Chapter 43: I Beg Your Highness to Ascend the Throne!-Depois que meu discípulo traiu a seita, até os cães que adotei se tornaram grandes imperadores(Casca de melancia com família)

Suddenly, a vast and immense force of resentment surged from the Divine-Demon Puppet!

Ji Qingyou had long since discovered that hidden within this gigantic Divine-Demon Puppet was a terrifying force of resentment. This was likely the lingering remnants from the time of the divine-demon's death; if ignited, it would undoubtedly unleash even more formidable power!

However, this power was uncontrollable! Furthermore, triggering it rashly would cause the resentment to invade one's own body.

It must never be triggered lightly!

Yet, in order to give her master a satisfactory account, Ji Qingyou had no regrets!

Boom!

In an instant, as if an ancient divine-demon had truly been resurrected, the Divine-Demon Puppet piloted by Ji Qingyou suddenly burst into blazing flames!

These flames were a form of divine-demon karmic fire, and at this moment, even the heaven and earth were being incinerated!

Rumble!

At this juncture, because the power here was too immense, it triggered the convergence of heavenly tribulations in the sky.

A wisp of tribulation aura drifted down, and those approaching Immortals-Treading Troops were instantly vaporized into nothingness!

At the same time, the Crown Prince, who had originally been standing atop the Divine-Demon Puppet, was directly blasted away by the terrifying airflow, shattering several grand halls in succession!

Right at this moment, Ji Qingyou's vision transformed into a world of blood. Waves of pain originating from the divine-demon made her wish she were dead. Eventually, this agony transformed into a towering rage, making her desperately want to vent it out and destroy everything!

With this emotion rampaging within her body, despite the agony, Ji Qingyou remained extremely calm.

In the depths of her consciousness, she could sense that while the power of this divine-demon resentment was erupting, it was also encroaching upon her own being.

If she failed to control it properly, she herself would be reduced to a puppet of the divine-demon.

However, as a quasi-emperor in reincarnation, she was able to precisely grasp this delicate control.

Harnessing this force of divine-demon resentment, she manipulated the colossal Divine-Demon Puppet and gave a gentle tremor. Instantly, the Nine-Dragon Grand Array that had previously imprisoned her so tightly that she could not move suddenly shattered!

Those streams of golden dragons representing the national fortune of the capital rapidly decayed, completely losing the ability to restrict any of Ji Qingyou's actions!

Crack, crack, crack!

Simultaneously, a heavenly tribulation descended from the nine heavens. While this tribulation could not shake Ji Qingyou, it swept in the Crown Prince's hundred thousand Immortals-Treading Troops surrounding the area.

These men were merely at the Core Formation stage; in an instant, casualties were catastrophic!

"No! This crown prince was wrong! Spare my life, and the Great Yan will obey your every command from now on!"

Seeing Ji Qingyou approaching while driving the terrifying divine-demon, the Crown Prince was thoroughly terrified, sitting amidst the ruins and crawling backward frantically.

His actual cultivation was not weak, possessing the Nascent Soul realm cultivation base himself, but in front of Ji Qingyou, he was simply insignificant!

Realizing that Ji Qingyou had no intention of sparing him, the Crown Prince panicked completely. He prostrated himself on the ground and began kowtowing desperately.

"Imperial Sister, spare my life! Imperial Sister, spare my life!"

At this moment, a group of imprisoned civil and military officials had already been released. Watching the crown prince kowtowing incessantly on the ground, a trace of disappointment flashed in their eyes.

Seeing him like this, Ji Qingyou stopped and gazed at him with ice-cold eyes.

"Commit suicide. If you don't soil my hands, I might just spare your lineage from complete annihilation."

"Ji Qingyou!" Upon hearing this, the Crown Prince went completely mad, his pupils suddenly turning green.

"You refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit! Do you really think this crown prince has lost?!"

In a flash, a green light suddenly surged toward Ji Qingyou. Ji Qingyou's expression shifted drastically as she fiercely executed a quasi-emperor secret technique, glaring at that streak of green light!

"Ah!"

Under the gaze of the quasi-emperor's eyes, that streak of green light let out a sudden, miserable scream, transforming into a Daoist in green robes who plummeted downward.

Judging by his realm, he was actually at the Great Fulfillment of the Deity Transformation stage! Yet under that single glance from Ji Qingyou's quasi-emperor eyes, his eyes rolled back and he instantly dropped dead on the spot!

