Sky Curtain: The Overlord Charges into Battle, Shocking Emperors of All Dynasties

Oh my god, that scared me to death!

The scions of noble families under the canopy of sky looked at the empty, dark eye sockets of the Cui family patriarch, and a chill ran down their spines to the top of their heads.

They even felt a bit of pain in their eyes, empathizing with the pain.

It felt as if countless dark, bloody hands were reaching out from their eye sockets, dragging them all into hell.

Oh no... what are we going to do?!

"Grasp!!!"

The powerful families during the reign of Emperor Yizong of Tang were extremely anxious. Others might not care, but they couldn't.

Huang Chao killed them!

Among them, the head of the Cui family jumped the highest and was the most emotional.

He never said anything about making Huang Chao a dog; he doesn't even remember Huang Chao.

The sky is slandering again, and bullying honest people again!

You are a born evil man, Huang Chao! I, this old man, will personally order your arrest and bring you to justice!

"Just tell me how to catch them and where to catch them, and I'll do as you say!"

Li Cui rubbed his temples, feeling a bit of a headache.

These people are arguing endlessly. I've never seen them care so much about the imperial examinations or be so devoted to the country and its people before.

It was so noisy it was driving me crazy.

"this...."

Li Cui's question immediately put these powerful ministers into thought; it was indeed a difficult question.

If we send people to hunt down Huang Chao, he might even launch a rebellion ahead of schedule.

The talent Huang Chao displayed through the sky, coupled with the oppression of the local area by these powerful clans over the years,

It might not take five or six years, or even a direct assault on Chang'an.

It's not impossible.

"Why don't we just admit Huang Chao? Doesn't he want to become a Jinshi (a successful candidate in the highest imperial examination)?"

"Let him be the one!"

These people came up with what they thought was a great idea.

Huang Chao is such a capable fighter, wouldn't it be better to just make him one of our own?

Once Huang Chao is inside the cage of the imperial court, they have plenty of ways to turn him into one of their own.

They could even send Huang Chao to suppress the rebellions of those unruly people.

Killing two birds with one stone!

"Then do you think Huang Chao will still come to test us after he sees the sky? He clearly stated that someone with a strong backbone can't be a dog!"

"What's the point of your mockery? Think of a solution! If it weren't for your Cui clan of Boling, would we have gotten to this point?"

"Now you're saying it's all the fault of the Cui family of Boling, but the Wang family of Taiyuan didn't drink the soup for the martial arts examination, did you?"

The imperial court instantly turned into a blame-debating session, with everyone hurling insults and pointing fingers at each other.

The core message is that it's all your fault; otherwise, Huang Chao wouldn't have ended up like this.

Li Cui watched with great interest the grand spectacle unfolding among the powerful families below.

Even these upright gentlemen have moments of weakness; they're just like local thugs and village women.

That's interesting, really interesting!!

A scholar who failed the imperial examination threw down his writing brush and picked up a steel knife.

But it seems that everything in the world is a cycle.

The boy who once slew dragons eventually became the dragon himself. The only lesson humanity has learned from history is that humanity cannot learn anything from history.

After taking revenge on the powerful clans, Huang Chao proclaimed himself Emperor of the Great Qi Dynasty, establishing the reign title Jintong. His lust for power began to blind him, and desire began to erode his heart.

Huang Chao ultimately became the kind of person he once hated most.

However, once Huang Chao actually ascended the throne, he realized that he was utterly incapable of governing a country.

He surrounds himself with a bunch of uncouth brutes who only know how to grab knives and kill people; all the people who could help him govern the country have already been killed by him.

In the end, Huang Chao was forced to withdraw from Chang'an due to the encirclement and suppression by the Tang army and the rebellion of his subordinates.

[He committed suicide after his defeat in the Wolf and Tiger Valley of Mount Tai, ending his ordinary yet extraordinary life.]

Above the sky, the scene shifts again.

As the sun set, its afterglow like blood, the dim, yellowish light seemed to foreshadow the demise of Huang Chao, the mighty general.

Bathed in the crimson glow of the setting sun, Huang Chao placed the sword against his own neck and slashed it forcefully.

Blood splattered, trailing brilliant crimson flowers in the air.

The camera zooms in, and Huang Chao's face appears in the center of the sky.

As Huang Chao lay dying, a smile played on his lips, his eyes fixed intently on the nobles and scions of powerful families before him.

That look seemed to be saying something.

I will come back.

I will be watching you.

forever!

Suddenly, a poem slowly appeared in the sky, line by line.

"The west wind rustles through the courtyard, the blossoms are cold and fragrant, and butterflies dare not come."

"If I become the Green Emperor in the future, I will make the peach blossoms bloom all at once."

Huang Chao succeeded, kicking away a huge boulder for the poor and needy in the world.

The scions of noble families beneath the sky felt a chill run down their spines as they watched Huang Chao's dying smile.

They even now feel that something dirty is watching them from behind.

Many of the scions of noble families who had just been whipping those lowly commoners felt a chill run down their spines when they saw this look in his eyes.

Huang Chao set an example for the common people in the eyes of these powerful families, ruthlessly tearing away the false cloak of noble blood that draped these families over their status.

They exposed the ugliness in their hearts to everyone in the Sky Curtain without reservation.

From then on, they had to be more careful and treat those they considered lowly as truly human beings.

Otherwise, a second Huang Chao might appear by his side.

"Good riddance!!!"

Upon witnessing Huang Chao's fate, a scion of a prominent family couldn't help but shout out in glee.

This resulted in a barrage of questions from her colleagues.

"What are you so happy about?!"

"Ah, shouldn't that villain Huang Chao have died?"

The man seemed puzzled; his bewildered gaze was so blank it evoked a pang of pity, making it difficult to bring oneself to harshly scold him.

The person next to him was speechless.

With an IQ like that, how can they let him be an official? How can they recruit just anyone into the bureaucracy?

It must be the Cui family of Boling's fault again!!

"I ask you, Huang Chao is dead, but what about us?"

"say!!!"

"What will become of us scions of noble families?"

The subsequent chaos of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period was an era of brilliant figures. While Huang Chao's campaign was initially aimed at devastating the powerful clans of Chang'an, the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period saw an indiscriminate purge of powerful clans in the surrounding areas.

After Zhao Kuangyin established the Song Dynasty, nearly a century of war had left the powerful clans of the land largely disorganized, scattered and fragmented.

Following the impact of the Huang Chao Rebellion and the subsequent turmoil of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, powerful clans completely disappeared from the historical stage, replaced by the civil service group commonly referred to in the Song and Ming dynasties.

Some impoverished scholars during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period were filled with despair.

Huang Chao did indeed purge the powerful clans, but they disliked the chaotic era he ushered in.

That adjective on the sky was so accurate.

Why are there so many humanoid creatures again?

Can't we just let people study properly and govern the country?!

Previously, I had to worry about whether I would pass the imperial examination.

Now there's no need to worry anymore; they can go wherever they want to serve as officials.

You should only worry about whether you can save your own life; never think about strategies for governing the country while attending court.

The next second it went into the big pot and became food.

Zhao Kuangyin, where are you? Please save me!

We've had enough of these thugs!