The video takes us to ancient times; Li Er transforms into the Tongtian Emperor of Shu Han.

Before the young Zhu Di could even escape, the old Zhu's gaze sharpened slightly, and someone immediately grabbed him and pinned him down.

"Fourth brother, tell me, no matter what you did, we won't blame you."

"Yunwen, has he disappeared or what happened to him?"

Above the sky, Zhu Di, during the Yongle era, remained silent for a long time.

He glanced at his sons and grandsons beside him, and then at his beloved grandson, Zhu Zhanji.

"Back then, in order to stabilize the country, I never told anyone this secret. I always claimed that Jianwen, that bastard, escaped through a secret passage and disappeared."

"Now that we've come this far, I have nothing to hide."

"A kind heart cannot command an army, Father. That's what you taught me."

As each sentence appeared on the sky...

Even though Old Zhu had already guessed, he still took out his belt.

“Indeed, this is the way of leading troops that we taught you, Fourth Brother, you did very well.”

"But Dad, there's something fishy about what you say and what you do. If I did something right, why did you hit me?"

The young version of Zhu Di wailed.

This is ridiculous! The future me will create my own problems, and the present me will have to pay for them. What kind of logic is this?!

"We'll just give you two lashes, I promise just two!"

Old Zhu gritted his teeth.

Because of his humble origins, he was one of the emperors who valued family ties the most among all dynasties.

The princes were sent to the border to prevent them from fighting each other for the throne.

Unfortunately, man proposes, God disposes, and in the end, he couldn't escape it!

It seems that Zhu Di during the Yongle era also knew that the old Zhu was not in a good mood.

But he still wanted to defend himself.

“Father, if Jianwen really gets away, no matter where he appears, if he raises his arms in the name of the emperor, countless people will surely respond.”

"If he doesn't die, he will be the rightful heir, and who knows how long this struggle for legitimacy will last."

"Neither the imperial court nor the people can bear such consequences."

"For the sake of the country and the people, he must die."

He can admit that he killed Jianwen.

But he won't admit his mistake!

“We know, Fourth Brother, you did the right thing, and we didn’t teach the saying that a kind heart shouldn’t be a good commander.”

"But today we just want to give you a couple of lashes, do you have any objections?"

Zhu Di: “…”

You've already said all that, what's the point of having opinions?

The young version of Zhu Di obediently lay down.

……

"So the list of wise rulers in the immortals doesn't consider personal morality or the means by which they rose to power?"

"That's right, that's true fairness."

Regardless of the tragedy unfolding in the Zhu family, most people are thinking about this matter.

Even Liu Bang didn't consider himself a perfect person.

For example, the siege of Gaixia, when the Chu-Han alliance was broken.

After confirming from Li Er's analysis that the immortals' judgment did not consider personal morality, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Let's see who will appear on the list of immortals next."

"I...I shouldn't appear this early, right?"

As the light above the sky grew increasingly dazzling, Li Er's gaze narrowed slightly.

The next candidate is about to be announced!

Who could it be?

The top four on the list of wise rulers all had great achievements and abilities, so from this point onward, their ranking is not in any particular order.

All four of them are qualified to compete for the title of the greatest emperor of all time!

Furthermore, all four challenges will be available, and the accumulated rewards will be evenly distributed across the four challenges!

Is that so?

Li Er breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt a sense of loss.

He always believed that he was the only emperor in the world who was as outstanding as himself in both civil administration and military affairs.

Unexpectedly, there were three other people who were similar to him.

Yes!

Learn from others' strengths to make up for your own weaknesses!

He can do even better!

Just as countless people were having their own thoughts, a crimson ray of light pierced the sky.

After the rosy dawn, a name appeared on the horizon.

Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang!

Liu Bang's eyes lit up, eagerly anticipating how the immortal would evaluate him. However, instead of the words appearing immediately on the sky as before, the rosy light surged once more.

A moment later, a rosy glow mixed with a hint of gold flashed by.

A second name emerged.

[Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang!]

"What the hell!?"

Upon seeing this name, Zhao Kuangyin was dumbfounded.

Old Zhu, haven't you always been saying that you're definitely not destined for the list of wise rulers?

So you've been playing dumb all along?

"Old Zhu, I'm of one mind with you, are you trying to outsmart me?"

"We don't know either. It seems that even the immortals approve of what we've done. They also think those corrupt officials deserve to die!"

Old Zhu was stunned at first, and then he was overjoyed!

He felt that everything he had done had been acknowledged by the immortals!

But this is not the end of the story.

The glow of the sunset continued to shift and change.

The crimson light turned into fiery red, and above the sky, the fiery red glow faintly condensed into the shape of a phoenix.

As the phoenix spread its wings and soared through the air, a third name emerged.

Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin!

"To be honest, I'm not surprised to see Li Er."

Zhao Kuangyin's mood had gradually calmed down.

to him.

Li Er's name being on the list is like the top student in the class who usually gets the best grades, and then getting first place in the exam.

But he couldn't accept that Lao Zhu's name was also on it.

After all, to him, that was like the academic underachiever who skipped class with you every day.

When the exam came, the slacker and the top student tied for first place, and he became the clown!

Especially since he had previously comforted Old Zhu!

Looking back now, I really was like a clown!

"The last spot should be a foregone conclusion."

Li Er narrowed his eyes slightly.

As soon as the words were spoken, the glow of the sunset turned from red to dark, and the shape of a dragon emerged from the dark light.

Beneath that dragon shape, a fourth name appeared.

[The First Emperor of Qin, Ying Zheng!]

"Of the top four on this list of wise rulers, I have no objections to three of them, but I disagree with this old Zhu!"

Zhao Kuangyin agreed, while simultaneously criticizing it again.

Why is Lao Zhu included among them?!

But wise people, like Li Er, were already thinking that the top four rulers on the list of wise rulers were all challenging.

Moreover, apart from him, they were all founding emperors, meaning the challenges they faced would not be small.

"I believe that the First Emperor's challenge should be more difficult."

Liu Bang thought for a moment and said.

As a hostage, it was already a miracle that Ying Zheng was able to return to the country alive, let alone ascend the throne and defeat Lü Buwei.

The difficulty of this can be imagined.

"The First Emperor? What's so difficult about that? We had a really tough time back then!"

Old Zhu expressed his disagreement with Liu Bang's statement.

"Compared to the First Emperor, I would much rather participate in the challenge posed by Your Majesty."

Li Er thought for a moment and said.

He wasn't afraid of anything that involved using his brain.

But compared to those complicated things, he still prefers the feeling of deciding the outcome on the battlefield!

"I would also like to see what your experience is like, since you have made such a bold claim, Old Zhu."

Ying Zheng, who had been silent for most of the time, finally couldn't help but speak up.

Right after the four people finished announcing their names, the text on the screen was updated again.

[As this review begins, the four emperors will switch dynasties to begin their challenges!]

"I can't ask for it!"