Seeing Sui Hongji remain silent, Sui Gaomiao knew that he was bent on dying, and instead felt a touch more admiration for him.
As expected of his own son—he was so much like Sui Gaomiao in his youth.
Unfortunately, he was too ambitious. Now that things had come to this, Sui Gaomiao would not hesitate.
With a thought, the pool of lightning suddenly went berserk.
Sui Hongji, trapped within the lightning pool, was refined away in an instant, leaving not even bones behind.
Only his soul was deliberately preserved by Sui Gaomiao.
"The bond between father and son ends here."
With a sweep of his sleeve, Sui Gaomiao sent Sui Hongji's soul into reincarnation. He had not scattered his soul into oblivion only out of consideration for his birth mother.
After dealing with his rebellious son, the lightning pool vanished at once. The formation concealing his aura disappeared as well, while the dragon aura around Sui Gaomiao recovered somewhat.
Seeing this, Tang Yu still found it rather regrettable.
If they had found a way to break the formation just now and had someone fight that old monster, perhaps an opportunity might have arisen.
But he could not be sure whether the old monster had other contingencies in reserve.
Anyone who could hunker down on the throne like a turtle for ten thousand years would have some tricks up their sleeve.
"Father Emperor, are you all right?"
"Father Emperor, your son has some healing pills here. Please take them first."
"Father Emperor, please do not be angry. It is not worth harming your health over such a traitor."
Once the princes came to their senses, they all rushed over to curry favor with their father.
Only Sui Wanhe, after recovering from her shock, ran sobbing to Sui Gaomiao and choked out,