In the great hall of the Great Origin Kingdom’s main city, King Jin Yuanxu sat on the throne, holding a secret report he’d just obtained, his face showing quite a complex expression.
The letter’s content stated: Princess Yu Feiya had ascended the throne without authorization and appointed Jun Changxiao as Grand General.
“Gentlemen.”
He tossed the letter to the advisors below and asked, “What do you make of this matter?”
Everyone read it in turn, their faces showing disapproval.
“Who is this Jun Changxiao anyway?”
“This person is no longer important.” A goateed advisor cupped his fists and said, “The Azure Mist Empire has always passed the throne from male to male, never female. The princess proclaiming herself emperor violates ancestral law. Our Great Origin Kingdom can seize this opportunity to eliminate them and end future troubles.”
“Correct.”
“This is an excellent opportunity!”
Everyone expressed agreement.
Jin Yuanxu’s face showed a difficult expression, but his heart was actually quite pleased.
As one of the more powerful kingdoms in the Scarlet Prison Realm, he naturally hoped to replace the Azure Mist Empire and establish his own dynasty.
However.
The imperial family still existed, so he couldn’t act too brazenly, lest he be labeled a traitorous subject.
The other powerful kingdoms thought the same way. When it was difficult to unify the Scarlet Prison Realm, arbitrarily abolishing the imperial family to proclaim oneself emperor would only bring trouble.
Now it was different.
The Azure Mist Empire’s emperor was still alive, but the princess, being a mere woman, had ascended the throne. They could seize this opportunity to eliminate her. At least the world wouldn’t gossip.
“Great King!”
The advisor said, “Time waits for no one. Strike first to gain the advantage!”
“You’re right!”
Jin Yuanxu immediately stood and said, “Deploy troops at once to control the imperial city. Announce to the world that the princess seeks to act perversely and usurp the throne!”
“Yes!”
“Boom!”
However, just as the officials received their orders, a thunderous explosion suddenly came from outside, and the entire great hall trembled.
Jin Yuanxu’s brows furrowed tightly. He then led everyone outside, only to see the defensive formation protecting the main city had appeared, and there was a crater in the city gate area, as if something had heavily struck it.
“Great King!”
A general rushed over in panic and said, “Ten thousand well-equipped soldiers suddenly appeared outside the city and are attempting to break through the main city’s formation!”
At these words, Jin Yuanxu instantly became furious.
Great Origin City was his painstakingly developed royal city, also the future imperial capital after proclaiming himself emperor. Protected by troops on all sides, it was supposedly impregnable. How could it be attacked without warning!
“Report!”
Just then, a guard came running: “Flying Eagle City has fallen!”
“What!”
Jin Yuanxu stood frozen in place.
Flying Eagle City was the Great Origin Kingdom’s military stronghold, garrisoned year-round by elite soldiers. The frontlines hadn’t reported any emergency—how could it just fall!
“Report!”
“Tiger Pass City has fallen!”
“Report!”
“Lion Might City has fallen!”
“Report!”
In a short time, scouts responsible for maintaining contact with various cities all delivered intelligence. The atmosphere outside the great hall instantly became deathly quiet.
“Pah!”
After a moment, Jin Yuanxu coughed up blood on the spot, clutching his chest and staggering backward.
All the major cities falling simultaneously—who could handle that!
“Boom!”
Just then, another deafening sound rang out. The advisors present saw an energy trailing flowing light ruthlessly smash against the city protection formation, producing tremendous ripples with tremendous momentum!
“Crack!”
“Crack crack crack!”
The formation rapidly fractured, forming dense patterns.
“This is bad!”
“The city protection formation is about to break!”
“Boom!”
Right at this moment, another flowing light flew over and mercilessly bombarded the teetering barrier. Unable to bear the load, it instantly shattered into sky-filling radiance that quickly vanished into the void.
“Whoosh!”
“Whoosh!”
Ten thousand Demon Delusion Army soldiers rapidly flew over.
They hovered above the city, overwhelming demonic energy wildly spreading, forming extremely terrifying oppressive force.
“The Grand General has ordered.”
Xiao Zuiji stood at the front of the formation and said, “Great Origin King Jin Yuanxu must immediately proceed to the imperial capital for an audience with Her Majesty. If you refuse to comply, you will be killed without mercy!”
The camera shifted to outside the city, where field artillery was positioned on the hills.
The power that had consecutively bombarded the city protection formation came from these firearms that hadn’t appeared in a long time.
System-produced goods were guaranteed quality.
