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After the initial sigh, she quickly stopped feeling regretful; the victor is king, the loser is villain, that's all there is to it.
Wang Mang looked at the two men, especially Wang Anzhi, and said, "You must have come to kill me! Hurry up and do it! It would be a blessing for me to be killed by a descendant of Emperor Gaozu, so as not to be disgraced by the hands of villains."
As he spoke, he tossed the Crimson Sky Sword, still stained with the Dragon King's blood, and pushed the Imperial Seal forward as well.
Wang Anzhi grasped the Chixiao Sword, feeling the bronze chains on it, raised the sword, and looked at Wang Mang, "Is there anything else you need?"
Wang Mang smiled and pointed at the girl in front of him, "Be careful of the Dragon King."
Before the Dragon Girl could even get angry, Wang Mang's head had already fallen to the ground.
Chapter 175 The simulation ends
In the tenth month of the fourth year of the reign of Emperor Di, Wang Mang died in Chang'an.
[At that time, Wang Mang wore a dark blue robe, carried an imperial seal and scepter, and held the dagger of Emperor Yu.]
On the same day, dozens of soldiers were torn apart, their limbs and bones shattered, and they fought and killed each other.
On the sixth day, the day of Gui Chou, it was announced that Wang Mang had gone to Gengshi and was hung in the market of Wan. The people all grabbed and beat him, and some even cut off and ate his tongue.
That's all.
[End of simulation]
【Summary of this session】
[Simulated Instance: Fate Revealed]
[Simulation completion rate: 50%]
[Simulation Summary: In this simulation, you uncovered the truth of a long-forgotten history, stumbled into a turbulent flow of distorted time, and completed the path to godhood within a dream, witnessing the decline of the King of Bronze and Fire.]
[Simulated Result: Obtained Royal Domain (Word of Power: Royal Authority??) – The first step on the path to godhood. A domain unique to the Dragon King or a deity that surrounds you; it cannot harm you unless a certain limit is reached.]
[Current Dragon Blood Concentration: S (Third Generation)]
Wang Anzhi opened his eyes first and looked at the sage emperor slumped in his chair. Beside him, the dragon girl Jormungandr held a brush, looking unwilling, as if she wanted to draw on his face, but after hesitating, she gave up.
Wang Mang executed Constantine, the Bronze and Fire King, who shared the same "crown" rank as her. Insulting Wang Mang was tantamount to insulting a dragon king like her.
Jormungandr harbored a deep sense of pride, and even though he was angry at Wang Mang's "sowing discord" before his death, he ultimately did not stoop to such childish revenge. He could only stomp his feet a short distance away, holding his brush, but there was nothing he could do.
The dead are the greatest.
Meanwhile, Wang Yi had already straightened his clothes, took out a dagger, and committed suicide next to Wang Mang as he watched his cousin die.
Wang Yi had also lost interest in living, and he did not want to be treated as an object and placed in front of those bandits. Even when facing Liu Xiu, who had been defeated with an unparalleled advantage (the giant meteorite), he felt a faint fear in his heart, but he still refused to submit.
Looking out the window, one could see a great fire burning in the distance within Chang'an City, which had spread to the inner palace and the imperial chambers.
Closer still, a war has spread to the palace below, with soldiers following the trail of incursions, trying to find the whereabouts of Emperor Wang Mang.
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, even if Wang Anzhi and Jormungandr did not appear, it was only a matter of time before Wang Mang was discovered by them.
Just as the imperial advisor Liu Xin had predicted, his old friend would not live to see the next sunrise; one night would be enough for the group to find and capture the palace where Wang Mang was.
When discussing the Imperial Advisor Liu Xin, one cannot help but mention his forty-year friendship with Wang Mang.
Liu Xin was born into the imperial family and was the son of Liu Xiang. It is impossible to verify when he was replaced by Constantine, the King of Bronze and Fire.
However, the last time it appeared was during the "white snake" of Emperor Gaozu's "rebellion by slaying the white snake".
Without a doubt, Constantine's impersonation of Liu Xin was an unforgivable crime for the Han Dynasty.
