Chapter 2086: The Future Fortune Dynasty Emperor Sentenced to Death

Jiang Ding's main body had fallen into closed-door cultivation, continuing to deduce and perfect the empirical formula for the universal constants of Jiang Ding's Immortal Dao universe, while a divine sense clone imbued with his will walked toward the Immortal Sect's Golden Imperial Palace.

This was the core of the Immortal Sect's library, the place where many of the Immortal Sect's foundational accumulations were preserved.

Many years ago, this had been a place where many high-level cultivators of the Immortal Sect often gathered, and it was still so today.

Tap~

Tap tap~

Jiang Ding walked in with light footsteps, drawing the gazes of many Heaven-Human Unity cultivators, who bowed deeply, as if worshipping a living fossil that had walked out of time itself, not even having the courage to greet him.

Slowly walking toward the center, on the platform a Heaven-Human of the Immortal Sect was lecturing on the Dao, describing one of his patented inventions and additionally seeking investment, which piqued the interest of many.

In a corner.

"Jiang Ding."

The distant clone greeted him.

"Senior Da Ri..."

"Senior Da Ri..."

Cheng Zhen and the other Immortal Sect Supremes bowed one after another.

"No need to be so polite, just be casual, we're all citizens, no need for these vulgar formalities."

Jiang Ding waved his hand.

These little fellows were too distant, too polite, unlike Mie Ri, Shen Ji Wan Ji, and the others.

"It's just that we don't see you often."

"If we saw you often, we wouldn't be like this later on."

Cheng Zhen gave an awkward smile.

The surrounding Immortal Sect Supremes scratched their heads or looked embarrassed, no different from greenhorns, displaying a childishness that left many Immortal Sect Heaven-Humans dumbfounded.

"Fine then."

"In the future, my clones will come by here for a stroll, but only when I'm free."

Jiang Ding understood what Cheng Zhen meant and casually agreed.

He looked toward the center of the gathered Immortal Sect Supremes, where there was a mirror; in the mirror, a flashy-haired, roguish-looking youth was walking out of the Tulan Star prison, shackles on his feet.

The destined Emperor of the Immortal Sect's Fortune Dynasty, Li Shiyang.

Clearly, just like Jiang Ding, the Immortal Sect Supremes had been keeping an eye on this citizen all along, not neglecting him, not being bewitched by the so-called dynasty's fortune and overlooking the many unreasonable aspects.

If this were an orthodox Fortune Dynasty, such as the Thousand Laws Imperial Court, the higher the position, the more a Fortune Dynasty's Supreme would be easily bewitched by fortune, allowing the future Fortune Dynasty's monarch to grow strong until finally submitting or dying at the hands of the new emperor, meekly awaiting slaughter.

But in the current Immortal Sect, although the dynasty's fortune possessed tremendous power, with dragon qi forbidding all laws and combining with the Immortal Sect's Law-Destroying Fleet to suppress Seven Tribulation Supremes, it was unable to interfere with the Immortal Sect Supremes' wills.

"Monitoring a citizen's privacy every moment, does this comply with

the law?"

Jiang Ding asked softly.

Regardless, the Immortal Sect's laws had to be enforced; this was the education he had received, and it was also where his emotions lay.

Many years ago, during his high school days, even though a world was revealed under the gaze of the Central Array Spirit Computer, the Central Array Spirit Computer firmly chose to protect citizens' privacy, without any leakage.

This fairness should be enjoyed by Supreme Grand Solar Sword Immortal and all citizens alike.

"Senior Da Ri, rest assured,"

"This absolutely complies with the law, without a single error."

"This kid has an extremely serious criminal record!"

Cheng Zhen's expression hardened as he said in a deep voice: "Before he was sixteen, he was utterly unremarkable, like a hidden dragon in the abyss, with nothing special about him, and we didn't pay him much attention."

"How many prodigies and talents does the Immortal Sect have?"

