Chapter 1695: A New Storm
“Shocking! Forr Demon Emperor Kui Lin cut his own throat at Baina City. All his followers died in battle!”
“Shocking! Forr Demon Emperor Kui Lin cut his own throat at Baina City. All his followers died in battle!”
“Shocking! Forr Demon Emperor Kui Lin cut his own throat at Baina City. All his followers died in battle!”
Uproar.
The mont the official account sent out this headline, all who saw it were frozen in place.
In just an hour after sending out this announcent, the article hit over thirty billion hits; it was racking up views even faster than the videos Ye Zichen asked Zuo Mo to put out.
Kui Lin was dead, and he’d even cut his own throat!
All of his loyal followers had died in battle!
Anyone would have a hard ti believing suh shocking news. An elite, a top figure of his generation, had fallen to the point of cutting his own throat in Baina City?
And his followers…
Did that an the undefeated General Ning had died in battle too?
The people of the Upper Three Realms were in uproar, and they all turned to discuss this with their friends. Comnts filled the app like water bursting through a dam.
But it wasn’t just the ordinary people paying attention this ti; major powers were shocked too.
anwhile, in the War Prep Chat Group…
Seventh Dragonborn: Kui Lin killed himself? How is that possible?!
Third Dragonborn: It really does seem out of character. Everyone could see how ambitious he was. He was actually pushed to the point of suicide? This news is a bit overly shocking.
Jade Pool Palace Master: I really wouldn’t have guessed Kui Lin’s life would end in suicide.
Little Princess: Is this information reliable? @Only Idealism
The great emperors exclaid over Kui Lin’s death, but since they were all in the sa alliance, they knew that Ye Zichen’s people were behind the app’s official account.
When Ye Zichen saw Zhao Qianhe send him a direct ssage, he decided to make an appearance.
Only Idealism: It’s true!
Ye Zichen’s response confird news of Kui Lin’s suicide. He hadn’t responded casually, either. The official account had sent word at Ye Zichen’s orders.
They’d received user reports about Kui Lin’s suicide a few days ago, as well as word that all of Kui Lin’s followers had fallen in battle. Ye Zichen had been just as shocked as everyone at the ti.
But not even he had expected Kui Lin’s defeat to co so quickly. Nor did he dare believe that Kui Lin would choose to end his valiant, ambitious life by cutting his own throat.
After receiving this information, he imdiately sent his people to investigate and confirm its veracity. Both the backroom user reports and the Great Sage and Venerate Spirit Treasure, whom he’d sent out to investigate, gave him the sa conclusion:
Kui Lin really had died, and he really had cut his own throat!
Kui Lin had cut his own throat. It took Ye Zichen a full half a day to process this information. Then, after mulling it over a few tis, he finally decided to ask Zuo Mo to publicize this information.
That is to say, by the ti this information went public, Kui Lin had already been dead for days.
A heroic figure had fallen to the point of cutting his own throat. The people could help but whisper among themselves, and most of the comnts seed sympathetic.
“A valiant figure has fallen! What a pity!”
“During Kui Lin’s tens of thousands of years on the throne, the Demon Realm really did flourish! I don’t get why they’d dethrone him the second the forr Demon Emperor made an appearance! Kui Lin was valiant indeed!”
“Wait up! I want to explain sothing to the person who said they didn’t get why the demons ousted Kui Lin from power so quickly. To the demons, the forr Demon Emperor was a religion unto himself. Even if Kui Lin governed well, he wasn’t even remotely comparable to his predecessor.”
“What a pity! What a pity!”
“I heard that all of Kui Lin’s followers died charging into battle, and that not one of them submitted to captivity. What an impressive bunch!”
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Seventh Dragonborn: He’s really dead!
Ocean Emperor: Sigh. You really could call Kui Lin a valiant figure of his generation.
Third Dragonborn: Even though he got on my nerves, I agree. He was valiant indeed.
Fox Empress: It’s a pity.
It wasn’t just the backroom users; the great emperors of the chat group felt much the sa way.
Although they’d always been enemies with Kui Lin, they’d fought for so many years, only for Kui Lin to suddenly cut his own throat in Baina City. Worse, his followers had all died in battle. From the great emperors’ perspective, this was a tragic end.
Kui Lin had once reigned supre over his territory, but in the end…
As the great emperors lanted, Ye Zichen left the chat, sat by his stone table, and looked at the news coming in through the official account. A long ti passed in silence.
