Master of Strange Dao

His aura directly surged to the Ninth Tier Peak.

Then, with a grasp in midair, a distant shadow suddenly shattered.

The Old Chief Venerate of the Shadow Department, who had been lurking for a long time and remained unseen, was forcibly exposed from his hidden state.

The Old Chief Venerate sprayed blood across the sky, suffering severe injuries on the spot, and immediately used his blood to activate the Escape Skill, fleeing thousands of miles away.

"This old thing harbored ill intentions, trying to infiltrate the palace city; I've been chasing him for so long. I didn't expect that he'd still dare to meddle now."

Jia Shisan had a look of resignation, while Yu Ziqing sighed and abandoned the idea of forcibly breaking through.

To engage in a battle now and catch up to Jia Shisan afterward would likely be too late.

...

Emperor Dui walked across the sky with a hand behind his back, and the tunneling light extended beneath his feet, a long rainbow stretching across the heavens and earth.

He quickly caught up with Jia Shisi.

Jia Shisi, upon sensing tunneling light approaching from behind, realized something was amiss.

He stood midair with a stern face, looking at Emperor Dui.

"Your target is Qing Ziyu!"

"Yes, I have already sealed him, Jia Shisi. Can you still wield your blade?"

Emperor Dui struck first, as divine light exploded high in the sky.

Jia Shisi extended his left hand, and with a pat on the severed right shoulder, blood gushed out, transforming into a scarlet Blade Gang shooting into the sky.

In an instant, the blinding divine light was forcibly cut in two.

The scarlet blade beam split Emperor Dui's body in half on the spot, passing through him.

Jia Shisi paused slightly, only to see a faint smile on Emperor Dui's face, a blood line appearing on his body as countless Blade Gangs bloomed within.

Fearing any more changes, Emperor Dui decided not to act further...

A massive amount of power leaked out as Emperor Dui, smiling, muttered to himself.

"I won."

In an instant, his body was forcibly torn apart by numerous Blade Gang and Blade Qi, turning into dust.

Jia Shisi stood midair, staring blankly at the sky where Emperor Dui shattered, his mind shaken, unable to comprehend.

He seemed to realize something, dashing madly toward Dingmao City.

Halfway there, he saw Yu Ziqing holding the Dadui Jade Seal, a pillar of light shooting skyward from it.

In the sky, thunderclouds gathered, followed by a continuous blood rain, thin as cow hair, quietly falling.

The descent of blood rain signified that Emperor Dui had fallen.

Yu Ziqing wanted to discard the Jade Seal, but it clung more stubbornly to him than Emperor Dui, as if it had grown onto his hand.

Turning to look again at Yu Ziqing's opposite, the faceless man who had burned everything.

"What... actually happened here?"

"You are indeed only fit to be a faceless man, Protector, traitor Jia Shisi."

"He is Jia Shisan." Yu Ziqing sighed powerlessly.

Emperor Dui really dared; he actually dared to hand the Jade Seal to me.

Wasn't he afraid that under my reign, Dadui would become even worse?

But as soon as this thought arose, Yu Ziqing understood; it couldn't possibly be worse than the Dingmao Era.

Now holding the Dadui Jade Seal, he could even clearly feel the weakening power of the Dadui Divine Dynasty and its declining national fate.

Yet he could also feel that following Emperor Dui's fall and the descent of blood rain, the weakened and declining national fate of Dadui seemed to have a glimmer of hope, a rebirth from despair.

Just like the barren, lifeless Wilderness, constantly advancing toward desertification, sprouting the first green blade of wild grass.

The corporeal representation of Dadui's national fate had weakened to the point of being unable to manifest.

At this moment, however, it began to gather strength continuously, contracting its form, and the wounds on its battered, calamity-ridden body started to shrink, nearly half closing up, as if already scabbing over for recovery.

The accumulated power of calamities and disasters over four eras of Dingmao had been completely exhausted in one breath.

Yu Ziqing casually took out a Prefectural Governor Seal and glanced at it, its brilliance shining like the Great Sun, bright and immaculate, and the layer of dust on the Big Seal began to dissipate under this brilliance.

Meanwhile, Jia Shisi across also released a long breath, exhaling a murky breath, expelling some negative elements from Dadui's national fate, dissipating them in midair.

The sudden influx of information overloaded Jia Shisi, leaving him in a daze, confused by too many things.

Why didn't Emperor Dui seal off Qing Ziyu?

Why did Emperor Dui fake an attack only to die at his hands?

Why did Jia Shisan, already dead, reappear, and even become a faceless man?

"Shisi, in the future, assist the new emperor well."

Jia Shisan exhaled a breath of mixed emotions and, sensing the new atmosphere, laughed heartily three times.

"Your Majesty, slow your steps a bit, this old minister is coming."

Jia Shisan's body slowly dissipated amidst the flames and his laughter.

In this situation, there was nothing anyone could do but watch helplessly.

Yu Ziqing looked at Jia Shisi, who seemed deeply shocked, and sighed.

"Let's return to Dingmao City first."

Holding the Jade Seal, Yu Ziqing could already feel that this was the supreme authority.

Now, if he wished, he could leave here at any time.

In fact, as long as he wanted to, he could directly lift the seal now, with no issues.

Even though the target of this seal was actually still alive.

With Emperor Dui dead, Yu Ziqing was now the person with the greatest authority in Dadui.

Moreover, just before his death, Emperor Dui personally handed the Dadui Jade Seal to him.

From any perspective, be it the national fate of Dadui or in name, Yu Ziqing was indeed the highest authority.

And in general, this person in Dadui was called Emperor Dui.