Chapter 306: The Might of a God! The Sun Moon Emperor Compromises!
The outside world.
High above the mountain, a gigantic golden sword, as enormous as a skyscraper, directly locked onto the Soul Saint evil soul master hiding inside a cave on the mountainside.
The next moment, the golden sword descended.
It plunged straight toward the cave where the Soul Saint evil soul master was hiding, radiating an overwhelming aura of divine and holy light.
The Soul Saint evil soul master inside the cave immediately sensed this terrifying power that completely countered his own.
His only thought was to escape.
But he was merely an evil Soul Saint.
The might of this golden sword was equivalent to the strongest single-target attack Qian Daoliu could unleash before becoming a god.
How could a mere evil Soul Saint possibly resist it?
Without any suspense, the evil Soul Saint was completely annihilated by the Holy Judgment Demon-Slaying Sword, his evil aura dissipating entirely into the world.
And this scene was not limited to that single evil Soul Saint.
Throughout the Douluo Plane, every evil Soul Saint who had escaped Qian Daoliu's purge now found a Holy Judgment Demon-Slaying Sword descending above them.
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Evil Forest.
After Qian Daoliu had destroyed the Holy Spirit Cult and the Evil Emperor, created a God King-level god position of his own, and become a new God King, he returned to the Hongchen Clan estate in the Sun Moon Empire.
The Sun Moon Empire's imperial family had sheltered and colluded with evil soul masters, committing grievous crimes.
Every member of the Sun Moon imperial family who had been connected to the Holy Spirit Cult would be dealt with by Qian Daoliu.
However, there was no need for him to personally handle the Sun-Moon imperial family.
Everything could be left to Ye Hongchen and Jing Hongchen.
Those two were old foxes. They had more than enough ways to deal with the Sun Moon imperial family.
All Qian Daoliu needed to do was make a slight move at the critical moment.
Besides, not every member of the Sun Moon imperial family had colluded with the Holy Spirit Cult.
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Mingdu, Hongchen Clan estate.
"Xiao Jing, let's go to the palace."
"Now that the Holy Spirit Cult has been destroyed and the Evil Emperor has died at Senior Qian's hands, we'll deal with the members of the Sun Moon imperial family who colluded with the Holy Spirit Cult on Senior Qian's behalf."
Ye Hongchen gave Jing Hongchen his instructions.
Ye Hongchen brought Jing Hongchen with him, while Jing Hongchen brought along the loyal level eight and level nine soul engineers under his command.
Together, they headed toward the Sun Moon Emperor's palace.
A short while later.
The Sun Moon Emperor stared at the Illustrious Virtue Hall members who had barged into his palace, as well as Ye Hongchen and Jing Hongchen standing at the front.
Ye Hongchen stood at the forefront, with Jing Hongchen beside him.
Although the Sun Moon Emperor was puzzled and shocked by this scene, anger overwhelmed everything else.
His eyes locked firmly onto Jing Hongchen.
"Jing Hongchen, what exactly are you trying to do? Are you planning to assassinate the emperor and rebel?"
As soon as his voice fell, one soul engineer after another emerged within the palace, all wearing specially designed uniforms.
The soul power fluctuations radiating from every one of them were at least at the Soul Saint level.
They were soul engineers specially assigned to protect the Sun Moon Emperor.
"Your Majesty, there's no need to be angry. We have come here to purge those surrounding the throne."
"There are members of the Sun Moon imperial family who have colluded with evil soul masters and brought disaster upon the Sun Moon Empire. I ask Your Majesty to eliminate them."
Jing Hongchen smiled amiably.
He flipped his hand and took out a stack of documents from his storage soul tool, then used his soul power to send them toward the Sun Moon Emperor above.
"Your Majesty, these are the records proving that members of the Sun Moon imperial family colluded with evil soul masters, including evidence of their assistance in establishing Holy Spirit Cult strongholds."
The Sun Moon Emperor took the documents and looked through them.
To his shock, Crown Prince Xu Tianran was at the very top of the list.
Everything he had done was utterly depraved and had endangered the people of the Sun Moon Empire.
