Chapter 97: Oh, Vast Blue Heaven, Why Are You So Unkind to Me?

The soldiers of Shu Han fought with valor, while the army of Cao Wei gradually fell into despair.

They fought with all their might to break through, yet they still faced death, with not a shred of hope for survival.

Just as Sima Yi was nearly in despair, dark clouds rolled over Shangfang Valley.

The clear sky suddenly poured down with torrential rain.

Sima Yi looked up at the sudden downpour, turning his sorrow into joy.

He laughed heartily and said, "Heaven does not cut off me, Sima Yi; Heaven does not cut off me, Sima Yi!"

Sima Yi shouted sternly, "The heavy rain has descended; Heaven's mandate is with Wei! Soldiers, follow me and break through!"

What had hindered the Cao Wei army from breaking through was this great fire, but now this heavy rain had extinguished it.

Now, as long as they broke through and waited to fight another day, they would surely make that village rustic Zhuge pay.

Sima Yi laughed heartily and said to Zhuge Liang, "Village rustic Zhuge, Heaven's mandate does not cut off Wei. No matter how monstrous your schemes are, this Heaven's mandate is not with your Shu. Hahaha, soldiers, break through!"

The Cao Wei army's morale had originally been waning, and they were already in their death throes.

Now, hearing Sima Yi's words, their morale coalesced once more.

All the soldiers shouted in unison, "Heaven's mandate is with Wei! Charge! Charge!"

Under the leadership of Sima Yi, the Cao Wei army soon tore an opening in the encirclement.

And taking its place was the plummeting morale of the Shu Han army.

Heaven's mandate is with Wei?

Heaven's mandate is with Wei!

The morale of the Shu Han soldiers sank; they were clearly about to win, so why did a heavy rain suddenly appear?

Could it be that Heaven's mandate is truly not with Han? Is it with Wei?

Cao Wei had received the imperial throne from the hands of the Great Han emperor and claimed to be the orthodox ruler of the world.

And what of their Shu Han?

Were they the ones inheriting the Great Han?

If they were the ones inheriting the Great Han, then why did this Heaven not protect them?

Instead, was it protecting this group of rebels from Cao Wei?

The Shu Han soldiers even began to doubt their own legitimacy.

Sima Yi seized this opportunity and led the Cao Wei army to break through and escape.

"Village rustic Zhuge, we shall fight again another day."

Seeing this scene, Zhuge Liang could not help but stop the feather fan in his hand.

His gaze carried a heavy sorrow, and he could not help but sigh, "Man proposes, Heaven disposes!"

What this heavy rain extinguished was not just the fire in Shangfang Valley, but also Zhuge Liang's long-held dream of restoring the Han dynasty.

Does the Great Han still have a future?

This martyr, who had always walked the path of the late Emperor's ideals and remained unyielding to his death for those ideals.

At this very moment, also felt an unprecedented sense of bewilderment.

Originally, Zhuge Liang had relied on a single breath of spirit within his heart to persist until now.

But now, seeing the arrival of this heavy rain and seeing Sima Yi lead the Cao Wei army to break through and escape.

He could no longer hold on and could not help but vomit blood.

"Oh, vast Blue Heaven, why are you so unkind to me?"

The surrounding soldiers saw Zhuge Liang vomit blood and hurriedly supported him, their faces showing concern.

It did not matter if this battle was lost; as long as Zhuge Chengxiang was still there, the anchor of Han remained.

If something were to happen to Zhuge Chengxiang, they did not know what would become of the future of Shu Han.

Zhuge Liang wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, an endless sense of death already appearing on his face.

He had originally been persisting solely by a force of will.

Now, this force of will, this spirit, was gone.

His body, long since exhausted, suddenly collapsed.

Zhuge Liang clearly felt that he would not live much longer.

Late Emperor, oh Late Emperor, in the end, I have failed your expectations and did not complete the dream of restoring the Han dynasty.

I only hope that when I reach the underworld, the Late Emperor will not blame me for my incompetence.

Zhuge Liang took a deep breath and managed to stand up again.

He knew that this Northern Expedition to the Central Plains had already been declared a failure, and he himself was already exhausted.

He had no strength left to organize another Northern Expedition.

The key now was to lead these Shu Han soldiers back.

As for the future, it could only be entrusted to those who came after.

Zhuge Liang looked at the soldiers present and ordered, "Retreat."

Zhuge Liang led the Shu Han soldiers to withdraw.

In the dead of night, Zhuge Liang's face was pale in his tent, his breath faint, looking as if he were about to collapse.

The surrounding soldiers saw Zhuge Liang in this state and also sensed something.

"Chengxiang, Chengxiang!"

The generals of Shu Han were all looking at Zhuge Liang with worry at this moment.

