The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

2160. Follow the guidance

  Mortis Dagger!

This weapon, the only one that could kill Taiyi, now appeared in Tang Xiao's hands, and he actually pointed the dagger directly at his daughter's chest!

"Don't question my determination, daughter." Tang Xiao gritted his teeth and said, "I can tell you that I live for the hundreds of billions of people in the Principality of Dawn! For them, I would rather sacrifice everything! And what about you? Daughter, what is the meaning of your existence?"

"You can't understand." The daughter's eyes also became sharp. She stared at Tang Xiao, as if she would attack at any time.

"Indeed, I cannot understand the meaning of your existence, but you also cannot understand mine!" Tang Xiao said word by word, "But, in order to protect this, I would rather sacrifice my life! And this is my answer!"

"My son has gone crazy, and you want to go crazy too?" the daughter said sternly.

"Before you accuse me of being crazy, you should think about what you have done!" Tang Xiao said loudly.

"This is for the balance of the Force!" The daughter also raised her voice.

"If the balance of the Force means sacrificing hundreds of billions of innocent civilians, then what is the difference between this balance and the dark side!" Tang Xiao roared almost as if venting his anger.

"You've gone crazy!" the daughter yelled.

"Then kill me!" Tang Xiao roared.

The daughter gritted her teeth and prepared to take action. She was about to knock Tang Xiao down from the sky, but suddenly, she found that there was something in her hand? Sharp and cold...

It turned out to be the Mortis dagger!

  Tang Xiao actually stuffed the Mortis dagger into her hand? !

"You...?" The daughter's beautiful eyes widened as she looked at Tang Xiao in astonishment, not knowing what to say for a moment.

However, Tang Xiao just lowered his head and sighed dejectedly, "My son asked me to get this dagger, and then let me kill my 'father' while he was performing the ritual."

He took a deep breath, shook his head, and said, "He told me that this ceremony requires me to sit in front of the 'Father', and then he will put his hand on my forehead. At this time, the 'Father' and I will be very close, and he will be completely immersed in the long river of time and will not notice my movements."

The daughter was silent. She looked down at the dagger in her hand and said slowly, "It seems that he did tell you everything."

Her voice gradually became sad. "Did he really intend to kill 'father'? He actually... he actually... You, why did you give me the dagger? Don't you hate me so much?"

"I do hate you, very much." Tang Xiao said, "But compared to the dark side, I believe in light more."

The daughter was somewhat moved. She asked in confusion, "But you are a Sith..."

"You don't know my past, so you naturally don't know what the dark side means to me." Tang Xiao's eyes were deep, and he looked up into the distance, "...it means survival."

"You..." The daughter didn't know what to say. This was the first time in hundreds of thousands of years that she was so curious about someone.

Countless people had appeared before her, all kinds of them. Some were brave and powerful, some were strange and secretive, some were evil and wretched... But without exception, she could see through their past and future at a glance.

Those people were transparent to a person like my daughter. But she could not see through Tang Xiao's past and future. There was only a fog in front of her. Moreover, Tang Xiao's style of doing things almost always completely exceeded her imagination, which made her very curious about what kind of person Tang Xiao was.

He doesn't seem to be purely dark side, but seems more complicated.

"Son, I am serious this time. I am powerless against his power, so I gave the dagger to you." Tang Xiao said, "I hope you can give me a chance, but you refused. However... I still hope to give you a chance to stop my son."

The daughter stared at the dagger in her hand and said, "I will tell 'father' about this."

However, Tang Xiao smiled coldly and said, "Tell 'Father'? Then I'll tell you what the result will be. 'Father' will confiscate the dagger and hold it in his hands. After discovering that I betrayed him, the son will kill me without hesitation, but 'Father' will not stop him. Because he only cares about the collapsed balance of the Force... Then he will put the Mortis Dagger back on the altar and warn you not to fight each other. Then... what has happened countless times over hundreds of thousands of years will happen again."

The daughter didn't say anything, she knew Tang Xiao was right.

"But the 'father' is weakening. He is no longer able to stop his son. The Mortis dagger is useless in his hand. When the son sees that the matter is exposed, he will not hide his purpose. He will take the dagger back and kill the 'father' and you at the same time. When Mortis collapses, he will escape from here." Tang Xiao said lightly, "Nothing has changed."

The daughter still didn't speak, but her hand holding the dagger was trembling slightly and her eyes were flickering.

Tang Xiao continued, "You are the only one who can stop my son. But you are no match for him, so you need this dagger. You don't need to kill him, just hurt him."

"Why are you doing this?" the daughter asked again.

"Having fallen into darkness, I know better than anyone that the dark side will only lead to death and destruction. Will I count on my son to save the people of the Principality of Dawn? Of course not. From the very beginning, he only treated me as a tool that could be discarded at any time. But I can't die here. Hundreds of billions of people in the Principality of Dawn are still waiting for me to save them! Only light can save us." Tang Xiao said seriously.

The daughter thought about it again, hung the dagger on her waist, raised her hand and waved it lightly, and the dagger disappeared without a trace. It was almost the same method as her son.

She said seriously, "I will not use the Mortis dagger against my son."

"This is your choice." Tang Xiao seemed to have expected it and was not very excited. "I am stuck between you and have no power to resist, just like the hundreds of billions of people in the Principality of Dawn, who were defeated because of your words..."

"Stop talking about those people!" The daughter finally became impatient with Tang Xiao's constant mention of hundreds of billions of people and interrupted him.

Tang Xiao smiled, spread out his hands and stretched them out to ask for something, "Well, at least you should save my life, right?"

"Save you?" The daughter didn't know what Tang Xiao wanted to say.

"When my son sees that I don't have a dagger in my hand, he will definitely kill me the first time." Tang Xiao said, "So, at least you should give me a fake dagger so that I can hide it from my son."

"If I give you a fake dagger, your son won't kill you?" The daughter still didn't quite understand.

"My son has seen how I treated you before. He won't think that it is possible for me to reach an agreement with you. So, if you give me a dagger that can be hidden from him, he won't be too suspicious. As for after the ceremony begins, I will be next to the 'father'. If my son really intends to kill me, at least I can hide behind the 'father'." Tang Xiao said.

The daughter thought about it, descended, picked a branch from a tree and handed it to Tang Xiao.

The branch immediately turned into the shape of Mortis's dagger. (End of this chapter)