Xiao Hua pondered briefly and was about to descend when boom, boom, boom... thunderous rumbling rose again from the earth. The snowy plains toppled, Xuntian City collapsed, and streams of Vast Righteous Qi surged forth amid armor inscriptions. In but a moment, a scene of seas turning into mulberry fields appeared across tens of thousands of miles nearby! Beneath those mountains and city walls, vast starlight shimmered and spilled forth from time to time. Amid the dazzling galaxy, more than a hundred scattered Nascent Souls formed a Duotian Star Array, dotting the scene like stars themselves, while the Red Lotus Karmic Fire blazed like stellar flames, a brilliant swath of crimson!
"Hahaha, beneath the vast heavens, is there any land that is not the King's Land? Along the shores within the realm, is there any who is not the king's subject? Xiao Hua, now that you have seen my Lin Xiaoyu Continent, why do you not hurry and surrender?" Ying Kui laughed loudly. Beneath the Star Moon light, he revealed an imperial robe. This robe resembled the one Xiao Hua had seen before, except strands of black silk now adorned the mountains, rivers, state, and land. Yet even so, Ying Kui's face remained obscured by his pearl crown; even Xiao Hua's Dharma Eye could not see through it. As Ying Kui laughed, the imperial aura of one to whom all under heaven submitted swept toward Xiao Hua like a tidal wave.
"If an emperor holds the people in his heart, then even if he stands high in the court, he shall possess the people's hearts! If a ruler holds no people in his heart, then even if he calls himself Son of Heaven, the people's hearts shall still execute him!" Xiao Hua said coldly. "You must understand: water can carry