Fake Demon Lord [BL]

28 - This Is The World's Best Path

Translator: THISBRO

Editor: Mimishijie

Proofreader: Bubbles

*warning: brief gore/graphic description

Since ancient times, cultivators would single-mindedly cultivate in their own little caves once they'd entered a sect. Rarely would they pay attention to the dynasties.

If you asked anyone in the Jianghu about the genius disciples of the Three Great Sects, they would answer as if recounting their family's treasury. But if you asked them what experts the imperial household had, the number of people who would know that the current imperial surname was Li were already few and far inbetween.

In fact, if you ran into a senior who had just come out of seclusion, they may even owlishly ask you, "What? Great Liang was destroyed?"

It was normal for cultivators who'd formed their nascent soul to seclude themselves for centuries at a time. Often, they would find that the whole empire had changed in the blink of an eye, so naturally they wouldn't care about something as routine as a change in imperial power.

If one were to pinpoint which conflict was the most memorable within this century, it would probably only be the battle for the throne before the previous dynasty's destruction.

The reason why scholars and court officials couldn't forget this fight was because the night where blood had washed over Chang'An had also been the opening curtain to Sheng Yuan Emperor Li Yi's unification of the world.

For the Jianghu, however, it was because the Qing XuZi of back then couldn't stand the suffering of the people and single-handedly quelled a dynasty's unrest. Using reality to prove that just a simple gesture from Xuanmen's Sect Leader could change who was in charge of the world.

It was also because that night, Qing XuZi picked up a dying child from a pile of corpses after that battle. That child would later become the renown Bu QingYun.

The world only knew that it was the beginning of Bu QingYun's legend, but very few people still remembered why this battle had occurred in the first place. Xiu Niang was one of those few who still firmly remembered the complete set of events that led up to that carnage.

It was the last generation of the Western Liang Dynasty.

Ever since the first emperor had signed a contract with divine beasts, Western Liang had enjoyed the divine beasts' protection and blessing, experiencing peace and prosperity. Nobody could have imagined that such a flourishing period would one day come to an end.

Like with every previous emperor, the whole of Chang'An was immersed in a festive atmosphere as they awaited the new emperor to ascend the Temple of Heaven to be crowned.

Everyone was guessing which divine beast the new emperor would be chosen by. However, it didn't really matter which one it was, since they were all good.

Once the contract of heaven was signed, as long as the emperor stayed within their country's borders Western Liang would have the power of a wandering immortal and he would become its next protector. Yet until the end, the next emperor never appeared.

The old emperor had already died, and the new emperor had gone missing. The entirety of Western Liang had suddenly lost its power balance.

In order to seize the throne, the remaining princes fought non-stop. Some demonic cultivators took this opportunity to cause some chaos. Like this, a prosperous dynasty completely collapsed.

Though it had been a hundred years, Xiu Niang would inadvertently remember how Zhao HuanZhi had looked when she first saw him even now.

That year, she had still been a noble lady from Western Liang's Zong clan; she had worn her favourite pink skirt as she accompanied her parents on a walk outside.