Just One Step Away

"Red Empyrean Sword, oh, Red Empyrean Sword, whether I can hold on to the throne depends on you!"

The new emperor had the key to the secret archive, so he could obtain this divine imperial weapon of the Great Han Dynasty.

The Red Empyrean Sword was unlike a sword in the usual sense. At that moment, it resembled a coiled snake, its entire blade crooked and twisted.

The new emperor picked it up by the hilt, only to find that it felt like a lump of mud in his hand.

He poked forward with the Red Empyrean Sword in which he had placed such high hopes. The moment its tip touched the wall, it went limp.

He steeled himself and poked himself with it, but the result was much the same.

The Red Empyrean Sword jabbed his arm without so much as breaking the skin.

If he relied on a sword like this to kill enemies in battle, he would die without even knowing how.

Yet the new emperor had pinned all his hopes on this sword.

No matter how great the grand empress dowager's power was, it could not surpass that of Emperor Gaozu, who had founded the Han Dynasty. As long as he gained the sword's recognition, even the grand empress dowager would not be able to dislodge him.

It was indeed a shortcut to securing his position.

The only question was how to gain the Red Empyrean Sword's recognition.

"Yinglong's blood!"

The old man had given the new emperor the answer to activating the Red Empyrean Sword.

Although he did not know the old man's origins, the new emperor was willing to give it a try.

"Come to think of it... damn it!"

The new emperor suddenly remembered a theft that had occurred in the imperial palace.