During the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, Liu Xin and Wang Mang both served as Gentlemen-at-the-Door, advocating the study of ancient texts and thus forging a friendship.
It was from this time that Wang Mang's ambitions grew further. He learned of Liu Xin's identity at some point, but instead of reporting it to the emperor, he used his own position to help Liu Xin conceal it.
From then on, everyone knew that Wang Mang's national advisor, Liu Xin, was an old man with an ageless face who always looked like a boy.
Liu Xin was the most outstanding astrologer of his time. Possessing the Alchemy Throne, he could effortlessly achieve results that ordinary people could not obtain even after thousands of years of effort.
He cheered for Wang Mang when he usurped the Han throne, and even persuaded the emperor.
But at the same time, this man with the abyss in his eyes had already seen the collapse of the dynasty. He saw that in the future, a man named Liu Xiu would personally seize the mandate of heaven for the new dynasty, create a new dynasty, and prolong the life of the Han Dynasty.
Therefore, Liu Xin changed his name to "Liu Xiu" in an attempt to usurp this "mandate of heaven".
This is also why he eventually fell out with his old friend Wang Mang.
Surprisingly, Liu Xin's repeated rebellions seemed to be cursed, as Emperor Wang Mang discovered them each time and punished him by imprisoning him.
Out of both friendship and political considerations, Wang Mang was unwilling to kill his old friend.
When Liu Xin suffered a major defeat in the Battle of Kunyang in the fourth year of Emperor Dihuang's reign, which resulted in the loss of 420,000 troops, he began to stir again and attempted to rebel.
This time, Wang Mang did not forgive him and chose to execute him.
Not long after, Wang Mang also died in Weiyang Palace.
Recalling the entanglement between the two, Wang Anzhi had to admit that he and Wang Mang did indeed share some similarities.
The difference is that Wang Mang met Constantine, who always looked like a boy, when he was thirty, while he met Jormungandr, the Little Dragon Girl, before he had even reached adulthood.
Compared to an emperor, Wang Mang was more like a pope. He used the power of Confucianism to ascend the throne, but he did not know how to govern the country. He kept talking about "benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness", but these were not enough to govern a country.
Perhaps it was his "priest-like" qualities that attracted Constantine, who was a boy.
Wang Anzhi's own aesthetic preferences leaned towards beautiful girls, so naturally, the first dragon king he met was Jormungandr.
Shifting his gaze from Wang Mang, Wang Anzhi recalled his gains this time, which had completely paved the way for his ascension to godhood.
In comparison, improving one's bloodline is a trivial matter.
His path to godhood manifests outwardly as the "royal domain," a symbol of the Dragon King.
Wang Anzhi is still unclear about what this means for the real world.
However, it is conceivable that its impact will be far from insignificant.
He still doesn't know the secret of the severance of the Path to Godhood. When he was the Yellow Emperor, he walked the Path to Godhood in a daze. He understands that the "god" that is the target at the end of the Path to Godhood is not just an ordinary dragon, but a dragon king with authority.
In the modern world, and even during the Han Dynasty, the "struggle for the throne" was just a legend.
Perhaps, at the same time that the First Emperor gathered the armies of the six states and stationed them in Xianyang, he also completely sealed off the path to the Investiture of the Gods, or perhaps there is a more mysterious reason.
Putting those thoughts aside, Wang Anzhi looked at the Dragon Girl who was still playing pranks. He took the brush from her hand, dipped it lightly in ink, and gently wrote the character "王" (Wang) on her forehead, making her look like a snarling little tiger.
Looking at the dragon girl's strange appearance, he smiled slightly, but then couldn't help feeling melancholy.
This time, Jormungandr was undoubtedly the most vivid and lifelike of all, even seeing through the illusion she was in and taking him on a journey through the Battle of Zhuolu.
However, he wondered when he would be able to help Xia Mi in the real world recall these memories.
Chapter 176 The First Step on the Path to Godhood: Elemental Turbulence
Xia Mi watched as the spiritual elements gathered beside Wang Anzhi gradually dissipated, and the swirling clouds gathering in the sky outside the window.
At a glance, this cloud formation already covers the entire Sichuan Basin.
