"Are you going to talk? Are you going to talk? Are you going to talk..."
"Aaaargh... What am I supposed to say? What do you want me to tell you? At least ask me something!"
"Did you poison Xue Ye?"
"No... Yes, yes, yes!"
"Who were your accomplices? Was it the Clear Sky Sect?"
"No... Yes, yes, yes!"
"Did the Clear Sky Sect promise to help you become emperor, on the condition that you handed over Su Chen once you took the throne?"
"No... Yes, yes, yes!"
Xue Xing refused to cooperate and would not answer any questions. After a spirited round of interrogation, however, he obediently confessed to the entire conspiracy.
The Clear Sky Sect had approached Prince Xue Xing and promised to eliminate Xue Ye for him, making him emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire.
The price was that, once Prince Xue Xing became emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire, he would hand over the empire's hero, Su Chen.
The Clear Sky Sect wanted to offer Su Chen's head as a sacrifice to Tang Xiao's departed spirit.
The logic was airtight. When the news spread, Heaven Dou City erupted in outrage. Su Chen was the hero who had just led the Heaven Dou Empire to victory in the Soul Master Tournament, yet those rats from the Clear Sky Sect had plotted to take his life.
The first words out of every Heaven Dou City resident's mouth were that the Clear Sky Sect deserved to die and that it was a cancer on the Heaven Dou Empire.
The next day, the Heaven Dou Crown Prince, Xue Qinghe, ascended the throne with an exceedingly heavy heart. He executed Xue Xing, the traitor to the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, offered his head to consecrate the battle standard, and officially dispatched