Tonight, the Ming Capital is destined not to be peaceful.
The upper echelons of the Sun Moon Empire will usher in a grand purge. All those who once colluded with Xu Tianran's family and participated in that palace coup back then will be settled after the autumn harvest.
Although Xu Zihuang is not the kind of person who takes pleasure in killing, he has long been prepared to have blood on his hands. This is something unavoidable and will not affect the overall situation.
An empire like the Sun Moon Empire, with its profound foundation and advanced soul guidance technology as the cornerstone of the nation, as long as the Mingde Hall and the five National Protector Soul Mentor Legions remain, the foundation will not be shaken.
Everyone obeyed Xu Zihuang's orders and withdrew one after another, beginning to carry out the cleansing operation throughout the entire Ming Capital. The original harmony within the city was instantly broken, and the city was now filled with people from the five National Protector Soul Mentor Legions.
The targets of the purge were mostly powerful ministers and nobles, and even some imperial princes from the royal family. However, starting from tonight, the fates of these once high-ranking individuals would be completely rewritten.
Faced with the powerful five National Protector Soul Mentor Legions, these people could not resist even if they wanted to.
Before long, the entire Ming Capital fell into chaos. In comparison, the imperial palace appeared exceptionally calm.
During Xu Tianran's rise to power, he had already executed his direct brothers one by one. The previous old emperor of the Sun Moon Empire had also passed away several years ago, so there was hardly anyone from Xu Tianran's direct line who needed to be cleaned up.
Seeing Xu Tianran's miserable state and the actions of the five National Protector Soul Mentor Legions, the guards within the imperial palace immediately switched sides.
Xu Zihuang held Xu Xiyan in his arms and stood indifferently on the metal, empty ground formed after the study had melted away. Ye Guyi and Ju Zi silently accompanied him by his side. Also remaining here was Kong Deming, not far away.
Kong Deming's action was also to show his stance and stand with Xu Zihuang. Since the general trend could not be denied, he only hoped that the impact of this turmoil could be minimized.
At this moment, a piercing red light suddenly shot up into the sky from within the Sun Moon Empire's imperial palace. Golden-red radiance bloomed, transforming into a blazing, resplendent sun.
The moment this golden-red sun appeared, a massive light pillar with a diameter exceeding a hundred meters descended from the sky and landed below.
A woman dressed in a luxurious crimson palace gown stood bathed in this golden-red light pillar. Circling her were seven optimally matched soul rings, two yellow, two purple, and three black.
The woman appeared to be less than 1.7 meters tall, with a slightly petite figure. With an expressionless face, she walked toward Xu Zihuang's side.
The Sun Martial Soul inherited by the Sun Moon Empire's imperial family undoubtedly revealed the woman's identity, it was Xu Tianzhen, whom Xu Zihuang had briefly encountered during the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
Unlike her former lively, playful, and adorably spoiled self, Xu Tianzhen's beautiful eyes now contained only calmness. It was as if she had shed all her disguises, this was her truest self.
"Get out of the way!" Xu Tianzhen shouted delicately, her voice devoid of any emotional fluctuation. The golden-red light pillar shining down exploded, turning the surrounding space into a vast expanse of gold. The temperature also continued to rise because of this golden-red radiance. The ground seemed to have turned into magma, constantly diffusing scorching auras.
The Imperial Dragon Soul Mentor Legion under Xu Tianyuan's command was responsible for cleansing the Sun Moon Empire's imperial palace.
Xu Tianzhen's sudden outburst caused the soldiers of the Imperial Dragon Soul Mentor Legion surrounding her to hurriedly retreat, each releasing defensive soul guidance devices.
There was no shortage of Soul Saint-level and above powerhouses in the Imperial Dragon Soul Mentor Legion, but Xu Tianzhen's identity was rather special, and they were all members of the imperial family, so it was naturally difficult for them to take overly harsh measures.
Xu Tianyuan noticed the situation on this side, furrowed his brows, and was about to personally intervene, inwardly cursing "idiot."
They had already chosen to pledge loyalty to Xu Zihuang, yet they were still hesitating like this. What were they trying to show?!
At this moment, Xu Zihuang spoke up to stop Xu Tianyuan.
