Faced with his father's question, Pan Long pondered for a moment before answering, "However promising the Reform looks, it still has to last."
"Di Luonan is an imperial prince, and he risked his life to save the emperor. Why wouldn't it last?"
Pan Long smiled. "If Di Renchen remained emperor, perhaps the Reform really could last. But Father, how much longer do you think he can stay on the throne?"
Pan Lei frowned and thought for a while. "The Di Lineage suffers a backlash from the emperor's Fortune. Apart from a tiny handful of peerless talents, most of them struggle to make progress in cultivation, and cultivation does little to extend their lives. Di Renchen was the late emperor's eldest son. He was already thirty-six when he took the throne, and he's reigned for twenty-three years. After the new year, he'll be sixty... Ordinarily, it's about time he considered stepping down."
Pan Long nodded. "I don't know whether it's the throne's backlash, but every blood relative within three generations of an emperor who bears the Di Zhao surname has a short life, man or woman. Without reaching the Innate Realm, they often die before forty. Even if they reach it, they live to around seventy at most. Even Di Yihai, the Blade Emperor, only lived a little over a hundred and twenty years."
"Di Renchen is fifty-nine this year. In theory, he still has ten years to live. But from what I know, his energy has clearly been failing these past few years. At this rate... I'm afraid he'll meet his end in another three to five years."
"Back then, Di Jiazi reigned for twenty-nine years before passing the throne to the Crown Prince. He lived in seclusion as emperor emeritus for a year, then died. Granted, part of the