Qin Feiyang glanced at the emperor, then looked toward the courtyard not far away. The courtyard gate was open; the emperor had clearly been inside.
"What are you doing here?"
"Get out immediately. This is the last pure land I have left. I don’t want anyone laying a finger on it—especially people like you!"
Qin Feiyang shouted.
The emperor raised his head to look at Qin Feiyang and said, "The entire world belongs to me. What right do you have to tell me to get out?"
"Ha ha..."
Qin Feiyang threw his head back in laughter and shook his head. "Looks like your conscience really is starting to bother you."
"What do you mean?"
The emperor arched a brow.
Qin Feiyang sneered. "Then tell me this: the world is so vast, yet you don’t go anywhere else—why come here of all places? Are you here to repent? Or to atone for your sins?"
"Don’t be so full of yourself."
"I did not come here to repent or atone for anything, because every decision I have made in my life has been correct. I have never regretted anything."
The emperor spoke faintly.
"Then what did you come here for?"
Qin Feiyang shouted.
The emperor said, "I came to see just how destitute and miserable you once were..."
"Bastard!"
Before the emperor could finish, Qin Feiyang exploded in fury.
"Qin Feiyang, calm down."
Elder Qin, seeing things take a bad turn, tried to soothe him.
However.
Qin Feiyang turned a deaf ear. He locked his gaze on the emperor and said, "You’re right, you are the emperor, exalted above all, and the whole world is yours."
"But listen carefully: in this world, not every place is yours to command!"
"I’ll say it one last time: get out now, or don’t blame me for showing no mercy!"
Bang!
As his words fell.
A boundless killing intent surged out from between Qin Feiyang’s brows. The Killing Art manifested, a blood-drenched character "Kill" looming above him, making him seem like a god of slaughter descended!
Elder Qin’s heart tightened.
It seemed this place truly was a pure land in Qin Feiyang’s heart.
And the emperor had already touched his outrage.
If things continued down this path, this father and son might really come to blows.
"Get out!"
Qin Feiyang roared, his voice like a great bell, shaking the heavens.
Boom!
But at this moment.
Standing at his side, Elder Qin suddenly lifted his arm and slapped Qin Feiyang on the back of the head.
"You..."
Qin Feiyang snapped his head around to stare at Elder Qin and slowly collapsed.
And in the very last instant before his consciousness faded, Qin Feiyang moved with a thought and vanished on the spot.
"What happened out there?"
Inside the ancient castle.
Luk Zheng was startled and suspicious.
Since Qin Feiyang was not in the castle, he could not see what was happening outside; he could only hear the sounds.
Bang!
Suddenly.
A sound came from behind him.
Luk Zheng hurriedly turned around and saw Qin Feiyang appear out of thin air and crash heavily to the ground, already unconscious.
"Little cousin!"
He quickly ran over, reached out to feel Qin Feiyang’s pulse, and only relaxed when he found that Qin Feiyang was still alive.
"Who did this?"
"Could it be Elder Qin?"
Luk Zheng raised a brow and listened closely to the commotion outside.
Outside!
Elder Qin watched Qin Feiyang disappear, his brows knitting slightly. Then he waved his hand, and a strange scene appeared.
Above the lake, a barrier suddenly surfaced.
Next.
Elder Qin stepped into the barrier as though passing through empty air and landed before the emperor, just about to bow and pay his respects.
The emperor quickly raised his hand to stop him and secretly said, "Qin Feiyang may be unconscious, but there are definitely others inside the castle. We’ll speak through secret transmission; don’t say anything out loud."
"Yes."
Elder Qin responded in secret.
The emperor glanced at the barrier and sighed inwardly. "It seems this barrier you set up isn’t of much use!"
The barrier was actually set up by Elder Qin?
If Qin Feiyang and Luk Zheng heard this, they would definitely be stunned.
"I didn’t expect Qin Feiyang and the others to be so capable, that they could ignore the barrier’s concealment and still find Your Majesty’s location."
Elder Qin also wore a helpless expression, then asked, "What should we do next?"
The emperor was silent for a moment, then sighed. "Even the barrier you laid cannot escape their detection. Frankly speaking, I truly can’t think of any other way, unless..."
At this point.
The emperor began to hesitate.
Elder Qin sent a voice transmission: "Unless what?"
Suddenly.
As though something had come to him, Elder Qin exclaimed in shock, "Your Majesty, are you talking about the divine decree left by the former emperor!"
"That’s right!"
The emperor nodded.
"The divine decree was personally forged by the former emperor. It can block all probing in this world, but it can only be activated once."
"Back then, when the former emperor left this divine decree, his intention was that when Great Qin fell into crisis, it would preserve the final trace of the Qin Clan’s Bloodline Power."
"In other words, this divine decree is Great Qin’s last life-saving talisman. The emperors of past generations have never been willing to use it."
"So, Your Majesty, you must think carefully!"
Elder Qin bowed.
The emperor said, "Then tell me, aside from the divine decree, what else can help me now?"
"There is something."
"Find Qin Feiyang."
"If Qin Feiyang is willing to help, no one can harm Your Majesty."
Elder Qin said.
"Hmph!"
The emperor snorted through his nose. "If I go to him for help, where will my dignity be? Besides, with his temperament, do you really think he would help me?"
Elder Qin frowned, wanting to say something, but ultimately held his tongue.
"Enough."
"I’ve already decided—we’ll activate the divine decree!"
The emperor said expressionlessly. Then a streak of light shot out from between his brows and hovered in front of the two of them.
It was a purple-gold Token!
