The next day, the enthronement ceremony was held in grand fashion.
The entire Imperial Capital was abuzz with excitement, and countless powerful figures came flocking at the news.
Even the powerful figures who had been suppressed before now rushed to enter the Imperial Capital.
Because they knew that their Third Princess was about to ascend the throne and become Emperor.
They had waited bitterly for over a hundred thousand years, endured for over a hundred thousand years, all for this very moment.
Those in the know began offering their congratulations one after another.
Only the common people of the Imperial Capital knew nothing.
The commoners were utterly baffled.
The reigning Emperor had not died, had not announced his abdication, nor had he declared who would succeed him.
And then an enthronement ceremony suddenly appeared out of nowhere?
Who exactly was ascending the throne?
Was it the Crown Prince, or someone else?
The common people did not know, but the current officials knew perfectly well.
These officials had already begun planning their escape.
Because they knew who the Third Princess set to ascend the throne was. Who was the Third Princess? The granddaughter of the first Emperor, that legendary figure.
Once she became Emperor, could they possibly expect a good end?
What was more, they had been the ones who drove away and suppressed those old veterans back then.
Now that the Third Princess intended to reappoint those veterans, their positions were extremely awkward.
If they did not flee, were they supposed to sit around and await death?
But then a second problem arose.
They wanted to leave, but they could not.
Because all officials and commoners of the Sacred Heaven Dynasty cultivated the cultivation method left behind by that legendary Emperor.
Once this cultivation method was practiced, it disregarded one's