Chapter 5: The Sword of Power

Emperor is about 95 light-years away from Earth.

The Emperor people have lived on this quiet orange planet for generations. They worship strength, but they are kind and sincere, and they are devout.

The royal family of Emperor Star has a long history, and their people have always adhered to the resources, environment, culture, and traditions that have been passed down from time immemorial. Although the royal succession of the emperor adopts the ancient monarchy, there is a premise that cannot be shaken - the power of the successor.

In the Cangjie Mountain System, the highest altitude of the Emperor Star, there is a flat land "Fengzen Platform" where the kings of the past dynasties ascended the throne, where three ancient swords are inserted. The three swords are, in order,

The Sword of Benevolence. Sword of Faith. Sword of Forgiveness.

At the time of the change of power, the candidates who have the strength to draw these three swords are qualified to become the new monarch of the Emperor Star people. If there are more than two people who can draw a sword at the same time, it depends on the difficulty of the sword being drawn, and if it is still evenly matched, then in the end, the Emperor Star Senate will determine the choice of the monarch based on the character and prestige of the candidate, as well as whether he can bring a stable life to the Emperor Star and the Emperor Star people.

And the difficulty of drawing the sword is in the same order. The sword of benevolence is the easiest, the sword of faith is second, and the sword of forgiveness is the hardest! How difficult is it? According to the history of the Emperor Star, only the first Emperor Monarch Joyers pulled it out only once. At most, the successors who have succeeded since have drawn the sword of faith.

In other words, the person who can draw the sword of forgiveness, regardless of anything else, is the monarch admired by the Emperor Star people!

Sigvano, the 125th monarch of the Emperors, was as kind and trustworthy as all the monarchs who had preceded him, and he only drew the sword of faith when he succeeded to the throne.

The benevolent are invincible. The Believer Lands. The Forgiver has eternal life.

There is always a dark tide under the calm of the universe, and Sigvano's younger brother Sarmento has coveted the throne for a long time, but he does not have the strength to draw the sword of forgiveness beyond his own brother. However, despicable, he united with the dark forces of the Interstellar Alliance, created rumors, and activated the impeachment system of the emperor's public opinion, and wanted to put the imperial brother to death.

Although Sigvano had the military power to suppress this disobedient betrayal, for the sake of the peace and contentment of the emperor's people and the peace between the stars, he endured the humiliation and temporarily left his homeland, and under the secret protection of the Senate of the Interstellar Alliance, he remained incognito as an interstellar criminal and preserved his strength for a comeback.

Emperor Star is actually already under the control of Sarmento, who staged the coup d'état.

On the last day before leaving his hometown, Siegvano paced to the Fengzen Terrace, gazing at the vast orange earth of the Emperor Star. There are five luminous stars shining all year round above Emperor Star, so there is no night. The light from these five "suns" equivalent to the earth shone on the three ancient swords that symbolized the power of the emperor star, and the three swords had a total of fifteen shadows.

The hilt and finger guards of the Sword of Benevolence form the shape of a plant's stem and leaves, and the design of the sword body is a pile of petals, the blade inserted into the rock is the tip of the petal, and the bloodletting groove is the gap between the petals. Although it is a blade, the whole sword is full of artistic temperament. Because it was drawn frequently, the whole sword flashed with a proud edge.

The Sword of Faith is a cross-shaped black iron heavy sword, with a simple shape and no decorative patterns throughout the body, but the sword body is amazingly thick. The body of the sword was slanted into the rock of the Sealed Zen Terrace, almost as deep as the hilt. Without great strength, drawing this sword completely is just a distant luxury.

The Sword of Forgiveness, in appearance, looks like a poorly made iron bar, without a blade, without a handle, without a point, standing crookedly on a rock. And since no one has been shaking it for many years, the entire sword seems to be completely rusty, so much so that the rock below seems to be the same color as the sword.

Siegvano remembered when he drew the Sword of Faith in the expectant gaze of many Emperors. At that time, he was full of vigor and energy, but it took him ninety percent of his strength to pull the heavy sword of faith out of the rock completely. He had tried to draw the Sword of Forgiveness, but no matter how much he increased his strength, the "iron bar" that had rarely been conquered since his ancestors remained unmoved.

At this moment, Sigvano once again tried to draw the sword of forgiveness. He knew in his heart that no matter what means his brother Sarmento used, as long as he drew the sword of forgiveness with his own hands, the monarch of the Emperor would still be Sigvano's. The reason is that the Emperor Star people believe that strength comes from an honest, trustworthy, kind and benevolent heart. But Samento could draw the Sword of Faith at some point, which meant that he did not have any advantage over his younger brother in terms of the power that the Emperor believed in.

Siegvano took a deep breath, held his breath, and gripped the "iron bar" of the Sword of Forgiveness tightly with both hands, roared, and began to exert force. Even though the dirt he stepped on had two deep footprints in it, there was no change in the position of the Sword of Forgiveness. Sigvano's grip on the "iron bar" even harder, using all his physical strength to pull it out almost beyond the limits of his body, blood flowed down the "iron bar" between his hands, flowed over the rocks under the sword, and dripped on the sealing platform.

The five shadows of the Sword of Forgiveness have not yet changed in any position.

