CHAPTER 706: 160, END OF THE WORLD_2

"The goal of this trip to Liangwang City is to win over the hearts of the people."

The Crown Prince stated indifferently, "You princes and princesses are to depart immediately for the various states of the Great Yong, carrying the Imperial Decree. In the name of Your Majesty, you will tour the human world, oversee relief efforts, and summarily execute anyone causing chaos or engaging in corruption. At the same time, search for individuals from Liangwang City and eliminate them."

"Crown Prince."

The Sixth Prince, who had the demeanor of an elderly immortal, saluted and said, "The people of Liangwang City are obviously cooperating with the Demon Clan’s actions. Perhaps they are being misled by the Demon Clan, but the Divine Dream Envoy of the real dream will certainly assist them. Especially since they bear merit, if we take action to kill them, we will inevitably be stained with sin. If they are publicly executed in the real dream, wouldn’t that give the Divine Dream Envoy leverage against us?"

Lin Yue understood his point as well.

The people of Liangwang City already bore merit, and they were saving people everywhere among the populace, gaining momentum.

If the imperial family of Great Yong were to kill them, the Divine Dream Envoy of the real dream would certainly seize this opportunity to accuse, claiming that the imperial family could not tolerate their own kind and even wanted to kill heroes who rescued the people.

Given the speed at which information spreads in the real dream, people’s opinions might shift instantaneously.

"I’m not asking you to take action."

The Crown Prince said calmly, "I will dispatch Heavenly Transmission Officials to accompany you. Each of you will have a Heavenly Transmission Official by your side. When the time comes, the Heavenly Transmission Officials will act, but they will not be drawn into the real dream."

Heavenly Transmission Officials?

Several princes and princesses were taken aback.

The Heavenly Transmission Officials, who held an extremely special status within the Eastern Palace, were not something even the princes and princesses paid attention to. Naturally, they knew about them.

However...

The Heavenly Transmission Officials had always remained within the Eastern Palace and had never left. And now they were coming out?

Moreover, weren’t most of the Heavenly Transmission Officials just Great Cultivators?

Could they really be of any assistance?

"Crown Prince."

The Sixth Princess, pure as a water lily, smiled and said, "The Demon Clan’s goal is to weaken the national fortune of the Great Yong. If we leave Di Hong City like this, leave Jingzhou, wouldn’t that give the Demon Clan an opportunity?"

Many princes and princesses looked silently at the Crown Prince as well.

Indeed.

Now that the princes and princesses could not use divine power, once they left Jingzhou, it would not matter to those who had achieved Proving, but the majority had not yet achieved it. Without divine power, they would be on the same level as the Heavenly Demon Saints.

What if they encountered assaults from the Demon Clan’s Heavenly Reversal Saints?

In terms of the number of semi-divine artifacts, the Demon Clan indeed far exceeded the Human Clan.

"Do not worry."

The Crown Prince said, "The Heavenly Transmission Officials that accompany you are there not only to eliminate individuals from Liangwang City but also to protect you."

The princes and princesses were even more puzzled.

Most Heavenly Transmission Officials were merely Great Cultivators, and only a few had reached Saint level, and even then, they were just ordinary Saints.

Could such strength really protect them?

The Crown Prince clearly did not wish to explain further, only stating indifferently, "In the nineteen states of Great Yong, excluding Jingzhou, the remaining eighteen states, each of you will choose one state to inspect. The Second Prince will remain in Jingzhou, and aside from the five who have achieved Proving, the other fourteen will each be accompanied by a Heavenly Transmission Official."

One by one, the princes and princesses could not defy his orders, and each chose a state to inspect.

Including the Crown Prince and the Second Prince, there were a total of twenty princes and princesses. Excluding the Crown Prince and the Second Prince, the remaining eighteen princes and princesses were just enough to inspect the eighteen states.

Each prince and princess casually chose a state, and Lin Yue chose his hometown, Liangzhou.

"Disperse now, the Imperial Decree will be delivered to your residences tonight."

Once the Crown Prince dismissed the crowd, only he and the Second Prince remained on the Imperial Platform in Di Hong Palace.

The Bright Pearls in Di Hong Palace gradually dimmed, returning to a state of chaos and obscurity.

"Have you figured out who it is?"

The Crown Prince looked at the Second Prince below and asked slowly.

"If not the Third, then the Fourth." The Second Prince said calmly, "Excluding those two, there are no other possibilities. The eldest Princess is impossible, and I have also tested the Second Princess."

The Crown Prince pondered for a moment, then said softly, "Although I can oversee the cycle of reincarnation, the Third Prince and Fourth Prince were placed into it by the Divine Emperor. I am not certain of their origins, but the relationship between these two is indeed somewhat subtle, seemingly not just as simple as being the main body and the Second Primordial Spirit."

"They disguise themselves well." The Second Prince shook his head slightly, saying, "If not for the Seventeenth younger brother reminding me, I wouldn’t have noticed anything."

"In the era when the Buddhists flourished, you and the Human Ancestor were still in slumber."

