*Ding**Ding*Crystal clear rings of a class could be heard echoing out in the hall that suddenly went silent.All attention was turned to the Emperor’s third Concubine, Li Sua.Her face which was usually stuck on a stern expression was now all smiles. Seeing the attention on her she cheerfully said.“Family and guests, I want to announce the betrothed of my daughter Li Ling to the first son of the Tang Noble Family, Tang Long.”Li Shen wasn’t hiding his discontent and was seen with a deep frown on his face.Li Ling was seated next to her mother and she was looking up at her mortified by her words.“Mother you-”Li Ling was cut off by her mother who turned to Li Shu, her husband, and said.“The preparations have already been made, but we only need your blessing his Majesty.”She bowed respectfully as she said that.Li Shen turned to his father and his frown deepen.‘You know about this?’‘…’‘Father I can feel the connection and that you haven’t left. Answer me, you knew that woman wa
“What?”“A clone? What does he mean by a clone?”Hush whispers suddenly came from the crowd as they were shocked by Ghuanyu’s words.Li Shu looked at Ghuanyu’s smirking expression and his heart grew cold.He was about to speak but Ghuanyu immediately cut him off.“Are you going to deny it? I wonder why you went so far to hide the fact you left the Li Clan unattended.”Li Shen hearing the sarcasm in Ghuanyu’s voice and the implications of his words felt a foreboding feeling in his heart.‘Why is he here?’Nothing good will come from Ghuanyu deciding to show up here.“Why look so shocked that I knew? Well, now everyone knows of your absence. You were careless.”Ghuanyu suddenly took out a jade slip and toss it to Li Shu.After catching it in his palm, Li Shu looked down to see an ordinary-looking silver jade slip. Inside this jade slip, he felt a portion of his own power, but it was at the level of a Soul Transformation Realm.Li Shu frowned and simply crushed the silver jade slip.Ghua
“Master!”Lady Ying seeing this person yelled in surprise.Li Shen observe this old woman he had recognized as the one who was responsible for delivering him. But until now this is the first time he saw her since then.“Academy Leader!”Li Xue, Li Shen's uncle yelled as well.‘Huh? Academy Leader?'Li Shen was taken aback by that.'She’s the former Academy Leader of the Divine Star Academy?’The former Academy Leader looked to be in her sixties and she wore simple light blue robes. Her head was filled with gray hair and despite looking like an old woman if one had sharp senses they would realize she looked... absolutely ordinary.She seemed to have no power whatsoever, even looking like a normal mortal. However, her hand on Ghuanyu’s blade said otherwise.Seeing the appearance of this old woman Ghuanyu’s eyes flickered with surprise.“Are you done scouting our strength?”Her voice softly echoed out into Ghanyu's ears and he frowned.Li Shen heard it as well as most others and he thoug
“Your disciple? What nonsense are you talking about child? My Ming Clan did no such thing sending Sea Expansion Realm cultivators to assassinate anyone much less an Elder of the Clan.”Everyone was surprised by Li Shen’s accusation but frowned since it sounded like a blatant lie.“This prince is completely shameless, what tall tale to tell.”“Yeah, why would the Ming Clan attack someone like that?”‘Master, he wasn’t lying about sending Sea Expansion Realm cultivators after senior disciple brother, but the aura around him turned red when he denied the Elder’s involvement.’Hearing Jun’s words, Li Shen frowned in his heart.‘He sent a Nascent Realm cultivator clone to kill Yang Su but not the Sea Expansion Realm Cultivators?’While Li Shen’s proposal and accusation hung in the air a voice could be heard from the entrance.“If disciple Shen’s words are true then the Ming Clan attacking a disciple of my Sword Pavilion is an offense I can not overlook.”Following those words, Ye Fei could
“Little cousin, you little brat! How come you didn’t tell anyone you were so powerful?! Were you hiding it all this time?”Li Sun lifted Li Shen off the ground in a bear hug.While grinning, Li Sun squeezed Li Shen some more before placing him down.Not minding the awkward smile on Li Shen’s face he grabbed his cheeks and began pulling them while saying with a reminiscent and melancholic expression.“My cute baby cousin is no more, now in his place is this handsome guy I can’t recognize.”“Cousin Sun please, not in public.”Li Shen saw everyone around him looking at them and he became embarrassed.As if he had been pierced by a sword Li Sun clutched his chest and his legs wobble a bit.“And you’re even treating me differently. When you were younger you would always come wanting me to carry you on my back, but how times have changed.”Li Shen watched his cousin’s dramatic performance and sighed in his heart.Li Sun had that type of jolly personality and he wasn’t afraid of showing affe
The two future fiancés walked along a path in the West Wing towards a lake garden. However, upon passing the entrance, Li Shen’s face contorted into a more annoyed expression. Stopping, he swiftly turned around to face his stoic-face bodyguard who had been following them from the carriage. “What are you guarding me for? I’m in the Imperial Palace, do you really think someone would try to assassinate me while I’m here?” “You may never know Second Prince.” Li Shen’s face scowled and he pointed at his feet before saying. “Stay right here, it’s inappropriate for you to be listening to our conversation.” Li Shen saw he was about to retort but he held up his hand and said. “Can’t you see me from here? If I’m in danger you can step in, remain here, that’s an order.” After a moment, the guard nodded his head before Li Shen turn to catch up to Lu Yue who was several meters away by the lakeside. Taking a deep silent breath and then releasing it, Li Shen approached Lu Yue's side with hi
