Empress Yin summoned the Black Tower to challenge them, and her Nascent Soul cultivators responded with lightning speed.
All the active cultivators in the "Hush Sand" are about to unleash their magical artifacts, and a great battle is about to break out.
In contrast, the Emperor Emeritus stood with his hands behind his back on the roof of the city gate tower, scrutinizing Empress Yin with a serious expression, and said: "Empress Yin, if you insist on going your own way and let the transmigrated thief benefit, I will hand over the reins to you, and we can turn hostility into friendship..."
"Give it to me, and I'll trust you this once!" The Empress was taken aback and accepted the black tower, then reached out for the key.
This situation left all the tense cultivators in the room completely bewildered.
What's going on here?
Wu Wei stood up anxiously and angrily rebuked, "Don't believe their nonsense! They're putting on an act, stalling for time to set up an array to kill everyone. If you don't want to die, come with me and fight your way out..."
"Kill!" The clan members and rogue cultivators responded swiftly.
The situation was favorable to the imperial family, and with hundreds of Nascent Soul cultivators providing support, the family forces and independent cultivators had no chance of winning.
Instead, they face being purged by the royal family?
Those who dared to oppose the royal family were doomed to die a terrible death, and their families were wiped out. Almost everyone who opposed the royal family used their magical weapons to fight back.
In fact, Emperor Chengping did not do nothing. In order to protect himself, he secretly mobilized the guards of various city gates and sent them to the imperial city from all directions of the capital.
The Kyoto garrison numbered 180,000. When the vanguard arrived near the imperial city, they were met by the combined forces of the clans and the group of independent cultivators. In an instant, they clashed, unleashing a bloody storm and shouts of battle that filled the sky.
Hundreds of Nascent Soul stage cultivators hovered in the air, watching the show indifferently.
What Zheng Ya saw with a pounding heart was that the Nascent Soul Realm cultivator was utterly disdainful.
At this moment, the retired emperor raised his hand, took out the key from his storage bag, and pushed it towards the Empress Yin opposite him. It flew right over Zheng Ya's head, making Zheng Ya uneasy.
Should we rob it or not?
Zheng Ya wasn't stunned. The moment the thought crossed his mind, the Sihelou System in his supernatural mini-world gave him the answer: wait and see.
Empress Yin was also stunned, watching incredulously as the Emperor Emeritus pushed the key in front of her. Just as she was about to take it, a pickpocket appeared.
Sheng Xiang suddenly appeared in the air and reached out to snatch the key: "Buzz!"
The space trembled, and the Emperor Emeritus immediately used magic to suppress Sheng Xiang: "How dare you! Prepare to die!"
"You, an emperor, have cheated..." Sheng Xiang realized the trick belatedly. Before he could shout, the retired emperor and the empress dowager combined their magic and he was killed in mid-air, his body shattered into pieces and exploded into a bloody mist that scattered in all directions.
This scene caught Zheng Ya's eye, and his heart pounded wildly. Sure enough, there was a trap.
At this moment, Wu Wei was terrified and fled into the chaotic battle, disappearing from the perception of the Nascent Soul Realm cultivators.
Upon receiving the report, the retired emperor frowned in displeasure and transmitted his voice to the Empress Dowager: "The royal key has been handed over to you. Do you still have any doubts?"
"Hmph, don't think I'll believe your nonsense just because you handed over the key. Isn't what you're doing just a way to lure out a hidden interdimensional being to steal it and eliminate them?" Empress Yin saw through it all. What a brilliant move, killing three birds with one stone.
If Sheng Xiang hadn't appeared and snatched the key, she might have been fooled by the Emperor Emeritus.
The key is so important that its appearance in the world has caused people to lose their minds and become possessive, leading to misjudgments.
Who can blame them when the key is the inevitable path to immortality?
How many people in this world can turn a blind eye and remain unmoved?
Haven't you seen hundreds of Nascent Soul stage cultivators eager to make their move?
If they weren't die-hard loyalists cultivated by the retired emperor and the empress dowager, they would have already started to seize the goods and fought each other.
When the retired emperor saw that he had seen through his scheme, he smiled and transmitted his voice without embarrassment: "If you insist on misunderstanding me, I have nothing to say."
