Today's fourth update: Chapter 3068! 4/4!
It all matched! Every bit of it matched!
The Eight Wise Kings stared intently at the ominous prophetic verse bestowed by the ancestral god statue, feeling every word strike into reality like a cold nail of prophecy.
Certain parts of the verse aligned perfectly with the painful events he had experienced, while other parts were like faint sparks within the fog, offering obscure yet crucial guidance.
For instance, the opening "Initial Six" line spoke of "double danger," meaning troubles from within and without, disasters arising inside one's own walls, all triggered by the same matter.
To the Eight Wise Kings, this could not have been clearer—ever since Xu Kun had brazenly killed Si, the external threat had been the relentlessly advancing, unstoppable Huang race; the internal threat had been his own precarious position as Tortoise Lord, as well as the undercurrents stirring within the clan and the vacuum in succession left by Si's death, his appointed heir.
He believed he had grasped the true meaning of the hexagram, yet the wonder of divination often lay in this: no matter how clear the guidance a hexagram provided, those caught within its workings could easily be blinded by their own entrenched perceptions and emotions, unable to glimpse the full heavenly secret.
The "double danger" he saw did indeed exist, but it was far from the whole truth.
The true, deeper-hidden "internal danger" was not merely the coveting of political enemies. It also came from that "good eldest son" of his—Second Crown Prince Erh—who had always appeared obedient and humble, even making him feel guilty and trusting toward him, while concealing malicious intentions!
Unfortunately, Erh had hidden himself too deeply, and his performance had been far too flawless.
After all these upheavals, not only had the