Little Trouble

(First update)

A sliver of pale light appeared on the horizon, and dawn shattered the night's tranquility.

Yang Ming quietly left the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace. Just as he had come quietly, he waved his sleeve and took not a single cloud with him.

Brainwashing Snow Star Prince with Genjutsu and turning him into one of his own was, in a sense, even more tormenting than killing him. It would make him Yang Ming's puppet for the rest of his life.

Of course, Yang Ming had not simply made a spur-of-the-moment decision to have Snow Star Prince replace Xue Ye and become the emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire.

If Yang Ming wanted to spread the Qi cultivation techniques and bring the Sky-Blasting Gang into the open, he would not only need sufficiently powerful figures at the top to hold the fort, but also the recognition and support of a nation.

Otherwise, the moment Yang Ming began promoting Qi cultivation techniques, the nation and the major sects would join forces and come for his head.

After all, Qi cultivation techniques directly struck at the fundamental interests of every vested beneficiary and shook the foundations of their rule.

But if the emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire were a member of the Sky-Blasting Gang, things would become interesting.

There was a terrifying fact on Douluo Continent: the number of Titled Douluo directly under the two great empires was pitifully small. Even the Titled Douluo the Heaven Dou Empire could command were few and far between.

Otherwise, when Xue Ye had been critically ill in the original story, if several Titled Douluo had been stationed by his side, the crown prince's rebellion in collusion with Spirit Hall would not have succeeded so easily.

Thus, if Yang Ming elevated Snow Star Prince to