However, I hope you remember one thing: the Immortal Dynasty has existed for countless years, and it has been in the hands of the Zheng and Yin families. This is because the secret method of activating the seal requires cultivators with Yin and Yang spiritual roots to work together to nurture it in order to use the seal to unleash its power.
So what do you think I'm gaining by scheming against your Yin clan and ruining my own future?
"Enough. I don't want to hear your side of the story. If you're interested, why don't you tell me about your experiences and insights from playing tricks over the years? I'm all ears." The Empress Yin put away the key and transmitted her voice with a smile.
The hostile aura between the two dissipated completely, causing hundreds of Nascent Soul cultivators to breathe a sigh of relief. They all put away their magical artifacts and waited to see what would happen next.
This play was originally a family affair of the royal family.
At most, it was mixed with the covetous actions of family forces and independent cultivators.
The purpose of transmigrators is to plunder the world's treasures and resources, which goes without saying.
However, the imperial family had planned all of this, devising a clever scheme to trap them like turtles in a jar.
Zheng Ya realized that the imperial family is the most ruthless. Just as the Empress Yin had said, how did the Emperor Emeritus manage to play so many tricks and schemes all these years?
The retired emperor gave an awkward smile and transmitted his voice: "I'm just missing the empress and hoping she will return to the capital to plan important matters and save our two races from destruction along with the world. I have no other choice but to do this."
"Anyone can talk big, there's no need for you to show off your eloquence here. If you want to continue this conversation, please speak like a human being," the Empress Yin said sarcastically through her unmoved voice, leaving her with no way to leave.
To unlock the Seal Realm, you need to collect seven keys.
Each key represents a different attribute of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements. Only when seven cultivators with different spiritual roots form an array and activate it can the Yin-Yang Five Elements Array be activated, shining brightly with the seal, finding the seal's secret realm, opening the secret realm, and allowing the seal to reappear in the world.
Empress Yin has now been hidden by the retired emperor and is trapped in the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams Demon-Suppressing Formation. Whether she tries to break through the formation and escape the capital, or she needs the assistance of a Zheng family descendant with bloodline and a Yang Spirit Root cultivator to open the Seal Secret Realm, she has no way to leave.
To negotiate with a tiger for its skin is a last resort.
The retired emperor shared her thoughts and handed over the key to discuss cooperation: "I didn't say a single lie."
You should know better than anyone else that the royal family assigned the five great families to search for the seal, without telling them that a key was needed to open it, in order to confuse the public and use them as pawns.
They would then occasionally reveal snippets of information about the key, enticing them to take risks and plot to seize the seal for immortality.
Only by doing this can the five key elements be gathered together.
Left with no other choice, I had to act according to the circumstances at this critical moment, stage a self-inflicted injury, and become a tool for certain people to facilitate the gathering of the Five Elements Keys.
This is the result of my efforts over the years. I hope you won't overthink it..."
"Haha, you make it sound so easy. You can gloss over countless bloody massacres with just a few words and portray yourself as an innocent person. Isn't that ridiculous?"
"Ask your son, Emperor Chengping, if he agrees?" Empress Yin knew his ruthlessness all too well and didn't believe his nonsense at all.
To achieve immortality, he slaughtered everyone in the world, abandoning everything.
They even abandoned their imperial dignity, became tools for others, and staged a series of self-inflicted wounds, only to stand up now and reap the benefits.
Who is this person?
Who would trust him to be a decent person?
Emperor Chengping, controlling the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams Demon-Suppressing Array to assist the garrison in killing thousands of cultivators, upon hearing Empress Yin's provocative words, spoke with deep agreement: "Father, you have kept this from your son for so long!"
"You worthless thing, go back to being the emperor, and I will forgive your past transgressions..." the retired emperor roared in fury.
Others didn't understand why he was angry, but Yin Hou knew best; those who cultivate the Tao believe in cause and effect.
Emperor Chengping manipulated the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams Demon-Suppressing Array to expose the retired emperor's scandalous deeds, effectively severing the retired emperor's path to cultivation: "Haha, what a fine 'forgive and forget' policy! Let the world explain it to you..."
"You're courting death..." The Emperor Emeritus was determined to kill him...
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