After being exiled for eighteen years, the prince returned to the capital as a veritable immortal.

"hehe."

The Emperor smiled gently and sighed, "I have been preparing for this battle for over twenty years."

The Mahayana sect, the Underworld race, and all the soldiers were dumbfounded.

On the palace walls, the ministers were equally dumbfounded.

Grand Marshal Wei Qing!

General Huo Wubing!

Haven't they already passed away many years ago?

And their most elite teams, weren't they either wiped out or scattered?

Never imagined.

The two generals are still alive.

Moreover, their elite army remains intact.

The two most powerful armies in the history of the Great Qian Dynasty still exist.

If the Martial Emperor is in power, he will have a chance to turn the tide.

"Hehehe..."

Zhu Anshi sneered, "I never expected that you two were faking your deaths to deceive the world!"

Huo Wubing pointed his spear and said arrogantly:

"How dare I face death when the evil spirits have not been eradicated!"

Flying cavalry, spears pointed forward, their killing intent reaching the heavens.

They shouted in unison:

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

Wei Qing drew his longsword and declared, "Anyone who offends the Great Qian Dynasty will be punished by immortals and gods!"

"The immortals and gods must be punished!"

"The immortals and gods must be punished!"

"Heart of Immortals and Gods!"

The soldiers of the Iron Army raised their arms and shouted in unison, their heroic spirit soaring to the heavens.

The fierce and powerful army stood in stark contrast to the rabble of the Mahayana sect and the Underworld race.

Wei Qing and Huo Wubing urged their horses forward.

He stood facing Zhu Anshi and the ancestor of the Underworld Clan from afar.

A celestial being, almost an immortal!

Wei Qing and Huo Wubing had fought on the battlefield for many years and had both reached the level of half-immortals.

In this way, the imperial court's fighting strength was no less than that of its opponents.

and.

Among the two generals were several officers whose families had been exterminated and their families wiped out by the Empress.

It turns out that their entire family wasn't wiped out.

Instead, they went underground and were hidden away.

Decades of forbearance were spent to lull the enemy into a false sense of security, in exchange for this sudden counterattack.

All eyes turned to the Martial Emperor.

original.

His so-called bloodthirstiness and tendency to confiscate property and exterminate entire families were nothing more than a scheme to deceive the world.

It would be tantamount to ruining one's lifelong reputation and bearing eternal infamy.

The Martial Emperor's sole aim was to annihilate two evil forces that had been lurking for many years.

This is hardly a tyrant.

He was clearly a forbearing, self-degrading, and unparalleled emperor who acted with great magnanimity.

The ministers' admiration for Empress Wu was rekindled.

Many people regretted that they shouldn't have distanced themselves from the Empress.

……

"Grand Marshal Wei, General Huo!"

Si Xuan exclaimed in delight, "The two pillars that stabilize the Great Qian Dynasty are still here!"

"Empress Wu has sullied herself, enduring humiliation and bearing heavy burdens!" Hu Die exclaimed in admiration.

The two men once hated Empress Wu to the core.

Now, however, I am moved by it.

For the sake of the nation and the world, they endured humiliation and hardship, even at the cost of infamy.

Such emperors are rare in any dynasty.

Zhou Yi stared at Wei Qing in the image, his gaze somewhat unfocused.

Wei Qing and Empress Wei were siblings.

Empress Wei committed suicide after being implicated in the Crown Prince's case.

The Wei family was thus wiped out.

The Grand Marshal is still alive.

So……

"Sigh!" Zhou Yi sighed softly.

His parents and family should be different from those of Wei Da Sima.

after all.

He had once sensed their thoughts and "heard" their voices within the dragon veins.

Within the dragon veins, he had also sensed the thoughts of many past emperors.

In other words.

All that can be captured in the dragon vein is the will of the deceased.

He has never been able to capture the thoughts of the living.

Hu Die seemed to sense what Zhou Yi was thinking.

She gently took his hand and leaned against him side by side.

……

Zhu Anshi's gaze fell on the Second Prince and the Sixth Prince.

He reflected on the performance of the two princes just now.

It seems that the two were more interested in killing each other's soldiers.

He wondered, "The two princes, they wouldn't..."

"Greetings, Your Highnesses!" Wei Qing and Huo Wubing bowed in unison.

The second prince and the sixth prince leaped up and flew over the palace wall.

The Second Prince still held the struggling Consort Wang in his grasp.

After handing Consort Wang over to the eunuch behind him, the Second Prince gave the following instructions:

"Pull Mother back into the Empress's Palace!"

The actions of the two princes have already explained everything.

The two leaders launched a rebellion, commanding the Mahayana sect and the Underworld race, simply to draw all of the opposing forces to the capital.

Then, they wiped them out in one fell swoop.

"Huai'er, how could you use your mother like this!"

Consort Wang struggled desperately, angrily rebuking the Second Prince, "All the men of the Zhou family deserve to die!"

