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No sooner had Pei Tianlu finished speaking than a quasi-emperor hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, what are you saying? It is we who have failed Your Majesty. We failed to protect the Crimson Moon Dynasty and instead surrendered to the enemy."

Pei Tianlu said, "I am now loyal to His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor and am no longer your Emperor. From now on, please do not address me as such."

All eyes fell on Lu Chen. They knew that the person in front of them was a Great Emperor, but they were puzzled as to why Pei Tianlu, with his strength, would be willing to serve this young Great Emperor.

Pei Tianlu then added, "It's not your fault. After all, the Crimson Moon Dynasty wronged you first, and the Great Xia Dynasty can't be considered your enemy."

After thinking about it, everyone felt that it made some sense. The founder of the Crimson Moon Dynasty had already pledged allegiance to the emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty. As Pei Tianlu's followers, it didn't seem wrong for them to take the initiative to pledge allegiance to the Heavenly Emperor of Great Xia.

At this moment, the dozen or so quasi-emperors all addressed Lu Chen in unison, saying, "We pay our respects to His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor!"

Lu Chen said, "Get up, everyone."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

By bowing like this, these quasi-emperors signified their formal departure from the Crimson Moon Dynasty and their joining the Great Xia Dynasty.

At this moment, a quasi-emperor said, "Your Majesty, the Ye family moved away from the Crimson Moon Dynasty a few days ago. I wonder if this matter is related to the Great Xia Dynasty?"

Pei Tianlu answered for Lu Chen: "The Ye family and the Qingyun Dynasty joined forces to attack the Great Xia Dynasty. After the Qingyun Dynasty was defeated, the Ye family patriarch used a secret technique to escape the battlefield."

Upon hearing Pei Tianlu's answer, the quasi-emperors present were quite surprised. A little-known emerging dynasty had actually defeated the Ye family and the Qingyun Dynasty. No wonder the Qingyun Dynasty had not sent anyone to the front line to help the Chiyue Dynasty.

It seems that this Heavenly Emperor is more powerful than they imagined.

Indeed, how could someone be an ordinary person to earn Pei Tianlu's willing loyalty?

Lu Chen then said, "Alright, we should hurry up."

Since the Crimson Moon Dynasty didn't even have a Great Emperor, Lu Chen didn't plan to waste too much time here. He wanted to conquer the Crimson Moon Dynasty as soon as possible so he could go to the Azure Cloud Dynasty.

Lu Chen and his fleet then continued their journey toward the imperial star of the Crimson Moon Dynasty.

A month later.

The Crimson Moon Dynasty, Imperial Palace.

Inside the Imperial Study.

Pei Wenfu looked at the battle reports sent from various star regions recently, his expression extremely solemn.

In just one month, most of the star field under the rule of the Crimson Moon Dynasty fell into the hands of the Great Xia Dynasty army.

Pei Wenfu sensed something was wrong. He remembered that many domain lords of star regions firmly supported the Crimson Moon Dynasty, but according to the intelligence he had gathered, most domain lords offered no resistance and chose to surrender directly.

This made Pei Wenfu very uneasy. The large-scale surrender of the Star Domain Lords meant that the people's hearts had collapsed. If the people's hearts were completely lost, the fortune of the Crimson Moon Dynasty would be easily taken away by the Great Xia Dynasty.

Pei Wenfu was somewhat anxious at this moment, "I wonder if the delegation I sent out has met the emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty."

Given the Great Xia Dynasty's offensive speed, it probably won't be long before their army arrives on the Imperial Star. By then, peace talks will be meaningless.

Pei Wenfu got up and paced back and forth in the imperial study, trying hard to think of a way to get through this crisis.

Just then, a guard entered the imperial study with a report, "Your Majesty, something terrible has happened!"

Upon hearing the guard's words, Pei Wenfu's expression turned even more grim. The phrase he had heard most often over the past month was, "Something terrible has happened."

Pei Wenfu asked impatiently, "Which star system has fallen this time?"

The guard presented the intelligence report with both hands: "Some members of the royal family have led a large number of soldiers to the front lines, intending to fight a decisive battle against the Great Xia Dynasty!"

Upon hearing the guard's report, Pei Wenfu's face turned deathly pale. He quickly took the jade slip from the guard's hand and then channeled his spiritual energy into it.

The next moment, the information from the jade slip appeared in the air. Upon seeing the contents of the jade slip, Pei Wenfu trembled with anger.

"These old bastards! What are they doing?!"

"Are they trying to kill me?!"

He had just sent a delegation to the front lines to negotiate peace, but these members of the royal family led troops to fight a decisive battle with the Great Xia Dynasty. If the Great Xia Dynasty found out that those people were members of the Red Moon Dynasty's royal family, would the ruler of the Great Xia Dynasty think that he, the emperor, had instigated all of this?

In this way, the peace talks became a pipe dream.

Pei Wenfu quickly realized that these old guys clearly didn't want him to negotiate peace; they wanted to provoke a war between the Great Xia and the Crimson Moon Dynasty.

Pei Wenfu clenched his fist and finally made a decision. He couldn't let those old guys ruin his plans; he would go to the front lines in person to negotiate peace.

……

Tianluo Star Domain.

Several celestial ships floated silently in the void, and in front of these ships were hundreds of starships gleaming with metallic luster.

Pei Nian was now on the deck of the immortal ship, and seeing such a massive fleet of starships, he couldn't help but feel a little intimidated.

A soldier next to Pei Nian said, "That's strange, why hasn't the Great Xia Dynasty attacked yet?"

On their way to the front lines, they heard that the situation there was terrible, with half of the Crimson Moon Dynasty's star field already occupied by the Great Xia Dynasty's army.

Logically speaking, the Great Xia Dynasty should have planned to take over the entire Red Moon Dynasty in one fell swoop, so why has it stopped now?

Pei Nian thought for a moment and was about to send someone to test the waters when a figure suddenly flew in front of their immortal ship.

"The Heavenly Emperor has decreed that members of the Crimson Moon Dynasty's royal family who surrender will not be killed!"

Before Pei Nian and his group even reached the front lines, Pei Tianlu had already sensed their presence through his bloodline power. He also realized that these members of the Pei family were not there to surrender, but to fight the Great Xia Dynasty to the death.

This also brought Pei Tianlu a sense of relief, as not all of his descendants were like Pei Wenfu.

Hearing the words of the quasi-emperor in the void, Pei Nian snorted coldly, "Even if we die, we will never surrender."

As soon as Pei Nian finished speaking, a quasi-emperor from the Pei family shouted, "Attack! Let these invaders know that our Pei family's starfields are not so easy to conquer!"

Immediately afterwards, Pei Nian and several quasi-emperors from the Pei family left the immortal ship and directly attacked the distant starships, intending to destroy them.

However, at this moment, a huge golden Dharma image suddenly appeared in front of the Great Xia fleet, followed by an immense pressure.

Feeling the Emperor's oppressive aura, Pei Nian and the others gritted their teeth.

The quasi-emperors were alright, barely able to resist the pressure, but the saints and cultivators below the saint level suffered terribly, feeling as if their bones were about to be crushed by the pressure.

Just then, Pei Nian stared blankly at the image before him.

He raised his arm, which was as stiff as a dead tree, and rubbed his eyes.

He could hardly believe his eyes.

This Dharma image... how come it looks so much like their ancestor's Dharma image? (End of Chapter)