(I mixed up Jing Jiu's and Tong Yan's stone colors. I've corrected the manuscript, but I don't want to wipe out the chapter comments by changing the chapter, so I'll leave it there for now. A bow to everyone.)
Lord Mo understood what Jing Jiu meant and said, "Our Daos differ."
The Great Dao lay before him, yet he had ultimately failed to take that final step because he held the world in his heart. This was a sacrifice he was willing to make.
Jing Jiu had no objection to this, only some regret.
But to Lord Mo, the fact that Jing Jiu could see he stood only one step from the Heavenly Way revealed a problem-the very problem he had worried about all along.
This famously idiotic emperor was certainly no idiot.
"When Shao Yue spoke to me of His Majesty back then, I felt he was being rather vague. Thinking about it now, he must already have known that Your Majesty was a true genius."
Lord Mo looked at Jing Jiu and sighed. "But for the sake of all the people in the world, I must still ask Your Majesty to die today."
The world mattered most, the state less, and the sovereign less still. Thus, you could die.
These words seemed mild, but in truth they thundered like a storm, words worthy of being recorded in history.
Jing Jiu showed no reaction, as though he had not heard.
Neither did Liu S sui.
Tong Yan suddenly felt something was wrong.
Everything was within his calculations.
Even if Grand Academician Zhang had no desire to become emperor, quelling the frenzy within the bureaucracy would still require some time and effort. Besides, Cangzhou had prepared many matters to keep the Imperial Court occupied. With Lord Mo entering