The emperor had been possessed?
Had anyone else said that, they would have been hacked to pieces on the spot. Even exterminating their entire clan would have been getting off lightly.
But the person saying it was Si Chen.
Everyone had to take the weight of his words seriously.
The monks from the Western Region, the saber-wielders from the Northern Frontier, and the representatives of the Eastern Region's sects all stared wide-eyed.
This juicy revelation... was simply too enormous!
On the Heaven-Worshipping Platform, Ye Fu's body trembled slightly.
Possession.
Si Chen had mentioned that word in his message a few days earlier.
Without even stopping to think, she had immediately taken the Si Household's fastest Flying Boat and rushed here day and night.
Back to the place where she had smashed her Soul Lamp with her own hands and sworn never to set foot again.
Not for anything else.
Simply because...
She was the eldest sister.
She was considerably older than all her younger brothers.
She had watched almost every one of them grow up.
Naturally, that included Ye Hong before her.
Ye Fu stared at "Ye Hong," whom Si Chen had tossed at her feet, a complicated look flashing through her eyes.
There was anger and heartache, but more than anything, there was an indescribable chill.
If Chen'er was telling the truth, did that mean her real brother was already dead?
Just then, a shout suddenly came from below the platform:
"Aunt!"
Everyone's gaze instantly turned.
Ye Jing rushed out of the ranks of officials, ran to the foot of the Heaven-Worshipping Platform in a few strides, and dropped to his knees with a thud.
He raised his head, his face a mixture of pain and resolve:
"Aunt! What my cousin said... is true!"
"Father... stopped being Father long