In early spring, cherry blossoms fall.

Crimson petals fluttered through the city of Oden, and a blond man rode a white horse through the deserted streets, followed by a procession of golden cavalry, armor as bright as a sea of gold.

There was no such thing as the crowd cheering as he had expected, but he was not surprised in the slightest, he had been separated from the city for six years, and in six years, things were not people and no one was the original appearance.

Originally, whoever was able to reconvene the Blazing Legion that ordered the Initial Emperor to disobey anyone's orders after his death would be an unparalleled merit, and he would be treated as a welcome thirty miles from the mezzanine.

But he's different, because he's Xi Che.

The only surviving heir of the previous emperor of the Empire.

Four years ago, the previous emperor died silently in the palace, his younger brother took the throne with his edict and took the throne in a sea of doubts, and the name of the empire was changed from the heavenly edict to the celebrity.

Then, the princes and princesses left behind by the emperor began to die of all kinds of diseases, both near and far away in the city of Oden.

There was one exception, however, and he was Xi Che.

He was silent when he left, but at that time his father, the Emperor, was still sitting on the throne of thorns, looking down on him with cold and pride.

When he returned, he had made a proclamation to the entire Empire, but his proud and powerful father had already slept in a cold mausoleum waiting to decay.

He returned with the most elite legion in the history of the empire, and even the new emperor had to issue an edict to crown him Prince of Red Flame in recognition of his exploits.

However, on the way back to receive the canonization with the Blazing Legion, all the inhabitants were forcibly removed, and it seemed that it would be some kind of unforgivable sin to be seen as a former prince.

He walked silently on the road of the black stone, the shadowy horse's hooves silent, and in this maddening dead silence, he came to the gate of the imperial city.

"No entry for the Blazing Legion!" Countless heavy crossbows were erected on the city wall, and the iron-clad general said among the faces of the soldiers waiting for him behind the sharp crossbow arrows.

"Good." Xi Che replied lightly, raised an arm, and stood behind him with an iron horse.

"Please dismount the prince."

"Good." Xi Che nodded, rolled over and dismounted.

"Please remove the weapon."

"Good." Xi Che replied, took off his saber and threw it on the ground.

"Please let the prince into the city."

Xi Che walked into the imperial city full of swords and guns under the eyes of the crossbows.

Along the way, there are also flying cherry blossoms, and under your feet is a long red carpet, red as blood, soft as cream.

And Emperor Qingli was sitting at the end of the red carpet waiting, the golden imperial robe was gorgeous and graceful.

"You're back."

His voice was not old, but rather had a certain sharp taste.

"My nephew is back."

Xi Che nodded, stood down and replied.

"I sent so many people to kill you, and in the end, only you, the one who was hunted down, came back alive." Emperor Qingli propped his forehead and looked at his feet with interest: "Is the person I sent too useless?" Or is this nephew of yours too capable? ”

"Probably both." Xi Che replied lightly.

"So when you come back this time, did you ever think that you could leave alive?"

"Not really." Xi Che looked up and replied seriously.

"Then the consciousness of death, my nephew must have it."

Emperor Qingli sneered slightly, raised his hand and threw down a piece of red-gold iron talisman.

The iron talisman splashed down the high steps, rolling all the way down to a halt at Xi Che's feet.

"Pick it up and kowtow, from now on you are the Prince of Red Flame, and you are not to blame for the sins of the past."

Xi Che shook his head slightly and looked at the high-flying Emperor Qingli: "Your Majesty seems to have made a mistake. ”

Emperor Qingli looked at Xi Che's pure golden eyes, and the icy cold air seemed to be about to overflow.

He felt an infinite amount of fear, a fear that he had only felt when he looked into his brother's desperate and resentful golden eyes.

He began to stand up, trying to back away, trying to gather the guards and kill the man in front of him.

But it was already too late.

Xi Che's figure turned into a phantom, and as he swept forward in the air, his right hand drew a long crimson knife from his left shoulder.

"Since Toru is back, he has never thought of leaving."

His shoulder slammed into the arms of the standing Emperor Qingli, who fell backwards, a crimson bloody blade revealing from the back of his ornate golden robe.

Although he was not in the Heavenly Realm, he was already standing at the extreme of the Earth Realm, and he never thought that someone would really dare to openly assassinate himself in the Imperial City, surrounded by more than a dozen Heavenly Realm existences.

