The emperor formed a Spell Seal and pointed at the Zhou Tian Instrument.
A streak of light sprang from the Zhou Tian Instrument, landed in the center of the hall, and became a screen of light.
An official stepped forward and advised:
"To ordinary people, Monster is frightening and the Corpse Pillar is horrifying. Your Majesty, please consider whether showing them might cause needless panic." The emperor laughed, but his eyes turned cold as he said flatly:
"A few years of peace, and already we're afraid to let people see blood? That won't do."
"Let them all watch."
"Everyone, Cultivators and ordinary people alike, must know that an entire city's people died."
"You must be prepared... no matter when danger comes."
"Yes!" Above and below the dais, everyone answered in unison.
Alarm had already appeared on many faces.
The emperor's every move was a weather vane for the direction of the court.
He had never said anything like this before.
Had he sensed something?
Why had he publicly turned what happened at Border City into a Livestream for all the realm to see?
Was this world...
about to descend into chaos?
The emperor moved his fingers again.
The scene on the screen began to play.
It showed Xu Yuan and the others riding the Dragon as they fled Border City.
The earlier events in the Hall of Supreme Harmony had been cut because they concerned the Imperial Family's privacy.
Every Cultivator present, along with everyone watching the Livestream across the human nations and Demon Race territories, saw the battle that had just taken place. The Flood Dragon flew over the city wall and plunged into darkness.
The group fought invisible Monsters in midair.
The Corpse Pillar that held up the entire city kept crumbling. Bodies fell into the darkness, while