Section 98

"I have been at the Heaven Rank Ninth Level Martial Emperor for a full hundred thousand years, and I never had the chance to take that step. If I could obtain this divine weapon..." a Xia Emperor muttered in his heart.

It wasn't just him; the other previous Xia Emperors probably had the same idea. Their fervent gazes were the best proof.

The Martial God Realm is very difficult to enter. Some of them were already nearing their end. If they couldn't enter the Martial God Realm, all that awaited them was decay and demise.

A true Divine Artifact, with the divine aura it carried, could genuinely help them avoid countless detours and even allow them to use the Divine Artifact to enter the true Martial God Realm.

It was as if an aging Emperor on the verge of death suddenly saw someone passing by with an immortal herb. His heart would surely erupt with unparalleled greed!

"The third resonance, shattering Yin and Yang."

Summer Bright continued to tap on the Void Cauldron expressionlessly. At this moment, he seemed to have entered a state of flow, completely unaware of anything external. His eyes only held the Summer Bright opposite him and the Void Cauldron before him.

When this third resonance burst forth, an impact more terrifying than the combined attacks of the previous two condensed once again.

Feeling the power of this impact, everyone couldn't help but gasp in astonishment, including the Sixteenth Xia Emperor, Summer Eastsea. He actually felt a strong threat from that shockwave!

And he was a Heaven Rank Fifth Level Martial Emperor. For an existence like him to feel threatened, just how strong must this third resonance be?!

This was only the power when used by an Earth Rank First Level Martial Emperor. If it were used by him, wouldn't he be able to fight a Heaven Rank Ninth Level Martial Emperor?

"No! No!! No!!!" Summer Skyfate raised his head in terror. At this moment, he finally broke down.

"You cannot kill me. I am the current Xia Emperor. The ancestral teachings stipulate that the Xia Family line that has produced an Emperor Body cannot kill each other. You, stop quickly!"

A huge shadow of death engulfed him. Summer Skyfate didn't want to die. How long had he been the Xia Emperor? He hadn't enjoyed this immense power enough yet. He still wanted to live!

Summer Skyfate ignored his pleas for mercy. His movements didn't pause at all. The third resonance, unleashed with full power, rapidly surged towards Summer Bright to kill him!

Summer Bright subconsciously used the twin halberds in his hand to block, but the moment the twin halberds came into contact with that purple impact, his peak Emperor artifact, the Twin Dragon Halberds, broke.

Despair, unwillingness, resentment—various emotions flashed in his eyes.

He was going to die, truly going to die!

Damn it, why was he always the lucky one? The Emperor Body was his, the position of General was his, and even the position of Xia Emperor was prepared for him since childhood. He didn't have to worry about anything and could still sit in that position.

Even a Divine Artifact...

Summer Bright, who had been crippled by his own hands, could actually find a true Divine Artifact.

It's unfair, truly unfair.

Summer Bright was unwilling. He didn't think he was worse than Summer Bright, yet fate was so ruthless.

"If I'm going to die, we'll die together!"

He went mad, mobilizing the black flames throughout his body. An incomparably powerful force condensed within his Dantian.

Summer Bright was as mad as a lunatic. He didn't care about his life force, nor did he care about his future cultivation path.

He frantically overdrafted his life, overdrafted his Dantian recklessly, and leaped fiercely, wanting to rush to Summer Skyfate's side and self-destruct before being shattered by this Void Cauldron!

Summer Skyfate gently raised his head, looking at the figure in the sky with eyes as calm as an ancient well.

"The fourth resonance..."

Summer Skyfate murmured softly, uttering words that struck fear into everyone present.

The third resonance had already forced Summer Bright to the brink of self-destruction. If this fourth resonance were released, he would absolutely turn into dust, utterly annihilated!

"You have already won, stop quickly!"

"Stabilize your Dantian!"

At this moment, Summer Eastsea suddenly descended from the sky. He unleashed the power of a Heaven Rank Fifth Level Martial Emperor, blocking in front of Summer Skyfate, and with all his might, threw a punch, fiercely shattering the impact of the third resonance.

A trickle of fresh blood dripped from his wide sleeves.

Summer Skyfate was stunned, but then he quickly stopped continuing to squeeze his life force, forcefully halting his nearly exploding Dantian.

Summer Skyfate looked at the two familiar yet unfamiliar people in the sky and finally stopped his movements.

"The struggle for the Xia Emperor position is a matter of life and death. I wonder what the Former Xia Emperor means by intervening like this?"

He looked at Summer Eastsea coldly, with no trace of father-son affection left in his eyes.

Summer Eastsea took a deep breath. He turned his head and glanced at Summer Skyfate, and after confirming he was unharmed, he said, "Summer Skyfate is a Bloodline of the Xia Family and also an Earth Rank Martial Emperor of our Great Xia Empire. You have already won this struggle for the position of Xia Emperor."

