CHAPTER 719: 166, THE DICHOTOMY OF GOOD AND EVIL_2

"It is so," the Second Prince whispered, "who can endure being helpless due to weakness forever?"

He suddenly stared at the Fourth Prince and said, "But if Eternal Night wants to annihilate my Human Clan, must we really be doomed? Therefore ... our only option is to keep resisting."

The Fourth Prince was silent for a moment before saying, "Throughout the ages, only the human heart remains unchanged. I wish for the Human Clan to endure forever."

The Second Prince looked at him and said nothing more.

"All that needed to be said has been said."

The Crown Prince indifferently said, "Prepare for the public execution."

...

The future would eventually come.

The flow of time within the Illusion Realm of the Royal Secret Land returned to normal.

Inside the true dream, the previously almost halted public execution continued.

As expected, the Divine Dream Envoy was indeed instigating, and now, just by stating the facts he knew, was enough to fill the world with righteous indignation.

Things he shouldn’t know—like the old master’s will and the Demon Clan’s plan—he knew nothing of.

Even the Imperial Family couldn’t find any loopholes in this aspect.

"...Oh? Just now, of the twelve princes and princesses who were slaughtered by the Xiahong Imperial Family, eight have already died."

The Divine Dream Envoy suddenly said coldly, "Once up for public execution, with the sins of these eight, their souls would be scattered, it seems they didn’t want to face such a fate, so they chose to end themselves. At least they still have the chance to reincarnate and practice again in the next life. The Xiahong surely would receive them again. In the next life, they could still become prominent figures in Great Yong. Really..."

He didn’t continue, but it was enough.

"This Divine Dream Envoy..." Lin Yue’s eyes were cold, "indeed clung to this point to launch an attack..."

The Divine Dream Envoy clearly knew that these eight princes and princesses were not trying to escape their crimes, so he didn’t mention these words. However, his remarks clearly guided the world to think in this direction.

Thus, the people might even feel that the Xiahong was shielding criminals, and public sentiment would be even more shaken.

"The Crown Prince and the Second Prince must have considered this point..." Lin Yue thought, "How are they planning to respond? Could it be..."

He suddenly thought of a possibility, sighed, and silently watched the absurd public execution.

"It’s possible that the eight princes and princesses, whose souls were scattered, have already reincarnated."

The Divine Dream Envoy said blandly, "Let’s judge the remaining four then, starting with the Sixth Prince of the Xiahong."

Next, he didn’t mention that the Sixth Prince had no significant past crimes, focusing instead on how many mortals were slaughtered by the Sixth Prince this time and how many mortals were affected.

After giving the right to defend, the Sixth Prince didn’t say much, just admitted his crimes and even mentioned that those eight were killed by the Crown Prince.

No need to say much, with the thousand-year regency of the Crown Prince, people naturally understood that this was the Crown Prince’s verdict.

Even if the people genuinely believed that those eight princes and princesses deserved to die, their reverence for the Divine Emperor and the Crown Prince would not waver for the time being.

Based on the sins, the Sixth Prince had 3,400 years subtracted from his lifespan.

However, the Sixth Prince already had over 8,000 years of lifespan left and could always Prove and Transcend. Subtracting more than 3,000 years wasn’t really significant.

The Seventh Prince and Fifth Princess also admitted their crimes. Their sins were not severe to start with, so they had only one or two thousand years subtracted.

The Seventh Princess was left for last.

Lin Yue could roughly guess the Divine Dream Envoy’s thoughts.

Because the Seventh Princess innately had an excellent reputation among the people. During a severe drought, the people knew it was the Seventh Princess’s fruit that saved many lives.

However...

"No merit, only sins?"

Lin Yue slightly raised his eyebrows as he examined the Seventh Princess standing next to the Divine Dream Envoy.

Her expression was cold, starkly different from the gentle and tranquil Seventh Princess.

This was the evil Seventh Princess, post the splitting of her divine soul.

According to the Fourth Prince, when the Seventh Princess was influenced by the old master’s will to begin slaughtering mortals, which was entirely contrary to her nature, under the effects of this cultivation method, her Divine Soul split into good and evil.

The evil part was like a newly born person with no merits or sins.

Thus, the great merits accumulated by the Seventh Princess in the past still resided with the good part.

And the evil part, after being influenced by the old master’s will and starting to ruthlessly slaughter mortals, had only then accrued sins.

