Star Transformation

The cruelty of Xiang Guang

50,000 fierce Tiger troops had surrounded the Imperial Palace. Every single eye of the ferocious tiger warrior was filled with arrogance. Only half a year had passed since the beginning of the war, yet the entire Chu kingdom had fallen into the hands of the Qin clan and therefore, as the best warriors of the Qin clan, they all felt extremely proud.

The Imperial palace guards had scattered before. The head guard of the Imperial Palace was an elite soldier of the forbidden guard belonging to the Xiang clan yet he had been killed by the cowardly vice leader of the forbidden guard. After that the vice-leader had ordered his men to surrender to the Qin clan, dropping the forbidden guard into chaos.

In the past all the members of the Xiang clan led by Xiang Yu were very heroic but, after experiencing 1000 years of luxurious lifestyle, the Xiang clan was now made up of broken and depraved people. Seeing that their own clans were in disarray, all of these members took out their money and valuables to beg for mercy. However, the Qin clan's way of dealing with them was - by confiscating their valuables then throwing them in jail.

The Imperial Palace is currently in disarray. There were members of the Xiang clan who had killed themselves out of desperation. And a group of eunuchs, female bodyguards and cowardly forbidden guards begged for mercy from the ruthless Garang Tiger Forces. But there are also loyal forbidden guards who have attempted to kill those who fear death.

Chaos, chaos, chaos!

The doomsday for the Xiang clan has arrived. Everyone in the Imperial Palace was in a state of anxiety. They tried to rob valuables in the kingdom and kill each other. The 50,000 ferocious Tiger Troops just watched everything happen in the Imperial Palace cuckoo. None of them tried to get involved in this situation.

...

In the throne room of the Imperial Palace, there was only Xiang Guang sitting on the throne accompanied by a white-haired eunuch standing next to him.

"Your Majesty."

Head eunuch Wang Meng looked at the last Chu emperor, Xiang Guang in front of him. Wang Meng had been in the palace since he was a child. Now his only relative is his young granddaughter, whom he had sent to the Ming dynasty long ago with proper arrangements.

However, Wang Meng who was over 90 years old did not want to escape.

Xiang Guang, who was sitting on the throne, looked like he was sleeping. Despite hearing Wang Mengs words, he only raised his head after a long time. He then gave Wang Meng a blank look, "Oh, it's you, Manager Wang. Everything has come to this end, and right now you're the only one who's still faithfully with me."

Wang Meng said, "Why don't you run away, Your Majesty? As long as you can save your life, you'll be able to come back, won't you?"

Xiang Guang shook his head: "Other people can run but I can't." His eyes emitted a cold and ferocious blink. "Klan Qin had prepared himself for so many years but had always refrained from action for having enjoyed the power of the position as the Prince Conqueror of the East. But ... that year I caused that incident, causing the Qin clan rebellion to appear at this moment."

"That's because.it's my fault if the Qin clan rebelled. I'm their number one target." Xiang Guang has gone mad.

"The Great Ancestor has sent the most promising members of the Xiang clan to different places. He did so only if there was something bad that would happen but now it seemed like this was the only method for the Xiang clan to prevent extinction. Just them ... The most important thing for the Xiang clan right now. I definitely can't escape. As soon as I run, the Qin clan will not stop until it catches me so that maybe the hiding Xiang clan member will probably be found." Xiang Guang's body trembled slightly.

He then gave a disappointed smile: "I can't run away. Without the Great Ancestor, I would definitely not be able to escape the tight siege of the Qin Clan. Because it has come to a situation like this .. I will stay here waiting for Qin De. After killing me, Qin De will tend to hunt down the other Xiang clan members. With the protection of the 4 Great Ancestor disciples, those hidden members of the Xiang clan should be able to survive. I just hope that someday they can avenge the destruction of the kingdom, in which case I will be satisfied even if I have to die."

Wang Meng looked at Xiang Guang for a long time as if this was the first time he had met her then said with a sigh: "Your Majesty, I always thought that you are ..."

"You don't think I'm reasonable and silly, do you?" Xiang Guang said with an indifferent smile.

Wang Meng did not deny, saying: "Judging only by the fact that you dared to stay here to wait for Qin De, I sincerely admire you, Your Majesty. I am now just an old man so there is no point in my life. There's nothing else I can do, but I can still do something as simple as dying with you."

Xiang Guang looked at Wang Meng without saying anything.

Not long after, a black-clothed shadow suddenly appeared in the imperial hall. Looking at Xiang Guang, he immediately bowed, saying: "Your Majesty, the mission has been completed. All the concubines and other female members in the palace including the princesses and empresses have died."

As soon as Wang Meng heard this, his facial expression changed. He quickly understood that Xiang Guang had ordered that all of his female family in the palace be killed.

