[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-star-martial-era":3,"chapter-the-star-martial-era-the-star-martial-era-chapter-955":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Star Martial Era",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2275813,4448,"Chapter 955: No Need, Then—Requesting Moon Tickets","the-star-martial-era-chapter-955",955,"\u003Cp>Inside the Imperial Palace of Tongxuan Domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The starlight phantom seated there had, at some point, become a solid, flesh-and-blood body—but no one inside or outside the palace knew that the Dongxuan Emperor’s true form had returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a golden circular mirror before the Dongxuan Emperor glowed with light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the light, the figures of Xuan Feng True Person and other members of the Break-Limit Imperial Guard squad appeared on the mirror’s surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This circular mirror was also known as the Tongxuan Treasure Mirror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been purchased at great cost from the Great Luo Ancestral Court.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using the Tongxuan Treasure Mirror as its core, the entire Tongxuan Domain’s communication network was constructed, and every Tongxuan Order had split off from it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As its core, or rather its master, he naturally enjoyed conveniences unknown to others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance, when activated, it could manifest images directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With effort, it could even locate the target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he rarely used the locating function—anyone he ever targeted had become a corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Tongxuan Treasure Mirror was one of his greatest secrets and assets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this very moment, the Break-Limit Imperial Guard squad communicating with the Emperor had no idea their current situation—including expressions, positions, and surroundings—was fully under the Dongxuan Emperor’s gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Reporting to the Emperor, our investigation has reached a conclusion; the results are largely confirmed, though details remain unknown. I have already submitted the full findings and final conclusions.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Allow me to review them briefly.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the Dongxuan Emperor saw the conclusions drawn by the Break-Limit Imperial Guard squad, his brow twitched sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tianfa True Person had been missing for days, vanishing mysteriously two days before his death, with no record of his movements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, none of the emergency talismans he had arranged with his subordinates—not even the ultra-long-range mother-child alarm talismans—had been activated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The conclusion drawn was this: Tianfa True Person had been instantly slain by a powerful Emperor, with no chance to resist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one who killed Tianfa True Person was immensely strong—at least a Mid-Limit Emperor, possibly even a High-Limit Emperor!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were many other pieces of evidence and findings supporting this conclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After reading it all, the Dongxuan Emperor did not rage—he laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A Mid-Limit Emperor killed Tianfa?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Tianfa’s sovereign, the Dongxuan Emperor knew Tianfa’s strength better than anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew the man occasionally embezzled and sometimes concealed his true power, but he was largely loyal; his Break-Limit Twelfth-Catastrophe True Person cultivation, combined with his supreme divine ability, the Tianfa Divine Eye, made it nearly impossible for a Low-Limit Emperor to kill him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even facing a Mid-Limit Emperor, he had the means to escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A typical Mid-Limit Emperor could not kill Tianfa—but rare, exceptionally powerful Mid-Limit Emperors could.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet no such Mid-Limit Emperor existed in the Tongxuan Domain, nor among the clans fighting against it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It must be a High-Limit Emperor then!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even a High-Limit Emperor could not prevent Tianfa True Person from sending even a single alert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was always at least a moment’s time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the one who ambushed and killed Tianfa was extraordinarily powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Tianfa was naturally cautious and rarely left the Tongxuan War Zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No powerful foreign Emperor would dare infiltrate the heart of the Tongxuan War Zone alone—if they did, the Tongxuan War Zone must already be compromised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or perhaps… it was directly done by that person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So your wings have grown full, and you’re ready?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then again, six hundred years have passed—you’ve had time to prepare.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I had planned to take one more step myself before giving you the chance to ascend to this level. But you lacked the patience.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He who hesitates is lost!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If so, I must cut off my own arm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Murmuring thus, the Dongxuan Emperor made his decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a thought, his Tongxuan Treasure Mirror immediately sent out a series of orders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost simultaneously, all three Emperors still present in the Star River Manifestation, and all fifty-four Mid- and High-Grade True Persons across the Tongxuan Domain, received the Imperial Palace alert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Assemble!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone, report to the Tongxuan Imperial Palace within half an hour. Latecomers will be punished by military law.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who fail to appear will be deemed traitors—clan exterminated!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same moment, within the Imperial Palace, a seven-member Break-Limit Imperial Guard squad stepped out from a starry gate, each with a cultivation base no lower than Break-Limit Eleventh-Catastrophe True Person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tongxuan War Zone Headquarters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kongyuan Emperor frowned deeply in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mysterious deaths of Central Minister Tianfa True Person and Yukun Emperor had occurred in succession, making him feel an invisible hand manipulating his fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If only one of these events had happened alone,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he would have had confidence to weather the crisis and prevent that one from turning against him immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could have prepared more thoroughly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with both occurring in succession, it was far more dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yukun had once been a Sacred Son of the Imperial Palace, a direct subordinate of that one; Tianfa True Person needed no introduction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Central Ministers could only earn absolute trust from that one after surrendering their primordial blood, tainted with divine soul essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kongyuan Emperor was now weighing two questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First: at this crossroads, how should he choose?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had two options: first, immediately submit a petition explaining everything and beg punishment for negligence—there was a chance he might survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that one moved against him, regardless of the outcome, the entire Tongxuan Domain’s combat strength would suffer devastating losses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had commanded the Tongxuan War Zone for six hundred years—was he truly insignificant?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second: turn against him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After much deliberation, Kongyuan Emperor made his decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, two hundred years ago, he would have had to submit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t win.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, it was different!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The grand strategy he had prepared for Dongxuan over the years was due to be unleashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, at his level, leaving his fate in another’s hands was far too childish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It seems there’s no other choice!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Guicang, come in.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At his voice, Guicang Emperor entered the headquarters and, seeing Kongyuan Emperor’s expression, asked, “Great Commander, you’ve decided.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you afraid?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guicang Emperor froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Kongyuan Emperor ask that, Guicang knew exactly what decision he had made.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Great Commander, what is there to fear? I’ve killed men, crawled through piles of corpses—what’s there to be afraid of?”\u003C\u002Fp>",1048,"2026-06-19T23:56:35.933Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","3f61916fa303b99ff06d90bbd60e275e6536b509b84c928936783368f09fafe8","the-star-martial-era-chapter-956","the-star-martial-era-chapter-954",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-star-martial-era-cover.jpg"]