Prince Rong agreed to take charge of the government, but Emperor Chengping scoffed, "Seventh Prince, you should seize this opportunity to take charge of the government."
"Perhaps if Father is pleased, he will grant you a chance to achieve immortality..."
"You unfilial son, shut up..." The Emperor Emeritus was so angry that his teeth ached. Wasn't this too cruel to kill someone by destroying their spirit?
Is the father-son relationship beyond repair?
Prince Rong felt as if a thousand ants were gnawing at his heart, and his whole body was extremely uncomfortable. The key was that it didn't hurt, but he felt mentally exhausted, weak, sore, powerless, and desperate.
The opportunity is right in front of you, but you just can't seize it!
Emperor Chengping retorted disdainfully: "Father, you may do what you want, but you don't allow others to tell the truth?"
As the elder brother, the Emperor, striving for his younger brother's chance at immortality is precisely the exemplary model of brotherly love and respect that Father Emperor has taught him over the years. How could Father Emperor misunderstand his son's good intentions...
"Shut up, you unfilial son! As long as you are of one mind with me, your father will fight to the death for you to have a chance to live forever!" Seeing that Prince Rong was heartbroken and had a deadpan expression, the Emperor Emeritus made empty promises.
Sure enough, people are inherently cheap; they'd rather listen to lies than believe honest advice.
Perhaps considering the cause-and-effect relationship, and believing that the Emperor Emeritus wouldn't make empty promises that ultimately couldn't be kept, thus causing inner demons to hinder his cultivation, Prince Rong believed it to be true and revived his heart that had been dead. He happily thanked him, saying, "Thank you, Father, for your consideration for your son!"
"Ahem, seventh brother, see if I was right, Father still loves us..." Emperor Chengping felt that the seventh brother was beyond saving, so he directly offered his blessings?
But these words of blessing pierced the heart of the retired emperor, making him so angry that he wanted to kill someone, but he dared not push Emperor Chengping too far and cause a massacre by detonating the great formation.
Fortunately, there was still the seventh son, that fool, who had been striving for a chance to rise in rank since he was a child. The retired emperor was greatly pleased and changed the subject: "Zheng Ya, would you like to show yourself?"
"What? Zheng Ya didn't leave..." Prince Rong jumped up in shock, looking around. He felt a chill along the way and then came to his senses. He had been stripped naked by Zheng Ya earlier, and he immediately covered his face in shame and indignation.
Emperor Chengping, with a slight, suppressed chuckle, tossed a brocade robe at Prince Rong, adding insult to injury: "Oh, it's true that raising children makes one aware of their needs. How could Father forget to give the seventh prince a fig leaf..."
"You unfilial son, are you afraid that I will intercept and kill Zheng Ya, thus shattering your hopes?" The Emperor Emeritus roared angrily. "Are you done yet?"
He used jokes to cover Zheng Ya's escape, and also to sow discord among Lao Qi, killing him and demoralizing him at the same time.
How much hatred could there be between a father and son, or brothers!
How can you side with outsiders, be petty like a woman, distrust your own family, and help outsiders slander your own people?
The retired emperor felt that he had aged a thousand years. Prince Rong put on a brocade robe, walked to the retired emperor's side, and turned to Emperor Chengping to launch a counterattack: "Brother, Father has endured so much humiliation and hardship. Can't you understand everything that Father has painstakingly built up?"
How could you slander our father at such a crucial moment and ruin Zheng's future? What are you up to, elder brother?"
"Good intentions, haha!" Emperor Chengping felt that the seventh prince was beyond saving.
You can trust anyone in this world, except the Emperor Emeritus. Otherwise, you'll be sold out and still be counting money for him. How stupid would that be?
In fact, Emperor Chengping had considered forgiving his father's ruthlessness. His father had only sought to seize the imperial seal, lead the Zheng imperial family to create a prosperous immortal dynasty, and pursue immortality. He had gone to great lengths, which was understandable.
Only after Zheng Ya produced the video evidence of the world's impending destruction did Emperor Chengping realize that the glimmer of hope he had for his father's paternal affection had been extinguished.