Whether they could exert their function depended on the strength of the energy source.
Without high-grade resources as substitutes, in the upper realm they’d have difficulty even killing mosquitoes. With high-grade resources as substitutes, breaking through the entire upper cosmos would be no problem.
Of course.
That was just an exaggerated metaphor.
The modified field artillery’s power ultimately had limits. In the upper realm it was difficult to deploy them, but in the lower-tier Scarlet Prison Realm, incorporating high-grade resources could still produce decent effects.
The Great Origin Kingdom’s main city had various cities protecting it in layers. How did Xiao Zuiji kill his way here?
Very simple—he dealt with everything blocking his way.
In other words, the fall of the various cities was all thanks to him.
Because he came so fast and destroyed so fast, by the time Xiao Zuiji led his forces to kill their way to the main city, the news had only slowly reached Jin Yuanxu’s ears.
They’d just been discussing how time waits for no one and striking first gains the advantage, but then… their first tower, second tower, high ground, and crystal had all been pushed straight through by the enemy. Truly tragic!
…
A similar situation was also playing out at Prosperous Origin Kingdom’s main city.
Led by Su Xiaomo, the Demon Delusion Army hovered above the city where the formation had been broken, their powerful demonic energy and cultivation shocking the Prosperous Origin King.
Before absolute power, the defenses of the Scarlet Prison Realm’s various kingdoms were more fragile than paper.
“Good…”
The Prosperous Origin King said with trembling hands and difficulty, “This king will immediately go to the imperial capital for an audience with Her Majesty!”
His own elite forces, his own cities—all crumbled in an instant. These soldiers who suddenly killed their way here were too terrifying. If he didn’t yield, that definitely wouldn’t work!
“Take him away!”
Su Xiaomo ordered.
“Whoosh! Whoosh!”
Several Demon Delusion Army soldiers flew before the great hall and grabbed the Prosperous Origin King by the arms. This definitely couldn’t be called inviting—it was… forcibly taking him away.
No one stopped them?
There were some, but they were already lying on the ground unconscious beforehand.
Great Origin King Jin Yuanxu clearly didn’t have the same awareness as the Prosperous Origin King. His attitude was very firm, until he was stepped underfoot and personally witnessed all his subordinates being knocked down, only then did he realize the severity of the problem.
“I’ll go, I’ll go!”
The basic condition for yielding is when the opponent’s strength is overwhelming.
“Take him away!”
…
The Prosperous Origin King and Great Origin King—one realized the situation was wrong and instantly yielded, one started firm then yielded later.
However, the Cauldron Origin Kingdom’s Cauldron Origin King wasn’t so fortunate. His initial attitude was firm, and as a result… his head and body had already parted ways, his frozen gaze seeming to say: “You won’t even give me a chance to yield?”
“Take the head.”
“Yes!”
Two Demon Delusion Army soldiers flew down and retrieved the Cauldron Origin King’s head.
Standing outside the great hall, Ye Xingchen turned around and looked at the panicked advisors, saying coldly: “This is the consequence of resistance.”
Not giving the opponent a chance to yield—only Night Emperor could do such a thing.
…
Imperial City.
Jun Changxiao sat on the city tower, drinking tea while saying, “Make your move.”
Yu Feiya sat across from the chess board, speechless.
At this very moment, how could she have any mind for playing chess?
“Your Majesty.”
Jun Changxiao counseled, “View this with a calm mind. Don’t treat it as a major matter.”
“…”
Yu Feiya smiled bitterly and said, “I don’t possess your transcendent composure, teacher.”
“Very well.”
Jun Changxiao casually tossed the chess piece on the table, raised his hand to check his Rolex, and said, “Time’s about up. They should be arriving soon.”
“Whoosh!”
“Whoosh!”
As soon as the words left his mouth, led by Su Xiaomo, Xiao Zuiji, and others, the Demon Delusion Army rapidly flew over, then arranged themselves in neat formations outside the city. The heads of the various kingdoms bent their knees to the ground like prisoners.
“Prosperous Origin King delivered!”
“Great Origin King delivered!”
The resounding shouts shook the firmament and also shocked Yu Feiya’s heart.
Because the eleven warships hung above the imperial city, and outside the city the various vassals knelt in worship—this perfectly matched what was depicted in the twenty-fourth diagram from the Future Pavilion!
…
“Ding! Congratulations to the host for dominating the Scarlet Prison Realm!”
“Ding! Meets main quest criteria, completion progress 1%!”
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