However, at the same time, a cloud of toxic miasma held by this person was also blasted into the body of the Divine-Demon Puppet!

Normally, Ji Qingyou would not fear such poisons at all. But at present, she was being invaded by the divine-demon's resentment and was struggling desperately to maintain a delicate balance! With the sudden appearance of this toxic miasma, as she hurried to defend against it, the balance within her body was instantly shattered!

Her face turned abruptly pale!

Though she reacted and tried her utmost to control it, a wisp of resentment originating from the divine-demon had already surged into her mind, contaminating her divine soul!

"Boom!"

At this moment, Ji Qingyou no longer quite looked like herself. Filled with overflowing violence and tyranny, she directly brought her foot down and crushed the Crown Prince to death!

After stomping the Crown Prince to death, she forcibly suppressed the resentment coming from the divine-demon, allowing her eyes to regain a shred of clarity.

"Reporting to the Eldest Princess... this man is the Thousand-Poisons Daoist of the Supreme Dao Palace!"

At this moment, the bruised and battered old grand chancellor stepped forward, pointing at the green-robed middle-aged man who had just dropped dead on the spot. His eyes held both fury and anxiety.

"I know." Ji Qingyou exerted her utmost control to keep herself calm, her voice as icy as ten-thousand-year frost.

"Pass down the order: execute the entire clan of the Crown Prince without exception!"

Hearing this, the old grand chancellor pondered for a moment before finally saying, "This subject obeys the decree."

"My imperial father... how is he?" Ji Qingyou's gaze crossed numerous obstacles, landing on the location where the old emperor resided.

"Reporting to the Eldest Princess," another old eunuch said with a strained voice, "His Majesty... has already been harmed by the Crown Prince."

Hearing this, Ji Qingyou closed her eyes slightly, then opened them again.

Although she was born the Eldest Princess, she had her own willpower since childhood and was not very close to these people. However, learning of the emperor's death, a trace of sorrow welled up in her heart.

Looking at the solitary and proud figure of Ji Qingyou, the civil and military officials in the rear—who had been beaten black and blue by the Crown Prince Ji Hao—looked at each other before kneeling down in unison, led by the grand chancellor.

"The former emperor has passed away, and the crown prince has died a sudden death. Yet a country cannot go a single day without a master, and a nation cannot go a single day without a ruler. We beg the Eldest Princess to take charge of the overall situation and ascend the throne on an auspicious day!"

"We beg the Eldest Princess to take charge of the overall situation and ascend the throne on an auspicious day!"

Behind them, all the civil and military officials echoed in unison.

Seeing this, those surviving soldiers of the Crown Prince's Immortals-Treading Troops panicked as well and followed suit, dropping to their knees.

At this time, having received the news of the princess's great victory, the old grand preceptor, General Changle, and others from the Eldest Princess's Manor also rushed over successively.

Witnessing this scene, they all joined in the chorus, shouting loudly, "We beg the Eldest Princess to ascend the throne on an auspicious day!"

Ji Qingyou's expression remained serene and cold. Turning her head, what met her eyes was a vast, sea-like expanse of people kneeling densely before her.

Yet no one knew her current condition. The divine-demon's resentment had invaded her body; although she was forcibly suppressing it, it was corroding her divine soul every single second. This was a crisis far more severe than the tribulations of her past life.

If she could not find a solution, the time remaining before her demise would not be long. Only the thought of her master, who was still in secluded cultivation, brought a slight solace to her heart.

Looking at the civil and military officials kowtowed before her, Ji Qingyou said indifferently, "Rise, all of you."

"As for whether this princess shall ascend the throne as emperor, I must first consult my master. First, make arrangements to hold the imperial funeral within the palace. Remember, leave nothing behind concerning the Crown Prince!"

"Do not make me repeat myself!"

"This old subject obeys!"

The old grand preceptor was immensely excited. He had watched Ji Qingyou grow up since childhood, and never expected to actually live to see this day!

"I must return to the sect. Everything within the palace shall be handled by the old grand preceptor."

"Understood!"

A resounding chorus of voices came from behind, but Ji Qingyou drove the Divine-Demon Puppet and departed directly.

In just this brief moment, she could already feel her divine soul beginning to dissipate.