At the moment, the atmosphere in the Great Qin Dynasty's capital, West-Hill City, was rather peaceful. The news of Emperor Qin Shi Yu's death and the Great Qin Dynasty's expedition to Infinite Wasteland was tightly sealed.
However, in West-Hill City, within the palace, there was a gloomy and gloomy atmosphere. There was a deathly silence, and the atmosphere was extremely oppressive.
Although the Great Qin Dynasty displayed extremely strong control at this moment, preventing the internal situation from falling into chaos, there was still a sense of panic within the palace.
In the main hall of the palace, there were a few people sitting face to face. Beside them were some Magic Power Projections. They were the Magic Power Projections of the Great Qin Dynasty's top experts who had important tasks and could not attend personally. They had come to participate in this important meeting for the Great Qin Dynasty.
Whether it was the real person or the Magic Power Projection, everyone's gaze would always sweep across the empty dragon throne in the main hall and sigh to themselves.
A Primordial Soul Transformation Realm elder of the royal family stroked his beard and said softly, "Let's act according to His Majesty's will before he left."
Although Emperor Qin Shi Yu had died, he had personally led the army in the war between the two worlds. Even with the Immortal Dragon City, Shi Yu might not be able to guarantee his safety.
Although it was inauspicious, everyone in the Great Qin Dynasty, including Shi Yu himself, had to make all sorts of contingency plans out of responsibility. This naturally included all sorts of plans for the worse.
For example, if Emperor Qin Shi Yu died, or if the Immortal Dragon City was damaged or even destroyed.
Of course, there was also the worst possibility — if both Emperor Qin Shi Yu and the Immortal Dragon City were lost.
This also involved whether the external situation would ease or become tense after Emperor Qin Shi Yu died, and whether the overall situation of the war between the two worlds was critical for the Great Qin Dynasty.
The current situation was undoubtedly the worst outcome.
Under such circumstances, the person who could shoulder the heavy burden of the Great Qin Dynasty was undoubtedly not the Supervising Crown Prince Shi Chongyun, who was only at the later stage of Yuanying.
Of the Great Qin Dynasty's three Dao Integration experts, Emperor Qin Shi Yu had died, and Monarch Ruyang Shi Zongmao was seriously injured. Now, the strongest person was Nanming Monarch Shi Zongtang, who had been guarding West-Hill City.
With Shen Dragon King being blocked by Zhu Yi and Sword Venerable Tiangang, and with the Youdu Race not descending on the Divine Land, Great Qin's situation was not too dangerous.
In such a situation, perhaps some people would suggest that Shi Zongtang temporarily act as Regent to support Great Qin.
But now that Youdu Race had descended, even though their main target was Taixu Temple, the other powers, including Great Qin Dynasty, had no choice but to raise their guard and prepare for battle.
In order to gather the Dragon Vein Qi, Shi Chongyun had to ascend to the throne. The current situation did not allow Shi Chongyun to ascend to the throne, and in order to gather all of the Great Qin Dynasty's power and defend against external enemies, the only choice was the Southbright Monarch, Shi Zongtang.
In the posthumous edict left by the Great Qin Emperor, Stonefeather, it was also clearly stated that under special circumstances, the Southern Bright Monarch, Shi Zongtang, would automatically be promoted to Imperial Uncle and become the first successor of the Great Qin.
There was no need to exploit any loopholes in language. At this moment, no one would deny that the current situation was undoubtedly the special situation that Stonefeather had spoken of.
Perhaps the only person who was disappointed was Shi Chongyun. However, as the only cultivator below the Primordial Spirit Realm, he remained expressionless and silent.
The Southern Bright Monarch, Shi Zongtang, sat at the head of the crowd. He did not look at the dragon throne on the stairs, and he was also silent, as if he was thinking about something.
Opposite him was a Magic Power Projection from the Great Qin Dynasty's other Dao Integration Realm expert, the Rogen Sun Monarch, Shi Zongmao.
However, Shi Zongmao's current state was very poor. Even though it was just a Magic Power Projection, people could see that he was very weak. This was a very rare thing for the Rogen Sun Monarch, who had always been tough.
Shi Zongmao coughed dryly and said slowly, "For now, the Great Qin Dynasty can only withdraw its defenses and not start a war with anyone. Let's get through the war between the two worlds first."
A Great Qin Elder beside him sighed and said, "His Majesty and the Immortal Dragon City have fallen together, and the Great Qin Dynasty has fallen into its weakest moment in thousands of years. The accumulation from the last war between the two worlds is almost all used up. Even if we get through this war, the situation will change. Where should the Great Qin Dynasty go?"
After a slight hesitation, the elder said softly, "Could it be that the only way is to really side with Xuanmen Tianzong?"
The Great Qin Dynasty's higher-ups and experts present fell silent.
The Great Qin Dynasty had been having a headache in recent years about how to get along with the ally that was growing stronger and stronger, to the point that they were gradually unable to catch up to.
Now, this problem seemed to have been easily solved. However, this method of solving it made Great Qin feel quite unhappy.
However, at this moment, it seemed that they had no other choice.
"If we don't side with Xuanmen Tianzong, are we supposed to side with the Great Zhou Dynasty?" A middle-aged man opposite to the elder curled his lips and said, "Although we are indeed unwilling, Xuanmen Tianzong has not interfered with our internal affairs for now, nor does he have any intention of controlling us."
"The Northern Militant Royal Court is the same as the Great Qin Dynasty. They are both factions that are very involved in the world, but Xuanmen Tianzong has no intention of controlling them."
