2: Decisive and ruthless, Gu Yue Fang Yuan

After a while, Gu Jixiao finally accepted this overwhelming joy.

"To think it's three Great Emperor Experts!"

One must know that although legends of Great Emperors have always existed on the Heavenly Saint Continent, forces possessing a Great Emperor were few and far between.

As far as he knew, the number of forces on the vast Heavenly Saint Continent with a Great Emperor presiding over them was no more than ten.

Yet, he had summoned three Great Emperor Experts all at once.

Thinking of this, Gu Jixiao did not hesitate and hurriedly chanted in his mind.

"System, summon the Great Emperor Experts and Saint King Experts for me."

[Ding! Great Emperor Expert summoning successful. The Great Emperor Experts are heading to the host's location and are expected to arrive in seven and a half minutes.]

[Ding! Saint King Expert summoning successful. The Saint King Experts are heading to the host's location and are expected to arrive in seven and a half minutes.]

"Seven and a half minutes? I can afford to wait that long."

Gu Jixiao thought to himself.

The Heavenly Saint Continent was filled with three thousand Dao Domains and was incredibly vast. It could be divided into five regions: the Southern Barrens, the Northern Desert, the Central Province, the Eastern Region, and the Western Heavens.

Each of these regions contained six hundred Dao Domains.

Every Dao Domain was extremely broad. Even the smaller ones would take several days for a Saint Realm cultivator to traverse without a teleportation array.

Gu Jixiao's Ancient Heavenly Dynasty was a Fifth-Rank Dynasty located in the Southern Barrens, with several Saints presiding over it.

The relationships and power dynamics within were intricate and complex. Gu Jixiao dared to say that without his golden finger, he would be dead again within a day.

While Gu Jixiao was summoning the experts, in a cave on the Tongtian Divine Mountain in the Eastern Region, three figures stepped out and looked toward the Southern Barrens.

In the next moment, a terrifying aura emanated from the three of them, and they immediately rushed toward the Ancient Heavenly Dynasty.

The moment the three of them emerged, their terrifying auras spread across the entire Heavenly Saint Continent. Countless ancient monsters snapped their eyes open and looked toward the Eastern Region.

"What a terrifying aura. Which Great Emperor has emerged?"

"Wasn't a rule established five hundred years ago that Great Emperors are not allowed to emerge?"

"Anyway, let's wait and see. To emerge so blatantly, I'm afraid the Heavenly Saint Continent is about to be stirred up again."

Inside the Ancient Heavenly Dynasty, Gu Jixiao was unaware that the three Great Emperors he summoned had already caused undercurrents to surge across the Heavenly Saint Continent.

With nothing to do, Gu Jixiao stood up and looked around.

There was a faint, antique fragrance, and the surroundings looked somewhat low-key yet luxurious.

Just then, the sound of footsteps approaching from afar came from outside the door, and soon the door was opened.

Two maidservants dressed in ancient clothing walked in. Upon seeing Gu Jixiao standing by the window, their faces looked as if they had seen a ghost.

Gu Jixiao turned his head and looked at them with a cold sneer.

"What? Are you surprised to see that I am still alive?"

"This servant wouldn't dare. Congratulations on your recovery, Your Majesty."

The two maidservants hurriedly knelt down. They did not want to be executed by Gu Jixiao for the crime of disrespect.

Looking at the two maidservants, memories of them flashed through Gu Jixiao's mind.

One was named Xiao Chun and the other Xiao Xia. Both were in the Spirit Gathering Realm and were specifically assigned to serve the original host.

As for the cause of his death, Gu Jixiao did not know. He had simply woken up in this state.

However, it must have been done by someone close to him; otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to die without noticing anything.

Furthermore, this matter could not be known by others. Otherwise, even his brothers would not be able to bear the crime of regicide.

"Tell me, who exactly bribed you to make a move against me?"

Gu Jixiao slowly walked up to Xiao Chun and Xiao Xia, looking down at them from above, his body emitting a powerful, overbearing kingly aura.

Xiao Chun and Xiao Xia trembled with fear, waves of shock surging in their hearts.

Wasn't His Majesty at the Peak Liquid Condensation Realm? What was going on now? This aura didn't seem like the Peak Liquid Condensation Realm at all.

