Zhu Zhuqing at Night

When Jiang Mingyang heard Tang San say, "Hold the emperor hostage to command the lords," he narrowed his eyes.

At the same time, Jiang Mingyang could not help marveling. Tang San had actually said those words aloud.

After all, no one on the Douluo Continent had ever heard the saying "hold the emperor hostage to command the lords."

That was right. No one.

In fact, although the Heaven Dou Imperial Family had come close to losing its rightful position several times, the longest such period had lasted only a little over two hundred years.

To keep his throne secure, the rebel who had ruled for those two centuries had put the Heaven Dou Imperial Family on a lofty perch and turned them into mascots.

Then, using the army in the empire's Imperial Capital, he had pushed out into the provinces, expanding his control from one point across a wider area.

The rebel's approach had undoubtedly been sound. Unfortunately... his luck had been poor.

In the end, he had encountered a marquis's son whose Soul Power had reached Level 98, and the man had set everything right.

But although the rebel's rule of over two hundred years had ended in failure, people did not consider it a failure of his methods.

After all, encountering a Level 98 Titled Douluo was completely beyond his control!

So, to later rebels, the man who had ruled for over two centuries had succeeded in everything but his luck.

In this extraordinary world, rebellions were generally separated by a thousand years.

Rebels had no firsthand experience. They could only learn from history.

And then... they came across that unlucky rebel.

As a result, later generations followed his example, almost always choosing to expand from one point across a wider area.

On the surface, "holding the emperor