Fantasy: Unparalleled Prince, Conquering the Heavens!-Chapter 955 - 949: Punishing the Traitor

Xuzhou.

Lin'an County.

In a luxurious government office.

County governor Liu Kang sat in the pavilion, holding a jade talisman, staring blankly.

"Master, what's wrong with you?"

The steward noticed that his master was preoccupied, his face filled with worry, and respectfully asked.

"Ah, me!"

"I'm pondering something that could cost me my head!"

Liu Kang sighed and spoke calmly.

The time goes back two hundred years. After failing the imperial examinations for the third time, while drowning his sorrows in drink, an extraordinary literary figure found him and boasted he could ensure Liu Kang's name appeared on the list next year.

To be listed!

For someone who'd faced numerous setbacks, this was undoubtedly heavenly music. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

He, intoxicated and seduced, agreed almost without a second thought.

In the ensuing year, with the scholar's assistance, his knowledge improved dramatically, and he successfully made the list. After a decade of training at the Ministry of Officials, he was sent to the border city to serve as the county magistrate.

During this time, he learned the scholar was from the Literary Realm and had certain designs.

Regarding this.

He didn't mind.

Instead, he gladly accepted help from the Literary Realm.

Because he understood that passing the imperial examination only meant he could become an official; to have a successful official career, he needed backing and assistance from influential figures.

He bet correctly.

With support from the Literary Realm, he ascended from a ninth-grade county magistrate to a seventh-grade county governor in a hundred years, governing a region.

At the same time, he bet wrong.

Just two days ago, he received orders from the Literary Realm to bring his official seal and rush to the Imperial Capital before the Advancement to Heavenly Court Ceremony.

Leaving his post to enter the capital without permission was a capital offense.

Moreover, the Literary Realm's demand for him to bring the seal wasn't simply for a visit—certainly, there was a conspiracy involved.

This conspiracy seemed to be about slaying a dragon during the Qin Dynasty's Heavenly Court advancement ceremony.

"What should I do!"

Liu Kang clenched his fists, showing a conflicted expression, muttering to himself.

Although he conspired with the Literary Realm for his official career, deep down, he harbored no intention to harm the Qin Dynasty.

Yet boarding the pirate ship was easy, disembarking was difficult.

Not going to the Imperial Capital would lead to retaliation from the Literary Realm, risking his life.

But going there was rife with dangers. If the dragon-slaying plan failed, according to the iron law of the Qin Dynasty, he'd be deemed a traitor and his family executed.

Either way, death would follow!

The only chance of survival seemed to lie in fully cooperating with the Literary Realm and completing the 'dragon-slaying' plan, which might grant him a chance to live.

Maybe seize the opportunity and rise rapidly.

"Your Majesty, I can only let you down!"

"If you want to blame someone, blame the Ministry of Officials for not recognizing my talents earlier!"

As night fell and the crescent moon hung in the sky, Liu Kang finally understood, exhaled a turbid breath, his face twisted, his eyes filled with madness and brutality.

"Hehe!"

"Lord Liu is truly noble!"

At that moment, under the bright moonlight, five black-clad figures appeared out of nowhere. The leader wore a golden mask, while the other four wore silver masks, revealing eyes like those of death.

The gentle night, instantly frozen and filled with murderous intent upon the five people's arrival.

"Door of Claiming Lives!"

"Golden Armored Leader!"

Liu Kang's expression changed drastically, almost collapsing in fear. Knowing the plot was exposed, without thinking, he immediately used a movement technique to flee.

But as a civil official, his cultivation was not high, only at the early stage of Luo Tianxian, no match for the Door of Claiming Lives leader.

"Suppress!"

The Golden Armored Leader shouted.

The Daluo Golden Immortal cultivation burst forth, crushing down on Liu Kang, immobilizing him.

"M-Master, spare me!"

"I surrender, Qin law states that confessing to crimes can reduce penalties, please don't kill me!"

Liu Kang collapsed to the ground, uttering fearfully.

"A traitor must be executed!"

"His Majesty is such a great monarch, leading Qin's rise, granting you ascension from the 'Mortal Realm' to the Grand World, a grace like no other!"

"Yet you forget his grace, betray Qin, betray his Majesty!"

"You, unworthy to be a scholar!"

"Deserve a thousand cuts!"

The Golden Armored Leader spoke with increasing intensity, eyes shooting cold lights, extremely angry.

A chilling murderous aura spread from him, enveloping Liu Kang, tearing thin as cicada wings slices of flesh from him.

"Ah!"

"Kill me!"

"I'm guilty, please kill me..."

Endless pain wrapped around Liu Kang, his desperate wails echoing through the heavens, lingering for long.

Blood trickled down.

Washing away the sin.

Those screams, undeserving of sympathy.

A quarter-hour later, Liu Kang ceased his cries, wide-eyed, completely lifeless, except for his intact head, the body below now a skeleton.

The Golden Armored Leader waved a hand, retrieving an execution document, tossing it onto the blood-soaked corpse.

Inside, all of Liu Kang's crimes were recorded.

"Let's go!"

"To the next place!"

The Golden Armored Leader said blandly, his figure disappearing.

Scenes like this continued happening across the Qin Dynasty's Heavenly Court, where all officials involved with the Literary Realm were executed.

The deaths were so miserable that those collecting the bodies trembled in fear.

...

Two days later.

"Dong dong dong..."

With the sun rising in the east, nine heavy bronze bell chimes resonated from the palace, spreading throughout the Imperial Capital, the Nine Provinces, the Great Profound Sky's Grand World, all parts of the Qin Dynasty's Heavenly Court territory, reaching the ears of all Qin citizens.

"The Advancement to Heavenly Court Ceremony has begun!"

Everyone's mind echoed with this thought, setting aside their tasks, facing the Imperial Capital.

The palace gates slowly opened, countless tribal envoys attending the ceremony entered the palace in sequence, seated in the spectator seats.

"So lively!"

The Purple Cloud Great Emperor sat in the main seat of the viewing area, merrily speaking, feeling infinitely good.

"A Heavenly Court established in less than a thousand years, truly remarkable!"

"We truly envy you humans for being able to produce a Qin Wudao!"

"Indeed! As Qin Wudao matures, humanity will restore the glory of the Sky-Breaking Era, maybe even stronger!"

Envoys of the Dragon Clan, Phoenix Clan, and Qilin Clan spoke with envy.

"There are quite a few spies around!"

The Purple Cloud Great Emperor surveyed all around, noticing the hidden presences of many strong figures in the void, his eyes flashing with a hint of killing intent.

Then, he looked towards the Imperial Capital, showing some solemnity.

Regarding the spies.

He wasn't concerned; at most, they could transmit information.

What he truly cared about were the Literary Realm experts who, even now as the advancement ceremony was about to commence, remained at the inn.

What exactly do they intend?

Rumble!

Come noon.

Three earth-shattering explosions emanated from the depths of the palace, as if millions of thunderbolts had struck, causing the earth to shake, alarming the many strong spectators.

In the Sea of Fortune, the Yu State Ding, Xuzhou Ding, and Yangzhou Ding that suppressed fortune transformed into three streams of light, flying into the Grand Temple.

With the restraints gone, the Sea of Fortune began boiling, raising a constellation of wild waves, like the river of the Milky Way breaching its banks, with an imposing momentum, spanning the universe and sun and moon.

"Roar!"

The Fortune Golden Dragon roared, and within its purple scales emerged tricolored sacred light, radiant and majestic.

An air of supremacy filled the universe, overwhelming the nine heavens.

Merely looking at the scale of fortune, it far surpassed the heavenly court, rivaling the Destiny Dynasty.