Prior to this, the abdication to his third Sovereign Ye Jing was merely a guise of being too old to govern?
It was simply an excuse.
Although Ye Jing was indeed a hundred years old, under the protection of those deities, lifespans in Great Zhou had become extraordinary. That old patriarch of the Song Clan, Song Wen, even lived to one hundred and eighty years old, remaining vigorous and sharp, controlling the various affairs of the Song Clan.
If he could, why couldn't Ye Jing?
Thus, claims of old age were nothing more than an excuse, a pretext for abdication.
It was those deities that forced Ye Jing to abdicate to him!
Though the beneficiary of the abdication, Song Yu was absolutely unwilling to become a second Ye Jing, relinquishing power and position while still in his prime.
Therefore, every word spoken by King of Zhaoren pierced his heart.
But that was not enough to make him compromise.
