The young emperor felt as if he could hardly breathe.
His hand instinctively pressed onto the imperial decree.
From this moment on, it represented the will of the current Emperor Monarch.
The Hongg Dynasty had numerous cultivators, and generations ago, an Emperor had cooperated with a great cultivator to manifest the Emperor's Qi of the dynasty.
From then on, subsequent emperors could use the Emperor's Qi to protect themselves.
The entire Imperial Court machine only recognized decrees with Emperor's Qi; otherwise, the Centipede Demon wouldn't have needed to go through all this trouble.
"You... you..." The young emperor could not utter a complete word anymore.
At this moment, he regretted not submitting to the Sword Mountain River.
The centipede monster's form began to grow massive as the decree was being disseminated. The citizens of the Imperial Capital all began to move, not knowing why, but under the urging of officials at all levels, they obediently followed the decree.