"Rumors say the Seventh Princess saved millions during the famine, but now it seems she has no merit at all?"

The Divine Dream Envoy coldly said, "Indeed, most rumors are false. I recall that was propagated by the court, right?"

Lin Yue slightly furrowed his brows.

Perhaps the Divine Dream Envoy didn’t know what had happened to the Seventh Princess, but he knew to seize this opportunity to attack, seizing the moment to undermine the court’s authority.

The Crown Prince and the Second Prince knew this yet they could have eliminated the Seventh Princess’s evil spirit earlier, but they didn’t?

This time, the Divine Dream Envoy didn’t need to deliberately incite anything.

A princess praised by all under the heaven, yet she was not as she seemed and had wantonly slaughtered millions of mortals—this was enough to leave people thoroughly disappointed and even hateful toward her.

"Grant her the right to defend herself."

Although Lin Yue had never communicated with the evil spirit of the Seventh Princess, he still granted her the right to defend herself as the Second Prince had said.

However, during this public execution, the evil spirit of the Seventh Princess remained silent, not uttering a single word.

In the end, both good and evil were her.

It’s just that the evil spirit was influenced by the master of the old days, tending more toward darkness and destruction.

"The Seventh Princess possesses no merit, only sins."

The Divine Dream Envoy indifferently said, "Since there is no merit to offset the sins, according to the rules, if any of you have anything to say to her, feel free to speak now. Everyone has a chance to say one sentence. After a moment, the execution will begin, and in her current state, she will surely be scattered to the winds."

The evil spirit of the Seventh Princess stood there expressionless, beginning to face the storm brought by the people of the world.

At that moment, countless curses flooded into her mind.

"Hmm?"

Lin Yue suddenly paused slightly.

Because he discovered that in the Illusion Realm of the Royal Secret Land, the good soul of the Seventh Princess had awakened.

He immediately split his consciousness into the Illusion Realm within the Royal Secret Land.

The good soul of the Seventh Princess was clearly unstable, having just been torn apart and was very weak, unable even to return to her body on her own.

She lethargically leaned against a column in front of the Royal Secret Land, her face weary and pale. The state of her consciousness was most genuinely reflected in the Illusion Realm, resembling a person gravely injured from excessive blood loss, extremely weak.

"Brother..."

The Seventh Princess’s eyelids were half-closed; she barely opened her eyes to look at Lin Yue, confusedly asking, "Where is this... Why do I feel so tired..."

"Sister Qiuhe, don’t you remember?" Lin Yue forced a smile.

The splitting of the divine soul naturally affected memory and cognition, not to mention that the slaughter of mortals was carried out by her evil spirit—she did not know at all.

"I remember I was in Youzhou City, about to plant trees bearing the cure fruit, to resolve the epidemic in Youzhou..."

The Seventh Princess furrowed her brows, enduring the intense pain from her divine soul, struggling to recall her remaining memories.

Lin Yue fell silent, somewhat unsure what to say.

It was peculiar and absurd.

Good and evil split, and the outcomes were completely different.

Her good soul knew nothing in this Royal Secret Land, while her evil spirit was enduring the curses of the world in the true execution of the dream.

Which one was her, after all?

"I feel like I’ve slept for a long time, that’s right..."

The Seventh Princess furrowed her brows slightly but suddenly smiled, saying, "I remember planting lots of trees in Youzhou City and Langyu City to cure the epidemic, and you came to see me... What happened after that? How did it turn out?"

Lin Yue paused.

"Has the epidemic in Youzhou been resolved?"

The Seventh Princess was very weak but looked at him with hopeful eyes, softly asking, "I quite like the people of Youzhou. I hope they can get better soon... Hmm... Did they praise me?"

...

"What were you thinking, to have killed millions of people? Those were human lives!"

"Are you even human? To think we trusted you so much! You’re a liar!"

"You, a demon princess, should go to hell!"

"Die! Just die!"

Endless curses transformed into a torrential rain, instantly overwhelming the heart of the Seventh Princess’s evil spirit.

She suddenly slowly raised her head.

...

"Sister Qiuhe..."

Lin Yue slowly took hold of the Seventh Princess’s hand, softly saying, "Don’t think too much, Youzhou is no longer plagued by the epidemic..."

"I’m relieved then... That’s great..."