Before Xu Tianran could finish speaking, Xu Tianchen's Annihilation Soul Tribulation obliterated his soul.
Xu Tianchen thought, Since you don't want to die with dignity, Brother, then as your younger brother, I'll help you preserve it. At least this way, I'll leave you an intact corpse.
"Bang."
Xu Tianran's corpse fell straight to the ground. His face still bore the same expression as before, his mouth slightly open as though he still had something left unsaid.
As Xu Tianchen watched Xu Tianran's body collapse, a tangled mix of emotions filled his heart. He had truly never expected the two brothers to end up like this.
Although he had always wanted Xu Tianran to pay the price, when he truly struck, his feelings were complicated as well.
Despite how things had ultimately turned out between them, Xu Tianran had genuinely treated him well when Xu Tianchen was young.
At that moment, a glimmer of sunrise emerged from the clouds along the eastern horizon. Golden light poured forth, gradually illuminating the ground beneath Xu Tianchen's feet.
It scattered its radiance equally across the earth, over the soldiers lying on the ground, and over Xu Tianran's corpse, which still retained a trace of warmth.
It was as though it were using its light to drape a shroud over this tragedy of brothers killing each other.
Looking at the light shining over Xu Tianran's corpse, Xu Tianchen came back to his senses, a faint curve appearing at the corner of his lips. Xu Tianran had brought all of this upon himself. If he had not been so dissatisfied, how could they have reached this point?
The human heart...
Power truly was the finest poison for corrupting people's hearts.
However, Xu Tianran had just mentioned their imperial father, which made Xu Tianchen think of Xu