy and Mommy: "?"
This old turtle A'Diao truly had a shell; the Dragon Vein's karmic luck had formed a shell in her mindscape.
Each time she endured a cauldron, her body transformed once, and she also gained something once. This gain was a "cauldron."
Nine cauldrons descended, nine cauldrons bestowed eternity, signifying eternal achievement.
This was a sacrifice, and also a grand proclamation inscribed by heaven and earth.
Each stage of this sacrificial process expanded for tens of thousands of miles, reaching the Three Kingdoms, reaching the four seas and eight wildernesses, reaching any place where living beings could look up and glimpse it.
They saw the sun contend with the moon's radiance in broad daylight. Amidst the densely packed starry sky, there were brilliant galaxies, dazzling meteors, and even signs of planetary explosions governed by rules.
Then, everything returned to its primordial state.
But she had already obtained it.
In that drastically changing world, all the strange phenomena did not disappear but suddenly fluctuated and distorted. The oppressive might of the nine cauldrons turned violent, emitting beast-like roars.
Not good, a mishap occurred.
"It seems like she can't hold on much longer?!"
"The Nine Cauldrons Tribulation is too terrifying, her body…"
Just as everyone was alarmed and uncertain, A'Diao's spiritual body also became disordered, clearly showing signs of qi deviation.
Dantai Lingyao seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. His gaze swept over several places, and in that short time, he reached a consensus with others. At least at that moment, he directly launched a powerful attack, while formless spiritual body attacks from other locations targeted A'Diao herself.
Kill her before she completes the lightning tribulation!
The Nine Cauldrons' momentum was vast, its fluctuations causing mountains and seas to tremble, but the overt and covert surprise attacks from the crowd were also like a raging storm.
And at that moment, Dantai Lingyao saw Chen A'Diao, her body wreathed in dense lightning within the tribulation, look towards him. She had opened her eyes.
Her eyes seemed chaotic, yet also… incomparably calm, and there was even a cold sneer at the corner of her lips.
Dantai Lingyao's heart skipped a beat.
The next second.
The attacks manifested as light, myriad radiances illuminating the space. Many people activated their armor to defend their bodies and averted their gazes. The shockwaves made their armor tremble precariously; many were swept away, many vomited blood, and many had their armor directly disintegrate.
And amidst these streams of light, two slender fingers came together. All these attacks – except for a very few, such as those launched by experts of Dantai Lingyao's caliber and a few other spiritual attacks – whether physical, magical, energy-based, or material weapon-based, were instantly reversed, shattered, and reformed.
Tiny, densely packed glazed cubes, like the very density of rules.
Spirit King, grasping the rudimentary form of rules.
The reformed matter and energy transformed into a blood-red, ancient long fork. This long fork had ninety-nine restriction runes flowing on it. With one thrust, it pierced the void, directly tearing through space.
This fork was very unadorned. It could be a fishing spear, a melon-stabbing fork for a badger-like creature, or even a sea king's trident. In any case, it exuded an domineering aura, fierce and sharp.
It shot past, entering Dantai Lingyao's field of vision.
His pupils trembled. He thought he could dodge it, but the result was that by the time he thought he saw it, it had already… Clang!!!
It thudded dully into his armor.
The Monarch Armor, an item beyond the extraordinary limits, was also the Dantai Clan's top-tier armor, once used by the founding emperor. Its tip landed on the armor's surface, which looked like ordinary leather but could actually devour energy. Not only could it dissipate damage, but it could also convert it into its own power. Yet, even so, if the intensity was too great, then…
Boom!!!
Dantai Lingyao's body shot backward like a critically hit rubber ball, instantly blasted away.
He slammed onto the imperial screen wall standing in the main courtyard of the Imperial Palace behind him.
The screen wall was made of top-tier cosmic Xuan Gang, yet it was shattered into hundreds of pieces in that instant.
Dantai Lingyao wasn't disheveled; he had twisted his body and landed against the wall surface in a "fierce tiger descending the mountain" posture. But as the shockwave from his body dissipated, the armor's majestic light rippled outwards. He gripped the central prong of the fork with one hand, and the metallic armor on his wrist and palm continuously emitted grating sounds of being cut and corroded.
Startled, he looked up and met the eyes of the person in front who had also suffered a blow from him…
The spiritual energy on the other person had completely formed tangible black and silver twin wings. Her crimson robe fluttered violently. With one hand, she pointed, creating a circular restriction light mirror that blocked his attack. Her other hand, fingers pressed together, had a cold glint at their tips, touching the restriction-laden fork he was resisting.
