141: Finish

A faint light revealed itself on the horizon.

At the arrival of the Mao hour, the young general in white robes, under the shocked gazes of the palace maids and eunuchs, brought Li Yuanyuan's corpse!

"Ding ~ Third Prince Sheng Tianlong, Li Yuanyuan is dead. Host progress 99%."

The System's voice appeared in Sheng Changge's mind.

The information in these words made him slightly puzzled.

"System, what does that 99% progress mean?"

"This is the progress bar for the Host to ascend the throne."

"Is that so?" Sheng Changge muttered to himself in suspicion, then suddenly asked, "Then, after I ascend the throne and the progress reaches 100%, what will happen?"

When this question was asked, Ye Tian did not respond. Instead, the ball of light in the System space flickered intensely.

"Of course, it will be Perfection! The worlds will must have an emperor; only then can world coins be produced!"

"And I can finally have a vacation..."

Sheng Changge obviously could not hear the Creator System's words.

In his opinion, the Miraculous Plan System had fallen silent because of his question.

"You will disappear?"

Suddenly, Sheng Changge blurted out this sentence.

Without any basis, he just suddenly had this suspicion.

"Once the Host obtains what he needs, he will naturally no longer need the Miraculous Plan System."

Ye Tian's words plunged Sheng Changge into silence.

Yes, the throne... who doesn't need it... Chen hour.

Fengtian Hall.

The civil and military officials had all consciously gathered here, waiting for one person to ascend the imperial platform!

Prime Minister Yu, who stood at the very front, and the surrounding officials, now wore hints of smugness on their faces.

They had truly and genuinely fought against Third Prince Sheng Tianlong with Sheng Changge last night!

As it seemed now.

Once Sheng Changge ascended the throne, they would surely become core ministers.

Amidst the waiting of the officials.

Time slowly passed.

When the sun was high and a warm sun appeared in the sky.

A slight commotion arose in Fengtian Hall.

"Where is Your Highness? Has he not arrived yet?"

"General Changge, he should still be resting, right? After all, it was very late last night."

"That shouldn't be. Your Highness couldn't possibly not know we are waiting for him, could he? And this is the imperial throne. Could Your Highness have been delayed by something?"

The officials discussed animatedly.

Prime Minister Yu and other ministers also sensed something unusual.

"His Highness Changge is gone!"

"His Highness has left the Imperial City!"

Suddenly, a minor official who had received the news rushed into Fengtian Hall, shouting anxiously.

"What?! His Highness is gone?!"

"Why? How could he leave? Does His Highness not know that today is when he inherits the throne?!"

In an instant.

The officials in the entire Fengtian Hall could no longer remain quiet.

They paced back and forth, pounded their hands and stamped their feet, unable to comprehend, and had never imagined!

This was the imperial throne; how could he leave without a word?

Did he not know that as long as he stepped into Fengtian Hall, he could ascend the throne and become the new emperor of Sheng Country?

...A carriage slowly traveled along the official road.

Sheng Changge drove the horse.

Beside him, White Sha pursed her lips, silently smiling, just quietly watching the man.

"System, I'll take you to the frontier to deter the Northern Regions Xiongnu and see all the scenery beyond the Great Wall!"

With a dashing smile on his face, Sheng Changge appeared high-spirited and eager.

Ye Tian did not respond... With Sheng Changge's departure.

The capital city completely erupted.

The news of the vacant throne spread throughout the capital and the entire Sheng Country.

For a time, people were in a state of panic.

At court.

The usual morning court, two days later, became increasingly desolate with the absence of officials.

There was no emperor.

For whom were the memorials written during morning court?

Five days later.

Within Sheng Country, due to the absence of an emperor, the number of crimes committed across the entire territory soared!

Corrupt officials also proliferated!

Some princesses and generals, without anyone to manage them, directly carved out territories, subtly appearing to establish themselves as kings!

Meanwhile, some great civil officials greatly embezzled the salaries of countless local officials. Everyone felt insecure, everyone saved themselves. A vicious cycle chain took shape in just ten days.

Such drastic changes greatly exceeded the expectations of Prime Minister Yu and other old officials.

If this continued, Sheng Country's complete chaos, and even its division into various states, was only a matter of time!

Sheng Country could not be without a monarch!

Under the spontaneous organization and suggestion of the old officials at court, they thought of the Second Prince.

The Second Prince also had the imperial Bloodline; he too could be competent for the throne!

With this thought.

The old officials, with their last hope, found the Second Prince.

However... after just twenty days of not seeing him, the Second Prince had become a grave!

According to the old scholar who buried him, this Child, on his way to seek books and teach, encountered a band of bandits. He tried to reason with them and was hacked to death by their swords...