Lu Yue had seen him reveal his physical prowess previously and even going toe to toe with Mid Foundation Realm experts.But she was different. She wasn’t just an ordinary Mid Foundation Realm expert that had formed her fifth Divine Platform. Her power at this moment could even rival someone who had formed their eighth, allowing her to battle someone in the Late Foundation Realm.But Li Shen casually flick almost knocked her sword out of her hand, which meant its raw force was as strong as a blow from someone in the Late Foundation Realm at the very least.It wasn’t like there weren’t Fleshly Body cultivators at that level in their generation, but until now Li Shen was known as a useless prince. To see him with such power was subverting the weak impression she had of him previously.She had intended to overpower him and make him agree to this marriage alliance but now she realized it wasn’t so easy.But she wasn’t going to give up, she had to force this prince into submission.It wasn’
“Huh? Am I a ghost? Clearly, I’m not.” “Then how did you extinguish the fire?” “Uh…” Hearing Lu Yue’s question Li Shen hadn’t thought that far ahead. Racking his brain he came up with a half-baked lie. “I-uh, I have immunity to it perhaps?” Lu Yue's face had a puzzled expression on it as she slowly stood up. Coming up to Li Shen’s outstretched hand, she reached out with her finger and touched his palm. The blue and red aura was no longer around her so the yin and yang essences were manageable with just Li Shen’s two physiques. He felt a stream of hot and cold enter his palm upon her touch, but it quickly dissolved without causing any damage. Seeing no reaction from Li Shen Lu Yue’s expression showed shock, but also curiosity. Her finger turned to an entire hand before she started grabbing and rubbing her hands against Li Shen’s own as if she was deprived of skin-ship and this was her way of making up for it. “I-I can’t believe it.” “I never met anyone who can resist my yin
So, that's the end of Book One."..."Are you mad?"..."Of course you are, I'm sorry."Fuck you, Author..."Wah! I'm really sorry!!*start groveling and begging for forgiveness.*For those of you who haven't seen it in the last chapter(it's not like I didn't put it in the title.) I made the decision to end Book One here, right on the edge of a massive cliff... don't kill me haha, I swear I'll write Book Two.Oh, did you see the title of Book Two? If not here it is again... BOOK TWO: War Of Continents... coming soon.I always intended to split this novel into separate books, but I never planned on stopping Book One here. At first, I made the decision to go on hiatus, but then as I read over the last few chapters I realized this was somewhat of a good place to end Book One... please don't kill me.For all the readers who have reached this point... thank you.I've been writing this book for over a year now. Arguably I haven't posted much in the last three months, but we don't talk about t
When Gu Min landed in front of him, Yang Su stood there staring at him with a blank expression while tears ran down his cheeks.“What, you won't even come running to hug me after not seeing me for so long? You always did when we were little. Or have you grown too big now? You’re almost as tall as I am.”Gu Min said this jokingly, but Yang Su could only lower his head and began wiping his tears.Gu Min walked up to him and hugged him.“It’s okay, why are you crying?”“I-I thought you died because of me. And Mom and Dad, they…”“Did they blame you?”A sad expression appeared on Gu Min’s face, but Yang Su shook his head.“No, after they thought you died they wouldn’t let me out of their sights. It's because of you that I couldn’t even set foot outside of the house.”Gu Min cracked a smile when he heard his little brother’s words.“I’m sorry I didn’t come home, I-”“It’s fine.”Yang Su suddenly said cutting off Gu Min.“As long as you’re fine I don’t care if I never see you again, I just
Ling Tian was in the sky scanning the crowd of disciples down below.His heart was filled with both anger and frustration.Soon, his gaze stopped on a figure that was trying to blend into the crowd as much as possible.But despite the hood hiding their appearance, Ling Tian knew exactly who this person was.In a fit of rage and worry, he bolted toward this person.On the ground, Li Shen looked at Yang Su and asked.“Yang Su, what do you mean, is that person your older brother?”Everyone in the group heard this and they all turned to look at Yang Su.Yang Su nodded and said.“He looks slightly different, but I’m sure that’s him.”While Xian was smiling off to the side, Mu Fan glanced at Yang Su’s brother in the air and scowled.“His hair is ever redder than yours, how revolting.”Jun frowned and elbowed Mu Fan to shut up.As Yang Su continued to look at his brother he started to become more agitated.He was skeptical of Xian’s words before but now that he saw his brother he was overcom