However, she was clearly at a slight disadvantage. The fluctuations around her body were immense, the flesh on her hand bones had split open, revealing the white bone beneath.
Beautiful people, even their bones are beautiful.
Crazy people, even their bones are pale and cold as a blade.
At least Dantai Lingyao saw her ruthlessness.
A one-second freeze-frame.
A battle of pinnacles.
Everyone held their breath in shock because space was trembling, and all surrounding energy was being mobilized by these two, as if it could erupt with their will in the next second.
A fight to the death? A mutually destructive struggle?
But the question was, did Chen A'Diao now actually possess the ability to fight Dantai Lingyao?
Even if Dantai Lingyao had just been resurrected and hadn't fully recovered his former strength, what about her?
Twenty… had she reached it? Not yet, it seemed she really hadn't.
At that moment, it was ultimately the Founder of Wu Mountain who glanced at the silent and indifferent Kunlun and spoke, considering the current overall situation of the human race, "Since this is a conspiracy by the Demonic Spirit Clan, we should prioritize the urgent matters at hand. How about discussing private matters in private? After all, I really can't think of any benefit to the human race if the Three Kingdoms fall into internal strife."
It was clearly Tang Song's internal strife, yet she said the Three Kingdoms.
But she wasn't wrong. Broadening the perspective, wouldn't it be internal strife among the Three Kingdoms? Which is to say, internal strife within the human race.
Yu Xuanji saw that A'Diao hadn't completely gained the upper hand and reacted extremely quickly. His gaze swept over Chen Xun, and he suddenly exclaimed, "What, a live broadcast?! Where did this live broadcast come from?"
The exclamation immediately drew everyone's attention back.
What live broadcast? Could it be?
At this time, the Great Elder also received a message from the media department – initially, the live broadcast had indeed been turned off long ago. But later, as incidents occurred one after another, the aerospace satellite surveillance had somehow been activated. They were just technicians; noticing something was wrong, they tried to contact these important figures, but how could they enter the palace banquet venue? Moreover, with so many powerful experts gathered later, let alone combat weaklings like them, even a Spirit King approaching could easily be crushed to dust.
So, unable to resolve the technical issues, the recording and rebroadcasting via cosmic satellites meant that a global live broadcast to the Three Kingdoms had been ongoing.
A live broadcast, damn it, it had been broadcasting all along!!!
Didn't that mean all the earlier unsightly coercion and the later reversals had been seen?
What would the common people think?
The people from Lie Qin and Nan Jin exchanged glances and said nothing.
If Tang Song fell into internal strife while they weren't present, they could act as reapers. But having repeatedly used the hat of "human race's safety" to pressure A'Diao before, it was now difficult for them to extricate themselves.
The Founder of Bronze Mountain's dark gaze swept over A'Diao. He finally understood why she had said those things earlier. She had long anticipated that they would join forces to pressure her for evidence. But looking at it from the other side, wasn't she also forcing the imperial families of the Three Kingdoms to reveal the true face of their feudal rule?
The Great Elder felt a sharp pain in his chest, as if having a heart attack, and urgently asked, "Can any traces be found? Track them down, capture them, and convict them!"
"No, there's no way. Our technology isn't good enough."
The Great Elder quickly glanced at Chen Xun, hating him inwardly, and also exchanged several meaningful looks and whispered words with Dantai Lingyao.
When Dantai Lingyao first arrived, his temperament hadn't changed. But now, having his worldview shattered by the powerful A'Diao after her breakthrough, and then learning about the live broadcast and seeing the anxiety of the Great Elder and others, his heart sank. He suddenly realized that times had changed.
This era was different from the first era. In the first era, the strong were revered. But the current background, technological civilization, and the common people's ideology were vastly different from the first era.
He didn't belong to this era, but Chen A'Diao and that Chen Xun had exploited it.
But they all knew very well that no matter the era, one key factor would not change.
– Even a cruel and muddle-headed ruler like him knew that while enjoying benefits as a monarch, he also had to give some advantages to the citizens. As long as their basic interests weren't harmed, the citizens didn't care who the monarch eliminated or wronged. But such rules couldn't touch them, especially not be directly placed around their own necks. This was human nature.
Others can be sacrificed, but I love freedom.
The dark side of human nature is not negated by the existence of a few moral individuals, nor is it shifted by human will, because the restraint and resistance of most people are inherent in their genes.
Saints are few because mortals are many.
And contemporary mortals do not distinguish between right and wrong. When they realize who is stronger and who it is more beneficial for them to support, they choose that person.
