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"Crash-!" Another burst of exquisite porcelain shattering rang out from the Imperial Study.

Emperor Ivan's face was livid, his chest heaving violently. He clutched an edict that had just arrived through a special channel, stamped with the emblem of the Starry Ancient Tree. This was no longer a diplomatic letter or a warning. It was a "Witch Ancestor's Deposition Edict"!

The edict was written in archaic, majestic language, and its contents were enough to split stone and startle the heavens:

"By the Witch God's command, the Witch Ancestor watches over the world.

Hear this, Ivan, false emperor of Daluo. Having inherited the mandate of your realm, you should have revered Heaven and Earth above and nurtured the common people below.

Yet since your accession, you have been muddleheaded and incompetent, obstinate and self-serving!

Within your borders, you failed to discern treacherous ministers, allowing the loyal Andrei to suffer injustice and driving his son Sergei to rise in fury; beyond them, you failed to repel powerful foes, allowing Heavenly Strategy's iron hooves to trample your lands and plunge your people into misery!

Moreover, you have repeatedly defied Heaven's might and blasphemed against the Witch Ancestor. Your sins are grievous, inciting the wrath of men and gods alike!

Your virtue does not befit your position, your abilities cannot bear its duties, and you have lost the standing of a sovereign. Heaven and Earth alike reject you!

Now, in accordance with Heaven's will and the wishes of the people, I, the Ancestor, issue this edict:

Within one month, you shall abdicate the imperial throne in favor of a virtuous imperial prince, bind yourself before the ancestral temple, issue an edict confessing your sins, and await judgment!

Should you fail to obey by the appointed time, cling to false hopes, or make a desperate