Han could not lose Zhuge Chengxiang, especially at this moment.

Zhuge Liang instructed the several generals of Shu Han, "Everyone, the most important thing now is to lead the Shu Han army back."

"Everyone, after I die, do not hold a funeral. You must follow the plan and you must, you must lead the great army back."

The surrounding generals could not help but shed tears, wanting to say something.

Zhuge Liang, however, stopped them; he was indeed already at the end of his rope.

No matter how brilliant a divine physician might be, they could no longer save him.

Zhuge Liang waved his hand at the surrounding generals and said, "You may go down now."

He looked toward the direction of Chengdu, his heart filled with regret.

A Dou, oh A Dou, Prime Minister will ultimately be unable to help you anymore from now on.

The path ahead must be walked by you, A Dou, yourself.

A Dou, Prime Minister does not ask that you be able to restore the Great Han in the future; I only ask that you live the rest of your life free of worry and do not become a muddled monarch.

Zhuge Liang knew very well that A Dou lacked the talent to restore the Great Han.

Ever since the Peach Garden Oath of Brotherhood, the late Emperor had carried the dream of restoring the Great Han, struggling time and time again.

Perhaps the dream of Shu Han would end today.

Carrying deep unwillingness, Zhuge Liang closed his heavy eyes, waiting for his life to slip away.

Yet at this very moment, Zhuge Liang received an invitation from the Heavens Chat Group.

Zhuge Liang initially thought his mind was wandering before death, but only after the members in the Heavens Chat Group kept speaking did Zhuge Liang come to his senses.

With Zhuge Liang's intelligence and wisdom, he quickly mastered the functions of the Heavens Chat Group.

"People from other worlds? Is such a strange thing actually possible?"

Zhuge Liang's weary gaze finally turned toward the Heavens Mall.

Seeing the Heavens Mall, his eyes could not help but brighten.

Zhuge Liang did not want to die; he worried about what would happen to the Great Han after his death, and what would happen to A Dou?

Zhuge Liang immediately signed in, then exchanged his treasured military manuals, books, and so on for points.

Then, using the points, he bought the cheapest pill capable of extending life in the Heavens Mall.

Zhuge Liang was now at the end of his rope and had nothing left to fear.

So he directly exchanged for the pill and swallowed it.

After the pill entered his stomach, Zhuge Liang, who had been at the end of his rope and about to breathe his last at any moment, instantly became full of vigor.

Feeling the vitality within his body, a look of shock appeared on Zhuge Liang's face.

"This Heavens Chat Group is actually real?"

Zhuge Liang could not help but laugh out loud, looking toward the direction of the Central Plains in the north.

"The dream of restoring the Great Han will not end; I still have time, I still have time."

Zhuge Liang had originally thought he would fall here, so what he had been thinking just now—

—was merely to use his corpse at this final moment to pave a path home for the soldiers of Shu Han.

But now he discovered he did not need to do that.

The battle at Shangfang Valley indeed did not achieve the effect Zhuge Liang had imagined.

But the Cao Wei army had after all entered the encirclement, so it still dealt a certain heavy blow to the Cao Wei generals.

Zhuge Liang began to ponder in his heart how to deploy troops against Cao Wei again.

At the same time, he was also paying attention to the Chat Group.

Zhuge Chengxiang: "Liang greets everyone, and offers many thanks to the Group Leader. Liang was originally at the end of his rope, but having now exchanged for a pill, I have luckily survived."

Zhuge Liang knew this Heavens Mall was created by the Group Leader, the Heavenly Emperor, and felt very grateful.

This was the method of an immortal.

Diligently Working Su Xiaoxiao: "Prime Minister Zhuge, has the battle at Shangfang Valley already been lost? But Prime Minister Zhuge, you need not worry; now that there is the Chat Group and the Heavenly Emperor, you will sooner or later be able to restore the Great Han."

Hearing Su Xiaoxiao's words, Zhuge Liang was very surprised.

Was this Administrator also a person of great divine power?

To actually know even the events happening in his world.

Before Zhuge Liang could ask, Su Xiaoxiao had already uploaded the relevant materials, explaining as she uploaded.

【Ding-dong! The Administrator has uploaded "Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber", "The Romance of Shu Han", "Douluo Continent", "Resentment Turns into Xie Jianxian", "Scientist Turns into Great Villain", "Hua Qiangu", and "History of Ancient Greek Mythology".】

Diligently Working Su Xiaoxiao: "I just happened to hear the relevant stories and history within my world by chance."

Zhuge Chengxiang: "Many thanks, Administrator. With these books in hand, Liang feels that restoring the Great Han is right before my eyes."

Zhuge Liang picked up the history concerning himself and immediately began to read, while the other members also found their own relevant plot stories to read for the first time.