With an expressionless face, Xiang Guang waved his hand indifferently, and said: "Alright, I will give you my final order. You all wear the forbidden guard clothes. When the troops of the Qin clan enter the Imperial Palace, try to kill as many of them as possible. "

"Good."

The black-clothed shadow said expressionlessly then left the imperial hall very quickly.

...

"Your majesty!"

With a loud voice, the Ferang Tiger Forces, who were together outside the palace gate, all knelt down almost simultaneously. At first glance, only a few people like Qin De were still standing amongst the several tens of thousands of people. Qin De took his three sons and Xu Yuan and led towards the Imperial Palace. The 50,000 Garang Tiger Forces also rushed into the palace right after him.

Qin De is looking cute. There was no smile on his face.

The three brothers, Qin Feng, Qin Yu, Qin Zheng and also Xu Yuan did not smile in the slightest. Everyone present went straight towards the imperial hall. They seemed to already know where Xiang Guang was. The Garang Tiger Forces also focused their attention on everything around them.

Pu's!

Knife retracted. A forbidden guard belonging to the Xiang clan instantly split in two. The ferocious Tiger Army then coldly sheathed back the war knife that was in his hand.

On the way to the imperial hall in the Imperial Palace, there were some forbidden guards who attacked the fierce tiger army, but they were tantamount to wasting lives. In a short time, the imperial hall was already in sight. Qin De's eyes blinked. He hastened his path.

Arriving - Arriving

The 3 forbidden guards of the Xiang clan attacked the Qin clan troops from a distance at high speed. They came to the middle of the forbidden guard army like 3 illusions. Blood splashed, and some soon fell. Within a short period of time, 6 or 7 fierce tiger troops had been killed.

"Humph!"

Suddenly, a gust of cold wind appeared. With 3 sharp screams, 3 shadows fell directly on the floor for good. A hole appeared on each other's forehead. It turned out that their heads were shot with pebbles. One of them was none other than the black-clothed man who met Xiang Guang not too long ago in the imperial hall.

Qin De turned his head to look at the three corpses without saying a word. He then walked directly to the entrance of the hall.

Qin De was outside the imperial hall while Xiang Guang was inside. The two look at each other. Qin De advanced one step after another into the imperial hall while looking at Xiang Guang. The four people consisting of Qin Feng, Qin Yu, Qin Zheng and Xu Yuan also followed him.

Qin De was now at the bottom of the imperial hall while Xiang Guang was at the higher part. Although Qin De had to slightly raise his head to look at Xiang Guang, there was a look of disdain in his eyes.

Qin De said coldly, "Right, I'm coming. At this point you still act as if you're not afraid of death? Xiang Guang, I know you don't want to escape to protect the elite members of the Xiang clan. Do you think I'm right?"

Xiang Guang narrowed his eyes slightly then said with an indifferent smile: "If I say that you're wrong, do you believe it?"

"At this point you're still trying to calm down?" Qin De's eyes were full of contempt. But Xiang Guang did not care about it: "I am still the emperor. Qin De, didn't you come to kill me? If you want to kill me, kill me. Don't waste my time. I'm tired."

Qin De was paying close attention to Xiang Guang: "Emperor? If you want to call yourself emperor then just do it. But ... I never thought that you wouldn't be afraid to die."

"I call myself emperor not by your command. Qin De, in this life you will never be able to rule me. Even if I had to die, I would never fear you." Xiang Guang suddenly did not call himself emperor. Right now he was trying to do the opposite to what Qin De had told him.

"Oh .. I remember that the Xiang clan still has some elite people ..." Qin De wanted to see Xiang Guang panic.

But Xiang Guang paid no attention to his words: "Qin De, I tell you, the elite members of the Xiang clan are already hiding. They no longer have any connection with me. You can handle it as you please."

Qin De's face turned dark.

Xiang Guang continued to say with a smile: "Let me tell you something else, you won't be able to control even my death. Because ..." He laughed out loud. His face turned purple very quickly. After which, 2 streams of purplish-black blood flowed out from his nose.

"Although I must die, I will .. commit suicide. Never dream ... about .. control ... "

Before Xiang Guang finished saying, he was already dead. But there was only a cold smile on his face. Wang Meng on one side also smiled. He took out from under his shirt a bottle of drink and drank the liquid inside, in one gulp.

"Your Majesty, I will follow you."

Blood flowed from Wang Mengs ears, eyes, nose and mouth as well. He then fell without any weight on the floor and died.

Qin De saw Xiang Guang's corpse. His expression is complex. For now, no one else could imagine what he was thinking. Was he feeling happy because of Xiang Guang's death or did he regret not torturing Xiang Guang personally?

