Fengyun Empire Established

Dai Weisi, missing an arm, stared at Qin Yun and murmured, "So alike."

"Who are you?"

Qin Yun looked at Dai Weisi suspiciously. This man seemed to know her, but she was unfamiliar with him.

None of the Dai Clan members who had come before had included him.

"Zhu Zhuyun never mentioned my name to you?" Dai Weisi gave a bitter laugh.

He had not expected that, despite paying so much attention to this place, he did not even deserve to be mentioned.

"My mother never mentioned you," Qin Yun answered honestly.

"Sigh, that makes sense. She lived very happily with Qin Feng, so naturally she was unwilling to mention me."

Dai Weisi shook his head as he answered.

He knew Zhu Zhuyun had lived very happily with Qin Feng. Perhaps he truly had never valued Zhu Zhuyun before.

His heart had been set solely on the throne.

But only when Qin Feng appeared and took Zhu Zhuyun away did he realize that Zhu Zhuyun had always held a place in his heart.

But everything was too late.

Everything that had happened before was already too late.

"Although I don't know you, I'm sorry, but I won't let you leave."

Qin Yun looked at them calmly as she spoke.

Especially Dai Jili. As the emperor of the Star Luo Empire, he had to die.

If he did not die, the Star Luo Empire would still exist.

Those of the Dai Clan would continue to dream of restoring their nation.

"I know. The victor becomes king, and the loser becomes a bandit. In truth, from the moment you were born, I knew the Star Luo Empire's ending."

Dai Jili slowly rose from the dragon throne and continued with regret on his face:

"Unfortunately, I had no power at the time. Qin Feng was simply too strong, so strong that I did not even have the thought of resisting.

Do you know? Decades ago, I had already heard the name Qin Feng. He was still a child then.

He seemed not even to be six years old, yet he dared to go out to sea alone and travel overseas by himself.

Every Soul Beast he encountered along the way was defeated by a single punch from him. Can you imagine that?

When I first received that information, I did not believe it. I did not believe that a child without a Martial Soul or Soul Power could defeat so many Soul Beasts alone.

Especially when I received word that Qin Feng had encountered an enormous Soul Beast, seemingly a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. From that point on, there was no more news of Qin Feng.

For a time, I thought Qin Feng was nothing more than a fabricated person. But unexpectedly, several years later, Qin Feng appeared.

He defeated every Soul Master in the Star Luo Empire, defeated me, and took Zhu Zhuyun away directly.

Only then did I understand that everything from back then had been true."

As Dai Jili spoke of this, his face was filled with bitter helplessness.

"Now, his daughter wished to accomplish a great undertaking, and the first thing she did was turn her blade on our Star Luo Empire. I lack the strength to stop her, and I cannot stop her, because our ideals differ."

After Dai Jili finished speaking, his aura abruptly changed. "But I am the emperor of the Star Luo Empire. An emperor cannot flee. Even if I die, I must die in the final moment."

"White Tiger Possession!"

"Qin Yun, I know you inherited the Qiongqi Martial Soul from Qin Feng and your mother. Let me see just how powerful the Qiongqi Martial Soul truly is."

Soul Rings appeared beneath Dai Jili's feet.

Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, purple, black, black, black, black!

Dai Jili's Soul Ring configuration could be called flawless.

Combined with his powerful beast Martial Soul, his strength was formidable as well.

Unfortunately, he had encountered Qin Yun, who had already become a Titled Douluo.

Nine Soul Rings appeared. Seeing them, Dai Jili's pupils contracted. He knew he barely even had the ability to resist.

Purple, purple, purple, black, black, red, red, red, gold!

The blood-red Soul Rings and the golden Soul Ring he had never seen before nearly blinded Dai Jili and Dai Weisi.

"Is this your strength? But why? Why is your first Soul Ring purple instead of a Hundred-Year Soul Ring? And with so many Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, are there really that many Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts in this world?"

Dai Jili could not understand it.

"I forgot to tell you. This was a fortuitous encounter I had just after awakening. Later, my first Soul Ring became a Thousand-Year Soul Ring."

Qin Yun smiled faintly.

Dai Jili suddenly understood. A fortuitous encounter—then it was not strange.

It was probably related to Qin Feng.

"Then there is nothing more to say. Qin Yun, I only hope that after you establish your own empire, you will treat those Dai Clan members who surrender kindly. Even if they are reduced to commoners, that would be good enough."

"Don't worry. As long as they harbor no other intentions, I can protect their lives."

Qin Yun made the promise softly.

"Good. Then I can rest easy."

Dai Jili smiled calmly, then charged at Qin Yun as though marching toward his death.

Qin Yun slowly raised her right hand. "Godslayer's Grip!"

A massive shadowy black hand seized Dai Jili as he charged forward.

Immediately afterward, the sound of bones shattering came from within the phantom hand.

Even as every bone in his body shattered, Dai Jili did not cry out once. When the phantom hand opened, he had already vanished completely.

Seeing this, Qin Yun frowned. This Soul Skill of the Qiongqi Martial Soul was the one she found hardest to accept, since it devoured the enemy's flesh, blood, and Soul Power.

It was truly more evil than an Evil Soul Master.

But there was no helping it. Who told her to awaken the Qiongqi Martial Soul?

Fortunately, she had the Karmic Fire Red Lotus. Otherwise, she could not use this Soul Skill too often.

"Father!"

After witnessing Dai Jili's death, Dai Weisi lost all desire to continue living.

"Come, then. Let our deaths become the first step toward your great undertaking."

Dai Weisi extended his left hand and calmly closed his eyes.

He waited for Qin Yun's killing blow.

"You are very brave. Unfortunately, those who walk different paths cannot work together."

Qin Yun spoke regretfully, then killed Dai Weisi as well.

From that moment onward, the imperial capital of the Star Luo Empire was completely under her control.

Below the palace, several defiant Dai Clan Soul Masters knelt.

They refused to surrender, so Qin Yun granted them a dignified death.

These people said nothing. The victor became king, and the loser became a bandit. They had already done their utmost to gather their forces, yet they still lost to Qin Yun and the Zhu Clan.

In truth, they had nothing to say, for they had lost wholeheartedly. At the very least, Qin Feng, Zhu Zhuyun, and Zhu Zhuqing had not taken action.

One by one, these people committed suicide. "Qin Yun, I hope you can accomplish what we always wished to accomplish."

These Dai Clan elders died, each one dissipating between heaven and earth beneath the Karmic Fire Red Lotus.

Qin Yun sat boldly upon the dragon throne. "From this day forth, the Star Luo Empire shall cease to exist. A new empire shall be established here, named the Fengyun Empire, and I shall be its first Empress."

Qin Yun's voice spread throughout the imperial capital, and everyone raised their heads to look at the sky.

Then joy blossomed across their faces, and they began cheering sincerely.

"May the Fengyun Empire endure for ten thousand years!"

"Long live the Empress!"

"At last, we common people have waited for this day!"