The Token was about the size of an adult’s palm, its whole body suffused with a hazy purple-gold divine radiance.
On the front of the Token, a divine statue was engraved.
The statue was of a middle-aged man.
He held a broken sword, slanting his gaze toward the heavens, like a Divine King, his aura towering into the clouds.
That’s right!
This was the divine statue of the first generation Emperor!
On the reverse side, a purple-gold divine dragon coiled around it, vivid and lifelike, and you could even feel a powerful oppressive force.
"Your Majesty, must you really do this?"
Elder Qin frowned.
"I no longer have a choice."
The Emperor murmured. The Golden Dragon Battle Intent surged into the divine token, and with a hum, the divine token erupted in brilliant light.
Immediately after.
With a cracking sound, the divine token shattered, turning into specks of crystalline light that merged into the Emperor’s body.
Right away.
The Emperor’s entire body began to shine with resplendent purple-gold divine radiance.
Elder Qin let out a deep sigh. The deed was done; he said nothing more and silently withdrew to the side.
Time passed breath by breath.
The purple-gold divine light on the Emperor’s body gradually drew inward.
About a hundred breaths later.
When the final strand of purple-gold divine light vanished, the Emperor returned to his previous appearance, seemingly without the slightest change.
But!
In the distant state office, Mu Qing’s expression suddenly changed.
"What’s wrong?"
Inside the spatial divine artifact.
Noticing Mu Qing’s reaction, Lu Xingchen asked in shock and doubt.
Mu Qing said in alarm, "I’ve been using the Heaven and Earth Eye to search for the Emperor. Although I couldn’t pinpoint his exact location, I could still glimpse a thing or two. But just now, I suddenly can’t see anything at all."
"What?"
Lu Xingchen’s face changed. He frowned and said, "How could this happen?"
"I don’t know either."
Mu Qing shook his head, then said, "But for something like this to occur, there’s only one possibility."
"What possibility?"
Lu Xingchen asked.
"He’s dead."
"Only when someone dies will my Heaven and Earth Eye fail."
Mu Qing said.
"Dead?"
Lu Xingchen’s body went rigid as he asked, "Is there any chance that keeping your Heaven and Earth Eye open for so long caused it to malfunction?"
"No."
Mu Qing shook his head.
"How could he be dead?"
Lu Xingchen’s face was full of disbelief.
Suddenly.
He jolted and said, "Qin Feiyang has also come to Spirit State. Quickly, see where he and Elder Qin are."
"Yes."
Mu Qing nodded.
By the lakeside!
Elder Qin asked, "Your Majesty, where do you plan to go now?"
"Now that I have the divine token protecting my body, it makes no difference where I go."
"But you— you ambushed Qin Feiyang. When he wakes up, he definitely won’t let it go. How do you plan to deal with that?"
The Emperor said.
"This old man has his own way to handle it."
"However, there’s a problem now, one that this old man doesn’t know how to solve."
Elder Qin said.
"What problem?"
The Emperor asked.
Elder Qin said, "With Your Majesty leaving, the Imperial Capital will fall into chaos sooner or later. When that happens, who will manage the affairs of court?"
"Whoever."
"The Imperial Jade Seal is in my hand anyway; no one should even think about stealing my throne."
The Emperor snorted coldly, icy light flickering in his eyes.
"I fear that by the time Your Majesty returns, everything will have changed."
Elder Qin sighed.
"Then we’ll just wait and see!"
The Emperor gave a cold smile, then lifted his feet, walking step by step through the air, gradually disappearing from Elder Qin’s sight.
"Ah!"
"Why is it that the more time passes, the less clearly this old man can see through you?"
"There are many things this old man wants to say to Your Majesty, yet I don’t dare..."
Staring in the direction where the Emperor vanished, Elder Qin sighed in secret, his face full of melancholy.
Throughout the entire process, the two of them had spoken in secret, so Luk Zheng in the ancient castle hadn’t heard anything useful.
After a long, long time.
Elder Qin waved his hand, and the barrier collapsed with a roar, dispersing into Heaven and Earth.
At the very moment the barrier dissipated, Mu Qing’s eyes lit up. Looking at Lu Xingchen, he said, "I’ve found Elder Qin!"
"Where?"
Lu Xingchen asked urgently.
Mu Qing said, "Iron Bull Town, by the lake where Qin Feiyang used to live."
"Why would he be there?"
Lu Xingchen was full of doubt. He immediately left the spatial divine artifact, opened a teleportation gate, and descended above the lake.
"Hm?"
Elder Qin sensed Lu Xingchen’s aura at once. He looked up, a hint of killing intent lurking in his aged eyes.
He really came fast!
"Where is the Emperor?"
Lu Xingchen swept his gaze over the lake, then looked at Elder Qin and asked.
"The Emperor?"
Elder Qin was slightly stunned and said in puzzlement, "Weren’t you searching for him? What? You couldn’t find him?"
"Elder Qin, we both know what’s going on, so why play dumb?"
Anger flickered in Lu Xingchen’s eyes.
"Playing dumb?"
"Those words, this old man truly doesn’t understand. This old man is also looking for His Majesty, so how is that playing dumb?"
Elder Qin said.
Lu Xingchen raised his brows, sweeping his gaze across the lake, and suddenly noticed the fishing rod at the lakeside. A sharp light flashed in his eyes as he said, "Forget the Emperor for now. Where’s Qin Feiyang?"
"In the ancient castle."
Elder Qin said.
Lu Xingchen scanned the void and said, "Qin Feiyang, come out!"
But even after waiting a long time, Qin Feiyang never appeared, and no one responded to him.

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