"Dad, Xiang Guang must have been waiting for father here probably because he wanted to protect the elite members of the Xiang clan who had been hiding." Qin Feng looked at Xiang Guang's corpse, his eyes filled with a cold aura.

Qin De said as he shook his head: "Feng'er, you're wrong. The person who knows someone the most is their nemesis. Xiang Guang was so cruel that he could kill his wife and children. So, how could he possibly care about the other members of the Xiang clan?"

"Then why would he prefer to wait for us here instead of running away?" Ask Qin Feng.

Qin Zheng said coldly, "Sister, based on Xiang Guang's last sentence, we can tell the reason. He knows that we are determined to capture him and there is no way he can escape so he bravely waits here arrogantly on the throne in front of father for a while before committing suicide."

Qin Zheng had seen everything very clearly. Xiang Guang did want to let Qin De know that he held control of his own life and death, so even if he knew that he was going to die, he would kill himself.

Qin Yu said with an indifferent smile, "Xiang Guang is so stupid. Wasn't his life and death really under my father's control? If father's army hadn't forced him, how could he have ended up like this? He killed himself, but even so he was forced to kill himself by father, yet this fellow Xiang Guang still thought that he could control his own life and death."

"He's just fooling himself and others." Xu Yuan said with a waving furry fan.

Qin De stepped towards the throne, removing Xiang Guang's corpse from there with a kick then looking at it for a long time. He then suddenly turned around and looked outside of the imperial hall, saying loudly and clearly: "Emperor Chu, Xiang Guang is dead. From now on the Chu dynasty no longer exists. "

Thanks to several hundred years of preparation and careful 18-year planning from Qin De, the Qin clan was able to break out of the 3 Eastern territories to take control of the 2 Northern and 3 Southern regions. His army then advanced with an almost unstoppable momentum only to be held back by Xiang Yang, the ancestor of the Xiang clan, the Great Ancestor, at a very important moment.

However, in the legendary 'Two Months' fight right after, Qin Yu and Xiao Hei joined forces and managed to kill Xiang Yang, the first true emperor of the Xiang clan.

After Xiang Yang's death, Qin De gave the order and the last territory of the Xiang clan immediately fell into the hands of the Qin clan as well. At this point, the Xiang clan perished and the Xiang dynasty completely collapsed.

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In the following month, all 12 territories in the kingdom of Chu were reorganized. Every remaining member of the Xiang clan was found and killed. The hidden power of the Qin clan among ordinary people also played a big role in hunting down the Xiang clan survivors.

The Han dynasty and Ming dynasty originally wanted to take advantage of the situation to gain some advantage, yet they never thought that the actual military power of the Chu kingdom had barely suffered any losses during the civil war. Originally the country was divided between 4 great powers but the 4 regions were already united.

The two northern territories belonging to the Shangguan clan were now under full control of the Qin clan, and the Mu clan was also willing to give the Qin clan to the 3 southern regions. Unlike the Xiang clan in the past, at this time the Qin clan had real control over the 12 royal kingdoms. And the real reason the Mu clan switched sides and handed over the 3 southern regions so easily was...

Basically, the Mu clan was a branch of the Qin clan for many years.

The Mu clan had always hidden its true identity and had even been loyal to the Xiang clan for several hundred years. This clan had followed in the footsteps of the Xiang clan so closely that even Xiang Yang thought that the Mu clan was truly loyal. The secret that the Mu clan was a branch of the Qin clan was known only to the chief and the elders of the two clans.

In the prince's mansion in Yan City,

All this time, Qin Yu had been training peacefully to recover his lost strength during the battle against Xiang Yang. He had also discussed cultivation-related matters together with Qin De and Fengyuzi. As for his body wounds, they had already healed a long time thanks to the Meteoric Tear.

In the courtyard of Qin Yu's residence in the Prince's Mansion, Qin Yu, Qin Feng, Qin Zheng, Qin De and Fengyuzi, each of these 5 people were seated on a stone table. There are currently 3 secret books on the table. They were none other than the 3 cultivation secret books Qin Yu had left behind before.

"Xiao Yu, your Uncle Feng and I have read all three of your secret books. Even your Uncle Feng thought that these three books were top-grade cultivation secret books. He had now given up on his original cultivation technique to follow the ones written on these books." Qin De said with a smile.

Fengyuzi also said emotionally, "Xiao Yu, as long as I learn the secret training technique that my college taught me, even I only know the method to reach the Nascent Soul stage. And it's not even as clear as what's in these books. Such profound and mysterious practice techniques might be better than the most valuable techniques in my college."

Qin Yu did not say anything.. With a wave of his hand, 5 short blades of medium-grade Holy Weapons and a long black spear suddenly floated above his palm.

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TN: Fortunately there is no art of the hawk song in this chapter