Sun Moon Empire, imperial palace.
"Trash! Trash! A bunch of useless trash!
Good that they died! All of you should just die!"
Within the magnificent yet extravagant palace hall, Sun Moon Emperor Xu Tianran sat in his wheelchair as the bloodstained reports from the front lines were torn into fragments that scattered through the air.
Seeing the emperor's furious rage, the palace maids and eunuchs fell silent one after another, breathing as quietly as possible for fear of accidentally provoking him and becoming this doomed ruler's punching bag.
The Sun Moon Empire's three armies had been nearly wiped out, with only a handful of defeated remnants surviving. The Star Luo invasion army led by Empress War God Ju Zi had suffered even more miserably, reduced to a single survivor—the master of Mingde Hall, Jing Hongchen.
The first thing Jing Hongchen did upon returning to Mingdu was drag his severely injured body to Xu Tianran in person and plead guilty. Along the way, he fiercely condemned the Star Luo Empire for stockpiling ultimate poison and using despicable means to slaughter six hundred thousand Sun Moon Empire soldiers.
As military morale descended into chaos, Angel Empire reinforcements launched a surprise attack on the Sun Moon Empire. Silver Moon Douluo Kong Deming was no match for Saintly Evil Douluo Ling Bai, and both of the Hands of National Protection Soul Tool Master Legions, along with Ju Zi, were killed.
According to Jing Hongchen himself, once he realized the defeat could no longer be reversed, he decisively used a new Soul Tool developed by Mingde Hall to deceive everyone. After the Angel Empire withdrew, he revealed himself and secretly slipped back into the Sun Moon Empire.
After recounting the entire war, Jing Hongchen solemnly asked Xu Tianran to let him die quickly. He had