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Li Hongzhao was certain that Chu Zhiyuan would also ascend.
Leaving aside his cultivation, coupled with his meritorious service in eliminating the Evil Sect, the Emperor's Sword was destined to choose him.
Now it depended on when the Emperor of Da Jing would ascend, or relinquish ascension and abdicate.
The last time she saw the Emperor of Da Jing, she couldn't discern his strengths and weaknesses.
It was uncertain if he had already stepped into the Third Layer.
Even if he entered the Third Layer and completely mastered the Emperor's Sword, there were many who wouldn't choose to ascend.
After all, ascending to another world, who knows what kind of world it is.
Abandoning the status of emperor in this world to start anew in another without sufficient courage is difficult to do voluntarily.
Often, it's only when one's lifespan is at its limit, in the hope of seeking life from death and obtaining a longer lifespan, that one would give up and ascend to another world.