Huashan Shanshen Yue Buqun: "Restoring the Great Han? Prime Minister Zhuge, your Great Han was directly overthrown by Daoist Zhang Jiao in another world."

Yue Buqun spoke, enjoying the chaos.

Great Worthy Teacher Zhang Jiao: "Lao Yue, do not speak nonsense. This poor Daoist is seeking a path for the people of the world."

In Zhang Jiao's world, he had not found the existence of Zhuge Liang.

History is just like that; one accident and history will head in another direction.

Zhuge Chengxiang: "Daoist Zhang Jiao is from another world?"

Great Qin Ancestral Dragon Ying Zheng: "Daoist Zhang Jiao joined the Heavenly Court, defied the heavens to change his fate, ended the rule of the Han Dynasty, and established the Taiping Dynasty."

Ying Zheng spoke directly.

The Han Dynasty rebelled against his Great Qin, so it is easy to understand that others would rebel against the Great Han.

In Zhuge Liang's world, although Zhang Jiao had shaken the rule of the Great Han with the Yellow Turban Army, the Yellow Turban Army was ultimately defeated.

He had not expected that in another world, Daoist Zhang Jiao had actually overthrown the rule of the Great Han.

Emotionally, Zhuge Liang felt very angry and sorrowful.

The Shu Han inherited the legitimacy of the Great Han, so anyone rebelling against the Han Dynasty—

In the eyes of the Shu Han, they were all traitorous rebels to be suppressed.

This is also the reason why the Shu Han consistently launched Northern Expeditions into the Central Plains to suppress Cao Wei.

Because Cao Wei usurped the power of the Great Han.

Cao Wei inherited the legitimacy of the Great Han, and the Shu Han also inherited the legitimacy of the Great Han.

Between these two legitimacies, who truly inherited the legality of the Great Han?

As for the rats of Jiangdong, they are not worth mentioning.

Although Zhuge Liang felt somewhat sad to learn that the Great Han had perished in another World.

But he also knew that it was another World.

A clever person like him also knew that the changing of dynasties had always been the great trend of the world.

The Qin Dynasty replaced the Zhou Dynasty, and the Han replaced the Qin Dynasty.

One day, the Han Dynasty would also be overthrown by others.

And for the group of people in the Shu Han to want to recreate the Great Han for a third time, the difficulty was too great.

Zhuge Liang did notice that the reason the two worlds could not was because of the Heavenly Court.

In the other World, Zhang Jiao joined the Heavenly Court, and thus defied the heavens to change his fate.

Zhuge Chengxiang: "What is the Heavenly Court?"

Great Worthy Teacher Zhang Jiao: "The Heavenly Court is a force that spans the Heavens and Myriad Worlds, and the Group Leader, the Heavenly Emperor, is the Lord of the Heavenly Court."

Diligently Working Su Xiaoxiao: "If Zhuge Chengxiang joins the Heavenly Court, recreating the Great Han is not a dream."

Many group members explained it to Zhuge Liang, and Zhuge Liang finally understood.

In the Three Kingdoms World, Zhuge Liang looked at the relevant historical plot.

Sure enough, after the Battle of Shangfang Valley, he died, and the Shu Han declined even further.

However, after his death, a figure did appear in the Shu Han—Jiang Wei.

Jiang Wei led a group of people to extend the life of the Shu Han, and carrying his unfulfilled wish, continued the Northern Expeditions.

Jiang Wei?

Jiang Wei was originally a surrendered general; he did not expect that in the end, this surrendered general would struggle until his death to restore the Han house.

"I have a plan that can make the Han house go from darkness to light."

Seeing the end, Zhuge Liang could not help but applaud for Jiang Wei.

"Good! Good! Very good!"

Although Zhuge Liang had already discovered Jiang Wei's talent, Jiang Wei was, after all, a surrendered general.

Zhuge Liang was only just preparing to put Jiang Wei to important use now.

Zhuge Liang now felt that he could put Jiang Wei to important use ahead of schedule and cultivate him.

Seeing that the Shu Han was ultimately destroyed by Cao Wei, and A Dou was so happy here that he did not think of Shu.

Zhuge Liang had a feeling of dust settling; the Shu Han had ultimately failed to recreate the Great Han.

But it was fine; at least A Dou could still be a wealthy man.

Originally, Zhuge Liang could accept all of this, but upon seeing the Sima Family usurp Cao Wei, Zhuge Liang did not know what to say for a moment.

The Three Kingdoms stood in opposition; the winner was not the Shu Han, not Cao Wei, and not Jiangdong.

The fruits of victory were actually stolen by the Sima Clan.

What a Sima Clan, what a Sima Family.