It was just that simple and unadorned.
Dantai Lingyao did want to cut the grass and dig up the roots, to kill A'Diao even if it meant suffering heavy injuries. But there were many experts here. He had thought Kunlun was weak and he could kill Chen A'Diao. But now that Chen A'Diao's combat power had risen, his advantage had diminished, making it difficult to kill her quickly. Continuing to attack would not be worth the cost.
Especially with the live broadcast…
Dantai Lingyao hesitated, and the entire Imperial Family found themselves in a state of being unable to get off the tiger they were riding.
Toilet's gaze swept over them, and he suddenly said, "For the various princes and these royal relatives, for princesses and princes like Dantai Zhuying and Dantai Sheng who were born in this era, today is definitely a milestone day in their lives."
A'Diao paid no attention to the Imperial Family's reaction, nor did she care whether it was Bronze Mountain or some other imperial family's founder or expert who had secretly attacked her earlier. She also ignored the maneuvering between Yu Xuanji and the Founder of Wu Mountain. In any case, if the other side didn't make a move now, she wouldn't either. Instead, she began to calm the aftereffects of her tribulation and replied to Toilet.
"I will make them have milestone days often in the future."
She spoke of milestones as if they were tombstones.
Gentle, amiable, kind…
Toilet shivered.
As the atmosphere grew heavy, the radiance of the spiritual dao descended, and the lightning tribulation began to conclude. The nine cauldrons had all entered her body. The moment the radiance was absorbed and the world returned to its origin, she appeared to have regained her composure. Bathed in a milky white halo, she pressed her chest, showing a weakened state to everyone, with blood still at the corner of her lips. "Ah, Lord Lingyao, I didn't mean to do that just now. I almost suffered qi deviation. It just so happened that you were about to strike me, so I lost my senses and resisted. Are you alright?"
Dantai Lingyao, disheveled and with stone dust all over his hair, had after all been an emperor. Seemingly a tyrant, he was in fact cunning and gloomy internally. At this moment, he had calmed down, knowing it would be difficult to kill her now. So, his lips twitched slightly. "Indeed, it was qi deviation. I was also afraid you would die under the tribulation lightning, so I tried to interrupt it to save you. After all, life is more important than prospects."
A'Diao's eyes lit up, and she said with joy and admiration, "Wow!!! Your Lordship can interrupt the Nine Cauldrons Tribulation just after being resurrected? That's too amazing! I've never seen such a formidable feat in any historical record. You must be the number one person in our human race for all ages."
Could one even talk to her?
No, unless you've overeaten and want to throw some of it up.
From Dantai Lingyao +666 stars!
From…
Dantai Lingyao stared at her coldly and said faintly, "I dare not claim to be the number one person for all ages, but at least I haven't been killed off by the new wave while being an old wave. Since you have broken through and the misunderstanding regarding the Human-Demon affair has been resolved, it can be considered a happy outcome for all. However, the root of all this still stems from your own arrogant and unruly conduct, which led to misunderstandings. I hope that in the future you…"
Before he could finish, A'Diao suddenly moved her hand.
Bang!!
The head of the restrained Dantai Ye, not far away, suddenly exploded. The Undead Sky Lantern within his body was also absorbed by her.
Right in front of everyone, before Dantai Lingyao and the others could react, A'Diao, who had just been acting like a green tea bitch, continued her act, saying weakly, "Time is pressing. This King still needs to go trade with Yan Xi. If I make him wait too long and he releases billions of Demonic Spirit corpse puppets into the Huaiguang Water Region, endangering our Tang Song citizens, that would surely make Your Lordship and the esteemed Imperial Family elders worry yourselves to the point of vomiting blood."
Dantai Lingyao and the others: "…"
Her words… seemed a bit…
A'Diao continued with a worried expression, "Currently, it seems His Excellency Yan Xi only contacts me and only trusts me. Of course, everyone, please don't misunderstand. How could everyone in this world be like that lecherous, shameless scoundrel Dantai Ye, the Human-Demon? Yan Xi naturally has no ill intentions towards me; he probably just thinks my conduct is upright and trustworthy. If anyone misunderstands again and thinks I'm colluding with someone, it doesn't matter to a notorious woman like me. But that Great Corpse King has a bad temper. If he gets annoyed and retaliates against the human race, that's not something I can stop. After all, water regions are divided into above ground and below ground. Above ground is divided among the Three Kingdoms, but below ground might not be."
Her words sounded like a green tea bitch, but in reality, many people heard the threat.