But they also knew in their hearts that if they admitted someone had bribed them, what awaited them would be death by a thousand cuts.

So no matter what, they could only play dumb and refuse to admit it.

"Your Majesty, this servant does not know."

"Hmph, you don't know? Then let me perform a Soul Search."

Gu Jixiao snorted coldly, then reached out and grabbed Xiao Chun's head. In an instant, his soul power poured into her head, unscrupulously reading her memories.

Soul searching was a technique that could only be mastered by cultivators who had reached the Spirit Infant Realm.

Soon, Xiao Chun's memories were laid bare before Gu Jixiao.

From Xiao Chun's memories, Gu Jixiao learned the cause of his death: Xiao Chun and Xiao Xia had secretly poisoned him.

As for who ordered them to do it, the person had been extremely secretive when meeting with Xiao Chun and Xiao Xia, and he couldn't make them out.

However, in the vast Ancient Heavenly Dynasty, besides his eight dear brothers, who else would go to such lengths to kill him?

Knowing that both Xiao Chun and Xiao Xia were involved, Gu Jixiao snorted coldly and shouted.

"Men!"

At Gu Jixiao's command, four guards quickly rushed in from outside.

"These two plotted to murder me. Take them to the Heavenly Prison and execute them by a thousand cuts!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The two guards complied, immediately stepping forward to seize Xiao Chun and Xiao Xia and taking them away.

Before being taken away, Xiao Chun and Xiao Xia continuously begged for mercy.

"Your Majesty, have mercy! We were also coerced!"

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

But Gu Jixiao turned a deaf ear. He didn't care about any coercion; since they dared to kill him, they had to pay the price.

After dealing with Xiao Chun and Xiao Xia, the space in front of him was torn open, and three figures stepped out.

They came before Gu Jixiao and, without a word, knelt on one knee.

"Greetings, Master."

These were the three Great Emperors summoned by the system.

Their information also appeared before Gu Jixiao: they were all at the Peak Great Emperor level. As for names, they had none.

Seeing the three Great Emperors before him, Gu Jixiao finally felt much more at ease. A force with a Peak Great Emperor was extremely rare on the Heavenly Saint Continent, let alone three.

"Mm. From now on, you will hide in the shadows to protect my safety. I will naturally have you take action when necessary."

"Yes."

The three Great Emperors nodded in agreement.

After thinking for a moment, Gu Jixiao spoke again.

"Since you don't have names yet, I will bestow names upon you. You shall share my surname, Gu. As for your given names, you shall be called Gu Yue, Gu Fang, and Gu Yuan."

"Thank you for the names, Master!"

After being named, Gu Yue and the other two vanished into the void to protect Gu Jixiao's safety.

Following the three Great Emperors, the ten Peak Saint King cultivators also arrived from afar, appearing before Gu Jixiao in an instant.

"Greetings, Master."

Of these ten Peak Saint Kings, Gu Jixiao kept only two by his side for protection and left the other eight on standby. After all, for a small Fifth-Rank Dynasty, let alone a Peak Saint King, even a Peak Great Saint could easily wipe it out.

Gu Jixiao also gave names to each of the ten Peak Saint Kings.

The two staying by his side were named Gu Xuan and Gu Huang.

"You two, hide your auras. Do not let anyone perceive your realm."

Gu Jixiao turned to Gu Xuan and Gu Huang, frowning slightly.

Upon reaching the Saint King Realm, one could easily modify their aura. Unless someone's cultivation was higher than theirs, it would be extremely difficult to see through.

At Gu Jixiao's request, the two suppressed their cultivation to the Early Saint level. After all, if he exposed so many trump cards all at once, how could he root out all the threats within the dynasty?

He needed to gain prestige value to perform lottery draws, and prestige value required the recognition of the dynasty's people.

In this way, he only needed to make the Ancient Heavenly Dynasty grow stronger and gain the trust of the people to easily harvest prestige value.

Looking at the chaos lottery draw on the system panel that cost as much as one trillion prestige value, it was hard to imagine what kind of good things could be drawn from it.

Shaking his head, Gu Jixiao stopped thinking about it and waved his hand.

"Men, pass my order. In one hour, hold court!"