Slash!
Without wasting words on Xu Tianran, Qian Ran severed his neck with a single stroke of his sword.
Life was full of unknowns like this. Xu Tianran, who had just been clamoring to catch everyone present in one net, had now become a corpse.
The ministers of the Sun Moon Empire who followed Xu Tianran all fell silent. Seeing Xu Tianran dead, they dared not utter even a single word of opposition.
Before holding this banquet, Xu Tianran had secretly ordered someone to poison the reigning emperor of the Sun Moon Empire.
Xu Tianran had originally planned to use this opportunity to fully establish his prestige before ascending the throne as emperor. But popping the champagne early was inadvisable after all.
"Feng Ling, I'll leave the rest to you," Qian Ran said to Feng Ling.
"Yes, Master."
Feng Ling was delighted.
Xu Tianran was dead, and the situation was already clear.
With the power of gods behind him, no one would dare object even if Qian Ran wanted to become the emperor of the Sun Moon Empire. Zhang Lexuan belonged to the Moon Family, which had once been one of the Sun Moon Empire's ruling families.
Having Zhang Lexuan become the Sun Moon Empire's new ruler was better than letting outsiders occupy it.
Now, no one in the Sun Moon Empire would support the Xu Family anymore. Who would dare follow a family that had offended two First-Level Gods?
Gods had not appeared on the continent for ten thousand years, but that did nothing to diminish their supreme standing in the hearts of ordinary people.
"All right, everyone, everything's settled. Go home." Qian Ran looked at the people Xu Tianran had invited to the banquet, who were still standing there dumbly without moving, and spoke loudly.
They wanted