World-Ending Demon Emperor

Chapter 2126 - 1011: Lan Tu Returns in Triumph! The Sorrow of the Yan Clan!

Back then, to save the Rou Ran City of the Ashi Liren, Suo Lun blew up Grand Duke Lanshi.

And Grand Duke Lanshi had two sons, Snow Marquis Lan Ye and Crown Prince Lan Tu. After the Grand Duke’s death, his consort Ji Hui (the Flame Emperor’s sister) immediately started a campaign, claiming that the Grand Duke Lanshi’s death was the punishment of the Celestial Dragon, saying Crown Prince Lan Tu’s warmongering enraged the Celestial Dragon, thus they should strip him of his title and support her son, Snow Marquis Lan Ye, to ascend.

At that time, Crown Prince Lan Tu was leading an army of hundreds of thousands to attack Helan Pass in Rou Ran Province. Upon hearing of the disturbance back home, he immediately retreated.

In this brotherly conflict, Ji Hui seduced the Grand Priest Yun Luo of the Dragon Temple in the Night Orchid Duchy, gaining the Dragon Temple’s support for Lan Ye. In addition, Ji Hui and her son were far more ruthless and shameless than Lan Tu. The morally upright Crown Prince Lan Tu was defeated and killed in the desert, Lan Ye ascended to the throne, and Ji Hui controlled the Night Orchid Duchy as the empress dowager. Originally, the duchy’s strategy was to ally with the Flame Empire and Xiliang Kingdom and to resist the Rage Wave Kingdom in the east.

After Crown Prince Lan Tu and his mother (Princess Mo Ping, sister of the King of Xiliang) died, the Night Orchid Duchy almost became a vassal state of the Flame Empire.

If not for Demon Emperor Lanling’s rise, the Night Orchid Duchy might inevitably become part of the Flame Empire in the future.

However, the sudden rise of Demon Emperor Lanling halted almost all internal conflicts within the Human Kingdom, not due to unity but because fighting lost its meaning. Thus, the Flame Empire’s annexation of the Night Orchid Duchy was also temporarily halted.

Recently, the complete fall of the Rage Wave Kingdom made the Night Orchid Duchy exceedingly tense, and now the troops have finally reached the city gates.

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The capital of the Night Orchid Duchy, Landu, was guarded by hundreds of thousands of troops.

Hell Knight Prince Lan Tu was fully armored in hell armor, while a carriage beside him held Yin Ji and his son.

Empress Dowager Ji Hui and King Lan Ye appeared on the city walls of the Night Orchid Duchy.

The Flame Demon Empire’s army was only fifty thousand strong, and though they looked deadly, shrouded entirely in black armor, their numbers were indeed few. Nonetheless, Ji Hui and Lan Ye did not underestimate them.

"Lan Ye pays respects to the envoy of Lord Suo Lun. I wish to pledge the Night Orchid Duchy’s loyalty to His Majesty, serving the Demon Emperor for generations. I wish His Majesty eternal longevity and unification of the universe," King Lan Ye bowed deeply towards the Flame Demon Empire legion.

Empress Dowager Ji Hui’s attire was peculiar today. She wore an exceedingly luxurious empress dowager’s dress, modified to emphasize her voluptuous figure, with the rich front revealing deep, snow-white cleavage.

It seemed she had heard of Suo Lun’s fame for appreciating women. Although she was indeed no longer young, her life of luxury made her appear only in her thirties. Besides, the more a man has experienced with women, the more distinct his tastes become, losing interest in young girls. Ji Hui believed she still had a chance.

Unfortunately, Demon Emperor Lanling did not personally lead the campaign today.

Ji Hui also bowed on the city walls and softly said, "I have heard of His Majesty’s illustrious reputation and admire it greatly, desiring to serve at His Majesty’s side as a slave."

King Lan Ye pressed his forehead to the ground and said, "Servant Lan Ye looks to His Majesty as an infant does to its parents, hoping His Majesty discerns wisely."

