"How is this possible!" Zhao Yuan panicked completely, his eyes filled with endless confusion.
As the king of assassins, his control over his body has reached its peak.
Many years ago, he proudly believed that life and death were in his own hands within three feet of him.
Even with the unexpected turn of events like Zu'an's, he was confident enough that within a foot of him, life and death were in his own hands.
If someone had told him before today that the enemy could easily rescue the hostages he was holding, he probably would have laughed at them for being crazy.
What does "King of Assassins" mean?
No one can save anyone from him!
This is his confidence and strength, which is why he just took Bi Linglong hostage and confronted Zu An to negotiate terms.
But now, can anyone tell me what really happened? Was it all just my imagination?
Thinking this through, he still stubbornly cut a hole in the pillar in his arms to confirm that this was not an illusion and that he was indeed holding a rotten pillar hostage.
Not to mention him, everyone present was dumbfounded. Murong Qinghe and Zhang Zitong rubbed their eyes and looked at each other, their eyes full of doubt.
We just had a brief battle with Zhao Yuan, and the Empress was taken hostage by him.
If one person's illusion is false, does that mean everyone's illusion is false?
Bi Linglong was in a dreamlike state. Just a moment ago, Zhao Yuanjian had a sword to her neck, and she was prepared to die. She even thought that to prevent her lover from being threatened, she should just slit her own throat.
The next second, she found herself out of danger and standing beside her lover.
She subconsciously touched her neck and felt the tiny wounds on it, realizing that it wasn't just her imagination.
What exactly happened?
Everyone was filled with questions, and Zhao Yuan looked at Zu An with longing, begging for an explanation.
Zuan sighed: "I've said it before, in this world, I'm in charge of all the rules."
After gaining global authority and the recognition of the world's will, he was essentially granted super administrator privileges.
He can freely formulate and modify some of the rules of this world—of course, within certain limits, and without endangering the normal operation of the world itself.
To be more precise, it's like having a powerful game modifier that can modify all sorts of data, capable of moving mountains and filling seas, let alone replacing Bi Linglong with a pillar just now.
In this world, he was on a completely different level from other cultivators.
Other cultivators still have to fight and kill, but for him, a single thought can solve many problems.
He wasn't very good at using these abilities before, but after going to the ancient heavenly court and interacting with those gods, and later meeting a true god like Mili, his understanding of power and laws has reached a new level.
After returning to this world, he gradually discovered more abilities.
These godlike abilities can only be used in this world, because he is the master of this world. If he were to go to other worlds and encounter a follower of Nirvana like Zhao Yuan, even if he could win, it would never be so easy.
Of course, even if he doesn't fight in this world, it's not without meaning. This experience of being a god in a small world allows him to understand the true meaning of power and laws better than others. He can even use this to speculate on the abilities of the gods in mythology and the true gods in the myriad worlds.
"So this is the power of God..." Zhao Yuan was somewhat distraught. He knew that he could no longer escape now, and given what he had done, there was no point in begging for mercy.
"Mortals are truly pathetic." As he spoke, he drew his sword and committed suicide, his dying breath a mocking look at Zu'an and Bai Fei. "I will not give you the chance to judge me, and Bai Fei, you will lose your son forever!"
With the power of annihilation empowering him, even after committing suicide, he was still able to utter so many words.
Bai Fei gasped in surprise, her face turning deathly pale, and she swayed precariously.
Zu'an then stared at Zhao Yuan with a strange expression: "Do you think that for a god, death is the end?"
Seeing his pitying expression, Zhao Yuan, despite his life rapidly slipping away and who should have been fearless, suddenly panicked. Could it be...?
He quickly understood. He saw Zuan casually grab something from afar, and a transparent soul emerged from his body.
Looking at the identical corpses below, and seeing his transparent state that no one else could see, Zhao Yuan was filled with shock and fear: "This is the legendary soul."
Zuan smiled at him: "I forgot to tell you, I am also the Lord of the Underworld, in charge of the world after death."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Yuan instantly broke down: "No!..."
In reality, Zu'an had already told Bai Fei, "Don't worry, he's hiding the child in a small town outside Fenglao Pass. I'll send people to rescue him."
He immediately called Zhang Zitong over and asked her to rescue the child.
Zhang Zitong replied excitedly, "Yes, I guarantee I'll complete the mission!"
When the Regent needs to do something, I'm the first person he thinks of!
He had explained the location and defensive forces so clearly that he could mobilize the imperial guards and embroidered-robed envoys. If he still couldn't rescue them, he might as well buy a block of tofu and smash his head against it.
Zuan said to Bai Fei, "The Shadow Pavilion used a poison on him to control him, but it's alright, I already know how to make the antidote, and I will hand it over to someone in the academy to help him detoxify."
Consort Bai was equally excited and immediately knelt down to bow to him, saying, "Thank you, Your Majesty...Regent!"
Bi Linglong, who was standing to the side, frowned slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she said nothing.
Zu An helped Bai Fei up, then looked at Fenglao Pass and said loudly, "You were coerced by Zhao Yuan and others. Now that the ringleader has been executed, the rest of you, as long as you have not harmed the people or committed any crimes, lay down your weapons and let bygones be bygones."
"Thank you, Regent! Long live the Regent!"
Now that Zhao Yuan is dead, Bai Fei has knelt down, and having just witnessed that great battle, who would still have the will to resist?
On the contrary, they were all very grateful for the Regent's magnanimity.
Hearing the thunderous shouts of "Long live the Emperor!", some officials in the court secretly glanced at Bi Linglong's face and saw that she was also looking at her lover with admiration. They all chuckled to themselves.
Historically, in any country, this situation would have been a death sentence, but everyone seemed to think what just happened was normal.
Soon, the two Dukes of the Qin family took the lead in accepting the surrender of the rebels, while Zu An met with various officials and reminisced with old friends such as Gao Ying and Pei You.
After being apart for several years, they were both quite emotional when they met again.
Bi Linglong finally found an opportunity to meet with Zu An in private: "Zu An, I think we can't let Bai Fei's son go."
Seemingly worried about being misunderstood, she quickly added, "Although my relationship with Bai Fei is not good, this time it is by no means out of personal grudge. The main reason is that the child is actually Zhao Hao's bloodline. He is still young and will be used by ambitious people. When he grows up and finds out that you are his father's killer, he will definitely raise a tiger to cause trouble."
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