"But these changes won't change anything." Juzi shook her head after hearing Lin Xiao's words.
"Nowadays, the emperor is also growing bigger and bigger." Juzi stood up, gracefully walked to Lin Xiao's side, and sat down. "In a few years, he will reach the age to awaken his martial soul."
"At that time, whether it is Kong Deming or the various ministers in the court, they will all ask me to gradually hand over everything I have now to the emperor."
From some point onward, Juzi's words had also gradually become harder to understand, but Lin Xiao still grasped the meaning behind her words.
"You don't want to hand over this power?"
As soon as the words left his mouth, before Juzi could respond, Lin Xiao already had the answer in his heart. After all, if she didn't have this ambition, she wouldn't be sitting in this position now.
"You want to become emperor?"
Juzi seemed to have been hit right at her sore spot. A trace of barely noticeable panic flashed in her eyes, but she quickly calmed down and looked at Lin Xiao.
"Yes."
This single word was spoken with force. Juzi suddenly stood up, her voice rising slightly. "Two years of warfare, three years of governance, today's Sun Moon Empire, and even the entire Douluo Continent, is different from the past."
"I have read the history of the Sun Moon Empire. May I ask, counting from now backward thousands, or even tens of thousands of years, which emperor has ever achieved what I have?"
"Why can't I become emperor?"
Lin Xiao's brows rose slightly. He looked up and seriously glanced at Juzi, thought for a moment, and nodded lightly.
Lin Xiao was not too surprised about Juzi wanting to proclaim herself emperor. After all, in his memories from his previous life, there had been records of female emperors.
Moreover, because of the existence of martial souls in this world, some female soul masters were much stronger than males, and countless women were holding high positions. The resistance to a woman becoming an emperor was actually even smaller.
Lin Xiao also understood the real purpose of Juzi meeting him this time.
On this continent, those who could become emperor possessed martial souls that were either incomparably powerful or had some peculiar aspect. It wasn't something any ordinary person could achieve.
But Juzi had none of these. The strength she lacked had always been compensated for by Lin Xiao.
Or perhaps…
Thinking of this, Lin Xiao suddenly frowned.
Recalling Juzi's probing words just now, in her heart, she probably still had some fear that he would seize the imperial throne.
After all, with his current prestige and strength, if he wanted to, ascending to the throne and becoming emperor would not be difficult.
It was just a pity…
Lin Xiao shook his head. Not to mention those mundane affairs that even Juzi found quite troublesome to deal with, his own gaze had long since left this place.
"If you want to do it, then go ahead and do it. If you're worried that I have other intentions, there's really no need."
After his words fell, Lin Xiao gently closed his eyes.
Although he could no longer see the scene inside the study in front of him, his "gaze" extended to a much farther place.
With a slight movement of his mind, a crowded square seemed to appear in his field of vision. Many people were gathered on the side, looking at the inscriptions engraved on a giant monument.
An adult was reading the text on it word by word to a child, both teaching the child to read and recounting the deeds of the "Father of Soul Guidance Materials," the Heavenly Calamity Douluo.
Even while inside the imperial palace, those bustling voices seemed to ring in Lin Xiao's ears.
It seemed as if two faint, indistinct auras were lingering around him, but upon careful sensing, they felt like nothing more than an illusion; there was nothing there at all.
With another movement of his mind, another sound appeared beside his ears. It sounded like venting anger through killing, or like roars and screams filled with endless fear.
Soon, these two auras were once again covered by a thick, bloody stench.
It seemed as if curses were coming from afar, but what followed was another aura that was far more majestic than before.
Lin Xiao couldn't clearly describe or explain what exactly that thing was, but he could feel that he was undergoing some changes within this seemingly existent yet nonexistent aura.
And this was precisely the power of faith that the entire world needed to break through the shackles of mortals and reach the Divine Realm.
Although it was faint and indescribable, it existed undeniably. It was as if the vague and ethereal matter was slightly revealing a mysterious corner in front of Lin Xiao.
"Are you really still willing to help me?"
After a long silence, Juzi spoke softly.
Lin Xiao did not open his eyes, only nodding slightly.
He certainly would not refuse this matter that Juzi mentioned, as it was quite simple for him. After all, by relying on this unified Douluo Continent, he had already obtained enough.
Receiving Lin Xiao's affirmative reply, Juzi slightly closed her eyes. Her aura suddenly changed, and then she raised her voice.
"Come, summon all the ministers into the palace for a discussion!"
Unlike the bright sun in Ming City, the extreme north was still filled with wind and snow.
The sound of the wind never stopped in his ears. Abomination walked step by step through the thick accumulated snow. The clothes on his body were not like those of people living in the northern lands, appearing rather thin.
Because of his martial soul, his physical strength had always been superior to that of ordinary soul masters. Over the years, he had constantly entered and exited the core area of the extreme north. Unknowingly, his body had gradually grown somewhat accustomed to the cold winds here.
He also seemed to somewhat understand why Lin Xiao, when appearing here, seemed completely unaffected by the cold of this place.
With intentional cultivation, the extreme north had instead become a pretty good training ground for him.
"Hu—"
Letting out a long breath, Abomination released his soul power to separate the surrounding cold air and ended today's training.
Looking up, the surroundings were still an endless snowfield, and in the farther distance, that tall tower still stood.
Abomination could no longer clearly remember how many evil soul masters the Tongming Cult had sent here over the years, but that tall tower was always like a bottomless pit with no limit to what it could hold, completely isolating the violence and bloodiness inside.
Only the gray on the tower's body had become even purer.
Clearly emanating a thick aura of deathly silence, the tower's body was becoming increasingly crystal clear. In a trance, it seemed like nothing more than a vague and ethereal shadow, existing in the extreme north, yet also seeming as if it was not in this world at all.
Familiar with the route, Abomination walked forward, then suddenly stopped in his tracks.
His expression turned cold. His gaze swept across the snowfield, and soon he noticed something unusual.
A pitch-black shadow quietly drifted past him.
He could not sense too strong an aura from it, but when it appeared in his field of vision, the feeling it gave him was like this sudden streak of black appearing on the vast white snowfield, extremely discomforting.
His soul power shook violently. The accumulated snow on the ground instantly flew up. Abomination slapped down with his large hand, and that streak of black instantly melted away.
Retracting his right palm and lowering his head to look, Abomination's brows furrowed even deeper.
That streak of malicious black had not left even the slightest trace in his hand, as if it had been nothing more than an illusion that had never appeared.
No.
Abomination shook his head.
With his current cultivation, he no longer believed in things like illusions. Thoughts surged in his mind. He suddenly changed direction and flew toward the Tongming Cult.
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