Everyone heard Ming Zhaotian’s abdication speech. Some people stared at the ground in shock, while others watched Ming Zhaotian, and a few of them even wept. 

The emperor of a dynasty naturally had their own followers as well. With Ming Zhaotian abdicating, countless other people who had once followed him were bound to suffer from his fall. Ming Zhaotian did not even have a say as to whether these people lived or died. 

“From this day forward, I will transfer my position to Reverent King Ming Zhaoshu. According to the decree of the heavens, the Shenwu Empire will now obey him,” Ming Zhaotian declared, following which, a number of the people who had gathered knelt down on the ground.

“Paying respects to Your Majesty”

“Paying respects to Your Majesty”

…

Ming Zhaoshu stepped forward and stood at Ming Zhaotian’s side. He emotionally looked down at the gathered crowd, his eyes sweeping across all of them. More and more people knelt to salute him, until finally, everyone at the palace was kneeling on the ground, except for the foreign cultivators. Even the former crown prince, Ming Hao, was half kneeling. 

Outside the palace, countless voices rang out in unison, “Paying respects to Your Majesty”...

Ming Zhaoshu had waited for this scene for far too long. He had always been adept at enduring silently, but that had demanded a certain price from him as well. The greater and deeper the patience, the more intense the eruption would be in the end. 

Even with Ming Zhaoshu’s personality,...