"Ahhh, die, die for me..." The Emperor Emeritus, enraged, frantically cast spells, subjecting Zheng Ya to a thousand cuts, salt, magical piercings, and all sorts of cruel tortures.
Zheng Ya laughed wildly through the pain: "Haha, Emperor Emeritus and Empress Yin, your ugly faces have now been revealed to the world, so suffer the consequences."
It's laughable that you still want to capture Zheng Ya, the savior of all living beings. You're dreaming.
Let me tell you, I'm only doing this to repay Zheng Ya for saving my family. I'm willing to sacrifice myself as his substitute, to experience the thrill of a cultivator's flight and escape. I'm content, *pfft*
Enraged, the Empress Yin used magic to behead him: "Damn Zheng Ya, how could he be so cunning? You villain, you coward, come out and die..."
"Idiot, I thank you for your generosity in donating resources to help all living beings save themselves!"
"Hey, hey, hey, you don't need to be so polite. You've all come to see me off. You're too kind, Gudu Bai..." Zheng Ya himself appeared in the sky and spoke.
Enraged, the Emperor Emeritus and Empress Dowager Yin's loyal followers gave chase, but Zheng Ya simply slipped away; he couldn't win, so he decided to run away.
What a cunning fox! Wu Wei, who was hiding in the shadows, witnessed everything and felt that she needed to change her strategy and compete with Zheng Ya for the world's treasures and resources.
Liu Yuan and the entire conglomerate shouted in unison, "Good! That's how we should crack down on those corrupt officials who hold positions without doing their jobs and who devour people without spitting out the bones! Good!"
The people of the world, unaware of this inside story, were constantly influenced by watching the scandals of the retired emperor and the empress dowager exposed on virtual screens.
Empress Yin was furious: "Guards! Order all available human resources to be mobilized, slaughter the disobedient traitors, and plunder all resources!"
"Empress Yin, this will incite public condemnation and even a mutiny in the army. Should we postpone it?" Some members of the worship group advised, and many others echoed their sentiments, not wanting to be dragged into the mess by her and the Emperor Emeritus and become public enemies.
Although the Empress's actions were merely driven mad by anger, they implicitly revealed her determination to eliminate dissidents and her ruthless methods.
Ruthless and merciless, but most practical.
Once you get involved, it's hard to extricate yourself; you're left with no choice but to go down a dead end.
It's a disguised form of exploitation, coercion, and ruthless tactics.
This put the cultivators who were loyal to Zheng Ya in an awkward position.
A storm that will sweep across the world has begun.
The Emperor Emeritus responded swiftly: "I agree with this. In order to revive the Immortal Dynasty and create a Heavenly Array for ascension to the Upper Realm, the most urgent task is to destroy Zheng Ya's deceptive scheme using virtual screens to bewitch people."
However, our attempts to destroy the virtual screen have failed. The only way forward is to unite people's hearts and minds, distinguish friend from foe, eliminate dissidents, resist, defend against, and ignore the influence of the virtual screen scam.
Only in this way can our efforts to revive the Immortal Dynasty be prevented from being hindered by Zheng Ya's treacherous schemes; otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"The Emperor's words are reasonable, but this would trigger war and bloodshed throughout the land, causing immense suffering and destruction. It would be detrimental to the wise decisions of the Emperor and Empress, and could very well leave behind a stain on their reputation, causing inner demons that could affect their cultivation!" A clever person among the worshippers seized the opportunity to offer advice and stop the two from committing atrocities.
Some agreed, while others disagreed.
However, in the eyes of the Emperor Emeritus and Empress Yin, they could still subdue Nascent Soul cultivators and use them for their own purposes at this moment. If they did not bind them to their own chariot, they feared that they would betray them and become Zheng Ya's fangs, biting them back.
The retired emperor never makes a losing deal: "My mind is made up on this matter, there is no need to discuss it further."
