Emperor Chengping placed all his hopes on Xie Ming; if he were to bow down and submit to Wu Wei, he would be out of the picture.
According to intelligence, Wu Wei is ruthless and merciless.
Because Wu Wei commanded the Flaming Dragon Iron Cavalry to conquer Prince Rong's army, he repeatedly carried out decapitation strikes, killing only Prince Rong's double puppets. After repeated setbacks, Wu Wei ordered that anyone who occupied an enemy city or town, regardless of age or gender, should be killed without mercy.
The increasing number of people killed in the bloody massacre proves that Wu Wei is cold-blooded and ruthless.
Emperor Chengping could find no reason to cooperate with Wu Wei, let alone the fact that the retired emperor had issued a blood oath to the world, forcing him to submit to Wu Wei, which was absolutely impossible.
But joining forces with Zheng Ya to rise to power is also not an option!
After all, Zheng Ya doesn't show his face at all. Apart from intelligence reports showing that some of his men are searching the world for resources and minerals, there's no trace of him.
They joined forces with Zheng Ya to accomplish their goal, but couldn't find anyone.
The chief eunuch, Dequan, knelt down and remonstrated: "Your Majesty, this old servant humbly requests that Your Majesty openly agree to Wu Wei's request, but demand that you control the territory of Dali."
To demonstrate your submission, Your Majesty can assist Wuwei in defending against enemy forces advancing from the south and northwest, thus facilitating Wuwei's rule over the northern border.
Is this the opportunity Your Majesty might have to find partners?
"Hmph, do you think Wu Wei would agree to this choice?" Emperor Chengping was tempted, but he was no longer confident.
Dequan smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, this is the only way to break the Emperor Emeritus's submission to Wu Zetian, who then uses you for his own purposes and coerces Your Majesty into submission!"
However, there are many kinds of submission.
Your Majesty can make demands. For example, if Wu Wei can unify the Northern Territory and destroy Prince Rong and his army, proving that Wu Wei is extremely powerful, then Your Majesty can submit to her. Presumably, Wu Wei will give Your Majesty a way out.
After all, if pushed too far, His Majesty's army would be more than enough to give Wu Wei a hard time.
At the same time, Your Majesty can also announce to the world that you are filial to the retired emperor and that in order to welcome him back, you have chosen to bow down to Wu Wei and withdraw half of the troops from Lingtian Pass, etc., thus first showing courtesy and then resorting to force.
Based on the old servant's guess, Wu Wei would definitely agree to this plan in order to break the stalemate of fighting on two fronts.
Reaching a consensus would be the opportunity for His Majesty to find a way out.
Whether it's seeking cooperation with Zheng Ya, secretly joining forces with the Donglin Army, or integrating cultivators from all over the world, they are doing everything they can to strengthen their power and fight for this opportunity.
Even if things fall apart, we must bring Xie Ming back to stabilize the situation and ensure we are in an invincible position!
"Hmph, I've actually fallen to this state. Go and get to it." Emperor Chengping slumped to the ground, waving his hand to dismiss the servants.
I wonder what happened to Xie Ming?
If Xie Ming could join forces with Zheng Ya, it might not be a bad path to success.
After all, all the signs Zheng Ya showed indicated that he had no ambition to dominate the world.
Otherwise, Zheng Ya would not have been able to pacify Jiangnan and create an invincible army of a million, but instead chose to give up, thus creating the current Donglin Army, the original Donglin Prince's power.
This situation is advantageous for Xie Ming to discuss cooperation with Zheng Ya.
It's at most a matter of how much of the world's resources to divide; the prospects for cooperation are very promising.
Emperor Chengping was filled with anticipation, and this was a way to soothe his soul.
Little did they know that Zheng Ya had selected twenty-eight astronauts who were on a remote island atop a mountain, where they, along with the Dai family, watched Daiyu and the others board the ship.
Daiyu, Liu Yan'er, and twenty-eight others walked through two rows of human-shaped alleyways, shaking hands with each person to say goodbye.
At dawn, the rising sun in the east cast a purple glow, creating a breathtakingly beautiful scene, like a fairyland farewell.
