What was the greatest victory of my life?
My military achievements were beyond counting, my political accomplishments beyond measure.
The hardest path was likely rising like an unexpected army beneath Ji Fengzhou's gaze, becoming foremost in the eastern realm.
The most glorious triumph might have been personally cutting down Si Yuan in battle that year... that Xia ruler who walked the Great Dao alone.
Yet the joy that remained most deeply etched in his memory was hearing of his daughter's birth while he was still on the battlefield, the stench of blood not yet faded from his body.
At the time, he believed he had won more than All Under Heaven.
As a ruler, he had won territory; as a father, he had won his family.
His life had no regrets at last; he had finally fulfilled his will in this life!
Wuyou had been born, and he laughed heartily.
She was his second child with Empress Yuan, and also a tremendous signal of reconciliation—
This daughter represented that the Emperor and Empress still shared deep affection. It also gave the Emperor and the Holy Crown Prince another bond that could not be severed.
Everyone believed that the reigning Sage Emperor would reconcile with the reigning Holy Crown Prince.
The illustrious Yin Family, renowned throughout court and realm, would still gather beneath the Emperor's banner. The already-formed Crown Prince's faction would remain loyal servants of the Emperor.
The Crown Prince would prostrate himself before the Sage Emperor, praising this unprecedented victory. The Sage Emperor, in turn, would stroke the Holy Crown Prince's brow and tell him that the future stretched far ahead... From then on, father would be kind and son filial, and the political order would be passed down in succession.
Yet what began from that point onward was