Before the summer rainy season had ended, storms from the southeast coast reached the foot of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
The clouds began to gather and the drizzle started at midnight yesterday.
At that time, Xia Mi was still dreaming when a thunderbolt shattered her beautiful dream. Just as she angrily pulled back the curtains to look out the window, she saw this unbelievable scene before her.
At first, it was the howling of the wind, its shrill cries transforming into billions of transparent blades, sweeping across every corner, tearing apart everything in sight, wreaking havoc.
Xia Mi quickly closed the window, touched her face, and felt a pang of heartache.
It was at this moment that her phone received a text message from the provincial meteorological bureau to everyone temporarily residing in the Sichuan Basin:
Recently, our province has experienced significant abnormal weather, with strong winds and heavy rain. Residents and tourists are advised to minimize outdoor activities during this period and stay at home or in hotels while awaiting further instructions…
This unusual weather event is suspected to be a climate instability phenomenon caused by global warming...
Xia Mi rolled her eyes. The rest was just the bureaucratic jargon she knew without even thinking about it, and she had no confidence that she knew anything about it.
But looking at such a grand scene, Xia Mi glanced at Wang Anzhi on the other bed, stuck out her tongue, and sighed.
Is she the Dragon King or is her senior brother the Dragon King?
When she was first "born," a few minor earthquakes were concealed, and not only the Secret Party, but even the Orthodox, who had dealt with her for generations, failed to notice this.
For thousands of years, Jormungandr's combat skills have not improved much, but her ability to play hide-and-seek with humans has improved dramatically.
Now that she has emerged from the egg, she no longer causes much of a commotion, and she has even secretly erased the "strange phenomenon" that occurred when her stupid older brother was born.
For ordinary people, having violet eyes and double pupils is a rare and auspicious sign, indicating that the child will surely achieve great things in the future.
But for the Dragon King, it was quite the opposite.
Therefore, Xia Mi's long-standing experience has taught her: keep a low profile, keep a low profile, and keep a low profile even more.
Otherwise, they would either be killed like Constantine, or nailed to a coffin for a thousand years like Li Wuyue, or be stripped of their reason like Frey, oh, now we should call him Behemoth.
If Xia Mi were to realize this later, without Odin's knowledge, she would surely be surprised to discover it.
In a competition of who was the worst, she was actually the least bad of all the Dragon Kings, and could become the No. 2 with her upright and honorable performance.
Unfortunately, Xia Mi was unaware of this, so as she looked out the window at the torrential rain and thunder, each thunderclap made her shiver, fearing that it would expose her identity as the Dragon King.
Seeing Wang Anzhi still fast asleep, the Dragon Girl was furious. She couldn't help but get closer and gently kick him.
As she watched the wind battering the window, she couldn't help but murmur to Wang Anzhi:
"Senior brother, you're really lucky this time. The Bronze City in the Three Gorges just happened to appear, and Constantine was confirmed to have entered Sichuan along the Yangtze River, taking the fall for us. Otherwise, with such a huge elemental turbulence and such a large altar blockade, where would I have found a Dragon King to fill this hole?"
As for whether Constantine, a crippled dragon king who couldn't even hatch a dragon body, had the ability to do this, Miss Xia Mi didn't care much.
As they traveled downstream along the Yangtze River to the Three Gorges, Nuwa frowned deeply, looking at the director of the Yangtze River Navigation Bureau in disbelief.
"What? You mean the Yangtze River is unnavigable these days?"
The bureau chief touched his balding head, equally helpless. How come he had only been in office for a few years and was already encountering such things every day? This made him sigh.
"Lord Nuwa, I must correct you. It's not that the Yangtze River is no longer navigable, but rather that without the Three Gorges Dam to regulate the flow, this sudden downpour would have caused a major flood in six provinces across the country, including Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, and even Henan."
Under these circumstances, demanding that flights resume is practically gambling with one's life.
As he spoke, the bureau chief also felt a wave of fear. He pointed to the surging Yangtze River in front of him, shook his head, and said:
"Lord Nuwa, a sudden rainstorm has hit the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, with 50mm of water falling overnight. Although the situation has eased somewhat this morning, all the water in the upper reaches has flowed downstream."