As the saying goes, "One general's success is built on the bones of ten thousand," let alone our great cause of reviving the Immortal Dynasty, restoring the Heavenly Array, receiving the descent of the Heavenly Dao's rules, and guiding us to ascend to the Upper Realm. The deaths and the piling up of the Sheng Clan Dynasty are their honor.
"Honoring all people under heaven, including sinners, who will ultimately pay with their lives for the revival of the Immortal Dynasty, I am truly fortunate!"
"The Emperor Emeritus is wise and mighty, and invincible!" The loyal followers of the Emperor Emeritus responded with thunderous applause, and the Empress Dowager hinted that her own people should echo her sentiments, forcing those who were loyal to Zheng Ya and those who were interested to outwardly agree.
Wu Wei and Zheng Ya watched the whole thing from the sidelines, completely mesmerized.
A tyrant and a poisonous empress, joining forces to slaughter the world?
Liu Yuan and the entire consortium were horrified and unanimously advised Zheng Ya to order a war to stop their atrocities.
Zheng Ya promptly rejected the idea, ordering everyone to remain calm. He then traveled alone through the spatial portal to the capital to meet Emperor Chengping: "You've seen everything. What are your thoughts?"
"Alas, to be honest, I am powerless and feel utterly useless. I have always been a puppet emperor, a complete failure." Emperor Chengping was both angry and disheartened as he faced the impending atrocities committed by the retired emperor and the empress dowager.
But what can we do?
After all, all the Nascent Soul cultivators have become their loyal dogs, and it's impossible to win them over for the time being.
Because once highly skilled individuals are exposed for their infidelity, they will be silenced. The Emperor Emeritus and Empress Dowager would not tolerate their rebellion and their funding of the enemy to eliminate them, so highly skilled cultivators cannot be won over.
Therefore, uniting the people of the world to resist them would only create unnecessary deaths and would be completely ineffective.
While Nascent Soul cultivators may not possess spells that freeze a thousand miles, they do have spells that poison a hundred miles away, making them an existence that ordinary battle groups simply cannot withstand.
Zheng Ya frowned and said, "In that case, we have no choice but to side with them..."
"What? What do you mean by this?" Emperor Chengping felt his scalp tingle as soon as he realized what was going on. How could this be?
Zheng Ya smiled wryly and said, "You've got my implication, haven't you?"
"No, no, you're making things difficult for me!" Emperor Chengping twisted his long face, retorting in a miserable and powerless manner.
Just moments before, Zheng Ya created virtual screens across the land to publicize the scandalous affairs of the retired emperor and the empress dowager, staging a grand scheme and calling on the people to resist their evil deeds.
It has an invisible impact on people all over the world.
It is possible that no fewer than 40% of humanity has begun to hate the retired emperor and the empress dowager.
The next moment, you expect me, this puppet emperor, to persuade them to side with the retired emperor and the empress dowager? Is that even possible?
Isn't this making things difficult for people?
Zheng Ya had not expected that the Emperor Emeritus and Empress Yin would be so cruel, actually launching a war to thwart his open scheme and put him in an unjust and immoral position. He smiled bitterly and said, "You also know that we do not have the strength to confront them head-on."
Only by feigning compliance with them and stalling for time can we survive in this precarious situation.
In order to save the world, you, as emperor, must seize this opportunity to win people's hearts and gather the power of destiny. In the end, you may even gain the approval of the imperial seal.
After all, you know that once I and my forces show ourselves, we will be relentlessly hunted down by them, and we will be unable to stop their atrocities.
"But my mission is to establish an interstellar navigational beacon. I hope that before we save all the cultivators in the world, you can unite more people..."
"No, don't worry. The key is that it's difficult for me to unite people's hearts and minds, but it's not that I don't have the opportunity and ability to achieve it."
The key is that the more people I integrate, the more they will question me and inevitably resort to more brutal atrocities. Wouldn't that be a waste of effort? Emperor Chengping stated an objective fact with difficulty.
The retired emperor and the empress dowager's forces operated in the shadows, essentially controlling the direction of the people and making it easy for them to distinguish between the loyal and the treacherous.
Zheng Ya understood, but was stumped. What should he do?
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