The realm belonged to the virtuous in the first place. If the Xue Family could not govern this vast empire properly, then let the Ning family govern it!
What, you wanted to know what "virtues" Ning Fengzhi possessed?
Well, Ning Fengzhi had an answer to that: he possessed two virtues—the first was Sword Dao Chen Xin, and the second was Bone Dragon Gu Rong!
What, got a problem with that?!
With the Fortune Golden Dragon slain once and for all, the Heaven Dou Empire descended into turmoil as well.
Had Xue Ye still been conscious, he would surely have ordered Heaven Dou's armies to annihilate the Yellow Turban Bandits at any cost. But Xue Ye had already fainted, and Xue Qinghe lacked sufficient authority and prestige. Heaven Dou City was now utter chaos, leaving it naturally unable to deal with the Yellow Turban Army.
However, the Yellow Turban Army had also abandoned any designs on Heaven Dou City, the heart of the Heaven Dou Empire. Perhaps cowed by the threat of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the Yellow Turban Army withdrew.
This allowed the nobles in Heaven Dou City to breathe a sigh of relief. They had heard just how miserably the nobles in the occupied cities had fared.
Those vile peasants had actually hung their heads on the city gates for target practice.
Although Ning Fengzhi had already begun harboring certain ambitions, he showed none of them. Instead, he went over with a look of "concern" and helped Xue Ye recover a little.
Ning Fengzhi glanced at Xue Qinghe out of the corner of his eye. In just a few short quarters of an hour, he had already formed a preliminary plan to seize Heaven Dou's throne.
He gave a slight cough and said to Xue Qinghe, "Qinghe,