The second prince said with heartache, "Mother, you are wrong. We cannot plunge the people into war because of the struggle for the throne."

The Sixth Prince waved his hand and said, "Seize Xu Jie!"

Immediately, Imperial Guards stepped forward, removed Xu Jie's official hat, twisted his arm, and pushed him off the palace wall.

Everyone, both on and off the wall, was stunned.

What about gathering a crowd to rebel, what about forcing someone to abdicate and seize power?

It turns out that it was just a grand show put on by the royal family for the world to see.

Starring Empress Wu, with special appearances by the Second Prince and the Sixth Prince.

The Mahayana sect and the Underworld race, along with their entire main force, were tricked into coming here.

and.

In the fierce battle just now, both evil forces suffered heavy casualties.

At least, so far.

Empress Wu's performance was a great success.

No, the plan was very successful.

"Wow! Father, what a brilliant plan! How ingenious!"

The fourth prince raised both thumbs and walked to Empress Wu's side with a big smile.

The third prince, the fifth prince, and all the ministers were all embarrassed.

With a flushed face, she followed the Fourth Prince and stood behind the Empress.

Ignoring the crowd, Empress Wu walked straight to the palace wall and pointed at Zhu Anshi:

"You think you can incite infighting within the Great Qian royal family?"

"Pah, dream on!" The Fourth Prince spat down the wall.

The Martial Emperor waved his hand, displaying his imperial domineering aura, and said:

"Wei Qing, Huo Wubing, listen to my command!"

"Your subordinate is here!" Wei Qing and Huo Wubing clasped their hands in a respectful gesture.

"Capture the rebels for me!"

"Yes!"

The two generals raised their spears and swords and roared:

"Soldiers, kill them!"

The Wei family's iron army and the Huo family's flying army launched their attack simultaneously.

United in hatred against the enemy!

Murderous!

"kill!

The two celestial beings, half-immortals, led their troops into two battle formations.

A murderous aura soared into the sky, coalescing into a single force.

With the blessing of the celestial warriors' fighting spirit, even ordinary soldiers in the battle formation were fearless against attacks from evil spirits and undead.

"This is the mighty army of my Great Qian Dynasty!"

The Empress Wu struck the wall in admiration, her face filled with pride.

The two sides clashed immediately and engaged in fierce combat.

The Wei family's iron army is as solid as a mountain, indestructible.

It took the initiative to fight, and the enemy attacked its most ferocious elite troops.

The Huo family's flying army is as fierce as fire and as swift as the wind.

Lightly armored cavalry specialize in attacking the enemy's weak points.

As the iron cavalry swept past, they reaped a swathe of enemy troops.

Wei Qing unleashed the aura of a Celestial Realm expert, pointing his longsword at Zhu Anshi:

"Zhu Anshi, prepare to die!"

Having been manipulated and calculated, Zhu Anshi harbored resentment for a long time.

He drew his Nine-Star Sword and slashed at Wei Qing, shouting:

"Die!"

The longsword had just been slashed out when it was blocked by a spear.

Huo Wubing lunged out from the side, saying:

"Grand Marshal, hand this thief over to me!"

As they were talking, the two started fighting.

Wei Qing and the Netherworld Ancestor were locked in a fierce battle.

The mighty army of the Great Qian Dynasty is invincible!

The elite army that had once forced foreign lands to retreat was now unstoppable against the Mahayana sect and the Netherworld warriors.

In the blink of an eye.

The two evil forces have seen their manpower rapidly dwindle.

In the battle between the four celestial beings, Wei Qing and Huo Wubing also lost ground.

"Evil spirits, undead spirits, attack the people of the city!"

The ancestor of the Underworld reminded Zhu Anshi.

With the battle intent of their commander, the Celestial Immortal, the Iron Army and Flying Army soldiers were greatly enhanced, rendering the two types of monsters virtually powerless.

Instructions received.

Dark, malevolent spirits and skeletal, undead creatures scattered and flew to all parts of the city.

They received orders to slaughter everyone in the city.

On the palace walls.

The expressions of the emperor and his ministers changed drastically.

Ordinary people, including those in the palace, have absolutely no power to resist evil and death.

at the same time.

Ten miles outside the imperial city.

The golden circle that Zhou Yi drew on the ground several days ago has been corroded by the death fog and is becoming thinner and thinner.

The barrier it supports is about to break.

A man dressed in a black robe and wearing a hood walked leisurely to the front of the circle.

He raised his hand and slowly pushed it towards the transparent barrier.

"boom!"

The barrier collapsed instantly.

The dead fog, which had been blocked outside by the barrier, surged into the city like a tide.

"Oh no, the barrier has collapsed!"

"Your Majesty, the Death Fog is about to breach the city!"

……

On the palace wall.

The emperor, his ministers, and everyone else were dumbfounded.