At least the high-ranking officials and experts present heard it, and their expressions changed in unison.
There was a complex look in Yu Xuanji's eyes – she was threatening everyone. Who would dare to mess with her now, especially those who didn't let her get her way today? She could have Yan Xi release corpse puppets throughout the Three Kingdoms. She didn't care about the ensuing devastation, and they should know she didn't care.
Everyone's ears weren't deaf; they naturally heard and understood. Then she smiled again, "Of course, everyone need not be afraid. We are all human; who wants to see a cornered dog jump the wall? Harmony is precious for everyone… By the way, Your Lordship, the Demonic Spirit Clan is so rampant, and our human race is in peril. I, Chen A'Diao, am willing to be permanently stationed in the Huaiguang Mountain Range in the future, both to deter Yan Xi and to command the military defense and public security of the Huaiguang region. However, although I am currently a super-rank Royal Vassal, according to the system, I cannot manage military affairs. I'm afraid I lack proper authorization. If Your Lordship trusts me, please grant me a military command."
As she spoke, she bowed slightly and raised her hands in a salute.
Her crimson royal robe hung down.
Seemingly respectful, but in reality, rampant and domineering.
She was openly and brazenly demanding power.
And she originally had this qualification.
Wasn't she worthy? With such great merit?
If the Dantai Clan didn't grant it, what kind of Imperial Family were they?
In front of everyone from the Three Kingdoms, this old lady will see if you give it or not!
The Imperial Family truly hadn't expected A'Diao to be so direct. If they were merely worried before, now who couldn't see her ambition? How could the Imperial Family agree!
The Great Elder nearly ground his teeth to dust, deeply regretting not having risked a complete fallout with Lushan to kill this scourge earlier.
As a result, they had now reared a tiger to cause future trouble.
However, to everyone's shock, Dantai Lingyao calmly agreed, "Naturally. Your merits are great. Then I shall bestow upon you the rank of First-Rank Military Commander, with jurisdiction over the nine prefectures of the Huaiguang River Basin. I hope you…"
He stretched out his hand, his palm landing on A'Diao's shoulder. He leaned closer and said coldly, "I hope you can, for me, for Tang Song, dedicate yourself completely until death."
Afterwards, he withdrew his hand, clasped it behind his back, the imperial might on his body faintly pulsing.
Clearly, the longer he was back, the more he could reclaim his former power.
Was A'Diao frightened? She calmly expressed her gratitude, then straightened up. Just as Dantai Lingyao turned, surrounded by the Great Elder and others, about to leave, she suddenly spoke.
"Your Lordship."
Dantai Lingyao turned sideways and looked back, only to see her standing amidst a crowd of experts yet also among the ruined walls of the palace. Behind her, it was dusk. The evening light was setting, dim orange and heavy, as if hinting at a certain sunset, and also hinting that the sunset's glow was about to descend upon her.
At least at this moment, the brilliant red light in the sky haloed the outline of her body, and she smiled faintly.
In fact, since breaking through to the Spirit King level and inheriting the Nine Cauldrons Spiritual Dao, her appearance had changed somewhat; she seemed to have grown up again.
This kind of growth was unrelated to age but was a kind of release.
Yes, it was like the feeling of some higher being releasing the essence within its genes layer by layer over the years, revealing its magnificence.
A phoenix might be a featherless chicken at birth.
A dragon is still an egg when born.
Her release also carried a certain authority. The charm in her eyes was captivating, yet also cool and aloof.
But she was smiling.
Her voice was also gentle.
"This humble servant believes that Your Lordship has just arrived in this mortal realm and is the new monarch of Dantai. In the future, it would be best not to let those trash from the Demonic Spirit Clan see your weakness."
"Otherwise, it will give people the wrong impression."
She turned her face away, her back to them, and walked off. Her red robe billowed, the dragon patterns on it rippling like flowing water.
That last sentence was very, very faint.
"As if our Tang Song Imperial Family is already declining like the setting sun, utterly vulnerable."
That was when the originally brilliant twilight halo in the sky was covered by surging dark clouds.
She stepped into the shadows. The sky flashed with lightning and rumbled with thunder, and a torrential rain poured down. She had already transformed into a dragon and entered the ninth heaven. As the clouds billowed, this thunderstorm descended, directly avoiding the human race and directly exterminating all remaining Demonic Spirits in Kyoto and even within the borders of Tang Song.
And in the streets and alleys, many people looked up, their eyes filled with alarm and awe.
At that moment, perhaps these ordinary people thought they were seeing a god.
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