Ideas of Their Own

From the Emperor and Empress Dowager down to the civil and military officials, the Datong Dynasty treated the rebellion on Qingpu Road with nothing but arrogance. This was the attitude born of their understanding of the world, because in their eyes, the realm was still flourishing like blooming flowers, the Imperial Court possessed hundreds of thousands of elite armored troops, and there were cultivators who could fly through the sky and burrow into the earth.

The rebels numbered only a little over ten thousand. If matters truly became urgent, the Imperial Court only needed to send out a single Immortal Realm cultivator to settle this rebellion. At most, they would receive a slight punishment from the Dao Palace afterward, which would have no effect whatsoever on the overall situation.

Their arrogance each served its own purpose. The Emperor had long since come of age, yet the Empress Dowager had not returned power to him. He wanted to use the rebels of Qingpu Road to bring the armies of several major camps around Capital City under his control.

The Empress Dowager had long seen through everything. She simply wanted to see how the officials would choose this time, while the officials also wanted to use this opportunity to raise their own value.

Wang Ping watched from on high as though observing a game. He sensed the emotions of all living beings beneath Heaven, deduced their futures, and cultivated his own humanity. His cultivation of humanity advanced at a tremendous pace, bringing a slight improvement to his Divine Art.

At this moment, the common people truly were like straw dogs in their eyes. Yet it was these straw-dog people who, after being enraged, erupted with immense power. In barely a month, Zhao Liuyi led the righteous army to surround Sanmei Prefecture City