novelraw Chapter 52 – Wei Wu Emperor
Chapter 52 – Wei Wu Emperor
**July 2, Year 63:** You received news of Nangong Wan's fall on the front lines.
**August 7, Year 63:** Xuanyangzi of the Hehuan Sect, Swordless Dao of the Heavenly Sect, Master Suffering of Ten Thousand Buddhas Mountain, and the Poison Saint of Medicine King Valley emerged from seclusion to head to the front lines. Three days later, the Si Prefecture defense line began to collapse. The Demon-Suppressing Army, with bloodshot eyes, advanced directly towards the Imperial City, even shouting slogans to wash the Great Wei royal family in blood to avenge their fallen comrades.
The next day, a mysterious figure appeared on the battlefield, single-handedly confronting the Demon-Suppressing Army and battling the ancestors of the four major sects. Soon after, cultivators discovered that the dead under the mysterious figure's hand were all desiccated corpses, confirming the rumors that the demon cultivator hailed from the Great Wei royal family.
The cultivators of the world were in an uproar.
Many noble families even declared they would sever ties with the royal family. However, after a bloody suppression by the Wang Family of the Divine General's Manor, these voices diminished significantly.
**August 12, Year 63:** A fierce battle erupted between the mysterious demon cultivator and the four great ancestors, causing the spiritual energy of the entire Si Prefecture to dry up.
**August 14, Year 63:** The demon cultivator activated a secret technique, unleashing astonishing combat power, and forcibly killed the four ancestors. In his final moments, he charged into the Demon-Suppressing Army, making seven incursions and slaying dozens of Heaven-Human powerhouses. Ultimately, under the terrified gazes of the world's cultivators, he self-destructed.
With this battle...
The strength of the four major sects was significantly damaged.
Upon hearing this news in Medicine King Valley, you were shocked. The four major sects' attack on Si Prefecture and their eventual mutual destruction with the mysterious demon cultivator were undoubtedly related to the Heir Apparent of King Qin. The timeline was too coincidental; the four major sects launched their attack on Si Prefecture shortly after the Heir Apparent of King Qin was captured... You speculate that the four major sects might have learned something from the Heir Apparent of King Qin, giving them a compelling reason to attack Si Prefecture. Perhaps the attack on Si Prefecture was to force out the mysterious demon cultivator.
This, you fear, was also the ultimate goal of the Mastermind in pushing the Heir Apparent of King Qin into the open, using a borrowed knife to kill, eliminating the mysterious demon cultivator while weakening the four major sects.
In the same month, demons launched a massive invasion of the borders of You Prefecture, Xuzhou, Yizhou, and Yangzhou. Within days, the demons, as if in an uninhabited land, captured nearly a hundred county cities, exposing billions of commoners to the demons' bloody mouths once again.
Yizhou, You Prefecture, and Yangzhou are the locations of the mountain gates of Ten Thousand Buddhas Mountain, the Heavenly Sect, and the Hehuan Sect. Due to their homeland, the Demon-Suppressing Army had to temporarily halt their offensive and dispatch part of their forces to curb the demon riots, which brought a sigh of relief to the court officials, all praising the Great Wei Founding Emperor's wisdom. Back then, after unifying the world, the Founding Emperor forced these three families to relocate to the three prefectures bordering the Hundred-Thousand Great Mountains, which now seems to have saved Great Wei's life.
**September 18, Year 63:** Jiang Yan, King Qin, who had disappeared for sixty years, wielded a Heaven Grade True Artifact and, with unparalleled might, shattered the Demon-Suppressing Army outside the Imperial City, slaying three Five Decays Heaven-Human and over ten Two and Three Decays Heaven-Human. Without the four great ancestors to hold the line, no one in the Demon-Suppressing Army was a match for Jiang Yan.
This god-like descent of King Qin terrified the Demon-Suppressing Army into fleeing Si Prefecture overnight.
The world was shaken; no one expected King Qin's strength to be so terrifying, possessing a Heaven Grade True Artifact, a great weapon of destruction. Such a configuration could only be rivaled by the resurrection of the four great ancestors.
A few days later, the neighboring Jing and Yu Prefectures announced their submission, requesting the court to dispatch governors to command.
Thus, the great trend of the world changed dramatically in an instant.
The national fortune of Great Wei began to soar wildly.
This scene left everyone dumbfounded, even you couldn't help but marvel. In a fantasy world, the power of one person could rewrite the national fortune. If it were in the previous life, even if a mighty man descended from the heavens, if the trend was gone, it would be impossible to change the national fortune with one's own strength, like Chancellor Zhuge, who could only leave behind the words "Oh, Heaven, why are you so unkind to me?" before departing.
**October 1, Year 63:** Jiang Yan, King Qin, with the support of the Wang Family of the Divine General's Manor, accepted the young emperor's abdication and officially ascended the throne, taking the era name Guangwu, proclaiming himself Emperor Guangwu of Wei.
After ascending the throne, Jiang Yan immediately implemented sweeping reforms, establishing the Royal Guards, purging corrupt officials, promulgating the imperial examination system, suppressing noble families and sects, founding martial schools, nationalizing the Spirit Mine Secret Realm, and redistributing land to the people. These reforms sparked strong dissatisfaction among the noble families and sects in Si, Yu, and Jing Prefectures, who often paid lip service while opposing in secret. However, under Emperor Guangwu's bloody suppression, they eventually fell silent like quails.
The Great Wei Dynasty was once again brimming with vitality.
You, staying in Medicine King Valley, listening to these familiar reform measures, increasingly felt that there was a fellow transmigrator behind King Qin advising him.
Emperor Guangwu's reforms aroused strong hostility from the four major sects, completely dispelling any thoughts of reconciling with the court, as these actions were even more excessive than those of the Great Wei Founding Emperor, seemingly aiming to uproot the four major sects entirely.
Facing the threat of Emperor Guangwu...
The four major sects became more aggressive in their cultivation.
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**May 7, Year 64:** While staying in Medicine King Valley, you could clearly feel the significant increase in the number of Heaven-Human powerhouses. Almost every month, you would hear news of someone breaking through to the Heaven-Human Realm and preparing to hold a grand banquet to celebrate. You suspected that Medicine King Valley might have refined the Heaven-Mending Pill, which resulted in the creation of so many Heaven-Human powerhouses.
At the same time, you were also puzzled.
The four major sects likely possessed Heaven Grade Techniques brought out from the Cursed Land, which could potentially produce ancestor-level figures in another decade or so. Given Jiang Yan's current strength, why didn't he take advantage of the four major sects' weakness to attack them, instead of allowing them to recuperate?