The Sovereign Should Go Out for a Walk Too

Late at night, Fallen Sun Empire, Imperial Palace.

Tian Yuan, his white hair hanging loose, shuffled toward the secret chamber in the Imperial Palace's rear garden.

He seemed to be at the end of his life, his face sallow and wrinkled. Every few steps, he would cough heavily.

His white pupils had grown increasingly clouded. Where was the high-spirited vigor Nan Feng had seen when they first met?

"Cough, cough, cough..."

With difficulty, Tian Yuan reached a rockery, stretched out his thin, waxy-yellow right hand, and lightly knocked on it three times.

Creak—

The rockery let out a piercing sound as a door opened, revealing a narrow passage behind it.

Tian Yuan coughed twice more and slowly walked inside.

Within the secret chamber, a powerful being was flipping through various ancient books.

Seeing Tian Yuan arrive, he raised his head slightly and said softly, "Teacher, did you need something?"

"Greetings, Your Majesty." Tian Yuan trembled as he prepared to kneel.

A gentle force supported Tian Yuan's body and helped him onto a nearby chair to rest.

"Teacher, why must you bow when you see me?" The Emperor put down the ancient book in his hand, walked before Tian Yuan, and crouched slightly. "Your condition is getting worse and worse. Hasn't the royal treasury been opened to you? Why haven't you contracted another Destined Divine Weapon? Have you not found a suitable one?"

Tian Yuan smiled bitterly and gently shook his head. "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty, but this old man's Dao Heart has shattered. I can no longer contract a Destined Divine Weapon."

The Emperor's gaze sharpened. During this time, he had been studying ancient records in this secret chamber, paying no attention to the outside world, and had not known about this matter.

He had not expected