He did not expect that a mere Sima Yi could hide so deeply.

Seeing this, Zhuge Liang did not say anything.

Political struggles had always been like this; one could only say that the Sima Family's methods were more brilliant.

Once, Cao Wei usurped the Great Han regime, and now the Sima Clan usurped the Cao Wei regime; this could be considered retribution.

But when he saw the Sima Family directly kill the Cao Wei emperor, Cao Mao, on the streets of the Imperial Capital.

Zhuge Liang only felt a sense of speechlessness.

Are the people of the Sima Family pigs?

Executing an emperor in the street—did they not know what kind of impact this would have?

Having just sworn an oath to the Luo River, they then killed the emperor in the street?

"Idiots! Idiots! 'We respectfully hold that the holy dynasty governs the world with filial piety,' hahahaha, ridiculous, ridiculous."

Zhuge Liang could not help but curse out loud.

The Son of Heaven had the death of a Son of Heaven; the Son of Heaven himself was synonymous with holiness.

The Son of Heaven could be killed in various ways, but he absolutely could not be killed like this on the street.

Was this not proclaiming to the people of the world that the Son of Heaven was no different from an ordinary person?

An ordinary person would die if blades and axes were applied to them, and the Son of Heaven would also die if blades and axes were applied to him.

Having denied the holiness of the Son of Heaven, with what would the Sima Family, who usurped the position of the Son of Heaven, govern the world?

Sure enough, Zhuge Liang soon saw it; he saw the Eight Princes Rebellion, saw the Five Barbarians Invading China, and saw the Huaxia civilization lost to the hands of foreign tribes.

He saw the men of the Han reduced to "two-legged sheep," and saw a cruel and dark era.

Zhuge Liang could not help but draw his sword and directly chop off a corner of the table.

"Even if you pour out the water of the Luo River, it would be difficult to wash away the sins of the Sima Clan."

Zhuge Liang cursed vehemently.

He could allow the destruction of the Shu Han, and he could endure the dream of restoring the Han house being shattered.

However, he could not bear for the sons of the Great Han to be reduced to "two-legged sheep," becoming food for a group of foreign tribes.

If the Sima Family truly had the ability to usurp the Cao Wei empire, it would be fine if they could govern this vast land well.

But the fact is, Sima Yi relied on the trait of being an old immortal to outlive generation after generation of Cao Wei's heroic rulers, only finally stealing the Cao Wei empire.

And then, the Sima Family happened to lack the ability to govern the empire well.

Zhuge Liang said coldly, "Sima Yi, the Sima Family must die."

Before this, Zhuge Liang had always regarded Sima Yi as an old rival, but he had not expected Sima Yi to also be a conspirator.

Zhuge Liang immediately ordered people to write these stories into pictures, with slight modifications.

Then he ordered those lurking within Cao Wei to turn them into scripts and find theater troupes to perform them throughout the Cao Wei state.

The current Cao Wei Emperor, Cao Rui, although he is about to die young and has only a few years left to live.

But this man is a heroic ruler, possessing the style of Cao Cao.

Cao Cao, Cao Pi, and Cao Rui—three heroic rulers appeared in succession in Cao Wei.

It is a pity, though, that apart from Cao Cao, Cao Pi and Cao Rui were both rulers who died young.

Zhuge Liang did not believe that if Cao Rui saw such a script, he would be able to endure it.

Sima Yi and the Sima Family must be executed to the tenth degree to satisfy the hatred.

Zhuge Liang deployed troops and generals, starting his operations once again.

This time, he wants to rebuild the Great Han and make the Great Han great again.

In the Douluo World.

Qian Renxue was wearing a golden palace gown, the style ancient and elegant.

A golden stand-up collar protected her snow-white and slender neck, and a head of golden long hair was draped casually behind her.

Her golden eyes, originally calm and waveless, suddenly showed a hint of vigilance and surprise.

Qian Renxue had been cultivating when she received an invitation from the Heavens Chat Group.

At first, Qian Renxue also thought someone was plotting against her and was very vigilant.

Then she saw the relevant plot uploaded in the Chat Group, the story about her Douluo Continent.

Seeing the plot of the Douluo Continent, Qian Renxue could not help but frown.

"This despicable villain named Tang San is actually the protagonist of this continent?"

Qian Renxue sneered and said, "This is simply too ridiculous."

Spirit Hall established branch halls across the entire continent, giving every commoner the opportunity to awaken their Spirit.

The existence of Spirit Hall allowed all commoners a glimmer of possibility to change their Fate.

After a commoner awakens their Spirit through Spirit Hall, it is possible for them to become a powerhouse and join the upper class.

The existence of Spirit Hall promoted social mobility, preventing the entire continent's social classes from becoming solidified.

(End of this chapter)