Chapter 1125: A Face Full of Sorrow
The recently enthroned emperor possessed an extraordinary spiritual affinity.
His style of governance closely resembled the temperament of a Daoist cultivator: balancing yin and yang and heavily favoring the middle path.
A promising air of renewal seemed to sweep through the imperial court.
Yet the predicaments facing this highly spiritual monarch vastly overshadowed the glory of his three-year reign.
The nation was fractured, Prince Yu was rising in power, and the court remained weak...
Every sign seemed to foretell the imminent collapse of Great Xiang, a dynasty that had stood for less than a century.
Zhao Lingjun refused to watch this happen. He tried everything, did everything in his power, and even resorted to unorthodox measures.
He promised celestial official positions to demons and ghosts, immortals and Daoist cultivators alike. Risking the chaos that monsters could bring to the mortal realm, he established the Immortal-Demon Temple. The countless demons, spirits, immortals, and cultivators he recruited became the court's core strength against the rebels, even reversing the tide of battle on several occasions.
Through sheer willpower, he had single-handedly delayed the dynasty's demise.