In Kyoto, as the sun sets, only the upper half of the Imperial City is bathed in golden light. The dust and clouds drifting in the wind after the Manifestation War seem to be foreshadowing something.
Hundreds of Nascent Soul Realm experts bathed in gilded light, intimidating the cultivators hiding in the shadows of the city walls, ignoring the people of the capital, creating a bizarre situation.
The myriad aspects of life are concentrated in this moment.
However, the scene was unusually quiet; apart from the sound of the wind and the breathing of the crowd, there was no other unusual noise.
Making a strange noise could cost you your life?
So much so that everyone was waiting, waiting for the retired emperor and empress dowager on the city gate tower to finish their public display of affection and decide their fate.
Even with Zheng Ya standing between the two, he still exudes this kind of presence—it's deadly!
Empress Yin, unable to bear the Emperor's hypocritical attitude, said: "Shut up! Don't tell me that you didn't intend to sacrifice my Yin clan back then to seize the seal and seek immortality. Are you really ruthless and heartless? Did you think my Yin clan was at your mercy?"
"Empress Yin, is this how you see me? I am truly disappointed..." The Emperor Emeritus's face was filled with a mixture of grievance and frustration, and anyone who saw it would believe it to be true.
Zheng Ya almost believed his nonsense. The Empress laughed and transmitted her voice: "Hehehe, do you think I am a fifteen or sixteen-year-old young lady from a respectable family who doesn't know anything and lets you spout nonsense?"
And you, with that wolf's skin disguised as an honest man, are you planning to devour people until not even bones are left?
The saying "Wolves eat people, dogs eat bones" is a veiled insult to the retired emperor, implying that he is a wolf-dog who eats people without spitting out the bones.
The retired emperor could no longer maintain his pretense. Dropping his feigned benevolence, he glared at the Empress Dowager and transmitted his voice: "Empress Dowager, since you have already seen through my schemes, you should know that I was forced into this situation and had no other choice..."
"Haha, you can't keep up the act anymore, so you're resorting to playing the emotional card. Don't you think that's hypocritical, shameless, and despicable?" Empress Yin scoffed, showing no mercy whatsoever.
Even though Empress Yin knew that her situation was precarious and that the Emperor Emeritus might order Emperor Chengping to control the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams Demon-Suppressing Array to help him suppress the Yin clan, Empress Yin had no intention of compromising.
This greatly disappointed the Emperor Emeritus. If it weren't for the fear that Empress Yin would destroy the key to open the secret realm of the seal, he would have wanted to issue an edict to exterminate the Yin clan. He solemnly transmitted his voice: "Empress Yin, do you not know whether I have lied to you or not?"
Even if I reach the end and lead my children and grandchildren to ascend to the upper realm, won't I still be taking away the blood and flesh of our children to continue your Yin clan's bloodline...?
"Shut up! Stop making excuses for me and spouting high-sounding nonsense. I disdain to argue with you and would be ashamed to associate with you!" The Empress Yin declared war in a fit of rage!
With a gesture, half of the Nascent Soul cultivators summoned their magical artifacts, unleashing a suffocating aura, and confronted the other half of the Nascent Soul cultivators, a great battle about to erupt.
The aura emanating from it in an instant forced the cultivators below the city to prostrate themselves on the ground, filled with terror and fear of death.
As the saying goes, when gods fight, mortals suffer.
The soldiers and civilians nearby were all affected, falling unconscious and head over heels, the brunt of the fall spreading outwards.
Zheng Ya, who was invisible in the void, didn't feel anything, but he found Wu Wei kneeling on one knee, stubbornly holding on with her head up. The scene was so touching.
Even transmigrators have their day?
This was completely outmaneuvered by the local cultivators?
It's ridiculous that they've been jumping around like this all along, making a fool of themselves as clowns.
Wu Wei hated it to the core, but was powerless to do anything about it, and longed to know the inside story of the defeat.
It should be known that Wu Wei had already refined Sheng Xiang into an avatar, which was equivalent to three or four years of planning and scheming in this world. Yet he did not notice the slightest sign that he was being played. How ridiculous!
Why is all this happening?
Although Zheng Ya was not as intensely resentful as Wu Wei, he still felt very ashamed of his defeat. Why hadn't they discovered anything beforehand?
In terms of acting skills and strategy, who is stronger, the retired emperor or the empress dowager?