But this was not the time to focus on such matters.
For the Sun Moon Emperor, what he found most intolerable was Jing Hongchen's conduct at this very moment.
"Jing Hongchen, I will naturally deal with the affairs of the imperial family myself. But you have brought members of the Illustrious Virtue Hall and recklessly barged into my palace. What exactly are you intending to do?"
Jing Hongchen was just about to speak when Ye Hongchen stopped him.
"Xiao Jing, let me reason with him."
With that, Ye Hongchen stepped forward.
The unique level ten soul tool belonging to him appeared, and he grasped a great sword in his hand.
Behind him, the level eight and level nine soul engineers all stared at the weapon with fervent expressions.
"To witness a level ten soul tool with my own eyes... I have no regrets in this life!"
Even the soul engineers on the Sun Moon Emperor's side could not help but show respect when they saw Ye Hongchen, the legendary level ten soul engineer.
Any soul engineer would instinctively feel awe upon witnessing the emergence of a legendary level ten soul engineer.
It was an instinct engraved into the very bones of soul engineers.
"Emperor of the Sun Moon Empire, I have come under the command of a god to reorganize the Sun Moon Continent."
"Your Sun Moon Empire has sheltered and colluded with evil soul masters, creating countless sins. If you do not redeem yourselves in time, the Sun Moon imperial family will be destroyed by your own hands."
"I am not here today to negotiate with you. I am here to deliver an order. The wrath of a god is not something an emperor of the mortal world can withstand!"
As he spoke, Ye Hongchen released the power belonging to the divine realm.
It was the power of judgment belonging to Qian Daoliu, the Judgment God King.
Under the pressure of this power of judgment, the Sun Moon Emperor and the imperial soul engineers surrounding him were all forced down onto one knee, completely unable to move.
"Lord Divine Envoy, please forgive me! I will give you an answer immediately!"
"Someone, bring the imperial family members on this list here. I will execute these criminals who colluded with evil soul masters on the spot!"
The Sun Moon Emperor hurriedly made his stance clear.
But by then, it was already too late.
Ye Hongchen looked at the Sun Moon Emperor coldly.
"The Sun Moon imperial family aided evil and colluded with evil soul masters, bringing disaster upon the world. By divine decree, the Sun Moon imperial family is no longer permitted to rule as the mortal emperor."
"Abdicate in favor of the worthy. Let a capable ruler govern the empire."
"Otherwise, divine might will descend upon this world and annihilate every member of the Sun-Moon imperial family!"
"Emperor, do you understand?"
The Sun-Moon Emperor's mind went blank at these words, as though struck by thunder.
He could not help but wish that he could personally execute those imperial family members who had colluded with evil soul masters.
But now, with a god descending upon the mortal world and issuing an order, the Sun-Moon imperial family was forbidden from continuing to rule.
If he refused, the members of the imperial family would lose their lives beneath divine might.
After thinking through every possibility, the Sun Moon Emperor could find no way out.
In the end, he let out a long sigh.
In that instant, he seemed to have aged several decades.
"I understand."
"The sins of the Sun Moon imperial family must be borne by the Sun Moon imperial family itself."
This time, he no longer referred to himself as "I, the emperor."
"Very good, Your Majesty. You have won a sliver of survival for the Sun Moon imperial family."
"As for the worthy ruler, someone will come to the Sun Moon Empire in due time. When that happens, you need only abdicate in favor of the worthy."
"Of course, if you make any moves behind our backs during this period, then we'll see whether you dare gamble on whether divine might will descend upon the heads of the Sun Moon imperial family."
Ye Hongchen's voice carried a clear warning.
"Lord Divine Envoy, I certainly won't."
The Sun Moon Emperor immediately gave his assurance.
Only after hearing the Sun-Moon Emperor's promise did Ye Hongchen withdraw the soul-tool greatsword from his hand.
If the Sun Moon imperial family could be dismantled without bloodshed, that would be the best possible outcome.
But if force became necessary, there was still a full-strength God King sitting within the Hongchen Clan estate—a God King who was not bound by the restrictions of the God Realm.
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