The Heavenly Universe Army Arrives, Four Princes Vie for the Throne

"Your Highness, please look. This is the deployment order for Tuo Da's Heavenly Universe Army."

Hearing this, Ao Tuo Long opened his eyes. Putting on an act, he rose and approached the elderly ministers, feigning confusion.

"The Heavenly Universe Army? What is that?"

In truth, Dark Consort had long told Ao Tuo Long that the Tuo Da Emperor possessed a mysterious army. She had overheard it by accident in the Emperor's Administration Hall.

This mysterious army possessed formidable combat strength and remained hidden in the shadows. It answered only to the Heavenly Universe Decree—the jade pendant formed by combining the pieces held by the elderly ministers.

To preserve Tuo Da's dynasty, the Tuo Da Emperor had secretly established this army and concealed its forces throughout the land.

Inside the Administration Hall, the Tuo Da Emperor had divided the jade military token into seven pieces and entrusted them to seven elderly ministers. He repeatedly instructed them that should Tuo Da ever face a great calamity, they could unite the fragments and activate this mysterious army.

And this military token was precisely what Ao Tuo Long had been waiting for.

After the elderly ministers explained everything, Ao Tuo Long pretended to be astonished.

"Your Highness, give the order. Time waits for no one."

Seeing that Ao Tuo Long still hesitated, the elderly ministers all dropped to their knees.

Ao Tuo Long pretended to snap out of it and sighed. Then he reached out and helped the elderly ministers up. "My loyal pillars of the realm, please rise quickly. I agree."

The elderly ministers were overjoyed when Ao Tuo Long agreed. At last, the weight in their hearts was lifted.

Ao Tuo Long immediately assumed an imposing air and gave the order. The elderly ministers secretly left the city through the Ancestral Hall's