Chapter 22 First Glimpse of Prominence

"My father once had the former State Preceptor of Heaven's Secret, Tianyi Zhenren, divine the destiny of this land here. Afterwards, he summoned the feudal lords from all directions to the capital and imprisoned them, believing that this would delay the decline of the dynasty. Little did he expect that within just ten years of my ascendance to the throne, the dynasty would already be in a precarious state. Could this be the destiny decreed by Heaven?" said the Lord of the Great Chen, his spirits declining.

"What is Heaven's decree? Who can truly define it? Does Your Majesty intend to accept this as fate?" This was a very thin Taoist with prominent cheekbones and a prominent forehead, wearing a long goatee, dressed in a yellow robe of his sect, holding a gemstone-embedded horsetail whisk in his hand—Jinguang Taoist, the current State Preceptor of Great Chen.