Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 92

Chapter 92: Indiscriminate Killing of Innocents

Even though the boss’s daughter liked Zhang Han so much, she didn’t like killing innocent people. She asked Zhang Han to let go, but Zhang Han ignored her and forcibly abducted her.

In broad daylight, in full view of everyone, he killed his fiancé’s family and took away the bride without even trying to cover it up. This was simply a blatant provocation to the Yelang Kingdom.

Zhang Han’s boss was so angry that he almost vomited blood and died.

The Yelang Kingdom sent people to capture Zhang Han alive. How could the Yelang Kingdom save its reputation if it didn’t execute him publicly?

Zhang Han killed all the comers, and he became more and more courageous as the battle went on. His cultivation level increased rapidly, and he even reached the Spiritual Transformation Stage. He killed the then king in one fell swoop and became the new king of Yelang.

After becoming the king, Zhang Han made his boss’s daughter the queen, and collected beauties from all over the country and brought them into his harem.

From then on, Zhang Han became extremely violent and capricious. He beheaded maids who spilled soup, eunuchs who accidentally made eye contact with concubines, and censors who complained about his rule, believing they violated the emperor’s authority.

He also enacted harsh laws, making theft of even one tael of silver punishable by death. A minister who had studied in the Great Zhou Dynasty argued that such laws could not maintain long-term rule, but Zhang Han ignored them, believing the minister was rebelling against him and had him executed.

Suddenly, the people of Yelang feared for their lives, even refusing to drink, fearing they might cause trouble while drunk, destroying items in stores and thus be charged with the capital crime of provoking trouble.

The innkeepers were also unhappy. While no one caused trouble while drunk, the number of diners at their restaurants decreased.

One minister, terrified, wished to retire. Zhang Han retorted that the minister, in the prime of his Nascent Soul body, was incorrigible and destitute of age and illness, and yet he wanted to retire, committing deception and punishing death.

A minister, having suffered internal injuries in his early years and now advanced in age, wished to retire to his homeland. Zhang Han argued that as a subject, he should serve

the country with all his heart and soul, and that this was disloyalty, punishable by death. With these two precedents in mind, no minister dared to consider retiring again. Each time they left for court, they would draft a will, fearing their own demise .

Seeing Zhang Han’s improved cultivation, another minister suspected him of practicing the demonic path and reported him to the Wei court.

However, despite Wei’s investigations, they could find no trace of Zhang Han’s cultivation, concluding that he possessed exceptional talent and a penchant for murder.

Practicing the demonic path carries the resentment of the deceased, something Zhang Han possessed.

Furthermore, practicing the demonic path requires personal execution; ordering a bodyguard to kill or enacting harsh laws increasing the death penalty would not improve a practitioner’s cultivation.

Zhang Han was furious when he learned that someone had reported to the Wei Dynasty, alleging that he practiced the occult. He concluded that the minister was plotting treason and ordered the execution of his entire clan.

From then on, no one dared to question Zhang Han again.

…

In the warm chamber, Zhang Han was reviewing memorials, hoping to find something between the lines of the ministers’ reports that might lead to murder. Unfortunately, the ministers had become more prudent recently, avoiding major joys or sorrows. Their reports were either small joys like a good harvest or minor sorrows like a decrease in crime rates. Others included less significant joys and sorrows, such as the popular position of executioner.

Perhaps he could go incognito and investigate among the people to see if there were anyone who deserved to be executed.

“Click.”

A soft sound came from beside his ear. A maid’s hand trembled as she closed the lid of a teacup, making a slight sound.

The maid’s pretty face paled, and she quickly knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and begged the emperor’s forgiveness.

Zhang Han waved his hand impatiently. “You’re disturbing my concentration on reviewing memorials. Drag her out and behead her.”

He believed he was being fair. Since the previous maids had been executed for similar minor offenses, wouldn’t it be unfair to spare this one?

“Guards? Guards!”

