Qiao Kingdom, Yang Manor.
A flagpole had been erected within the manor, and from it hung a naked woman—the protector of Qiao Kingdom, Lady of a Hundred Flowers, Min Youning.
Once alluring and ravishing, she was now withered in body, decrepit and grotesque. For someone who had spent her life loving beauty and seeking fragrance, perhaps only at this moment could she accept her own aging.
Beneath the towering flagpole lay the entire Yang household, corpses piled upon blood.
A middle-aged man in a dragon robe trembled as he took down the naked corpse and removed his own robes to cover her.
A shrill voice roared through the imperial city: "If I cannot kill Yang Chongzu, I swear I will no longer be sovereign!"
Squad after squad of cavalry sped past Yang Manor's gates, kicking up clouds of dust!
Silent during the Battle of River Valley, silent at Dan Kingdom's fall.
Qiao Kingdom, which had sought to hide its presence most of the time, mobilized its entire army on this day, scouring all four borders and hunting Yang Chongzu across the world!
Huff, huff...
Yang Chongzu briefly relaxed his body and breathed softly.
He listened as the thunderous sounds of the cavalry receded into the distance.
His left hand held an Origin Stone, slowly replenishing his Dao Essence.
Yet he still did not forget to use his right index finger to flick at the hair over his forehead.
He had taken on Yang Chongzu's identity, and with it, some of Yang Chongzu's habits.
He had destroyed the Min family, then the Yang family; killed Min Youning; broken through the authorities' encirclement and pursuit; activated hidden schemes laid down over many years, stirring unrest across Qiao Kingdom! After several bloody battles, he had repeatedly feigned assaults upon Qiao Kingdom's