"Let her come over."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Xu Tianyuan halted his movement, respectfully turned toward Xu Zihuang, and saluted. He then commanded the members of the Imperial Dragon Soul Mentor Legion to open up a path.
Xu Tianzhen retracted her martial soul. As she advanced, her gaze swept one by one over Kong Deming, Ye Guyi, Ju Zi, and the others, finally fixing on Xu Zihuang, who was holding Xu Xiyan in his arms.
She stopped her steps right in front of Xu Zihuang.
Xu Tianzhen's figure was already petite to begin with, and standing together with Xu Zihuang made the contrast even more pronounced. Such a strong disparity made the scene before them look strangely off.
Xu Tianzhen raised her head, glanced at Xu Tianran, whose body was sunken into the metal pillar, then looked straight at Xu Zihuang without glancing sideways.
However, due to the height difference, she was completely looking up at Xu Zihuang.
"Are you Zihuang?"
Xu Zihuang's eyes were deep. He recalled memories from his childhood. At the age of five, he had been exiled, and before that, Xu Tianzhen had been one of his playmates in his early years. Among the direct descendants of the imperial family in their generation, only He Caitou, Xu Tianzhen, and he were of similar age.
In terms of age, Xu Tianzhen could be considered his older cousin.
"Do you want to plead for Xu Tianran?" Xu Zihuang's eyes opened and closed, his gaze toward Xu Tianzhen carrying profound meaning.
A trace of exhaustion appeared in Xu Tianzhen's eyes. She smiled self-mockingly yet with a sense of relief.
"Ever since my imperial father did those things to you, I have already lost the qualification to say such words. Now, this can be considered retribution for cause and effect. Let it all end here."
In truth, Xu Tianzhen had long grown weary of the various struggles within the imperial family.
Xu Zihuang did not respond directly to Xu Tianzhen. He slowly raised his right hand. Xu Tianran, who had been watching this side and could only emit "ho ho" sounds, suddenly had deep purple flames of destruction rising from his body.
Xu Tianran wanted to struggle, but he could not move at all. He was thus burned to death in the flames of destruction. The last remnants in his eyes were extremely twisted despair and venomous hatred.
A blood-red torso soul bone and a deep blue head soul bone spiraled out from him. From the rich soul power fluctuations and waves of pressure emanating from them, the other two soul bones left behind by Xu Tianran after his death were in no way inferior in quality to the previous three-thousand-year Silver Moon Wolf King's left arm bone.
Of course, Xu Zihuang would not let Xu Tianran die so easily. In the palm of his raised right hand, a strange black light flickered, and then a semi-transparent human-shaped light shadow was drawn over by him.
The face of this human-shaped light shadow was exactly that of Xu Tianran, only much more illusory. Without a doubt, this was Xu Tianran's soul.
Xu Zihuang's ability to imprison souls came from the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. Scorpion Tiger Douluo Zhang Peng was most skilled at controlling various beast souls to assist in battle, but his Scorpion Tiger martial soul was merely a weakened subspecies of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger inherently possessed the ability to seize and devour souls. In this regard, its capabilities far surpassed those of ordinary Scorpion Tigers. This was also why the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was detested and rejected by other soul beasts. When the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger devoured soul beasts, it would swallow their souls along with them.
Xu Tianran's soul seemed to understand something. The confusion in his eyes disappeared, and he stared fixedly at Xu Zihuang.
Xu Zihuang, however, controlled Xu Tianran's soul to rise into the air and used the ninth soul skill of his Golden Eyed martial soul, the Space-Time Barrier, to seal it in a void space above the Ming Capital. In this void space, the soul would gradually be worn away only after a very long period of time.
Xu Zihuang wanted Xu Tianran to personally witness him ascending the throne, unifying the continent, and even witness the future prosperity and flourishing of the Sun Moon Empire. This was the cruelest revenge against Xu Tianran.
Xu Tianzhen indeed had no intention of pleading for Xu Tianran. She stared blankly at Xu Zihuang's back, allowing him to kill Xu Tianran and seal his soul.
With his back to Xu Tianzhen, Xu Zihuang said indifferently, "Leave the imperial palace, while I have not changed my mind yet."
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