Chapter 1163 – Is It Time?

In the first place, aside from Nie Tiankong’s support, Ye Qingyu was able to become the [Military Judge of the Nine Swords] largely because of Commander Sun Yi’s support. Among the Royal City army headquarters, apart from the King of Zhenyuan’s camp, Nie Tiankong’s camp, and several other large factions, Commander Sun Yi was also a force of considerable weight which everyone could only look sideways at. The reason was very simple – he was backed by a contemporary Martial Emperor.

Although the Sun clan’s Martial Emperor had not appeared publicly for a generation, he was the last surviving Martial Emperor whom everyone in Royal City had seen before, and was the last Martial Emperor to showcase his divine prowess, that being when he wiped out an extremely prominent family in Royal City.

Although people had once guessed that he was already dead because he was already very old and feeble the last time he appeared, this was only a guess nevertheless. While such private guesses were tolerated, to investigate this matter overtly would be no different from courting one’s own death. After all, the rage of a Martial Emperor was not something which most people could with...