And Xi Che is too fast and too decisive.

"Kill the king and kill the father!" A dark shadow appeared in front of Xi Che, and the golden eyes that looked at him were extremely cold: "You are worthy of being a son of man." ”

Xi Che drew his knife, and Emperor Qingli rolled and slid down the high stairs, leaving a long trail of blood.

"You're wrong, Fourth Elder."

Xi Che tilted his head and raised the long crimson knife to the sky.

"The original emperor has a metaphor, and the holder of disillusionment is the true emperor of this empire."

"I'm just killing the fake emperor."

"But you old guys are really ashamed to be the sons of man to allow such a waste to sit here and rule this empire."

The dark shadow shook his head: "The empire only needs a stable ruler, and it can't repeat the civil strife at that time. ”

"As long as there are people who are qualified to inherit this empire and have the ability to rule this empire, we will recognize and defend it."

"Then why can't I?" Xi Che asked coldly.

"You can't control the armies of this empire except for the three thousand fiery legions that obey the Blade of Disillusionment."

"And the bureaucrats who control the lifeblood of this empire, you will not get their allegiance."

"Moreover, killing an emperor in front of us, you have no reason to live."

Xi Che shook his head and smiled slightly: "Then I have to prove it to you one by one." ”

A golden light rose from his hand and spread its wings ninety-nine feet high in the sky.

The Golden Cross, re-burning over the capital of Oden.

A gray-clad man stepped out of the corner of the palace and presented Xi Che with a thick dossier with both hands.

"Forty percent of the officials have sworn allegiance to His Majesty, and here is their list."

Outside the Imperial City, the 3,000 Blazing Flame Army began to charge under the golden cross, and the leader of the soldiers wanted to give the order to release the crossbow, but was slashed under the feet by the iron-clad general.

"The return of the emperor is celebrated when the sea of blood is drifting."

The general looked at the golden cavalry that rode into the imperial city from under his feet, smiled at the golden cross and said.

"As for the question of whether I will die or not."

Xi Che looked up and smiled.

On all sides, golden dead soldiers attacked him, they were the personal guards who guarded the emperor, they had experienced a hundred battles, and they were the best of the best.

But silver swords slashed down in the sky, nailing them to the white ground one by one, and the corpses instantly turned into ice sculptures, suspended in the air.

The stars slowly emerged from the sky, coldly watching everything in this imperial city.

"If the elders still want to try to kill me, just try." Xi Che said lightly.

"We recognize your status, but those princes won't, and besides, you can't control the situation in the imperial capital yet." The dark shadow was indifferent, but had already begun to give in.

"For this." Xi Che looked up at the large golden cross, raised his hand and began to write on it.

"Please also ask the elders to watch from the wall."

On the golden cross, characters began to emerge, which he drew one by one.

"All things are born to support people, and the world still complains about the unkindness of nature.

I don't know that locusts are all over the world, and all the people are suffering.

The grass people are like things when they die, and the nobles are arrogant and extravagant.

In this way, the world is not human, and it should be punished by heaven if you go against the sky.

Suddenly, there were madmen sharpening their knives at night, and the emperor star was fluttering and high.

From now on, why do you have to kill people with your own hands?

Unfaithful, kill!

Unfilial people, kill!

Kill the unkind!

Kill the unrighteous!

Impolite, unwise, unbelievable, kill and kill by the order of heaven!

I was not born to chase the deer, and the dream of thousands of years of vicissitudes is still there.

The kings and ministers are all like dirt, and they are always looking for materials under the knife.

The herald ordered the three armies under his command to break the city without sealing the sword and dagger.

This monument is built among the three armies——

Those who defy the heavens will die and kneel and die! ”

"What is this?" The black shadow looked at the hideous killing words one by one, and even he couldn't help but take a step back.

"Today's city is broken, and it should be slaughtered for three days." Xi Che smiled and sat down on the throne of thorns, this throne was made of pure gold, but the entire throne was cast with thorns, such a deliberately uncomfortable design to sit was precisely the design of the original emperor himself - an emperor should not sit comfortably.

"Dead people don't make trouble."

The black shadow was silent, the man in front of him, he really had all the conditions to become the emperor of this empire, they could no longer change all this, they could only obey.

"Dare to ask Your Majesty what is the new era name?"

The gray-clad official knelt down in front of Xi Che and asked.

"Apocalypse."

Xi Che replied.