Please Address Me as Crown Prince! Leaving Star Luo!

The Star Luo Emperor had four sons.

The second son was a complete waste, beaten by Dai Weisi like a spinning top without the ability to fight back.

The third son, Dai Mubai, was nothing but a beast, and he lacked any sense of responsibility whatsoever!

Only this fourth son possessed both the literary talent and martial prowess to potentially surpass the ancestors of Star Luo!

Under such circumstances, how could they stand by and let others take the throne and cause chaos?

If there were only the Star Luo Empire, it might be one thing.

The problem was that the Heaven Dou Empire to their north was no pushover either!

Once internal turmoil erupted within the Star Luo Empire, the Heaven Dou Empire would immediately press down upon them.

Not to mention the Spirit Hall, which had emerged as a formidable force in recent years!

Having finally found a golden legend with the potential to contend for supremacy, they could not let him be ruined.

The Star Luo Emperor looked at the civil and military officials kneeling throughout the great hall.

His body trembled with rage.

"Very well, good, very good!"

"You all stand on his side, then? No one is to move!"

"Let me take a good look at you, the backbone and loyal subjects of Star Luo!"

Yet everyone kept their heads bowed, shouting in unison:

"Your Majesty, please calm your anger! We are guilty of a capital offense!"

They did not want to offend the Star Luo Emperor, either.

But with the prospect of unifying the Douluo Continent, who wouldn't want to be a follower of the rising dragon?

Dai Yunzhao of this generation was truly capable of achieving it!

Even if he couldn't, he could still firmly suppress the Heaven Dou Empire and even secure vast gains.

Heaven Dou had produced the world-renowned Xue Qinghe.

They couldn't possibly let that irresponsible little beast Dai Mubai go head-to-head with Xue Qinghe, could they?

He would be beaten like a dog!

If he decided he wanted "freedom" or some such nonsense and abandoned the throne, they would all suffer the consequences.

It wasn't so much that they were protecting Dai Yunzhao; they were protecting their own future livelihoods!

Whether Dai Yunzhao or Dai Weisi won, it didn't matter.

But that little beast Dai Mubai would not do!

The Star Luo Emperor pointed a trembling finger at Dai Yunzhao.

"Yunzhao, you say it yourself!"

He still hoped that Dai Yunzhao would plead guilty and make way for the Evil Eye White Tiger.

To abandon his most talented son for the sake of that ridiculous theory of the Grandmaster!

A fierce light flickered in Dai Yunzhao's eyes: "Please address me as Crown Prince! Otherwise... please dismiss me!"

Father and son stood in opposition; sovereign and subject stood at odds!

The Star Luo Emperor had never imagined such an outcome.

He had already rehearsed his performance.

Once Dai Yunzhao was dead, he would weep bitterly, then naturally bestow the position of Crown Prince upon Dai Weisi.

Finally, after some feigned reluctance between the monarch and his subjects, he would give Dai Yunzhao a grand burial!

Posthumously, he would confer a royal title and bury him in the imperial mausoleum.

To anyone watching, he would appear as a loving father heartbroken by the loss of his son.

But Dai Yunzhao had overturned the chessboard!

He had killed Dai Weisi!

The Star Luo Emperor had to admit that a profound panic had taken root in his heart.

Otherwise, he could have simply left the position of Crown Prince vacant while waiting for Dai Mubai to return.

It was he who had proactively mentioned finding Dai Mubai immediately, insisting that the imperial throne could not be handed to Dai Yunzhao!

Those words had been spoken in a fit of rage within the imperial court.

If he hadn't said them, perhaps Dai Yunzhao would have continued to endure.

But now he had said them!

He was the one who had torn off the mask!

Yet his beloved Dai Weisi was already dead.

He hadn't even seen his son's corpse yet!

And his other, more capable son was standing before him, forcing his hand!

This was a capital offense.

According to the law, the high-ranking officials in the court should all be executed.

But how could he execute them?

How would the historians record his tyranny?

Would the Heaven Dou Empire to the north or the lurking Spirit Hall use this as a pretext to march on Star Luo?

