The next morning when Xiang Ling woke up, she found the bed empty as both Xin Cheng and Dao Ming had already left. Just like the rest of the Mortal Realm, the Chen Manor also became gloomy as no one was really in high spirits.
As the day turned into night, the first snow of the year finally greeted the Mortal Realm while everyone grieved the loss of their Emperor. Wu Tian ascended the throne and became the next Emperor while Su LiangLin became the Empress.
The leaders of the Cultivation Sects and Jingsheng Academy were summoned to the Palace by the Emperor to talk about the attacks and to come up with a plan as how they were going to address the situation. But despite all the countermeasure, the damage was already done. The fear had taken over the general public.
