Lu Fengxian's words were filled with sorrow.
This despair did not stem from the Emperor being an incompetent ruler who treated him like a viper.
On the contrary, Qin Xiao trusted him with his life.
He gave him military power, bestowed upon him a noble title, and even helped him find a wife.
He could never fully repay His Majesty's kindness!
But what could he do for His Majesty?
"This humble general's strength is too weak to solve Your Majesty's troubles! It is my incompetence!"
Lu Fengxian knelt on one knee, guilt written all over his face. His eyes were slightly red, and his voice choked with emotion.
"Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
The civil and military officials watched Lu Fengxian. The smiles on their faces gradually faded, replaced by an extreme heaviness.
"Your Majesty! We are guilty!"
Among the ranks of the military generals.
Huo Quji, Zhao Ziyun, and the other Five Tiger Generals... all knelt on one knee in unison.
What Lu Fengxian was experiencing right now was also a deep-seated ache in their hearts.
A thorn that could never be pulled out!
They had also tried to rapidly improve their strength.
Even at the risk of damaging their foundations, they wanted to force a breakthrough.
But even so, they still needed a lot of time.
However, Qin Xiao's progress was simply too fast!
So fast that it made them despair!
It was as if, in the past, they could still see Qin Xiao's back, but now, they could only see an extremely magnificent figure far ahead.
That was an existence they would have to look up to for their entire lives!
Qin Xiao looked at the generals kneeling on the ground, his emotions extremely complicated.
He let out a heavy sigh.
"You have done nothing wrong! Rise, all of you!"
"No matter what happens, you are all my subjects. You are the soldiers who have weathered the storms with me!"
"I will never forget those days in Northern Liang, nor will I forget the times when you all fought for me!"
How could he not know what these generals were thinking?
In fact, Qin Xiao did not mind at all.
Anyway, if they encountered anything troublesome, he would just handle it himself.
He knew that the generals under his command were all monstrous geniuses.
They were just too young; they needed experience and time.
But Qin Xiao was different. He had a cheat system!
Cultivation simply did not exist for him.
His realm and strength skyrocketed all the way.
He had now reached the Martial Immortal realm.
If Qin Xiao were to say that above the Martial God realm, there was still the Martial Immortal realm, it would probably scare them to death!
Qin Xiao smiled faintly. He looked around, meeting the eyes of the generals before him.
What kind of eyes were those?
It was a loyalty so pure it reached the absolute limit!
"Your Majesty!"
Lu Fengxian smiled bitterly. "Our Great Qin should recruit more legendary generals, regardless of their borders or backgrounds. Only then can Great Qin become stronger!"
"Even if... we veterans are marginalized, it doesn't matter. As long as it is for the rise of Great Qin... this humble general is willing to give his all until death!"
The generals all had solemn expressions and said in unison:
"We are willing to offer our hearts for Great Qin and for Your Majesty!"
"Long live Great Qin! Long live Your Majesty!"
Zhao Ziyun's eyes were red as he knelt on one knee, roaring with a trembling voice.
He knew what he was giving up.
Once he made his stance clear in front of the civil and military officials.
Then from now on, as long as powerful experts joined Great Qin.
Then they, the veteran generals, would be marginalized.
Their power would also be weakened.
But they had no complaints and no regrets!
Born as people of Great Qin, dying as souls of Great Qin!
As long as Great Qin could rise and unify the world, they would not hesitate even if it cost them their lives!
This scene.
Stunned the group of civil officials.
"This... this... these military officials are crazy!"
"They are actually willing to give up the power in their hands..."
They had seen people fight for power and profit.
But they had never seen people voluntarily give up their power.
This scene of Great Qin's generals was beyond their imagination!
The civil officials fell silent, their emotions extremely complicated.
Just ask themselves.
If it were them, could they do it?
In an instant, the soft spot in their hearts was fiercely touched.
At this moment,
Some young civil officials felt their blood boil. Their eyes were red, and tears were welling up.
"Such clear and pure devotion, only for the rise of Great Qin!"
Qin Xiao was very moved, a warm current flowing through his heart.
He pulled Lu Fengxian up and faced the generals, speaking loudly:
"I will not give up on any of you!"