He had calculated everything, but he had not calculated that Dai Yunzhao would win.

He had certainly not calculated that Dai Yunzhao would defy him to his face!

Please address me as Crown Prince...

Otherwise, please dismiss me...

These two sentences circled incessantly in the Star Luo Emperor's mind.

Father and son had reached this point; their bond was severed.

The Star Luo Emperor lowered his hand.

"Demote the Fourth Prince, Dai Yunzhao, to a commoner and banish him from Star Luo!"

This was his final choice.

He could not allow the Evil Eye White Tiger, which had been passed down for countless ages in his family, to die out!

The civil and military officials wanted to continue pleading, but the Star Luo Emperor's voice rang out coldly:

"Anyone who dares to intercede for him shall be executed without mercy!"

The ministers knelt on the ground, not daring to even breathe loudly.

Dai Yunzhao did not linger.

He took off his gold-embroidered red-bordered robe, folded it neatly, and placed it on the dais.

He also placed the jade thumb ring, which represented the previous favor of the emperor, on top of it.

After doing all this, Dai Yunzhao returned to his wheelchair.

"Shadow, let's go."

The Star Luo Emperor watched the scene, stunned and lost in thought.

It didn't look like he had dismissed Dai Yunzhao.

It looked more like Dai Yunzhao... had abandoned him.

But as soon as this thought occurred, the Star Luo Emperor cast it from his mind.

What a joke!

He was the Star Luo Emperor!

On the current Douluo Continent, only the Heaven Dou Emperor stood as his equal.

What could a mere prince do after leaving Star Luo?

The wheelchair creaked as it turned and exited the great hall.

The guards along the way did not make things difficult for Dai Yunzhao.

Over the years, almost all the rewards Dai Yunzhao had received had been converted into wealth and gifted to the common people.

Whose relatives or family members hadn't benefited from the Fourth Prince's kindness?

The guards watched as Dai Yunzhao departed.

The atmosphere in the great hall dropped to freezing.

The Star Luo Emperor finally spoke in a cold voice: "I have done no wrong. Court dismissed!"

After the court session, the Star Luo Emperor disregarded imperial dignity and rushed straight to the inner palace courtyard.

He had ordered everyone not to interfere in the affairs between the two princes.

He had stationed six powerful Spirit Emperor guards there!

He pushed open the courtyard gate.

The corpses of the six Spirit Emperors on the ground had been torn to shreds.

As for Dai Weisi, his blood had already run dry!

The Star Luo Emperor could no longer maintain his imperial composure; he looked up and wailed in agony!

He cradled Dai Weisi's body, letting the blood soak through his robes.

"Accelerate the time for Mubai's return, and... do not let him leave the Star Luo Empire alive!"

The Star Luo Emperor issued the most cruel of decrees.

For the sake of bloodline purity, for the son he truly favored, and for the sake of his own face in the imperial court.

He chose to kill his own son!

Dai Yunzhao had long anticipated these things.

He had considered many possibilities, but he had never expected that the Star Luo Emperor would disregard the opinions of his officials and the voices of the court.

He was simply stubbornly clinging to that damned bloodline!

After the Emperor left the court, Dai Yunzhao had already boarded a carriage.

Star Luo was a militaristic empire, filled with military giants!

The carriage he sat in belonged to the commander of the Star Luo Empire's elite vanguard troops!

The burly man sitting opposite Dai Yunzhao said in a muffled voice: "Your Highness, where are we going next?"

Dai Yunzhao smiled slightly.

"What I want to know is, how many in the military will listen to me?"

The burly man leaned against the carriage, his smile looking quite unsightly.

"The prestige you established in the military during your last confrontation with Heaven Dou exceeds your own imagination."

"Most of the giants in the military are willing to follow you."

"But those soldiers... their homes are in Star Luo!"

Dai Yunzhao nodded.

He had originally thought that only this vanguard unit would listen to him.

But it seemed that was not the case.

"I can make everyone become true Spirit Masters!"

"I am going to build a Spirit Master army!"