Mu Fan placed everyone down before they all glared at Xian.Xian shrugged his shoulders in response.Jun was about to comment on Xian being here, but Li Shen placed a hand on his shoulder.“Look after Lu Yue for me.”Hearing this, Jun turned to look at Lu Yue before hurrying over.Fei Yin hurried over as well, it looked like she had a few superficial wounds he was able to heal.Li Shen then looked at Xian and asked.“What’s the point of you joining? You seem to have a group of your own.”“Well, that doesn’t mean I can’t join yours right?”Li Shen went silent for a moment and then said.“I’ll think about it. For now, we should focus on why we were teleported here.”Xian turned to look at the front of the hall where a throne was before saying with narrowed eyes.“Isn’t it obvious my other half? Someone wants us here.”Hearing Xian’s words, everyone in the group had their expressions change.They suddenly had a bad feeling rise in their hearts. One that Mu Fan long had.“Master…?”Li She
“D-Damn it, what is happening now?!”Mu Fan cried out as he saw his fingers fading away.Li Shen looked over at him and then down at his own hand to see his fingers were fading away as well, and at a rapid pace at that.Li Shen then looked towards the sky to see that after shattering, what was revealed was a clear blue sky.The shattered fragments of the previous crimson sky were still hovering in the air, reflecting the blue sky above and the Fiery Dimension below at the same time.Looking away from this scene, Li Shen bent down to pick up Lu Yue and carry her bridal style. He then turned to Mu Fan and said.“It’s okay, we’re being teleported to the Hidden Fragmented Realm. Hold onto me.”Mu Fan hurriedly got up and place his overly large palms on Li Shen’s shoulders.Mu Fan then watched in curiosity as a strange black light with starry light in it spread from Li Shen’s body to cover both him and Lu Yue.“What kind of ability is this?”Mu Fan said looking around. It almost seemed as
“Stop being so dramatic, I barely touched you.”Li Shen said as he gave Mu Fan who was on the ground a cursory glance.Mu Fan wined.“It is you. Bastard, do you want to get hit in the head and see how it feels?”Mu Fan then glared at Li Shen, but in response, Li Shen merely rolled his eyes and then turn back to check on an unconscious Lu Yue.Mu Fan also turned to her and asked.Is she going to be alright?”“If we can get to Jun in time, then everything will be fine.”“Is that why you let those bastards get away?”Mu Fan said as he watch Gu Jin and Shiming fly away with the rest of the Fire Empire’’s disciples and Ming Clan members.Li Shen shifted his head to look in their direction before turning back to Lu Yue.“There will come a time when they can longer run away from me, but that time hasn’t come yet. Rather, you should be healing your injuries before thinking about fighting in your condition.”“It merely scratches, I’m fine!”Mu Fan said confidentially, but Li Shen suddenly saw
“You fucker, I’ll definitely kill you for this!!”Shiming’s face was deathly pale, but intense hatred was evident in his eyes.“Huh? How are you going to do that when you’re going to see King Yama?”Mu Fan kicked Shiming’s severed arm that held his saber to the side as he walked towards him.Shiming manage to stop his bleeding and he held his stump as he slowly got up.A crazed look was in his eyes that matched Mu Fan’s own.Mu Fan didn’t care and he rushed to lop off his head like he promised he would.He appeared in front of Shiming and did a horizontal slash.However, a crazed Shiming suddenly grasp the void and a red illusory blade appeared in his remaining hand.Swoosh!Shiming swung it towards Mu Fan’s incoming saber and a Blade Energy no weaker than Mu Fan’s own swept out.BANG!A loud explosion occurred that caused the ground beneath the two to form a massive crater.Shiming was seen flying out of the dust that had risen in the area.Even when he called on his own Blade Will h
Shiming wasn’t in a hurry as he flew over to where Mu Fan was.Previously when Mu Fan had reached this location and realized he had found Lu Yue, he didn’t hesitate to start hacking.Now laying around him were numerous bloody corpses of the Fire Empire Disciples. But of course, there were also disciples who came from various small Sects that were transported here with Lu Yue. A few disciples in the group Mu Fan came with had died too.Mu Fan frowned at this sight.Something didn’t feel right to him. He loved hacking these fuckers for what they were doing, but this type of massacre irked him.It’s as if it was all planned.Mu Fan didn’t know, but he could vaguely sense something was wrong.As Mu Fan was feeling repulsed by this massacre, Shiming’s voice echoed behind him.“Why do I always have to deal with you?”Mu Fan slowly turned to see Shiming land not too far away from him. His eyes narrowed.“You don’t have to worry about that for too long. Once I lop off your head then you never
Gu Jin would send out a fist or a palm strike towards Lu Yue and she would counter it with her Sword Technique.However, she would be blown back and injured every time.After a few more of this, Lu Yue realized that she was getting further away from the battle.Gu Jin had purposely brought them here.“Are you just now realizing the situation you’re in?”Gu Jin said with a laugh.Lu Yue had fallen to the ground and as she slowly got up, Gu Jin’s gaze roamed over her slightly disheveled body.It didn’t take a genius to understand what was going on.However, Lu Yue seemed unphased despite the blood at the corner of her lips and was even weak to the point where she had to lean on her sword for support.Looking at Gu Jin, she said.“And it seems you haven’t realized the situation you're in yet.”Upon hearing that, Gu Jin frowned.However, a moment later his expression changed.Inside his body, he sensed several strands of frigid energy slowly circulating in his meridians.If it weren’t for