Benevolent Sovereign Ji Long's primordial spirit, its eyes filled with the terror of death, said not a word in the face of Crown Prince Ji Ao's desperate pleas. It simply dissolved into wisps of vapor and scattered away.
Because it was a primordial spirit, even Crown Prince Ji Ao, standing directly before Benevolent Sovereign Ji Long's primordial spirit, could not make out Ji Long's expression at that moment.
Before the watchful eyes of Great Zhou's assembled ministers, under the gaze of several hundred Creation Realm experts from the Heavenly Patrol Division, Secret Directorate, and imperial inner court, his soul scattered and vanished on the spot!
The first to react to Benevolent Sovereign Ji Long's assassination and death were Great Zhou's three nation-suppressing treasures.
As the master of Great Zhou's three nation-suppressing artifacts, Benevolent Sovereign Ji Long's death naturally prompted a reaction from each of the three artifacts.
The Nation-Suppressing Qiankun Seal, which Benevolent Sovereign Ji Long had activated moments earlier, flashed after his death, then vanished from where it stood with a whoosh.
Yet no one panicked. No one noticed that within the fleeing radiance of the Nation-Suppressing Qiankun Seal was a tiny speck of Spiritual Light.
Soon afterward, those with exceptional eyesight saw that the Nation-Suppressing Qiankun Seal was already suspended above Qiankun Hall in the Luoyi Imperial Palace, awaiting the new emperor's inheritance.
At the same time, the radiance over all eight gates of Luoyi rippled faintly. Where the light gathered, a jade mirror emerged—the Myriad Spirits Manifestation Mirror, another of Great Zhou's nation-suppressing Xiantian Spiritual Treasures. It too appeared above the Luoyi Imperial Palace, quietly awaiting its new master.
As for the third nation-suppressing treasure, it did not reveal itself. Even in the senses of Creation Realm Divine Generals like Dongyang Si Chen and Gao Yin, there