NOVPUBEmperor Xia’s face revealed a crazed expression as his gaze fixed intently on Xia Yunqiu: 𝒏𝒐𝙫𝙥𝙪𝙗.𝒄𝙤𝙢
"Good, good, good, you’ve won this round."
But don’t think that just because you’ve gained the support of these people, you can win everything.
How could the provincial governors, main generals, City God Ministry’s envoys, and the Imperial Astronomical Bureau’s envoy of the eighteen provinces of the world tolerate the existence of a usurper like you?
The whole of Great Xia is still my world!"
As his words fell, a great teleportation talisman appeared in Emperor Xia’s hand. Accompanied by a twist in space, it transmitted all his confidants to outside the Imperial Capital.
At that moment, a hand reached into the twisted space and casually smoothed out the spatial distortion.
Then, a figure clad in snow-white garments appeared above the grand ceremonial platform, looking down at Emperor Xia with an indifferent expression.
"Where do you think you’re going?"
Emperor Xia’s expression froze immediately, and he bit his teeth, articulating every word:
"Supreme Taoist!"
It was the person before his eyes who had caused all his schemes to fall apart and had even saddled him with the big black mark of plotting against the people of the Dusk Realm.
Now that the great teleportation talisman was forcibly shattered, his last retreat was cut off, which made his hatred for Shen Yuan reach an immeasurable degree.
Shen Yuan was utterly indifferent to Emperor Xia’s hostility. A dethroned Mortal Emperor no longer had the right to be called so, and was only awaiting the completion of the transfer of imperial power to be killed at will.
However, at the moment, this Emperor Xia still had other uses.
Pointing to the dim Great Sun within the incense offering magic domain, Shen Yuan commanded firmly:
"Mobilize the fate of humanity, and seal that Great Sun within the incense offering magic domain."
Emperor Xia’s expression took a moment of surprise, his gaze sweeping over the incense offering magic domain. As the one in charge of humanity’s fate, he immediately grasped the causality involved.
With a crazed smile on his face, Emperor Xia’s eyes held a touch of satisfaction:
"The almighty Supreme Taoist actually needs my help, how ironic."
Shen Yuan’s eyebrows furrowed slightly, and divine might as a Yang God suddenly pressed down upon Emperor Xia. The venerable Emperor tried to resist, but the immense pressure directly made his legs fracture and forced him to kneel to the ground with a thud.
"Aaaah!"
The painful screams emitted from Emperor Xia’s mouth, his eyes bloodshot as he said:
"To humiliate a Mortal Emperor, you shall suffer karmic retribution."
Shen Yuan remained impassive: "I heard that a chief administrator of the Great Xia Imperial Dungeon has developed a set of interrogation methods for cultivators that received praises. Have you personally experienced these methods?"
Upon hearing this, it seemed as if Emperor Xia had thought of something, and the madness in his face abruptly turned pale.
Still bearing resentment in his expression, but at the moment, he honestly replied:
"My imperial fate is exhausted; the humanity fate I can mobilize is minimal. The protection offered by the Capital City God Temple is already the limit, and I simply lack the strength to seal the dim Great Sun."
Shen Yuan’s eyes narrowed slightly. Glancing at Xia Yunqiu, he casually asked:
"If the position of Mortal Emperor were to change hands, could enough humanity fate be mobilized to seal it?"
Emperor Xia sneered at the question:
"The transition of power for the Mortal Emperor’s position is not as simple as you think."
"Though I am disqualified, as long as I remain in office for one day, I am the one recognized by the major trend of humanity, and only I can mobilize humanity’s fate.
Although that rebellious girl has beguiled people and amassed the Fire of Humanity, inheriting humanity’s major trend is not something that can be accomplished overnight. Even if she ascends to the throne, she won’t be able to manipulate humanity’s fate in the short term."
He paused briefly before continuing:
"If you want to save the incense offering magic domain, to save the Primal Chaos Realm, there’s only one way: to stabilize my position as Mortal Emperor, and let me mobilize the fate of humanity to seal the Great Sun.
I am willing to make a contract with you, appointing that rebellious girl as the heir to the throne, and I will abdicate willingly in ten years.
By then, you will have full control over everything in Great Xia, and you can rest easy."
Listening to Emperor Xia’s words, Shen Yuan’s eyes flickered as he opened the AI System’s page.
"I think, perhaps it need not be so troublesome."
On the page of the Artificial Intelligence System, prominently written in golden letters on the most recent record:
Reward for completing the main mission beyond expectations: Trial in the Secret Realm
Reward: Humanity’s Major Trend!
