The Great Heng Empress spoke calmly, yet with unmistakable resolve.
Why had she suppressed the Great Heng Emperor for so long, with countless opportunities to kill him and claim the Great Heng Founder's divine power, yet never made her move?
The reason lay in those words.
Sha Ingestion Gang Devoration Path Cultivators of the Azure Firmament Dust-Dyed Realm placed great importance on conceptual images, and the qi sea uniting spirit dao had originated with an Ancient Lord of that same realm.
For that very reason, Great Cultivators of the qi sea uniting spirit dao, especially those in its higher realms, also placed great importance on various conceptual images. The position of sovereign of the Great Heng Dynasty, for instance, was a symbol unique to the dynasty's stability.
If news of the Great Heng Emperor's death spread, Great Heng's national fortune would surely be thrown into turmoil, and war would erupt everywhere. At that point, even gathering all of the Great Heng Founder's divine power would not make one a Divine Master without the acknowledgment of the national fortune.
Gathering all seven portions of divine power alone was not enough to become a Divine Master. There were other conditions.
"Become emperor..."
Zhang Yuan knitted his brows, roughly grasping what the Great Heng Empress meant.
Great Heng needed a new emperor to stabilize the dynasty and keep its national fortune from wavering over the Great Heng Emperor's death.
And, as luck would have it, the Great Heng Emperor's divine power was within him. Across the entire Great Heng Dynasty, even the three deceased princes-Tan Yuming, Tan Linchuan, and Tan Xingzhou-had been less qualified than he was.
He had to be the emperor. No one else would do.
The Great Heng Emperor's divine power was no mere hot potato. It was a burning