“What, what do you want?!” The frightened monarch screamed as Li Qiye, step by step, approached.

“What else but your life?” Li Qiye smiled.

“I’ll take you down with me!” The monarch was stuck in an impasse since his allies had forsaken him.

He felt nothing but regrets, thinking that he shouldn’t have gotten himself into this mess by associating with Eight Trigrams.

In the beginning, he thought that the three of them would be able to win for sure. Thus, he intended on currying favors from Zhang Cangsheng and Venerable Xian in order to gain more benefits for his kingdom.

Who would have thought that this would be the result? Two...