The Tarnished Imperial Seal

His Majesty stared at the black light on the Imperial Seal, his heart jolting violently. In that instant, he truly deciphered Lin Su's venomous grand scheme.

Lin Su's two news pieces posted on the walls were far more than mere public-opinion manipulation.

His target was His Majesty's Imperial Seal.

The Imperial Seal was the highest-grade Official Seal. Its power was boundless, and within the capital, it was invincible.

Even an Origin Heaven Realm expert could not contend with the Imperial Seal in the capital.

Though Lin Su stood at the pinnacle of the literary path, possessed unfathomable swordsmanship, and had a mind beyond all expectation, it was still highly unlikely that he could truly pose a fatal threat to His Majesty. Why? Because of the might of the Imperial Seal.

Yet the Imperial Seal also had a weakness—the weakness shared by all Official Seals.

Official Seals could gather dust. The Imperial Seal could as well!

As long as the people doubted the Emperor, as long as the tide of public defiance grew large enough, dust would gather upon the Imperial Seal.

Back in Western Province, Lin Su had amplified the effects of public opinion, causing every Official Seal in the Western Province officialdom to gather dust. He had then arranged for the Merfolk Tribe to come ashore and utterly wipe out the Western Province officialdom.

That had been a bold and brilliant stroke in Lin Su's game of officialdom.

Now, it had been upgraded!

Drawing upon the successful experience of last time, he aimed his spearhead directly at The Emperor. The two news reports had been carefully chosen as well. The first questioned the legitimacy of His Majesty's accession to the throne; the second directly accused him of being a traitor to the nation, the true mastermind behind the deaths