When the handcuffs were placed around Yu Xiaogang's wrists, he finally woke as if from a dream. He had actually been arrested.
"What are you doing? Let me tell you, I'm a hero of this war! You can't treat me like this! Dong'er won't let you—" Gangzi's mouth was immediately gagged.
The officer could not be bothered to waste words on Yu Xiaogang. He simply waved a hand. "Take him away."
Yu Xiaogang calmed down and looked at the playing card stuffed into his chest. Suddenly, he understood.
According to the conclusion of the previous war, anyone assigned a playing card other than the jokers would be hunted down by assassins sent by Spirit Hall.
Only the two jokers could survive.
The big joker was me. That means I, Gangzi, can survive.
This must be Dong'er's way of protecting me. It has to be.
With Tang San's defeat, there was no longer any suspense in the battles that followed.
The timeline of Peerless Tang Clan
Dai Hao had sat on the throne for less than two years before the empire was already beset by storms.
He simply did not possess enough prestige to hold it together. When Xu Jiujui raised the banner of restoration, the Star Crown Sect, Sun Moon Empire, and Spirit Hall formed a three-way alliance. The Star Luo Empire surrendered at the first sign of trouble, and many among its million-strong army joined Xu Jiujui's campaign against him.
In the end, Dai Hao sat upon the throne, his face ashen as he watched the palace gates be breached.
Qian Renxi, Yu Mengdi, Xu Jiujui, and the other commanders from the three factions charged in.
"Dai Hao, you traitor who betrayed the nation and defected to the Holy Spirit Cult—when you launched your coup, did you ever