The Empress's Death

Great Chu's invincible expert arrived wielding a Quasi-Spirit Artifact. Even the Empress, who held the Ice Condensation Mirror, was no match for him. The gap between their cultivation was far too great, as was their understanding of martial intent. In their battle, the Empress retreated in defeat, grievously wounded.

With the Empress defeated, the Imperial Army's morale plummeted. The Feudal Lords began to exert their strength and launched a counterattack.

Meanwhile, Zhao Kingdom was equally shocked and enraged by Chu Kingdom's support for Xia Kingdom. It was unwilling to let Chu Kingdom intervene and form an alliance with Xia Kingdom's Feudal Lords, as that would be far too disadvantageous for Zhao Kingdom. Thus, Zhao Kingdom did not hesitate to mass its army at the border and begin attacking Chu Kingdom.

With Zhao Kingdom's army pressing upon the border, even its invincible experts had taken action. Chu Kingdom's invincible experts had no choice but to return and confront Zhao Kingdom's invincible experts.

Thus, all Three Kingdoms descended into chaos. You watched the great affairs of the world unfold from Sword Spirit Sect and sighed inwardly. Xia Yuan had survived because of you, yet in the end, she was still powerless to turn the tide.

As the Three Kingdoms began tearing into one another, countless people died and were wounded, and their national strength declined far too severely. The surrounding Foreign Races began stirring restlessly, wishing to pounce upon them and take a bite, driving the peoples of the Central Plains to Extinction of the Clan.

You foresaw the future, yet could only let out a long sigh. After all, you were merely at the second layer of the Spirit Origin Realm and could change nothing. Even Bai Tianhong could do little in such chaotic times. He was too young, and his strength ultimately still fell short. Even if he wielded the Spirit Artifact, the Azure Spirit Sword, to help the Empress, he could only ensure that she would not be defeated. Not to mention that Sword Spirit Sect's Supreme Elders would never allow him to take the Azure Spirit Sword down the mountain.

As for helping the Feudal Lords, Bai Tianhong had no such intention whatsoever. He admired the Empress's ability to govern and her grand vision, while he regarded the rebel Feudal Lords with utter disdain.

Listening to Bai Tianhong's assessment of both sides, you felt a subtle stir in your heart. You could also guess that the Bai Tianhong in your memories had only helped Shu King Liu Yu because he had been choosing the tallest among dwarfs—a helpless choice made out of necessity.

At the end of Great Xia Calendar Year 496, the Empress's wounds proved too severe, and she died within the Imperial Palace. Great Xia grew ever more chaotic, while the Imperial Army completely lost its will to fight. Everyone feared for themselves, and the defeated army collapsed like a mountain slide. The Feudal Lords rejoiced at this and pursued their victory. In the end, the Great Xia Kingdom perished, the Feudal Lords proclaimed themselves kings, and they began attacking one another.

Seeing this, you could only lament that Xia Yuan had ultimately been cursed by ill fortune. If Xia Kingdom's Invincible Old Ancestor had lived another ten years, she truly could have suppressed everything and turned the tide.

"So it still ended up like this. Still, this Xia Yuan truly was an enlightened ruler."

Reading the simulator's contents, Wang Ping could not help but sigh.

All one could say was that it was a pity.

If this had been an ordinary ancient setting, with the Empress's skill at governing and the people's support, how would the Feudal Lords have dared to suddenly rebel?

The people's will was a terrifying thing, capable of gathering incomparable strength.

However, this was a Xianxia World. The strength of ordinary people truly counted for nothing.

With a casual strike, a Spirit Origin Realm expert could wipe out tens of thousands of ordinary people.

And naturally, those Feudal Lords did not care about so-called popular support.

So what if I lack the people's support? Once I ascend the throne, I can govern the country afterward.

If I do not become emperor, what use is this popular support? And what does it matter if more commoners die?

"Life is as cheap as grass in troubled times," Wang Ping muttered.

Then, Wang Ping looked toward the Screen again, wanting to learn what would happen next.

Though he could roughly guess the developments to come.

In Great Xia Calendar Year 500, your cultivation improved once more, and you successfully broke through to the third layer of the Spirit Origin Realm. That same year, Bai Tianhong's cultivation broke through to the seventh layer of the Spirit Origin Realm. In the end, he could not bear to watch the common people suffer so miserably. Ignoring the Supreme Elders of Sword Spirit Sect who tried to stop him, he forcibly descended the mountain and helped Feudal Lord Liu Yu slay all the Spirit Origin Realm experts under the other Feudal Lords, allowing him to successfully ascend the imperial throne and change the nation's name to Great Shu.

Seeing that Sword Spirit Sect had abandoned its neutral stance and entered the fray, while Great Xia had completely changed dynasties, Chu Kingdom and Zhao Kingdom, which had likewise been at war, ceased their meaningless conflict and began to rest and recuperate.

You were not surprised by these developments.

On June 1st, Great Shu Calendar Year 1, you descended the mountain to visit Chi Feng. However, Chi Feng and Chi Tongtong suddenly vanished right before your eyes. You found it difficult to believe.

In your view, even if the Chi Family's mortal enemies had acted through the Bloodline Curse, it should not have been so Weird. Even if they had suddenly died and turned to ashes, there should have been some process.

In the end, you could only seek out Bai Tianhong to drink away your sorrows.

"So Weird?" Wang Ping frowned deeply, his expression grave.

They had vanished Weirdly right before his eyes, without even a speck of ash left behind. It was far too evil, and he could not imagine what sort of method this was.

"Could it be that I am destined to be unable to protect the people of Chi Village?"

Wang Ping frowned, his heart far from calm.

After a long silence, Wang Ping could only continue looking at the Screen.

In response, words continued to emerge upon the Screen.

In Great Shu Calendar Year 2, the surrounding Foreign Races took advantage of Great Shu's weakness and began invading. They burned, killed, and plundered, committing every evil imaginable. Wherever they passed, not a single survivor remained. This enraged Shu Kingdom, which dispatched a great army to suppress them. Sword Spirit Sect was likewise enraged, and its Supreme Elders began descending the mountain.

Among them, Bai Tianhong descended the mountain once more, intending to suppress the Foreign Races. In the end, relying on Bai Tianhong's invincible strength, all the Foreign Races were executed, and peace returned to the world.

In Great Shu Calendar Year 10, Bai Tianhong's cultivation reached Spirit Origin Realm Great Perfection, and he began secluded cultivation to break through to the Transcendent Realm.

That same year, disorder arose throughout Great Shu Jianghu. A great number of experts vanished, and even entire villages and towns of people Weirdly disappeared. This drew the Great Shu court's attention, and it began an investigation.

However, the experts dispatched by the Great Shu court to investigate also Weirdly vanished. Shu Founder Liu Yu was shocked and enraged, dispatching Spirit Origin Realm experts to investigate. Yet contact was quickly lost with them as well—not even a message could be sent back!