"Is Dai Weisi the spark you spoke of, the hope you hold in your heart?"
Qin Xiao asked in return.
"Hmph." The Star Luo Emperor snorted fiercely, without answering Qin Xiao.
"If it really is Dai Weisi, then I can tell you plainly: there is no hope left." Qin Xiao paid no heed to what the Star Luo Emperor thought and continued on his own.
Suddenly, the Star Luo Emperor's heart lurched. Qin Xiao's attitude gave him a dreadful premonition.
"Could it be... could Weisi have..." The Star Luo Emperor no longer dared to follow that thought.
The Dai Family had few descendants to begin with, and their ancestral practice of raising heirs like venomous creatures in a jar, leaving only one survivor, meant that almost every generation had only a single heir.
Dai Mubai was already dead.
Dai Weisi was now his only remaining son.
He had sent Dai Weisi out of the Star Luo Empire half a year ago.
Could something still have gone wrong?
"Father Emperor!"
Just then, a shout came from the distance.
The Star Luo Emperor's heart jolted.
He looked blindly toward the voice, and a familiar figure came into view.
A single glance left the Star Luo Emperor frozen.
"Weisi!"
He was absolutely certain that the figure in the distance was Dai Weisi, the Star Luo Empire's only remaining prince.
Several figures followed behind him. The Star Luo Emperor recognized them too: the Nether Grand Duke, his two daughters, and several powerful members of the Nether Clan.
"Father Emperor, it's me!"
Crying and shouting, Dai Weisi reached the Star Luo Emperor. Without the slightest fear of his father's wretched appearance, he threw himself into his arms.
"Didn't you leave long ago? Why did you come back?"
"Do you know what rests on your shoulders?