It's all fake, fabricated by the retired emperor to deceive the world, merely a tool and stepping stone for him to manipulate people's hearts in his daily life.
After all, he was an emperor. By consulting the ancient books collected by the Zheng imperial family and the secret texts left behind by the immortal dynasty, he learned secrets that 99.999% of the world was unaware of. Ascending to the upper realm was a one-way ticket for him.
Even if an ascendant possesses an innate spiritual treasure and a spiritual treasure space that allows people to live, they cannot take others with them when they ascend to immortality in this world.
This is the rule of Heaven; those who violate it will be eliminated.
This rule alone proves the hypocrisy of the retired emperor.
Ascended beings cannot lead others to ascend to the upper realms. Given the limited resources available in the world, it is simply impossible to provide enough time for people to cultivate to the level of ascension.
Otherwise, the retired emperor and the empress would not have gone to such lengths to plot for the seal of office, but instead would have gone into seclusion to cultivate themselves. Wouldn't it have been better to use the Zheng imperial power to provide resources for their cultivation?
Therefore, it seems that only by gaining the seal's approval can one cultivate to the Ascension Realm with the seal's assistance, and then ascend to the Upper Realm under the guidance of the Heavenly Dao's rules, thus fixing the Ascension quota?
Whether to go alone or with two is something to consider.
If Zheng Ya had not provided evidence of the world's destruction, Emperor Chengping would not have been able to connect these deeper matters to an objective reality.
Now that he knows the truth, Emperor Chengping would never again believe the retired emperor's wild tales.
Prince Rong defended his father, the Emperor Emeritus, with all his might. The Emperor Emeritus felt as if a dull knife was constantly stabbing his heart, yet he still had to play the role of a loving father and enjoy the praise from Prince Rong, the seventh prince. He was indescribably miserable.
All of this was observed by Zheng Ya, who watched the spectacle from the shadows.
At the same time, the Zheng family's performance was broadcast live, adding an extra program for Daiyu and her astronauts to eat melon seeds and watch the show, which was a way to pass the time.
Originally, Daiyu and her entourage were gathered in the control room watching the play and criticizing the Emperor Emeritus's shamelessness when they suddenly received a signal: "Beep beep, tap, tap tap tap."
"My goodness, a letter from Earth..." Daiyu didn't find it strange at first; it was just a Morse code used for secret communication, a code that was not convenient for everyone to know.
This was something only Daiyu and Liu Yan'er knew.
The Morse code package was designed out of fear that the accompanying astronauts might rebel and delay the interstellar navigation mission, missing the time to rescue Earth and the people of this world, with unimaginable consequences.
After all, Zheng Ya was only of one mind with Daiyu and Liu Yan'er, and knew that the two were loyal and unwavering until death, so it was impossible for them to betray him halfway.
But the other astronauts are different!
Although they are highly loyal to Zheng Ya, there is no guarantee that the Tower of Babel officials won't intervene and stage a coup, which would ruin everything.
Zheng Ya couldn't guarantee that the Tower of Babel official would intervene, so he designed a unique Morse code package just in case, to prevent any unexpected events.
This Morse code was the means of communication that Zheng Ya left for his relatives on Blue Star.
Upon hearing the message in the telegram, Daiyu jumped up in delight and forwarded the family letter to Zheng Ya: "A letter has arrived from Earth..."
"Good, very good, excellent! Reply immediately and send the self-rescue package I gave you beforehand. Send it once an hour until the other party confirms receipt of the package information. Right now!" Zheng Ya excitedly shed tears, seeing a glimmer of hope in her heart...
Forgetting that they were in the palace, in their excitement they unleashed their spatial and temporal power, disrupting the concealment space and allowing the Emperor Emeritus to detect them. He raised his hand and summoned his magic sword to attack, shouting, "Zheng Ya, you traitor, die..."
"Kill..." The Nascent Soul cultivators guarding the Emperor responded swiftly, forming a formation and unleashing powerful attacks to kill Zheng Ya.
Danger……
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