The middle-aged man snorted and said, "Right now, the enemy we should be most wary of is the Great Zhou Dynasty. Although there is a war between the two worlds right now, who knows if Emperor Liang Pan of Zhou will take the risk out of desperation. After all, for the Great Zhou Dynasty, this is the best time to swallow up the Great Qin Dynasty."
Everyone present nodded. The Great Zhou Dynasty had always been the enemy they were most wary of. Even if they had been lying low in recent years, Emperor Liang Pan's ambition could not be underestimated.
At this moment, an elder suddenly looked at Monarch Geng Yang, Shi Zongmao and asked, "Monarch Geng Yang, you said before that there seemed to be a lot of doubts about His Majesty's battle …"
Shi Zongmao's expression was solemn, "This old man only heard a simple description from Sword Venerable Big Dipper. His Majesty's death and the loss of Immortal Dragon City were mainly due to an accident during the Dragon Soul Sacrifice, causing the situation to slide into an uncontrollable abyss."
"Sword Venerable Big Dipper arrived a bit late, causing His Majesty to have to take the risk. However, this cannot be blamed on Sword Venerable Big Dipper. It is just that Zhu Yi of Xuanmen Tianzong's strength has clearly changed before and after the battle."
"Before and after His Majesty's death, this Xuanmen Tianzong Elder Zhu's strength was not the same, but he did not refine his spirit to return to the void and break through to the next realm."
Shi Zongmao took a deep breath, "Although divine abilities and magic power cannot be excluded, and there is a possibility of a breakthrough in the aspect of magic power, the difference between before and after is worth paying attention to."
All the cultivators of Great Qin fell silent. At this moment, Shi Zongtang, who was sitting on the seat of honor, clapped his hands lightly, and everyone looked at him.
Shi Zongtang said Silently, "Whether there is something fishy or not, our most reliable ally is still Xuanmen Tianzong."
"The Youdu Race has descended on the Divine Land, and the main force of Taixu Temple and the Haotian Mirror are trapped in the Xuanhai, unable to return. It can even be said that everyone in the Divine Land, including Dao Venerable Xuan Yi of White Cloud Mountain, is counting on the Master of Xuan Men's true body to return from Tianhuang Vast Land. Only then will the human cultivation world have enough confidence to fight Youdu."
"An accident happened to Taixu Temple in the Xuanhai, and their mountain gate has become the most likely target of the Youdu Race's attack. After this war between the two worlds, Taixu Temple is likely to be heavily damaged. Although it is hard to predict whether Xuanmen Tianzong will be a blessing or a curse, from the looks of it, their future is obviously better than Taixu Temple's."
"The Great Zhou Empire has been getting closer and closer to Taixu Temple, so Xuanmen Tianzong is ultimately our most reliable choice."
Everyone present, including King Rogenyang Shi Zongmao, nodded in unison. One of them suddenly turned to look at Shi Zongtang and Shi Zongmao, wanting to say something but hesitating.
Shi Zongtang, however, seemed to know what he was thinking. Silently, he said, "Even so, we are not suitable to welcome Shi Tianhao as the emperor."
That person saw that Shi Zongtang had already made it clear, so he simply said, "Since we have already decided to side with Xuanmen Tianzong, why don't we be more thorough and place a bigger bet?"
"If the Great Qin Emperor can't rise in the divine prefecture and become a supreme existence, and if Xuanmen Tianzong can really sweep through the world in the future, we will strive to become the strongest power under their rule."
"Celestial Venerable Huang is one of the four heroes under the master of Xuan Men. If he becomes Celestial Emperor Huang of the Great Qin Dynasty, our Great Qin Dynasty will work hard to occupy the strongest corner of the territory under Xuanmen Tianzong in the future." That person's voice was slightly solemn. "Otherwise, even if we completely side with Xuanmen Tianzong, our future development will still be unpredictable. Putting aside the fact that the Northern Militant Imperial Court has been advancing by leaps and bounds, Celestial Venerable Huang's big brother Xiao Yan's wife is a descendant of the ancient emperor's bloodline!"
Although it was not widely spread, and the Ancient Immortals World was sufficiently secretive, the news of Lin Feng bringing Xiao Yan to the Ancient Immortals World to propose marriage still leaked out.
The Great Qin Dynasty was naturally the first to pay attention to this matter.
Shi Zongtang shook his head. "Putting aside the fact that Shi Tianhao will definitely not accept the matter of succession, even if we can accept a branch bloodline as emperor, and can accept a direct disciple of Xuanmen Tianzong as emperor, Shi Tianhao's sense of belonging to Xuanmen Tianzong is far stronger than to the Shi family, let alone our Great Qin Dynasty."
"Although it is a bit hard to say, he actually has no feelings or sense of belonging to our Great Qin. In the entire country, the person he is closest to in the royal family is Xing Yun."
Hearing this, the higher-ups of the Great Qin Dynasty revealed a regretful expression, and did not mention the previous suggestion.
At the side, Shi Zongmao said in a low voice, "Let's try our best to survive the calamity of the war between the two worlds first. We need some time for the people to accept the news of the former emperor's death, appoint a new emperor, and gather the dragon vein energy again. All of these must be done as soon as possible."
He looked at Shi Zongtang. "In this special period, the coronation ceremony can only be simple. To avoid chaos, we can't invite other people to attend the ceremony."
"Of course." Shi Zongtang nodded, stood up, and walked to the center of the hall. Looking at the high dragon throne, he Slowly said, "Inform Xuanmen Tianzong and the other powers that are on good terms with the Great Qin Dynasty. We should also start preparing."
In the hall, Rosun Monarch Shi Zongmao's projection was the first to stand up. After a moment of silence, he slowly bowed to Shi Zongtang.
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