Empress Dowager Yin wanted to start a war, and the retired emperor got anxious: "Wait, if we start a war, who will be responsible?"
Do you really want Zheng Ya, a transmigrator, to get the scraps?
"Hmph, don't think that I will submit to you just because you say that. But you are right, the battle between us can continue at any time. I will never let outsiders or transmigrators take advantage of the situation because of our feud. I would rather die than let them!" The Empress Yin said in a telepathic voice, while secretly gesturing to her subordinates to temporarily cease hostilities.
The Emperor Emeritus was also gesturing, ordering his subordinates to remain calm: "Empress Yin, I am very pleased that you have this mindset..."
"Enough with the nonsense. If you don't want to give a clear answer, just order Emperor Chengping to activate the protective array. Let's agree on a place for a final battle to the death!" Empress Yin formally declared war.
The retired emperor was furious, his face turning ashen: "Empress Yin, can't you be a little more rational?"
What happened back then that made you fake your death to escape, using a puppet double to cover your escape from the capital, secretly gathering forces to deal with me...?
"Old man, shut up. Don't think that I didn't know you pretended to talk in your sleep back then to reveal the whereabouts of the seal and the key, and to test my Yin clan."
"I'm afraid that from that time on, you old codger harbored murderous intentions towards our Yin clan, didn't you?" Empress Yin knew some secrets about the seal.
The seal is an innate spiritual treasure, possessing the function of responding to the laws of heaven and absorbing the energy of surrounding star systems to consolidate and maintain the stability and prosperity of this world.
However, since the collapse of the Immortal Dynasty, the seal has been severely damaged. In order to avoid being seized by powerful enemies, the emperor of that time self-destructed and escaped, leaving only his remnant soul to reside in the seal. He then initiated a plan to hide and wait for the right time to make a comeback.
This is the life-saving trump card that the emperors of the Immortal Dynasty have cultivated over the generations. Once it is used, it is impossible to find the whereabouts of the seal unless this world is destroyed.
To unlock the Seal Realm, seven keys are required.
Seven keys, each containing one of the powers of Yin and Yang or the Five Elements, can be combined to form an array and activate, allowing one to sense the entrance to the Seal Realm. Then, by carrying the keys, one can open the portal to the Seal Realm and enter to seek the Seal's approval.
This secret was known only to emperors and empresses throughout history.
Once exposed to a third party, it will inevitably be obliterated by the remnant soul of the Immortal King.
If it weren't for the fact that emperors and empresses throughout history only possessed one Yin-Yang key and lacked the Five Elements key, the Seal Realm would have been opened long ago.
As the saying goes, even the wisest person can make a mistake.
Back then, the emperor of the Celestial Dynasty devised a final trump card to protect the Zheng family's imperial power from falling into the hands of enemies of different surnames. Once the final plan was activated, the Five Elements Key would be scattered to the mortal realm, so be careful not to let it fall into enemy hands.
The five Five Elements Keys that fell into the mortal realm all entered the mortal realm randomly, leaving no trace.
Of course, there are ways to find the key to the Five Elements.
Guided by the remnant soul of the Celestial King, those who seek great fortune will surely make a discovery.
Unfortunately, the Immortal King's remnant soul had incomplete memories and could not provide further guidance, which led to the failure of successive emperors and empresses in their efforts to find the Five Elements Key.
They publicly claimed to be searching for the secret realm of the seal, but never revealed that they were searching for the Five Elements Key.
This is the fundamental reason why the Emperor and Empress schemed to make the five major families work for them. The counterattacks by people such as Fu Zhen and Wang Dong were all within the Emperor Emeritus's calculations. What they wanted was the secret key in the hands of the Empress Dowager.
At this moment, the retired emperor, heartbroken, rubbed his forehead and whispered, "Empress Yin, is this how you see me?"
I once spoke in my sleep to test my concubines, in order to eliminate traitors in the court and the family forces behind them plotting rebellion.
Who knows how the investigation led to the concubines planted by your Yin clan, only to make you suspect them instead?
"Old man, stop spouting nonsense and let your strength speak for itself!" Empress Yin, unable to get along with him, directly summoned the Black Tower to challenge him.
In an instant, Zheng Ya was enveloped in the power of the Black Tower magic weapon, crying out in agony. "Crazy woman, get away from here, don't hurt the innocent..."
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