Y'all, this should be illegal. It's criminal leaving us hanging like that.
Thanks for the chapter!
Anyway. I don't think Kansei will die. He'll just be injured seriously. Thus, Shou is forced to evolve again, practicing more martial arts/ combat, and dedicate himself more to acting out as a shadow since Kansei will take a will to recover.
If the author killed Kansei, everyone would riot. The author would betray his own setting, and the narrative's one words, where the duo would become the most prosperous emperors the land has ever seen(dont remember the chapter but it was stated in one of them)
thank you for listening to my self-hypnotizing rant.