"If the Empire loses a Martial Emperor, it will affect the overall strength of the Great Xia Empire. Moreover, he is your younger brother after all."

"Is that so?" Summer Bright didn't appreciate it. He sneered.

"Now you're starting to tell me he's my brother. How interesting."

"You know I won't treat him as a younger brother, nor will I treat you as a Father."

"Summer Bright is now the only one who listens to you and is under your command. It's not strange that you want to keep him."

"It's just that the excuse you found is really disgusting. You're starting to talk about family affection now?"

"It will also affect the overall strength of the Empire. I want to ask, when I was previously plotted against and harmed by him, and my Realm dropped from Heaven Rank Martial Emperor, did that not affect the strength of the Empire?"

"That's different. It's a fact that your Realm dropped and you lost your Emperor Body. Back then, your younger brother was the one with the most potential to become the Xia Emperor."

"So you didn't punish him at all, and instead banished me?"

"I know you harbor resentment, but what I did was also for the good of the Empire. Without you, the Empire still needed others who could lead it."

"You... are truly disgusting."

Summer Bright didn't want to say anymore. He was truly disgusted.

Upon hearing this, a cold glint immediately flashed in Summer Eastsea's eyes.

But he didn't speak. Like the other nine previous Xia Emperors, he also had another plan at this moment.

"Clap clap..."

At this moment, the Seventh Xia Emperor, the oldest and most senior, suddenly began to applaud.

He landed on the ground, looking down at Summer Bright with considerable satisfaction.

"Excellent. You are truly worthy of being the Empire's most outstanding Emperor Child. Even without the Emperor Body, you were able to turn the situation around and regain the imperial throne."

"With you in charge of the Great Xia Empire from now on, us old fellows can rest assured."

Chapter 121: The Ten Emperors of Xia Desire to Seize the Divine Artifact

"Thank you for your approval, Old Ancestor." Summer Bright slightly lowered his head and replied.

His gaze was still fixed on Summer Bright. According to the rules, during the competition for the imperial throne, it was permissible to fight to the death!

Summer Bright saw Summer Bright's killing intent, couldn't help but shiver, and leaned further behind Summer Eastsea.

"Summer Bright, you are already the victor. Donghai is right. If our Great Xia Empire loses a Martial Emperor, its strength will decrease by one point."

"You have already killed four Martial Emperors from Lingxiao Pavilion. Even if it's to vent your anger, that should be enough, right?"

"Your talent is exceptional, and in the future, you will be the Xia Emperor who governs the Empire. You must consider the Empire more and cannot be so willful anymore."

The Seventh Xia Emperor stepped forward, patted Summer Bright's shoulder, and said feigning kindness.

"Since the Old Ancestor has spoken up for him, I will let him off this time." Summer Bright's cold gaze rested on Summer Bright, the killing intent in his eyes slowly disappeared, withdrawn deep into his heart.

He could see that Summer Eastsea was determined to protect Summer Bright at all costs.

Furthermore, the Seventh Xia Emperor had also spoken up, and the other previous Xia Emperors would definitely not agree to him delivering a fatal blow.

It didn't matter.

Anyway, the competition for the imperial throne was over. Summer Skyfate's matter couldn't be escaped!

Xia Feng hurried forward and gave the Medicinal Pills for recovering from injuries to Summer Skyfate.

The grandfather and grandson immediately ate the Tier 7 High Grade Spirit Gathering Pills and Heart Clearing Pills like candy beans, chewing with loud crunching sounds.

The struggle for the imperial throne ended. Summer Bright, as the victor, turned back coldly and looked down upon the assembled officials.

The assembled officials below the Emperor Dragon Platform looked at the unparalleled and domineering Summer Bright, and then glanced at the disheveled Summer Bright.

Their expressions were somewhat complex.

Summer Skyfate had lost, which meant...

The Xia Emperor of the Great Xia Empire was going to change.

These people were all thousand-year-old foxes. The entire System of the Empire, from top to bottom, was executed through them. They couldn't have done these things without some brains.

Previously, they supported Summer Skyfate because Summer Skyfate had power. It wasn't that no one suspected the truth behind the change of Emperor Child back then, it was just unnecessary.

Whoever could give them more benefits, whoever looked more like the winner, that's who they would follow.

An Earth Rank First Level Former Emperor Child, and a Earth Rank Seventh Level current Xia Emperor, even a fool would know how to choose.

But what everyone never expected was that Summer Skyfate actually lost.

His loss caught everyone completely off guard.

After the shock, their first reaction was to start calculating their own situation.

Those princes, dukes, and high officials who had good relationships with Summer Skyfate and held significant power couldn't help but feel their hearts tighten.

They all knew that with one Emperor came a new set of officials. After Summer Bright took office as the new Xia Emperor, would he settle accounts with them?

Those treacherous officials who had originally relied on fawning over Summer Skyfate were now sitting on pins and needles, trembling.