Time hurried on, the years flying like a shuttle. Six years had passed since the palace coup in Star Luo Imperial City.
Dai Tianfeng, the new Star Luo Emperor of the Star Luo Empire, had now ruled for six years. During that time, he had bent every effort toward strengthening his rule, slaughtering the diehard followers of the previous Star Luo Emperor-his father, Dai Lümao-and replacing them all with his own trusted men.
Panic gripped the ministers, and rumors even spread that the former noble consort, Ye Mengwei, was behind it all, secretly beguiling Dai Tianfeng.
Quite a few loyal ministers therefore prepared to risk their lives to remonstrate with him, hoping Dai Tianfeng would execute this bewitching consort.
After all, every dynasty had traitors who colluded with the enemy and sold out their country, and naturally also had stubbornly loyal ministers unafraid of death.
But after nearly a decade of covert expansion, how many of these supposed loyal ministers were under the coercion of Insect Poison? How many had undergone Soul Exchange at the hands of Ghost Fox Chen Chuan, or fallen into Ye Mengwei's dreams?
Thus, this so-called plan to "purge the traitors from the emperor's side" took only an hour or two to reach Dai Tianfeng's ears after it was hatched.
The final outcome went without saying. Apart from those ministers who "abandoned darkness for the light," Dai Tianfeng issued only a single imperial decree for the remaining stubborn fools.
The decree contained just one word: Kill!
After this bloody example, only Dai Tianfeng's voice remained in the entire Star Luo Empire. Its armies seemed mighty and its realm secure, but what lay hidden behind that facade?
Of course, behind the blood staining the land, there was also news that lifted the spirits of the entire Star