Hell Knight Lan Tu sneered silently, merely watching the mother and son’s performance.

Ji Hui gritted her teeth and said, "Bring forth the Dragon Temple members."

Across the world, all strong Dragon Venerate level members of the Dragon Temple have retreated to the Sky Holy Palace, but the Night Orchid Duchy’s Dragon Temple was too small. Even Grand Priest Yun Luo wasn’t a Dragon Venerate (his affair with the empress dowager displeased the upper echelons, so he was never promoted. The leadership felt sleeping with the empress dowager was acceptable, but allowing secular power to manipulate them was not).

Several hundred high-ranking members of the Dragon Temple were dragged to the walls, including Empress Dowager Ji Hui’s lover, Yun Luo.

"The clowns of the Dragon Temple dare defy His Majesty, defying heavenly grace, ignorant of life and death," Ji Hui said coldly. "Execute them all."

The Dragon Temple in the Night Orchid Duchy was indeed incompetent. Their elite had previously been dispatched to the Ten Thousand Mountains defense line and were completely annihilated. Those who stayed were merely weak scholars, yet they were not entirely powerless to resist. They ended up seduced by Ji Hui, falling into a trap at a banquet and captured by the Night Orchid Duchy.

"Shua..."

Hundreds of heads fell to the ground.

Indeed, Ji Hui was ruthless and decisive. This was a living offering of allegiance.

"Haha..." Crown Prince Lan Tu waved his hand and said, "Attack the city!"

Immediately, a tidal wave of fifty thousand undead soldiers surged forward.

Within mere minutes, the capital of the Night Orchid Duchy fell, and Ji Hui and her son were captured.

...

Ji Hui and her son knelt on the ground, sobbing, "Honorable envoy, why? We have already surrendered, and it was unprecedented in the Human Kingdom—an entire nation surrendering to the Demon Emperor."

Hell Knight Lan Tu sneered, "Firstly, my master isn’t only the sovereign of the Demon Territory; he is also the sovereign of the Dragon Realm. He is not only the Demon Emperor but also the Dragon Emperor. He is both the Emperor of the Flame Demon Empire and the Emperor of the Flame Dragon Empire. Your surrender is of no consequence to His Majesty. And secondly, can you both guess who I am?"

Ji Hui and her son looked up in terror, seeing Lan Tu remove his mask, revealing no face or body, only a shifting silhouette of dark ghostly flames, making it completely impossible to identify him.

"Your Highness is a Hell Knight under the Demon Emperor, one of the Ancient Demon Kings," Ji Hui said, pleading, "I pay my respects to the Great King, long live, long live, long live!"

This woman truly knew how to seize every opportunity.

"I am Lan Tu," Lan Tu said slowly.

As these words fell, Ji Hui and Lan Ye seemed choked, speechless, and looked at each other in utter disbelief, thinking it was truly Lan Tu? The Lan Tu they had killed?

Then, Ji Hui frantically kowtowed until she bled, wailing, "I deserve ten thousand deaths, deserving ten thousand deaths. This humble servant failed to discern, how could I have conspired against the Great King? Please, as a favor to the Duke, spare me, spare me!"

And King Lan Ye looked at Lan Tu in disbelief, not pleading as blatantly as his mother, but with eyes full of despair.

But immediately, Lan Ye sinisterly smiled and said, "Older brother, during the chaos, all our brothers sided with you, and so I killed them. Since you have become like this, I assume you can no longer continue our lineage. Thus, I am the only heir of the Lan Clan. If you kill me, the Lan Clan will be extinct."

He was like a broken jar, ready to be shattered.

"How could it be so?" Yin Ji slowly walked out holding her son, "This is the son of the Great Emperor and me. Although he is not part of the Lan of Night Orchid Lan Clan, he still carries half the blood of the Lan Clan. Wouldn’t it be fitting to enfeoff the Night Orchid Duchy to him?"

Crown Prince Lan Tu said, "Sister, don’t speak recklessly, don’t speculate on His Majesty’s intentions."

