The Heavens' Treasury: Punishing the Traitor

In the seventh year of the Taihe era, the Lingwei Dynasty and the Tongtian Bank clashed in a struggle over money and power, locked in a bitter feud with neither side willing to back down. For a time, the Bank even seemed poised to replace the Dynasty, leaving the throne hanging by a thread. At the critical moment, the Bank's Great Sage proposed a reconciliation: he would betroth his granddaughter to the Fourth Prince. Before long, the two most powerful men reached a consensus. In secret, they designated the Fourth Prince as both the next emperor and the next Sage, hoping to end a feud that had lasted nine hundred years. The palace was draped in red curtains and filled with celebration. Cultivators from countless subordinate dynasties traveled great distances to offer their congratulations. But who could have guessed that the Great Sage was secretly meeting with Consort Yu, mother of the Fourth Prince, and had fathered a son with her in secret, a boy named Fu Sensen...