Beheading to Make an Example of Them (Part Two)

Most of these prisoners were from the Purple Cloud Empire and Great Xia, with a small number from the Golden Sun Sect mixed among them.

After the Purple Cloud Empire and Great Xia were destroyed, some of their people remained. Like the survivors of the Golden Sun Sect, they had continued operating within the Golden Sun Empire.

It could be said that the remnants of the Purple Cloud Empire, Great Xia, and the Golden Sun Sect had always been the Golden Sun Empire's three greatest troubles.

To ensure that the gathering of national fortune went off without a hitch, Yuan Hanhai and the others had launched a massive operation against the three remnants some time ago.

The remnants of the Purple Cloud Empire and Great Xia had suffered heavy losses in that operation, and large numbers of them had been captured and brought directly to the imperial capital.

As for the Golden Sun Sect, if Bi Changsheng had not appeared in time, they might well have followed in the footsteps of the two great empires.

When the prisoners appeared, some members of the crowd watching in Central Square began to stir.

"Sect Master, should we make a move?"

Among a group of spectators in disguise who nevertheless gave off an otherworldly air upon closer inspection, one person asked the old man standing at the very front of their ranks.

The old man merely shook his head solemnly.

Although pain and resentment appeared on the others' faces at his decision, in the end, no one said another word.

These people were precisely the few remaining survivors of the Purple Cloud Empire.

When the Purple Cloud Sect had established the Purple Cloud Empire, it had merged the entire sect into the empire. Thus, the emperor of the Purple Cloud Empire would generally