"Elder Shen, please give us a chance."

"We will never dare to do it again."

"President Si, please say something! For the sake of the former president, please spare us this time! We beg you!"

This group of nameless elders—or rather, the nameless Karami—were crying and begging Shen Zhao to give them another chance.

When his misdeeds were exposed, instead of removing Si Yu from her position as president, he also got himself implicated.

But Shen Zhao softened his heart and did not execute them directly.

Instead, they were sent to mine coal in the mountains behind Luoyang, under the guise of labor reform. They were told that as long as they worked for thirty years, they would regain their freedom.

In addition, none of the disciples from various gangs and sects who came to complain were spared.

All of them were sent to repair the canals outside the city, and only after the canals were completed could the decision be made on whether or not to send them to cultivate the land.

In short, Shen Zhao accepted all the free labor offered to him, giving them the dignity of being human beings.

They also got to experience a different kind of life, which shows they were very considerate.

However, Zhang Yang was an exception, because he did not join those elders of Karami in attacking him today, and he also had a past friendship with Daliang City.

Shen Zhao only assigned him the job of emptying chamber pots, and his attendant Ximen Chuibi was also honored to join this industry.

Outside the palace gates, Gao Chunyang, looking utterly dejected, was being escorted by disciples of the Public Trial Society to the location where the river was being repaired.

Halfway there, he saw Liang Hao staring at him with a mocking expression.

Immediately, he excitedly tried to rush forward, but was held down by the person behind him and could not move.

"Liang Hao, you destroyed my Chunyang Palace! I wish you a terrible death! A terrible death indeed!"

"hehe……"

Liang Hao responded with a cold laugh.

Just as Gao Chunyang was getting emotional, a familiar figure walked up to Liang Hao.

"Junior sister?"

Gao Chunyang became excited again and called out loudly for Min Yue.

However, Min Yue seemed not to hear her and walked directly to Liang Hao's side, whispering in his ear, "It's time to pay your taxes. I made you some wolfberry and ginseng soup. Remember to drink it."

The sound wasn't loud, but Gao Chunyang heard it clearly.

His eyes widened immediately.

Upon hearing this, Liang Hao's legs trembled, and he stammered, "Um, I'm not available these days, could you wait a little longer?"

"What, you think you can get away with this? No way, you have to hand over the grain tonight, or you can forget about getting away with this!"

Liang Hao immediately wore a mournful expression.

"Junior Sister!"

Gao Chunyang called out again.

Min Yue then shifted her gaze from Liang Hao to Gao Chunyang.

"Junior sister, how have you been these days?"

He looked at Min Yue pitifully, hoping in his heart that she would remember their childhood friendship and let him go.

Min Yue looked Gao Chunyang up and down, then grabbed Liang Hao's shoulder and said, "Hmm, Xiao Hao is a reliable man who has brought me a lot of happiness."

With those words, Gao Chunyang felt as if he could hear the sound of his own heart breaking.

"Hurry up! What are you dawdling for!"

The disciples of the Court of Justice behind him could no longer tolerate it and pushed him directly into the mountains to dig coal.

...

On the other hand, after dealing with these trivial matters...

Shen Zhao immediately sought out Zhuge Bai and brought up the matter of the Great Dao Origin Body.

"Brother, this matter is quite complicated. The Great Dao Origin Body is extremely ethereal and transcendent."

Once unsealed and awakened, they are destined to be beings like rulers of all realms; I don't know much more than that.

"Is there any way to break the seal?"

After his trip to the Demon Realm and Chang'an, Shen Zhao realized that the situation in the Nine Realms was turbulent and that he needed sufficient power to deal with the irreversible future.

He couldn't rely on the system at all; he had to find another way himself.

After drinking the twelfth bottle of beer, Zhuge Bai picked up the thirteenth bottle from the ice bucket.

"Let me put it this way, the highest realm known in this world is the God-Man Realm, right? Do you know how many realms are above the God-Man Realm?"

"I don't know."

"Currently, it is known that above the level of gods and humans, there are two levels: Chaos and Nothingness. Either level can destroy a world with a wave of their hand."

Currently, in the entire Upper Realm, only the God Emperor, after entering the God-Human Realm, barely reached the state of the beginning of chaos after eighty thousand years.

He was already the number one person in the Celestial Realm, and as for the Realm of Nothingness, it only existed in legends.

Shen Zhao: "Does what you're saying have anything to do with my constitution?"

Zhuge Bai: "Of course there is a connection. When I was traveling through the vast and beautiful world of Guanghan, I accidentally sensed a trace of the Great Dao."

Only then did I realize that both chaos and nothingness originated from a power called the primordial source.

To attain the origin, one must first enter the Tao. Only those who attain the Tao can give birth to the origin. Do you understand what I mean?

Shen Zhao pondered for a moment, then frowned: "You mean to say that the origin of the Great Dao does not come from external things, but arises from natural perception and response?"

"Your comprehension is truly astonishing; you grasp things immediately, unlike those products of the Daoist physique from the era of gods, such as innate Daoist bodies or celestial holy bodies."

The Great Dao originates from within and flows outward; it can only be born from the profound mysteries of the Dao, and even then, it requires a specific opportunity to be fully activated.

Of course, this is just my personal opinion and may not be accurate; you'll need to explore it yourself to find out for yourself.

Shen Zhao nodded and fell into deep thought.

"Brother, I have something else to discuss with you."

"Brother Zhuge, please speak."

"I think your Luoyang city is short of a gatekeeper, why don't you let me give it a try?"

Shen Zhao was overjoyed upon hearing this. If the carefree emperor was willing to stay by his side, that would be excellent. Even if he did nothing, his deterrent effect on the enemy would be far equivalent to a nuclear weapon.

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