Annoyed that the guards didn’t immediately enter the room after he gave the order, he felt the guards outside must have been negligent.

Those who neglected their duties should also be put to death.

The door to the warm room opened, and a young man said to the two guards at the door, “Wait outside and don’t come in, okay?”

The two guards, not daring to say no, nodded repeatedly.

After the young man entered the room, he said to the maid, “Wait outside. Your king and I have some business to attend to.”

The maid fled the warm room as if she had been pardoned.

Zhang Han saw someone exceeding his authority and giving orders to his subordinates, but he didn’t dare to utter a word.

He was sweating profusely, and his hands were shaking.

Zhang Han tried to remain calm: “I don’t know why the Human Emperor is here. How can I help?”

“Didn’t I say it was to deal with something,” Jiang Li said with a smile. “I just need your help. To be specific, to deal with you.”

“Me? The Human Emperor is joking. I haven’t violated the rules of the Human Emperor’s Palace. Why should the Human Emperor deal with me? You are the Human Emperor.

You can’t kill innocent people.” Jiang Li was amused by Zhang Han’s words: “I am the Human Emperor and cannot kill innocent people. You are just the monarch of a small country. You can kill people indiscriminately. Is there such a thing in the world? Are you bullying honest people?”

Jiang Li said again: “I have been killing for several months. Now you are the only follower of the Shenzang Sect. Congratulations, you are lucky to be the last one alive.”

Jiang Li did not dare to hand over the matter of dealing with the Shenzang Sect to anyone, including the leaders of the Human Emperor’s Palace. They knew that the fewer people in the Shenzang Sect, the better. Even the Ruyi Gourd, Jiang Li threatened it not to tell Yu Yin about the Shenzang Sect. Until now, Yu Yin still thought that Sun Yuan was a demon.

In the past few months, Jiang Li not only dealt with these believers in the order on the list, but also had to ensure that they did not leave any clues about the Shenzang Sect. Now it was finally time to finish, and Zhang Han was the last one.

Although Zhang Han’s realm was not low, his status in the organization was very low. He had no qualifications to preach, and he also took the most stringent Liuhe Zuolian Mantra. He could not tell anyone about the Shenzang Sect.

Hearing the “Shenzang Sect” from Jiang Renhuang’s mouth, Zhang Han was horrified, and the last bit of luck in his heart disappeared.

He still believed that he had obtained the power of Shenzang, not merit, but he felt that this behavior was very similar to the magic way, but it was just taking advantage of the loopholes in Jiuzhou’s definition of the magic way.

“Originally, you also knew that the source of the Shenzang power was problematic, and you happened to be an executioner who could obtain the Shenzang power. If that was all you wanted, I wouldn’t have come to you.”

Jiang Li crossed his legs and flipped through Zhang Han’s file, saying slowly, “Later, when you killed evildoers to gain the power of the Divine Treasure, I wouldn’t have killed you.”

“I…”

Zhang Han tried to defend himself, but Jiang Li ignored him and continued, “But then you changed. You became obsessed with the feeling of gaining the Divine Treasure power and wanted to become stronger, but there was no one left for you to kill. The marriage of your beloved woman was the catalyst for a complete transformation, and you began killing innocent people.”

“Eventually, you ascended to the throne, wielding immense power. You used that power to kill, clearing yourself of any suspicion of demonic influence.”

Zhang Han saw this and quickly said, “Yes, this isn’t demonic, it’s my own power!”

“Yes, I know your Divine Treasure power isn’t demonic.”

“Then…” Zhang Han was delighted.

“Just consider it just me killing innocent people.” Jiang Li didn’t give Zhang Han a chance to defend himself. With a casual flick of his index finger, Zhang Han, then in the Spiritual Transformation stage, died without warning.

Jiang Li wouldn’t tell Zhang Han that this was actually the power of merit, that your Divine Treasure Sect was causing endless harm to the Nine Provinces and needed to be completely eliminated.

Why bother explaining to him?

(End of this chapter)