Demon Emperor Lanling indeed did not mention enfeoffing the Night Orchid Duchy to Yin Ji’s son.

Yin Ji said, "The Human Kingdom is so vast. Our baby is possibly one of the Great Emperor’s four human sons. Just a Night Orchid Duchy is too small for him, isn’t it?"

Yin Ji kissed her plump baby son, while the little one just slept soundly in his mother’s embrace, indifferent to the outside matters.

Lan Ye looked enviously at Yin Ji’s son, wishing he were Lanling’s son.

Ji Hui immediately crawled over, crying, "Little Lanyiner, please plead with Aunt, beg Crown Prince Lan Tu not to kill me, not to kill me. I will be your servant and slave; Aunt used to spoil you the most when you were little."

Yin Ji glanced at Ji Hui and her son but said nothing and directly turned and left.

She was a proud person. She returned to the Night Orchid Duchy with her son this time just to show off. However, she wasn’t vulgar enough to say it outright; now that she had achieved half of her flashy purpose, she could leave, not wanting to delay her brother’s business.

"Leave a whole body," Lan Tu ordered.

Instantly, two samurai stepped forward and placed a rope around Ji Hui and her son, tightening it continuously.

Ji Hui and her son’s eyes showed infinite terror as they struggled desperately, almost soiling themselves, and then died miserably.

The Night Orchid Duchy was completely fallen!

...

Bingren led a hundred thousand troops to attack the Flame Empire!

This once Human Kingdom overlord had the closest relationship with the Dragon Temple, and the Yanjing Holy Temple was half a level above the four kingdoms’ temples.

The Flame Emperor, after twice practicing at the Dragon Temple, had power far exceeding the Dragon Venerate.

But unfortunately, after Demon Emperor Lanling’s northern expedition against the Human Kingdom, all the high officials of Yanjing Holy Temple fled. The Flame Emperor also wanted to lead his entire clan into the Sky Holy Palace to seek refuge.

However, he was refused.

For some reason, he was refused, not just him, but the refuge of the lords of the four Mizhou was also refused.

Now, the Sky Holy Palace is precarious; why would it care about the Flame Empire and the four Mizhou?

...

After the Flame Demon Empire army conquered the Rage Wave Kingdom, the Flame Emperor took the following steps.

First, he proclaimed to the world, severing father-daughter relations with Ji Xiuning.

Second, he abolished the Flame Empire title, changing it to the Yan Kingdom, and declared allegiance to the Dragon Emperor.

Third: The Yan Kingdom thoroughly broke ties with the Dragon Temple and exposed the Dragon Temple’s betrayal of the Dragon Emperor’s truth, personally drafting a proclamation for warfare.

Then, he dispatched the Yan Crown Prince to the City of Rage Wave to seek an audience with Demon Emperor Lanling.

At this moment, Lanling had not yet decreed Bingren to send troops.

And this Yan Crown Prince still did not meet with Demon Emperor Lanling. Hence, this Yan Crown Prince knelt outside Zhi Ning’s palace, earnestly pleading.

"Your Highness, please see me for the sake of our past classmate friendship," the Yan Crown Prince bowed so much his head was almost bleeding.

Zhi Ning inside sighed deeply, thinking of how Yan Crown Prince was so majestic and noble at Shenlong Academy back then. Not to mention her, even Zhi Li barely mattered to him; he spoke with impatience, indifferent to others.

Yet now, he was kneeling outside, desperately pleading — truly the twist of fate.

Zhi Yu suddenly said, "Mother, I’m going out to see him."

Zhi Ning said, "Your father won’t be pleased."

Zhi Yu said, "He won’t mind."

Then he directly went out.

The Yan Crown Prince, disregarding his age of over forty, kowtowed deeply to Zhi Yu, "Your servant greets Your Highness, may you live forever."

Zhi Yu sneered, "My father has already said that except for Ji Min, all members of the Ji Clan should die. Go back and wash your neck clean."

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