The Crown Prince said indifferently, "You don’t understand the situation of the Buddhist sect. Have you spoken to the Seventh Princess?"

"Of course, I have spoken with her at length." The Second Prince said, "Regarding the Seventh Princess, I have picked up a sense of familiarity. You placed her into reincarnation, right? Who was she in her previous life?"

"The Great Bodhisattva of Mercy."

The Crown Prince said, "The God Emperor had not decided on the twenty-third place at the time. The Great Bodhisattva of Mercy had a Dao Heart and Dao fully Perfected, with two Heavenly Reversal Paths. Only her Cultivation Technique was slightly lacking. Once Your Majesty discovered this, she was chosen."

"So it was her..." The Second Prince realized, "She indeed is a rare embodiment of benevolence, never having taken a life in her past lives and present."

"Did the Seventh Princess mention anything about the origins of the Third Prince and the Fourth Prince?" The Crown Prince asked.

"She doesn’t know either." The Second Prince shook his head slightly, saying, "She followed the Buddha Ancestor, who once considered making her a Bodhisattva attendant. She has seen many in the Buddhist sect, but she hasn’t recognized the Fourth Prince’s previous life. As for the Third Prince... he is likely the Primordial Demon Ancestor, but I am unsure of the relationship between him and the Fourth Prince."

"What means does the Demon Clan have, can you see it?" The Crown Prince asked.

"I understood a bit."

The Second Prince paused for a moment, then said, "Perhaps it is similar to the situation of the Divine Emperor in those days. The Demon Clan seems to intend to seize fortunes."

The Crown Prince frowned, a rift tear appearing through the twisted space above his head, casting beams of light.

He said slowly, "Destroy the world, if we eliminate approximately five and a half billion mortals now, while restraining the rest psychologically, fortune may fall, but at least the Heavenly Dao will not be lost."

"And then what?"

The Second Prince looked at him expressionlessly, "Continue to shrink away? To destroy tens of billions of our kind for such an outcome?"

The Crown Prince said somberly, "If this goes on, the Divine Array might break."

"Then let it break."

The Second Prince fixed his gaze on him, saying word by word, "I know you don’t care about human lives, nor the lives of princes and princesses, but if you dare to destroy the world, I will plunge Great Yong into Eternal Night."

"It is merely over fifty billion people." The Crown Prince frowned, saying, "As long as the environment is stable, the mortals can reproduce quickly and recover."

"Life is not just numbers!"

A frightening gleam appeared in the Second Prince’s eyes as he looked coolly at the Crown Prince, "I have warned you, you can try."

The Crown Prince fell silent for a long time, then said somberly, "You’ve killed immeasurably more people than I have, yet you treasure lives, thinking I’m a cold

executioner?"

"You only consider the most suitable method, never the lives involved."

The Second Prince reined in his aura, said indifferently, "I know the preciousness of life, understand what is necessary and what is compromise; we are different."

The Crown Prince frowned, saying, "A prince or princess’s life, is it not more valuable than that of a mortal?"

"It has not yet reached the point of needing to weigh the value on scales."

The Second Prince said calmly, "Besides, in my eyes, the lives of a group of Saints are not much more valuable, not much nobler than those of mortals. If I had to choose... I would also choose mortals."

The Crown Prince was silent for a long time, then asked, "Is this what it means to be human?"

The Second Prince looked at him, "This is what it means to be human."

...

A group of princes and princesses walked out of Di Hong Palace.

"Brother, you’re heading to Liangzhou, so you’ll be quite close to me."

The Seventh Princess walked alongside Lin Yue with a smile, "I heard you’re from Liangzhou. If I have time, I’ll come find you. You’ll have to show me around."

"Sure." Lin Yue nodded, "Sister Qiuhe, did you sense anything unusual while refining divine power?"

"No."

The Seventh Princess shook her head slightly, saying, "I only have a few drops of divine power, not enough to form a Divine Body. I don’t deal with divine power now."

Lin Yue finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment——

"Seventh Sister."

A voice laden with warmth sounded, as the Fourth Prince came over, smiling, "You’re off tomorrow, and you’re not adept at combat. As your elder brother, I am a bit worried. Come sit at my residence; I have a few words for you."

The Seventh Princess was slightly taken aback, then immediately sent a message to Lin Yue, "Brother, you go back first. I’ll go chat with Fourth Brother."

"Alright."

Lin Yue nodded slightly, looking at the Fourth Prince, bowing, "Then I shall not disturb Brother Four."

"Seventeenth Brother, would you like to join us?" The Fourth Prince asked with a smile.

"No, thank you." Lin Yue shook his head.

Among the princes and princesses, the relationship between the Seventh Princess and Fourth Prince was unusually good.

It was said that the Fourth Prince had done her favors. When the Seventh Princess was young, he had protected her several times and guided her in many ways, so she always regarded the Fourth Prince as a senior in the Buddhist sect and a brother.

Leaving Jingzhou this time was indeed somewhat dangerous.

It was normal for the Fourth Prince to have some words for her.