“You brought about Kui Lin’s certain doom!” said Gu Li, who was seated across from him. He lifted a piping hot cup of tea to his lips. Ever since he’d co to the Tenth Divine Mountain, he’d seed intent on sticking around, and Ye Zichen couldn’t get him to leave. Fortunately, An Lu at least was likable; everyone in Ye Zichen’s alliance liked her. Thus, they grudgingly decided to overlook Gu Li and let him stay too.
Ye Zichen had been lost in thought, but when he heard that, he glanced at Gu Li. Clearly Gu Li was trying to say that Kui Lin’s death had sothing to do with Ye Zichen.
“Certain doom?”
“Well, didn’t you? Han Tan retook the throne, and Kui Lin was ousted from power. His only hope wasn’t those clans still tottering between the two factions, but rather, the yao of the Southern and Western Kingdoms. Then, out of nowhere, you published that video. All of a sudden, Tai Tan and Jiao Hai were hard pressed just to take care of themselves, nevermind help anyone else. Just like that, you severed Kui Lin’s final hope. With just the battered remnants of his army, what hope did he have of rising again?”
Gu Li took another sip of tea, then glanced at Ye Zichen. “Don’t tell you didn’t know. On my way here, I even sighed in admiration at your planning skills.”
“That so?” Ye Zichen nodded, then picked up the teapot and poured himself a cup.
He really had planned this, except he’d underestimated just how much damage the video would do to Kui Lin. Now, Kui Lin was dead, and Han Tan was in power…
“Right, there’s sothing I wanted to talk to you about.” Gu Li suddenly set down his teacup. “Kui Lin’s death isn’t actually good news for you. If he were alive, he and Han Tan could keep each other in check. Now that he’s dead, Han Tan is the unquestioned ruler of the demon race, and he’s the ambitious type. Furthermore, the first and third demon gods are his subordinates, and they’re intent on invading the God Realm.”
“I think so too!” The way Ye Zichen saw it, the best result was for Kui Lin and Han Tan to keep each other in check. If they were busy fighting amongst themselves, they’d have no free ti for the outside world.
But Kui Lin just had to go and lose right away, without so much as causing Han Tan any real trouble.
But then, Ye Zichen only had himself to bla. He’d chosen to send out that video to make things harder on Kui Lin, but the way he saw it, Kui Lin had been Demon Emperor for tens of thousands of years, and he’d surely raised up various factions no one else knew about, just like Zhou Wu had.
Who would have thought Kui Lin was so honest? He’d only ever had the handful of subordinates he revealed openly.
Now Ye Zichen had to worry about what to do about the demons without Kui Lin to keep them in check. If Han Tan really wanted to reign supre, he’d be even harder to deal with than Kui Lin.
“Don’t overthink this. Who knows if Kui Lin’s informants are still hidden among the demons? Han Tan has only just assud the throne, and stabilizing his base of power will take a good deal of ti. If he really is like Kui Lin in terms of ambition, well, you’ll just have to deal with that as it cos.” Gu Li took another sip of tea, then continued, “Do you have any news about Zhou Wu?”
“Him?” Ye Zichen and his allies really hadn’t heard anything about Zhou Wu.
The Central Divine Mountain was still completely sealed off, and even the social dia app’s backroom had received no reports about it in the slightest.
It was as if the entire mountain had died. Naturally, news of Zhou Wu was locked up as well.
“Who knows?” Ye Zichen silently looked through the backroom, seeing page after page of endless comnts. All of them were about Kui Lin; many were wistful, but of course, so were delighted to see his downfall. They were a minority, however.
Ye Zichen trusted that the whole Upper Three Realms were reacting much the sa way, but then…
“Hm?” Gu Li suddenly put his teacup down, then looked outside of the courtyard. Ye Zichen did the sa. He looked outside and…
Before long, several figures shot through the air. They were headed right towards them.
Their leader was an imperial king. He was also one of the few surviving commanders of the refugees from the First Era.
“Star Masters!” The imperial king cupped his fist at them in greeting. That Ye Zichen and Gu Li were heaven’s twin emperors, and that they were both on the Tenth Divine Mountain, was no longer a secret. Thus, this expert’s form of address wasn’t at all inappropriate.
Gu Li simply nodded, but Ye Zichen’s gaze was solemn.
He’d sent this group Outside as scouts to watch for the outsider gods’ arrival. For them to co back so suddenly… Did this an…?
“Is there news from Outside?”
“Masters of the Stars, this is no place to talk. Might you accompany us to the military guesthouse?”
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