The situation in the entire Central Ming Empire was extremely unpredictable.

With Yun Qin suffering such a crushing defeat, everyone believed that a great war would inevitably sweep across the entire imperial land, and all forces would seize this opportunity to wage war against Yun Qin and annihilate him in one fell swoop.

But it didn't happen.

The land remained calm, as if nothing had happened, and none of the super powers showed any intention of launching a major war.

This is something that many people don't understand, and it has also caused many people to have inappropriate thoughts.

The Yunqin Heavenly Dynasty's massive army of tens of millions marched out to conquer the imperial lands, but only a hundred thousand remnants returned. The composition of these hundred thousand who returned to the imperial lands is quite interesting.

The leader was Liu Tongyuan, the head of the military command, and the rest were all generals who had been promoted after eliminating traitors.

The soldiers were all killed, but all the generals returned unscathed.

Emperor Yun Chen wanted to punish someone, but he didn't know whose crime to punish, because this massive offensive plan was devised by Yun Liandu.

Everyone was acting on the Crown Prince's orders, and then the Crown Prince was murdered, leading to the annihilation of an army of millions. Who should be punished for this?

The nameplate left by Yun Liandu in the imperial palace shattered into dust, signifying the fall of the Crown Prince of the Celestial Empire.

However, Yun Chen kept this news to himself, only saying that the Crown Prince had returned seriously injured and was in seclusion.

Those who believe this news will believe it, and those who don't won't say much about it.

Because the current Emperor Yunqin is a powder keg; one wrong move and he could explode and kill someone to vent his anger.

An eerie calm also appeared in the Yunqin Heavenly Dynasty.

Emperor Yunqin issued no decree, and no further energy fluctuations were heard from the depths of the imperial palace.

However, the people of Yunqin noticed something different: the once-massive anti-traitor campaign had stopped, and the once-omnipresent secret guards seemed to have disappeared.

The Dragon Guards, who used to appear at the Heavenly Emperor's city wall to monitor the situation every seven days, have also stopped appearing.

The court officials remained very busy, but the common people had no idea what they were busy with.

At the same time, the people of the Celestial Empire also learned of a name, a name they had heard of before but hadn't paid much attention to.

Yi Boqi.

The patriarch of the reclusive Ye clan suddenly appeared and decisively defeated the crown prince of the Heavenly Dynasty's Daqi.

The people of Yunqin were not familiar with these two titles, but the titles that followed made their expressions quite interesting.

The husband of Zhang Kaifeng, the young princess of the Nine Heavens Mystic Dao Sect.

The young master of Wuji Temple, a super power in the Imperial Land, and the grandson of Mingyue, the sect leader of Wuji Temple.

Supreme Elder of the Jade Spirit Palace, a super-powerful force.

The Supreme Elder of the Misty Immortal Sect, a super-powerful sect.

The Supreme Elder of the Supreme Sanqing Palace, a super-powerful institution.

If that's not enough, then add the fact that Qinghe, the sect leader of Yuling Palace, personally announced that she is Xiaoboqi's personal maid.

Lin Beichen, the Daoist disciple of the Supreme Sanqing Palace and the next successor to the sect leader, declared that he was the brother-in-law of Ye Boqi.

The sect leader of the Misty Immortal Sect personally announced that Xiao Boqi and his daughter Rongrong were in a relationship that resembled that of siblings.

Any one of these titles carries an incredibly high status.

But he alone occupies the very top of the power structure of all the super powers. What does this signify?

The repeated defeats of the Celestial Empire were all due to the actions of Ye Boqi.

Human thoughts are both simple and complex. The complexity lies in the fact that they can harbor hatred towards those who caused their country's downfall.

But when they discovered that the person who had so ruthlessly defeated their country was powerful enough to frighten them, their hatred quickly shrank in the face of terror.

In the end, all that was left was fear.

He feared that the other party would destroy his country, but he was even more afraid that the other party would destroy him as well.

So he began to pray in his heart, praying that the man named Yiboqi would never attack the Celestial Empire again, and that it would be best if Heaven could send down divine lightning to strike him dead.

However, these chaotic emotions can undergo a qualitative change with the simplest guidance.

For example, news suddenly spread within the Celestial Empire that Ye Boqi loved the people like his own children, targeting only the Celestial Empire's imperial family and not harming the kind-hearted common people in the slightest.

There is a premise here: it does not harm kind-hearted people in the slightest.

What kind of people are kind-hearted?

Naturally, the kind-hearted people would open their doors to welcome the rebel leader, and would not pay taxes when he arrived.

The Yunqin Heavenly Dynasty suffered a major defeat and was depleted of military strength, so it naturally had to start recruiting soldiers again to fill the gaps in its army formation.

But the once bustling square in front of the Heavenly Kingdom's Armor Bureau was completely deserted.

Therefore, the people of Yunqin are all kind-hearted.

That's good.

The officials of the Imperial Observatory of the Celestial Empire had no time to worry about this, because six months ago they had already discovered that the Celestial Empire's national fortune was declining.

Although the amount lost is insignificant compared to the vast and profound national fortune of the Celestial Empire, it has made them extremely vigilant.

This is a sign that the foundation of the Celestial Empire is being shaken, a very ominous sign.

But no matter what methods they use to remedy the situation, they cannot stop the decline of the Celestial Empire's national fortune.

When the Celestial Empire suffered its first defeat, the nation's fortunes began to decline rapidly, making the officials of the Imperial Observatory feel as if they were walking on thin ice.

Calculations revealed that the nation that plundered the destiny of the Celestial Empire was a newly emerging kingdom, and this kingdom was located within the imperial territory.

This was also another purpose of the Yunqin Heavenly Dynasty in launching a large-scale military operation to suppress those who had secretly learned the Yunqin Sword Formation.

Find the emerging nation that has appeared on that imperial land.

But after the second defeat at Yuling Palace, the fate of the Celestial Empire accelerated once again, and that emerging nation was still nowhere to be found.

It wasn't until the name of Daqi appeared that the Imperial Observatory realized that it wasn't that their search method was wrong, but that Daqi did not originate from the Imperial Land, but was mixed among all the super powers.

It is impossible to calculate.

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