"Even True Immortal Ladies can be born—how could it not accommodate one Li Shiyang? Does he have that kind of face?"

His expression was extremely proud, not holding the so-called Fortune Dynasty's destined future emperor in much regard.

"But, after he turned sixteen, he changed."

"He suddenly possessed an extremely powerful memory and comprehension, his cultivation aptitude also suddenly manifested, as if he had the legendary 'True Dragon Fortune Body' that was extremely compatible with Fortune Dynasties, with an extremely efficient comprehension and use of fortune power, and he also had strong talent in artifact refining, military formations, governance, and other areas, as if born with knowledge."

"These are all good things—a prodigy, the Immortal Sect welcomes prodigies."

"But the abilities that manifested next were not so pleasant."

A cold glint appeared in Cheng Zhen's eyes as he said: "After our research, this should be a divine ability similar to 'Aura of Kingship,' an extremely powerful divine ability that naturally causes surrounding human beings to sincerely submit to him and pledge loyalty to him, and even causes the Immortal Sect's fortune to pour into his body."

"When he was forty-eight years old, the residents of the entire planet pledged loyalty to him!"

"Mysteriously, completely ignoring the law and Immortal Sect traditions, ignoring the equality of all people, completely without the pride that even True Immortal Ladies and Supremes are equal as Immortal Sect citizens, they pledged loyalty to a forty-eight-year-old just like that!"

"Can this be called the voluntary will of the billions of citizens of Tulan Star?!"

Cheng Zhen said coldly.

"This is enslavement!"

"How dare he enslave Immortal Sect citizens!"

"This Fortune Dynasty's destined emperor, what grand airs indeed!"

Killing intent began to appear in his eyes.

Every Immortal Sect Supreme was a being who had experienced battlefields and slaughter; not one was soft-hearted.

"After all, he's an Emperor."

"The Son of Heaven..."

The surrounding Immortal Sect Supremes and the distant ones sneered.

"An entire planet's citizens voluntarily pledging loyalty..."

Jiang Ding's expression remained calm as he continued to browse through the records documented in the Immortal Sect's Juan Sect archives.

This is known as the Turan Star Uprising.

In this incident, billions of citizens were affected; dozens of citizens' divine souls were bewitched, as if under a mind-control spell, and many of Li Shiyang's former classmates from university—numerous Nascent Soul and Soul Transformation cultivators—were influenced, unconsciously obeying the orders of this mere Jin Dan cultivator and providing him with vast resources.

These effects only ended when the Immortal Sect officials in government convened a Citizens' Assembly and used the Celestial Dynasty's sacred artifact—the Central Array Spirit Computer—to seal Li Shiyang.

Only then did the countless Soul Transformation and Nascent Soul cultivators affected by Li Shiyang, along with the billions of citizens, awaken as if from a nightmare, as if they had encountered a ghost.

"Is this a death sentence?"

Jiang Ding asked.

This is a death sentence.

To bewitch and control billions of citizens, all legally equal in personhood to oneself—no matter that he is the future Emperor of the Immortal Sect's Celestial Dynasty, even the current Emperor must die.

"It is a death sentence, Elder Da Ri."

"Although many defended him—some still did, mostly his wife, teachers, parents, and others with deeply entangled interests—arguing that this was merely the spread of the Kingly Aura of the True Dragon Qi Body, beyond his control and unrelated to his will."

"They claimed it amounted at most to involuntary manslaughter or similar offenses, and should warrant a suspended death sentence."

Cheng Zhen explained: "But all these arguments were rejected by the Citizens' Assembly, and he was already sentenced to death."

"In our civilization's history, we have executed Emperors multiple times; executing another now is nothing unusual."

"What we now consider is how to maximize benefit—using this execution of an Emperor as an opportunity to further refine the path of the Immortal Sect's Celestial Dynasty, and to forge new Political Office positions, the Sovereigns of Destiny, using the Destiny Child's aura."