Ten years after Wei Yunting and Jiang Tian left the capital, Xiao Sheng was already terminally ill.

During these ten years, he neither married an empress nor took any concubines, and the harem remained empty.

At first, all the officials submitted memorials urging him to have more children, but Xiao Sheng ignored them all and rejected them.

Now that he holds absolute power, who can utter a single word against him?

His physical condition was deteriorating, but his mind was becoming clearer, and he was becoming more and more adept at governing the country.

He also summoned that clansman to the palace.

The old emperor himself was treacherous and ruthless, but he did find a good candidate.

That child has good character and is perfectly suited to be the crown prince.

Xiao Sheng had been taking him under his wing all these years. Seeing that Xiao Sheng's mind was made up, the officials couldn't say anything and could only assist that clansman together.

By the tenth year, Xiao Sheng was already at his deathbed.

He passed away one night. He had already made all the necessary arrangements. He left no last words and no one to care about, leaving all alone.

Jiang Tian accompanied Wei Yunting to the very end of his life.

The two of them had traveled all over the country over the years, living a carefree and happy life. Wei Yunting passed away before Jiang Tian, ​​and he died with a smile on his face.

His life was full of ups and downs, and it was his blessing to have someone stay with him until old age.

What is it that he can't let go of?

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After Wei Yunting died, Jiang Tian returned to the system space and spent a huge amount of points to prepare to start Xiao Sheng's next life.

Even if Jiang Tian ultimately chooses Xiao Sheng and grows old with him, she still won't be able to gain the required level of favorability from him.

The reason lies solely in the fact that Jiang Tian first encountered Wei Yunting.

To gain Wei Yunting's favor, Jiang Tian must treat him with utmost sincerity.

In this way, even if Wei Yunting dies, given Xiao Sheng's level of obsession, even if he loves Jiang Tian for the rest of his life, he will still resent Wei Yunting for the rest of his life.

After all, Wei Yunting won Jiang Tian's heart first.

His affection wasn't pure, and his obsession was too high, so Jiang Tian couldn't complete the task.

From the very beginning of the mission, Jiang Tian had already prepared for two lifetimes.

As a top-tier host, Jiang Tian cannot allow any of her missions to fail.

The God System has a precedent of opening up new worlds, but the cost was extremely high.

After all, to reconstruct a real world and bring a soul back to life, even if Jiang Tian were in a higher civilization, destroying a world would be much easier than rebuilding it.

Most mission takers would simply give up, but Jiang Tian wouldn't; she was determined to complete the mission.

[Is Xiao Sheng's rebirth confirmed?]

【confirm. 】

[Is a new world confirmed to be opening?]

【confirm. 】

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"Your Highness, please wake up! His Majesty has another headache and wants to see you."

Xiao Sheng felt as if he were trapped in a nightmare, a dream so terrifying that he wished he could die.

Just as he was struggling to wake up, he heard a sharp voice and suddenly opened his eyes!

He sat up straight, covered in cold sweat.

A magnificently decorated palace came into his view the next second.

He vaguely sensed that something was wrong, but couldn't quite put his finger on it.

After a while, his gaze fell on the little eunuch in front of him.

The next second, his pupils contracted: "Xiao Lingzi, weren't you dead?"

Xiao Lingzi immediately knelt on the ground: "Your Highness, it has nothing to do with this servant. It was the Emperor who summoned you. This servant has not lived enough yet. Please have mercy on me."

A thousand thoughts rose and fell in my mind at once.

Xiao Sheng's mind was buzzing.

He broke one of his fingers without any expression.

It hurts.

Xiao Lingzi was startled by Xiao Sheng's sudden action and immediately cried out, "Your Highness, what's wrong with you now?"

Xiao Sheng gripped Xiao Lingzi's collar tightly, his voice trembling as he asked, "What year is it now?"

"Tian...Tianxuan's twenty-third year..."

Xiao Lingzi was so pulled by Xiao Sheng that she could hardly breathe and could barely speak.

Xiao Sheng loosened his grip.

In the twenty-third year of Tianxuan's reign, he was nineteen years old.

It will be another year before he and Wei Yunting meet Jiang Tian.