The atmosphere of parting was filled with sadness, and almost everyone had tears in their eyes.
From this moment on, they are separated by life and death, and no one can hold back their deep feelings and reluctantly see their relatives and friends off!
At this moment, silence speaks louder than words. Tears blur the vision, and the heart is heavy with unresolved issues, yet there is also a burgeoning vitality and a vibrant energy, all shining brightly under the rising sun, creating a poignant picture of parting before departure!
"Everyone board the ship, have a safe journey!" Zheng Ya couldn't bear the atmosphere of parting and raised his hand to say goodbye to everyone.
Daiyu was the first to climb the spaceship's steps: "Saving the world is a race against time, let's go!"
"Saving the world is a race against time!" The twenty-eight people echoed in unison, prompting the people seeing them off to respond with shouts that spread far and wide, reverberating through the mountains and rivers, their echoes never ceasing.
With a whoosh, Daiyu piloted her interstellar spaceship into the sky, and the remaining members of the Dai clan couldn't help but cry out, "Waaah, take care, Yu'er..."
"Phew, I'm leaving!" Zheng Ya disliked the oppressive atmosphere, left with those words, and turned to go.
Only after Zheng Ya disappeared from sight did Count and Countess Dai come to their senses. Together with their only son, they turned in the direction Zheng Ya had vanished and wept uncontrollably: "I'm so sorry, if I had known this would happen, I should have chosen a different path..."
"My lord, please stop. It's fate, let's work together." Madam Dai was filled with sorrow, and Earl Dai regretted his actions: "My wife, have I done something wrong...?"
“My husband has always made choices from the family’s perspective. He didn’t tell anyone the secret of opening the Seal Realm beforehand. It was all for the family’s sake, so he’s not wrong,” Madam Dai shook her head in denial.
Saving the world is a joke; it's simply impossible.
The seal was once the Jade Seal of the Celestial Dynasty, possessing the characteristics of the Heavenly Dao. It is an innate spiritual treasure with its own independent space, capable of carrying living beings to a new world and avoiding the crisis of destruction along with this world.
However, opening the Seal Realm is very difficult.
Even though it was passed down through generations of Count Dai's family, they only knew the clues to opening the secret realm of the seal, but lacked the key to open it.
Earl Dai nodded slightly and said in a low voice, "It's time for our Dai family to take action. First, we need to obtain the Emperor's essence blood."
Secondly, we need to obtain the key from the Fu family…
"This is an inevitable trend, but is it not a good idea for us to abandon Yu'er and choose to bet on Zheng Ya, while concealing the secret realm of the seal?" Madam Dai always felt that it was safer to join forces with Zheng Ya to open the secret realm of the seal.
In fact, emperors throughout history have assembled elite teams to search for the entrance to the secret realm of the imperial seal, and among them were elites from the Fu clan.
After all, the late emperor had recognized the ancestors of the Fu family. In order to balance the power of the four kings and six dukes, employing the elite members of the Fu family, the late emperor's trusted and beloved generals, was the only choice for the late emperor.
But people are inherently selfish.
The emperor could not personally investigate the entrance to the secret realm of the seal, nor could he publicize it. The only option was to secretly assemble a small team to track down the whereabouts of the seal.
This gave the Fu family ancestors the desire and opportunity to achieve longevity.
After generations of elites explored the area, they roughly figured out the location of the Seal Realm, but they lacked the key to try to open it.
The Dai, Qian, Xie and Wang families have intermarried for generations, and naturally, some of their elite members have also been involved. Each generation of the head of the family knows the secret behind it.
Earl Dai's biggest worry right now is that Fu Zhen and Fu She might take the seal away first without permission. He shook his head impatiently and said, "There's nothing wrong with that."
Zheng Ya is a transmigrator. Although we can't see how bad he is at the moment, we also can't see how kind he is.
After all, he saved many people, and those people became his slaves to plunder resources. It's hard for us to believe he's a good person..."
"My husband is right. Under the temptation of the innate spiritual treasure, the seal, no one who crosses realms can be trusted. We can't afford to gamble with the lives of our two races!" Madam Dai said with relief...
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