Wang Sheng felt somewhat moved and thus spoke a few more words.
The Rebellion Army was essentially doomed to fail, fueled only by their enthusiasm which was then exploited by others.
They didn’t even know why they were rebelling—not entirely clueless, for sure, with hunger being a stark reality.
But once their hunger was quelled, they wanted more, and without restraint, they would end up like this.
However, after Wang Sheng mentioned it briefly, he didn’t say more; in this world there were strong individuals who, without forming a Military Formation, a Great Grandmaster could effortlessly slay an army of a hundred thousand.
And could easily influence the outcome of a war.
Even if the Rebellion Army had their own goals, once an Overlord Level power made their move, they could be wiped out in an instant, without needing to fully exert themselves.
Being aware of all this, Wang Sheng preferred not to elaborate further, as it was pointless to do so.
“You all should honestly focus on increasing your strength, there’s no need to get involved in these matters. Without understanding the situation, even if you have formidable power to unite and suppress the empire, it won’t lead to a good result.”
In the end, Wang Sheng ceased to speak about the issue.
But what he didn’t know was that his words had planted a seed.
Watching the few people who had fallen into deep thought, he continued to delve into the secrets of the Fire Transformation Pearl.
He had not completely understood the effects of the Fire Transformation Pearl’s transformation, but his recent research had yielded some results.
This kind of transformative effect gave Wang Sheng a feeling of familiarity.
After some time, at last—
“Fire Transformation Pearl Analysis: 1 (1%).”
Indeed, after a lengthy analysis, a progress bar for the Fire Transformation Pearl had appeared.
But once the progress bar appeared, Wang Sheng finally realized why it felt familiar.
Heaven and Earth!
It wasn’t that the Pearl’s transformation secret had anything to do with spatial matters, but rather the transformation seemed identical to an initial rule of Heaven and Earth. As long as you traced the respective rules in a fixed way, a transformation could be achieved.
After understanding this, Wang Sheng paused.
“Indeed, it is something naturally nurtured.”
The standards inside the Fire Transformation Pearl were high.
“It’s completely beyond my current level of comprehension!”
The knowledge within was not something Wang Sheng could currently grasp. To understand this artifact, the only way for the short term would be through the progress bar.
Even with the progress bar, progress had to be slow. Seeing the recently appeared progress bar, Wang Sheng felt that even achieving an increase of one percent was extremely difficult.
If he could fully decode this knowledge, calling Wang Sheng an immortal wouldn’t be an exaggeration.
“Are there such incredible treasures in this world?”
Wang Sheng fell deep into thought.
The implications behind the Fire Transformation Pearl were astounding.
“No, that’s not right!”
He quickly came to a realization.
He was using the progress bar to touch upon something fundamental.
The progress bar forcibly decoded and analyzed the Heaven and Earth Dao Rules within the Fire Transformation Pearl.
And with this notion…
The progress bar changed.
“Heaven and Earth Dao Rules Analysis: 1 (1%).”
Wang Sheng had an idea; while the progress bar could change its name according to his thoughts, it couldn’t exceed the nature of the skill itself.
For example, a planting technique could be renamed “Farming,” “Spirit Plant Skill” and so on, but it couldn’t be renamed “Breeding.”
So, this matter truly involved the most essential stuff.
“Well done, the progress bar never disappoints.”
The progress bar’s offerings didn’t come out of nowhere, but as long as there was a hint of something, success was guaranteed.
“In fact, to have the power to call the wind and summon the rain, I don’t need such profound knowledge.”
Wang Sheng settled his mind and began to decode from his newly acquired knowledge, seeking to utilize this power in his own energy transformation.
It was as he was nearing the Imperial City that Wang Sheng succeeded.
Of course, it wasn’t complete success. He had just decoded some things and had not yet fully integrated this knowledge to the “calling of wind and summoning rain”; he was consistently just a little short.
Wang Sheng glanced at the Imperial City appearing within his sight, perhaps there lay a solution.
“I hope I won’t be disappointed!”
The Imperial City’s library was the most comprehensive one in the Great Zhou, and it might contain something to solve this issue.
The security in the Imperial City was more stringent, but given the lessons learned from the righteous army, Wang Sheng used his Divine Thought to conceal himself and entered the Imperial City without incident.
The Imperial City was divided into the outer and inner city, the former mostly inhabited by civilians and wealthy merchants, while the latter by high-ranking officials and nobles.
In the past, both the outer and inner city were bustling, but now, except for a few lit lamps, the Imperial City was nearly a dead city.
Not that it was devoid of people—in fact, under Wang Sheng’s Divine Thought perception, there were still many people in the city, but these were mostly those without the means to leave or those not permitted to leave by the Imperial Family.
Many were trapped in the Imperial City, theoretically the largest and most prosperous in the world—waiting for death.
Yes, waiting for death!
Wang Sheng gleaned some information with his Divine Thought; the city’s residents knew about the Rebellion Army and realized that the army was now no different from the officials who exploited them.
With no way out, a lot of people were just waiting to die.
“Despair, huh?”
Wang Sheng hadn’t expected that a nation’s capital would be pervaded with such emotion.
What he didn’t know, however, was that the moment he entered the Imperial City, the people of the Imperial Family felt even greater despair.
“The Eternal Lamp representing the hope of the royal house… has gone out…”
This was an old man with not much cultivation level, but standing in the middle, he could clearly see the state of the Eternal Lamp.
His voice was choked, his tone shaking, his body trembling.
“Great Zhou, it’s really over now!”
Ultimately, the old man cried out and fainted on the spot.
“Clan Elders…”
There was a burst of chaos as at this time, the Clan Elders simply could not afford to fall.
But things didn’t end there.
Following the extinguishing of the Eternal Lamp, a desperate cry echoed through the palace.
The sky that was once clear suddenly rained, as if mourning.
Sitting inside the carriage, Wang Sheng seemed to feel something and immediately lifted the curtain at the front of the carriage to look towards the palace.
In his gaze, above the palace, there seemed to be a True Dragon.
The True Dragon fixed its gaze on him, or rather, the coffin behind him, as if confirming something.
And in the coffin, the small royal corpse, with no power at all, began to float upward.
At the sight of the corpse, the True Dragon… collapsed!
Like a person’s obsession that believes in having not perished, but as soon as someone proves their death, the obsession dissipates.
And then, the True Dragon was that obsession.
At the glimpse of the small royal, the imperial destiny of the Great Zhou scattered!
Ultimately, the small royal returned to the coffin.
Wang Sheng glanced at the coffin and said, “You really are the last emperor, huh!”
(Sorry, I overestimated myself during the holiday season; things really piled up, still only two chapters!)