Xue Ye's Open Scheme: The Throne Passed to the Fake Crown Prince!

The entire Maple Dye Pavilion was deathly silent.

Everyone's movements froze in that instant.

Qian Renxue's face, bearing the features of "Xue Qinghe," was filled with a bewilderment and astonishment she had never experienced before.

She even subconsciously glanced down at herself.

I?

Heir to the Heaven Dou Empire?

Has this old man really gone mad?

In this eerie silence, it was Dai Tianfeng who was the first to rediscover his own voice.

He was stunned for a full three seconds, as if he had heard the most outrageous thing in the world.

Then, he stretched out his finger, trembling, pointing at Xue Ye's face, which was filled with smugness and madness. Every word seemed to be squeezed out of his throat.

"You..."

"Damn it..."

"Are you crazy?!"

Dai Tianfeng truly didn't know what to say.

He racked his brains but couldn't think of a more fitting description than those three words.

Just then, the pig-headed Xue Beng who had been slapped aside and had just gotten up from the ground finally realized what was happening.

"Father?"

His face, covered in vibrant colors, was filled with disbelief.

"That... that's someone from the Spirit Hall! She's not your own son!"

The Xue Beng was so intense that its voice even sounded like a sob.

"How can you abandon your own flesh and blood son and hand over the entire empire to an outsider instead?"

As he said this, he seemed to remember something, and a sharp glint suddenly shot out from his eyes, which had been beaten down to just slits!

"Could it be... that you've gone mad with anger?"

"Are you out of your mind?!"

"According to the Imperial Code, if the emperor is mentally unstable, then... then can I inherit the throne ahead of schedule?!"

The more Xue Beng talked, the more excited he became, as if he could already see the crown beckoning to him.

However, the next second...

A shoe embroidered with Swan, whistling through the wind, was imprinted precisely on his dreamy face.

"Smack!"

A muffled thud.

The Xue Beng struck again.

The Xue Ye slowly retracted his socked foot, maintaining the throwing posture, and roared hoarsely:

"Shut up! You unfilial son!"

"Even if I were to pass the throne to a dog! To this fake crown prince! I would never give it to a truly useless piece of trash like you!"

After roaring, Xue Ye felt much of the frustration in his chest dissipate.

He slowly straightened up, even taking the time to straighten his slightly wrinkled dragon robe, before turning his gaze back to Dai Tianfeng.

He snorted coldly.

"Dai Tianfeng, you underestimate me."

"I am not ill."

"I know it perfectly well!"

The Xue Ye's gaze swept over his good-for-nothing son on the ground, his voice filled with disappointment and coldness.

"If I were to truly pass the throne to this good-for-nothing, given his character, the entire Heaven Dou Empire would be squandered and devoured by your Star Luo Empire within twenty years!"

He turned his head and looked at Dai Tianfeng again, his cloudy old eyes flashing with a kind of almost insane light called "scheming".

"But Qinghe... is different!"

Qian Renxue's brow twitched violently upon hearing this address.

Xue Ye completely ignored her reaction and, speaking loudly in an appreciative tone, said:

"She's ambitious, resourceful, and decisive!"

"More importantly!"

Xue Ye's voice suddenly rose, and he pointed at Qian Renxue, speaking to Dai Tianfeng word by word.

"She herself has the support of the entire Spirit Hall!"

"Once she takes over the Heaven Dou Empire, the empire's strength will rise several, even dozens of levels in a short period of time!"

At this point, a chilling smile appeared on Xue Ye's face.

That smile made Dai Tianfeng's heart clench.

An ominous premonition instantly enveloped his entire body.

Then, the voice of the Xue Ye Youyou, like a demon's whisper from the deepest hell.

"By that time..."

"It's not your Star Luo Empire that's thinking about how to annex my Heaven Dou Empire."

Xue Ye's gaze was like two poisoned daggers, fixed intently on Dai Tianfeng.

"Instead, you need to pray day and night, and worry deeply..."

"Is your Star Luo Empire enough... for the Spirit Hall to eat?!"

Boom--!!!

These words struck Dai Tianfeng like a bolt of black lightning, hitting him squarely on the head!

The smugness, arrogance, and mockery on his face crumbled in that instant!

Instead, there was endless horror and chilling fear!

Madman!

That old man is a complete madman!

This is hardly a succession of the throne.

He clearly lit the fuse while holding his entire empire in his arms, and then forcefully stuffed this powder keg that could explode at any moment into his own bosom!

He is using the fate of the entire Tiandou Empire to make a huge bet with himself, with the Star Luo Empire, and with the structure of the entire continent!

A crazy, open conspiracy where he himself dies first, and who cares about the deluge...

Dai Tianfeng's face turned from red to white, then from white to green; his lips trembled, and he couldn't utter a single word.

He won the war of words.

Strategically, however, this madman has checkmated them!

His face, which had been so smug just moments before, was now deathly pale, and cold sweat trickled down his forehead.

"Snow, Brother Snow..."

Dai Tianfeng's voice was hoarse, devoid of any of the majesty of the Star Luo Emperor, sounding more like a neighborhood auntie trying to mediate a fight.

"No... it can't be that bad, it really can't be!"

He forced a smile that looked worse than a grimace, waving his hand while frantically giving Xue Ye meaningful glances.

"We brothers can do whatever we want behind closed doors."

"The Spirit Hall is extremely busy, and Her Saintess Hall is of noble birth; how could they possibly have time to play these childish games with us old folks?"

Why waste other people's time? Don't you think so?

Dai Tianfeng was genuinely afraid.

All he wanted to do now was to pull Xue Ye, this madman, back from the edge of the cliff.

Are you kidding me!

Should the Holy Maiden of the Spirit Hall Heaven Dou Emperor?

What the hell is the difference between that and the alliance between the Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire?

Oh wait!

Even if the Heaven Dou Empire and the Spirit Hall unite, there is still a possibility that they might develop rifts and become wary of each other.

But Xue Ye's move completely united both sides!

At that time, the Star Luo Empire will no longer be facing a decaying and declining neighbor, but a super behemoth that has integrated the resources of the two major forces and is backed by the entire Spirit Hall!

Let alone annexing Heaven Dou, it would be a miracle if the Star Luo Empire wasn't swallowed whole by its ancestors!

Hearing Dai Tianfeng's almost pleading persuasion, the pent-up anger in Xue Ye's heart, which had been suppressed for so long, was finally completely relieved.

He sneered, about to say, "I think you're scared."

But he hadn't even had a chance to speak.

A cold, crisp voice, filled with disgust and disdain, came from behind him.

"I don't want to!"