These three swords of power, which have witnessed the history of the Emperor Star, stand quietly on the main peak of Heavenly Compassion, allowing time and space to change, and time and space to pass.

You are the king of one star, but at this moment you have to bow to fate!

After that, the almost desperate Sigvano reluctantly bid farewell to his beloved homeland and embarked on a journey of incognito and humiliation between the interstellar prisons in the slow universe.

Farewell, my lovely planet, my lovely people.

But this parting will be temporary. I, Zigvano, will come back someday!!

The blood on Sigvano's hands that day stained the rust on the Sword of Forgiveness blood-red.

The fifth cosmic year after the usurpation of the throne by the Samento coup.

An annual festival to the heavens.

Almost all the Emperor Star people gathered near the main peak of Tianmin, from the peak to the foot of the mountain, densely stretched.

Strength symbolizes the interpretation and reverence of the emperor people for power.

The much-anticipated ritual of worshipping the heavens began.

As part of the ritual, the monarch once again draws the sword that symbolizes the power of the emperor.

With a majestic expression, Sarmento was full of ambition.

He stood in front of the Sword of Faith, his hands gripping the hilt of the sword, his eyes cracking, and he roared wildly, and the blade slowly left the embrace of the rock. When he completely held the Xuantie heavy sword in his hand, he took a deep breath and raised his sword hands above his head tremblingly, to show that everyone was still the power leader of the Emperor Star people.

When all the Emperor Star people were about to cheer for their powerful monarch as usual, suddenly there was a flash of the sword of forgiveness, and there were two more people.

One is the old monarch Sigvano, who has disappeared for five years, and the other is an alien in strange costumes. Guest officer, that's right, this alien is our real body to travel to the future of the Great Song Dynasty Tishi monk, formerly known as Lu Da, now known as Lu Zhishen. What Siegvanor searched in the wormhole was the blood he left on the Sword of Forgiveness before he left the Emperor!

This dramatic scene left everyone a little overwhelmed.

In Sarmento, the royal brother who was planning to run away suddenly appeared, and the sword of faith he was holding was a little shaky.

In Sigwano, it was the perfect time to return to his homeland and expose the Samento plot to the royal family and the people. It's just that his own strength is limited and it's hard to argue.

In Lu Zhishen, I don't know what kind of bird hall this is, but the bird in front of him raised a giant black sword as if he was about to cut it down. The sprinkler family is not afraid of you! Eat a Zen stick! Hey? Why does the Zen stick of the Sprinkler family not move?

Originally, from the two fighting in the wormhole to moving to the Emperor Star, the Zen staff was also held by Sigvanor at the same time, and the Zen staff also had Sigvano's blood on it. His grip combined with the summoning power of the blood on the meteorite iron could not be taken away for a while.

Lu Zhishen screamed badly, thinking to himself, is my Luda going to die under the giant sword of this guy? He saw the iron bar stuck in the rock in front of him, and in a hurry, he let go of the Zen staff, and grabbed the iron bar with one hand to draw the giant sword that was going to be removed.

I didn't think that this iron bar was actually welded to a rock.

Lu Zhishen was eager to save himself, broke the cauldron and sunk the boat, held the "iron bar" with both hands, shouted "get up", and pulled out the "iron bar" alive, one end of one hand, and put it on the top of his head to prevent the sword from slashing down.

The moment the "iron bar" left the Fengzen platform, there were five "suns" shining, and the emperor star that was daytime all year round suddenly seemed to fall like a night, and then it seemed that tens of thousands of beams of light shot out from the Fengzen platform, enveloping this sword-drawing man who seemed to be descending from the gods.

The beam of light shot straight into the boundless universe in the sky, and after a few moments, the brilliance of the five "suns" slowly recovered, and the emperor star was as bright as day again.

All the Emperor Star people except Lu Zhishen were deeply stunned by this scene.

In just a few seconds, starting from the Imperial Family of the Emperor Star People who were close to him, like a ripple in a giant ravine, the Emperor Star People knelt down one after another. Ten, a hundred, ten thousand...... Tens of thousands of Emperors fell to their knees at the feet of their new monarch who willingly submitted. This momentum was as grand as an avalanche caused by the Heavenly Compassion Main Peak and sweeping across the entire Emperor Star!

What Lu Zhishen held in his hand was the Sword of Forgiveness that only the First Emperor Star Monarch Joyas had drawn for the only time!!

The sword of forgiveness that has not been pulled out by many generations of Emperor Star Sovereigns for more than 10,000 years was pulled out by Rudaru Zhishen, who accidentally crossed over from the distant earth of the Northern Song Dynasty and kept the blood of the 125th monarch Sigwano!!

A new generation of monarchs has arrived!

Sigwano's surprised face regained its composure, and he also knelt down with a smile, carefully placing the Zen staff in his hand at Lu Zhishen's feet.

Samento was sweating profusely, and the sword of faith in his hand could no longer be supported, and it fell suddenly, reinserting it into the natural "scabbard" of the Fengzentai rock. And Sarmento's tears and snot welled up together, as if they were in pain. His hands hung limply in front of him, apparently broken.

Only Lu Zhishen, the second monk, was puzzled, holding the "iron bar" and standing on the Fengzen platform of Tianmin Peak in the Cangjie Mountain System of the Emperor Star People.