World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 935 - 435: Zhi Li’s Ultimate Fate!_3

Chapter 935: 435: Zhi Li’s Ultimate Fate!_3

This amounts to giving Fang Qingzhuo a protective talisman.

Xiuning knew everything clearly in her heart. She was aware that within the Dragon Temple, someone wanted to kill Zhi Li and Fang Qingzhuo to silence them.

Despite being thoroughly disappointed with the Dragon Temple, hating it deeply, Suo Lun had to admit at this moment that Xiuning’s noble character truly commands respect. She truly is a saintess devoted to the public good and the well-being of the Human Kingdom.

Suo Lun also didn’t know whether having such a saintess in the Dragon Temple was a blessing or a curse? Was it fortunate or unfortunate for the Human Kingdom to have her?

"Take Zhi Li and his household servants away," ordered Xiuning.

Immediately, hundreds of Samurai stepped forward, capturing Zhi Li, Li Chenglian, Li Zhu, and others. Whether they would be first taken to the Zhi Du Sanctuary or directly to the Yanjing Holy Temple depended on her will.

Having become a prisoner, Zhi Li was very calm, he smiled at Suo Lun and Fang Qingzhuo then was shackled by the Samurai and escorted out of the Royal Palace Dragon Arrival Hall.

In just one day, he had fallen from a king to a prisoner.

At this moment, Fang Qingzhuo couldn’t help but stand up, quickly taking a few steps forward, his emotions surging again as he watched Zhi Li’s retreating figure.

Fang Qingzhuo, a kind man, felt no pressure facing a brutal Zhi Li.

However, facing a Zhi Li who had regained his humanity, Fang Qingzhuo’s heart ached as if it was being sliced by a knife.

Seeing this, Xiuning raised her hand, and the entire group halted, providing Fang Qingzhuo and Zhi Li one last moment to say farewell.

Fang Qingzhuo walked up to Zhi Li, his eyes brimming with tears as he looked at him.

"Take good care of our daughter," Zhi Li reached out to wipe the tears from Fang Qingzhuo’s face and said, "Whether it’s the life of a puppet or a life of madness, both are lives of pain. Now I am finally free, and there’s nothing I regret leaving behind. You are the best mother, our daughter will undoubtedly have the best care and protection, and I have no worries."

Fang Qingzhuo nodded tearfully, with great effort.

Zhi Li smiled, then walked away.

Just as he said himself, whether as a puppet or insane, both were immensely painful.

However, once a person embarks on a path, there is no possibility of turning back; one can only follow it to the end.

Now that all hope was lost, he found relief instead.

It wasn’t a confession, neither Zhi Li nor Turing Duo regretted what they had done, nor did they even have the right to regret.

Because both of them, driven by their own selfish desires, had considered their appalling actions very clearly and decided only after thorough contemplation.

Thus, they deserved their fate.

After all hope was shattered and they were left with nothing, Zhi Li, being a man, could afford to return to some of his humanity.

For instance, his beloved wife and daughter.

Thus, Zhi Li, once a reigning king, became a condemned prisoner under the escort of Xiuning and hundreds of Samurai, with no chance of redemption in this life.

Perhaps, before reaching the Yanjing Holy Temple, he might either commit suicide or be forced to die by suicide!

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Meanwhile, inside the Dragon Throne Hall!

Grand Eunuch Gao Yin glanced at King Quo Bian, giving a final questioning look.

King Quo Bian nodded.

Gao Yin pulled out a scroll of the imperial edict and unrolled it; this might be King Quo Bian’s last imperial command, concerning both Zhi Yan and Suo Lun’s fate.

"By the decree of the Dragon, the King has ordered..."

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Note: The first update of over four thousand words is delivered; once again, completely insomnia-stricken, not a wink of sleep. Might as well get up to write, and after finishing the first draft, go to bed.

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