Helpless Star Luo Emperor, Dai Yunzhao Has Returned to the Imperial Palace?!

Zhu Zhuyun's words left everyone present completely stunned.

The faces of the Zhu family elders no longer held a trace of a smile.

Seeing Zhu Zhuyun sitting firmly on horseback, they could only let out heavy, final sighs.

"The Zhu family... is finished!"

The Zhu family was not some world-class sect; having lost the backing of the Heaven Dou imperial family, the entire clan would rapidly decline.

There was nothing more they could do.

Start over and cultivate new talent?

It was already too late!

As the sole remaining heir to the current Star Luo throne, Dai Yunzhao would not give anyone else a chance.

One of the elders looked toward Zhu Zhuyun.

"I want to know, where is the commoner Dai now?"

Unfortunately, the moment his voice fell, Xiong Ao's golden blade decapitated him!

Fresh blood splattered into the mud, leaving everyone terrified!

Xiong Ao's voice rang out coldly: "Whoever dares to be disrespectful to His Highness again, it won't be so simple!"

"We have now integrated the border troops and are preparing for the decisive battle at Star Luo City!"

"Go back and tell the nobles in Star Luo City that no matter what they choose, His Highness will let bygones be bygones."

"But if they choose to resist to the end, they will surely die!"

Integrating the border troops!

They knew Dai Yunzhao held great prestige among the border forces, but they never expected him to be able to consolidate the entire Star Luo border army.

If this news reached Star Luo, it would be a massive earthquake!

The group had arrived at the border with their heads held high, but they left in complete despair.

Covered in wretched mud, they had witnessed the infighting of the Star Luo imperial family and seen the ferocity of the border soldiers!

That Dai Yunzhao could actually suppress such men was beyond belief.

Five days later.

The group hurried along and finally returned to the imperial palace.

But the previous news had long since reached Star Luo City.

The city was now in a state of panic; they truly dared not gamble their lives on Dai Yunzhao's kindness.

Furthermore, according to reports from the border, the troops were indeed mobilizing!

In the Star Luo throne room, the Star Luo Emperor's face was deathly pale.

His white hair had increased significantly; this overbearing emperor had truly grown old.

With his two sons dead in succession, the inheritance of his Evil Eye White Tiger bloodline was completely severed.

The Star Luo imperial family had always engaged in mutual slaughter, leaving only the last one standing to inherit the throne.

With not even a collateral branch left in the entire empire, how could he not be grief-stricken?

Dai Weisi's body had not yet been fully laid to rest, and now Dai Mubai's corpse lay before him as well.

The Star Luo Emperor looked at the civil and military officials standing in the court, his voice desolate: "Who can lead the troops to repel the commoner Dai?"

No one answered!

That was the most valiant border army in Star Luo!

And the leader was Dai Yunzhao, who had once dealt a crushing blow to Heaven Dou.

Not to mention anything else, just the battle at Three Gorges Pass a few days ago had resulted in the tragic deaths of the three chief members of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Education Committee, with over a thousand elite soldiers left with no survivors.

Dai Yunzhao hadn't even shown his face yet, and he was already stirring up the entire empire.

If he were to appear, one could only imagine what would happen.

The Star Luo Emperor looked at the silent ministers.

He suddenly threw the memorial in front of him onto the floor!

"I was young once too, and in my youth, I was praised by all of Star Luo!"

"Star Luo flourished under my rule. Do you all think I am old now? Do you think I am inferior to him?!"

Everyone knelt down in succession.

"Your Majesty, please calm your anger! We deserve death!"

Bang!

The Star Luo Emperor slammed his hand on the dragon desk and stood up.

"Yes, you all deserve death! If you don't come up with a plan for me, no one leaves today!"

A group of Golden Melon Warriors stepped forward, looking at the ministers with hostile expressions.

But no one dared to look up.

Finally, the Star Luo Emperor waved his hand.

"Forget it. It will just be me leading the charge, father and son killing one another..."

"I am tired. Dismiss the court."

The Star Luo Emperor ignored the high-ranking officials before him.

He turned and left the dragon throne.

Alone in the palace, he sat on the white jade steps.

He had been a widower for many years and had not even chosen a new consort.

Having been on the throne for so long, he considered himself accomplished in both civil and military affairs; he never neglected government duties, always kept the people's livelihood in mind, and labored constantly over the wars.

The old eunuch standing to the side bowed silently.

The Star Luo Emperor's voice was very soft: "Tell me, was I truly wrong..."

The old eunuch did not answer; he knew the Emperor was talking to himself.

The Star Luo Emperor sighed heavily.

"Yun Zhao was indeed my most outstanding son; I knew that from the very beginning!"

"But I would rather the second one be emperor. If the Evil Eye White Tiger is gone, perhaps Star Luo might have one or two powerful monarchs, but what about after that?"

"Star Luo needs a bloodline that can endure for ten thousand years, not one or two virtuous kings who are merely footnotes in the history books of other nations."

Only then did the old eunuch step forward.

"Your Majesty, the ground is cold. Let me get you a cloak."

The Star Luo Emperor waved him off.

His eyes were filled with sorrow as he looked at the palace walls in the distance.

"My mistake was not killing him the moment he was born. I witnessed his virtue, and I saw his martial prowess!"

"With a child like that, I should have known long ago that he would overturn everything!"

The Star Luo Emperor rambled on.

He dared not say these things to outsiders; he was a monarch, and he could not let anyone know he had erred.

Until...

The sound of a wheelchair rolling across the floor echoed!

Creak!

The Star Luo Emperor suddenly looked up!

Before him, a tall Black Armor Warrior was pushing a wheelchair.

The person in the wheelchair was covered by the same blanket as before, but he was now dressed in a red martial outfit with gold trim!

Dai Yunzhao!

The old eunuch's pupils shrank violently. He wanted to cry out for help, but the Star Luo Emperor raised a hand to stop him!

His eyes were fixed solely on the youth in the wheelchair.

"You have truly come and gone as you pleased in the Star Luo palace."

Dai Yunzhao adjusted the blanket over his feet.

"It has always been this way; it is just that you never cared, Father."

Dai Yunzhao's words sent the Star Luo Emperor into a rage.

He pointed at Dai Yunzhao, shouting hoarsely: "You resent me? But I am the Emperor! I had to do what I did!"

"You do not possess the Evil Eye White Tiger of the Star Luo imperial family; how could I keep you?"

"Do you not realize that both you and I will become sinners!"

Dai Yunzhao looked at the hysterical Star Luo Emperor and simply shook his head.

"Father, I have met that master you spoke of."

"A charlatan with no real talent, someone who couldn't even find a place for himself in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family, yet he wanders the continent swindling people under the title of 'Master'."

"You are right, I do not have the Evil Eye White Tiger as my martial soul, but how could you possibly know that my bloodline cannot be passed on?"

The Star Luo Emperor straightened his dragon robe and adjusted his crown.

"Are you no longer asking whether I am the sovereign or you are the subject?"

Dai Yunzhao was very calm: "At home, there are no sovereigns or subjects, only father and son."

The Star Luo Emperor's shoulders trembled uncontrollably.

His voice choked with emotion: "I thought you would lead the border troops to trample Star Luo City and kill me along with it!"