"How could the Second Prince die so tragically?!"

"Is Heaven trying to destroy our Sheng Country?!"

The old officials at court wept bitterly.

Without a monarch, the leaderless Sheng Country was visibly deteriorating day by day!

An old official proposed acting as regent.

But this was instantly opposed by those officials with ulterior motives.

The Northern Regions Xiongnu were the happiest to hear of Sheng Country's chaos.

However.

After the initial joy, they were not too happy now.

They had originally thought that Sheng Country was in such a state that they could fully mobilize their Army to attack Sheng Country and take it in one fell swoop!

However, on this vast, desolate grassland.

For unknown reasons, a mysterious White Horse Army appeared!

A mysterious Army that only killed Xiongnu!

The reason this White Horse Army was called mysterious was because they were completely elusive.

Just moments before, the rear had appeared empty.

When some Xiongnu looked back again, they suddenly discovered that three thousand white-robed Soldiers had appeared out of nowhere!

And every group of Xiongnu that encountered this Army was completely annihilated!

It was precisely because of this mysterious Army that the Xiongnu Army was greatly deterred!

This forced the various Xiongnu clans, who had originally intended to attack Sheng Country, to stop, filled with secret resentment.

On a Gobi desert.

Facing the dim slanting sun, the man's cloth robe flapped in the wind.

Beside him, two exquisitely beautiful women, almost identical in appearance, sat quietly.

"Do you two also want me to go back?" Sheng Changge looked at the two women beside him.

Regarding Sheng Changge's words, White Sha was thoughtful: "The Lantern Festival seems to be approaching."

"It's true!" White Sha chimed in: "Someone kept saying in letters that the Lantern Festival in the Imperial City is the most beautiful!"

"Hahaha..." Sheng Changge chuckled and shook his head; how could he not understand what they meant.

In just one month.

As carefree as he was when he left, his mood was now just as heavy!

The situation of Sheng Country was something he had not anticipated.

A country cannot be without a ruler for a single day; this was fully demonstrated.

But if he went back and ascended the throne... Sheng Changge's System panel unfolded before his eyes.

After more than thirty days of signing in, he had obtained over thirty books.

There were books on hot weapon manufacturing, food crop cultivation, architectural structure design... and so on.

Due to the improvement of his Physique, he had also completed over a hundred Miraculous Plan daily tasks.

These were all things Sheng Changge had scraped from Ye Tian.

A month ago, Ye Tian had been somewhat touched that this fellow didn't want the throne.

But now, after a month.

Ye Tian understood.

This young man just wanted to freeload his sign-in items and those Miraculous Plans!

The human heart is unfathomable.

"System, do you have anything to say to me?"

Ye Tian: ...That night.

Sheng Changge returned to the Imperial City!

His appearance sent the entire Imperial City into turmoil.

Some rejoiced, some were terrified, and some, in extreme fear, conceived murderous intent!

The current state of Sheng Country was the kind some influential Families liked.

In such an environment, they could better acquire more power!

If Sheng Changge truly ascended the throne, these Families, not to mention returning to their original state, would be eradicated by the new emperor with thunderous methods due to their actions during this period!

With such thoughts, the rebellious Families immediately united.

They intercepted Sheng Changge on his way back to the Imperial City!

However.

Just when they thought that mobilizing a few hundred Soldiers could easily capture Sheng Changge.

A group of white-robed Army, like divine Soldiers, accompanied Sheng Changge, stepping over the corpses of those Soldiers, unimpeded, into the Imperial Palace!

Only now did everyone understand.

Sheng Changge's strength did not come from the Imperial Palace, but from himself!

Some people vaguely remembered the Asura-like appearance of that white-robed Army during the transformative battle a month ago.

The still-active Families finally realized.

Sheng Changge not returning to the Imperial City during this time was not because he didn't dare, but because he didn't want to!

Now that he had returned.

Everything would return to its original place!

On November 21st, 501st year of Sheng Country's founding, the new emperor, Sheng Changge, ascended the throne.

After the elaborate coronation ceremony, Sheng Changge, wearing a jade-beaded imperial crown and draped in a golden Dragon imperial robe, stood before Fengtian Hall, which had a thousand high steps.

Below him were the civil and military officials, kneeling on the ground!

"Long live our Emperor, ten thousand, ten thousand years!"

The ascension of the new emperor also heralded the arrival of a new era.

"Ding ~ Progress 100%, rewarding Host with two hundred thousand Mo Dao Army."

"Host, may we meet again."

Listening to Ye Tian's final words, Sheng Changge, receiving the prostrations of the civil and military officials, slowly closed his eyes.

The System was truly gone... Perhaps, this was the choice.