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However, if you fail to complete the task on time, then not to mention any private plotting for personal gain, even if you did nothing, you will still need to be punished.
Everything is thus fair and reasonable; for them, it's entirely acceptable to manage public and private matters without conflict.
The current Fire Virtue Star Lord is just like that. Emperor Monarch commanded him to stop those Great Ancient Emperors; instigating a dispute on purpose is nothing, as long as he can finish his task of obstruction, all will be well.
But if in the end he fails, unable to stop those two Great Ancient Emperors, allowing the adversaries to break through, even if he did not disturb the guiding task, he would still have the demerit of being ineffective.
"Emperor Monarch, surely Fire Virtue Star Lord dares to act this way because he must have ample confidence; there's no need to worry," Star Lord Yi Suan said with a smile.