"You will always be my soldiers, and you will fight for me to conquer the world for the rest of your lives!"
"If anyone dares to be absent, if anyone dares to resign, I will bring people to his house every day to eat until he is bankrupt!"
The generals laughed out loud, pretending to be strong as they wiped away their tears.
"Rest assured, Your Majesty! We will definitely accompany Your Majesty to conquer the world! Until death do us part!"
This was the generals' most loyal oath to the Emperor!
Never leaving or forsaking, fighting until death!
Even in death, they would turn into battle souls to continue guarding Great Qin and the Emperor on the golden throne!
Qin Xiao smiled.
"Hahaha!"
He laughed heartily!
"Don't worry, I will definitely fulfill the promises I made to you!"
After saying that.
He raised his hand and waved!
Ten streams of golden light shot into the sky!
Ten General Upgrade Cards surrounded Qin Xiao, emitting extremely violent energy fluctuations!
"Today, I shall elevate your cultivation!"
His words shocked everyone present.
Elevate cultivation?
Did that mean they could break through?
It was also possible that Qin Xiao was forcefully helping them break through.
But they didn't care; they all believed in Qin Xiao unconditionally!
"Lu Fengxian!"
"Here!"
Lu Fengxian stepped forward.
Qin Xiao raised his hand and waved.
A General Upgrade Card fell into Lu Fengxian's body.
In an instant.
Golden light surged wildly around him, and the roar of a fierce tiger echoed from within his body.
A terrifying pressure spread out, enveloping all directions!
Looking at Lu Fengxian bathed in golden light.
The civil and military officials were all shocked on the spot, gasping for air, their eyes full of astonishment.
This!!!
He actually broke through?!
In just a short time, his realm had soared!
He broke through to... Martial Saint!
Lu Fengxian only felt warm inside his body. His whole person seemed light, experiencing an unprecedented comfort.
The change in his strength made his eyes burn with passion as he knelt on one knee.
"This humble general thanks Your Majesty for your divine grace!"
Qin Xiao nodded slightly.
"Huo Quji! Zhao Ziyun... Chen Hansheng..."
One General Upgrade Card after another flew out.
They all sank into the bodies of the generals.
In an instant, the auras of those heaven-chosen geniuses erupted violently.
The entire square was filled with terrifying energy fluctuations.
Violent astral winds swept out, churning the clouds and changing the colors of the sky.
Pillars of golden light shot into the sky, resonating with heaven and earth!
In the end, the sky above the entire imperial palace was filled with brilliant rays of light, incomparably radiant.
The scene was spectacular to the extreme!
All the civil officials were dumbfounded. Looking at the generals who had broken through to the Martial Saint realm, their jaws almost dropped in shock.
They never dreamed that Qin Xiao could actually help the generals elevate their realms!
These methods were truly those of a deity without a doubt!
Even the commoners in the imperial city were endlessly shocked.
Looking up at the golden lights shooting into the sky, they shouted, Long live His Majesty!
One by one, they cheered excitedly, kneeling on the ground and worshipping Qin Xiao as a god.
After a long time, the golden light dissipated.
The generals had rosy complexions, their hot blood boiling in their chests. Their auras were infinitely stronger than before.
They were completely reborn!
They all knelt on one knee and shouted in unison.
"We thank Your Majesty for your profound grace! We shall follow Your Majesty for this life and all eternity!"
This time, they were brimming with confidence, their morale soaring to the heavens.
To them, the current Qin Xiao was a god descended to the mortal realm, capable of absolutely anything.
Qin Xiao gave a faint smile.
That simple gesture instantly swept away any lingering gloom in the hearts of the generals.
All that remained was their boiling blood, yearning for the battlefield!
They wished for nothing more than to charge through enemy lines for His Majesty and establish a legacy of glorious deeds!
Within the crowd, the Li Tang Army Group watched with faces full of envy.
Li Jingtian was so jealous his teeth practically ached.
He stared fixedly at the group of generals, his eyes burning with intense longing.
Oh, my great Majesty!
You are simply too formidable!
When will you help me raise my cultivation base as well?
In the beginning, he had been the strongest military general of Great Qin.
But now, there were ten newly ascended Martial Saints who were his absolute equals!
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
