Something had happened to Jade Completion, and both Miao Shan and Zhang Zhi rushed over at once.
Seeing Jade Completion barely clinging to life, Miao Shan burst into tears on the spot.
"Emperor Lord, why did you have to do this?"
Facing Miao Shan's sobs, Jade Completion said weakly, "As the Emperor Lord of Great Bright Heaven, how could I let the people of Great Bright Heaven suffer in my stead?"
"Trading my one life for peace under heaven could not be better."
"Now that my end is near, the only ones I cannot set my mind at ease over are Shi Er and the people of Great Bright Heaven."
"You two have known me for many years. There are two matters I wish to entrust to you."
Upon hearing this, Miao Shan wept, "Whatever the Emperor Lord entrusts to me, I, Miao Shan, would not dare forget even if I were ground to dust and shattered to pieces."
Hearing this, Jade Completion sighed and slowly spoke.
"I have never worried about Shi Er's cultivation. What worries me most is whether he can become a qualified Emperor Lord."
"After I die, you two must guide and support him well."
"If he truly cannot bear such a great responsibility, you may replace him."
Facing Jade Completion's words, Miao Shan said tremblingly, "The Young Master is benevolent, righteous, filial, and fraternal. Even if I stake this old life of mine, I will make him into a qualified Emperor Lord."
"With those words, I can rest easy."
"Besides that matter, there is a second matter I must speak of."
"The one who killed me was Undertaker. It has nothing whatsoever to do with anyone else. If rumors later arise claiming that I died at another's hands—"
"None among the people of Great Bright