As Xi Shen walked through the familiar paths while looking at the familiar buildings, he came upon the north wing of the Imperial Palace after about an hour and a half of walking. The Imperial Palace was big enough that most people would use carriages or tamed Spirit Beasts to go from one wing to another, but Xi Shen didn’t mind the walk as he was always intrigued by the beautiful craft pavilions, and he could casually train his movement technique.
During his walk here, Xi Shen’s figure would vanish mid-step before reappearing several dozen meters further ahead. If he hadn’t done this, he wouldn’t have reached the north wing in such a short amount of time.
As Xi Shen came upon the two large pillars that one goes through to signify entering another wing, one could visibly see a difference in the east wing Xi Shen was in before and this one, and it pertains to the servant activity, and the Li Clan family members minglin
When Xi Shen had been in one of the servant’s disguises, he had the misfortune of bumping into a group of those weasels.One thing lead to another and they suddenly became belligerent enough to want to punish him for not following one of their orders. Of course, Xi Shen was on the run from stealing a treasure or two from the Ancestral Treasury, and he couldn’t reveal his appearance at the time so he just beat them up without much thought.But Xi Shen had no idea these weasels had some form of pack alliance or something, so before the day was over Xi Shen had beaten up group after group of these youths. They had soon realized that a servant couldn’t have been so strong so they thought it was a Li Family member in disguise who was targeting them specifically.The older generation of the Li Family doesn’t usually meddle in the affairs of the younger generation, especially kids who weren't cultivators
Yang Su saw that Xi Shen’s projection was staring at the sky above them, but when he looked up he couldn't see or sensed anyone there. However, his face still turned solemn since if Xi Shen said someone was there then that meant someone who could hide from his partially formed Sea Expansion Soul Sense was up there. Thoughts about a cultivator more powerful than the three before appeared in Yang Su’s mind, but nothing could have prepared him for what he was about to see. With the sky overhead, the void suddenly distorted and twisted, before a middle-aged man in black robes without a mask appeared in the air. Yang Su felt cold chills go down his back when he looked at where the man's feet had nothing beneath them for support. ‘The ability of flight?! I read books on the first floor of the Techniques Library that only cultivators in the 9th level of the Foundation Realm an
Xi Shen thought for a moment before he said again, “I should have known the Ming Clan would pull something like this, but to think they would do it so soon and even attack a Celestial Academy disciple so close to the Academy by sending a Nascent clone from an expert no less. They must not put anyone in their eyes for them to be so brazen. I guess the protection of a powerful background can only go so far, when it comes down to it, only personal strength matters. I want to avoid anyone who Yang Su can't handle attacking him. He needs the tempering but when a cultivator too strong for him appears, then I would need the power to step in and resolve the situation. I told him that he doesn’t need to fear anyone as long as I’m his backing, but for now, that confidence only comes from the fact that I’m the second prince.”As Xi Shen spoke to himself, he stood up from his sitting position and headed for his room door.&
Hearing Yang Su’s introduction of her, Xi Shen finally realized why she seemed so familiar to him. He also took another look at her face and was questioning whether she was in another disguise or this was her original appearance.“So, senior sister Xia, what brings you here to our courtyard?”Ling Xia, who was caught off guard by being caught in such a situation, regain her composure. After she glared at Yang Su, she said, “I only came here for a rematch with junior brother Su, however, I find it odd that he hasn’t reached the Sea Expansion Realm yet, so I offered to spar with him by suppressing my cultivation. But he hadn’t told me of his injuries, and during our spar, his wounds were aggravated, so feeling responsible I offered to treat his wounds. That’s all.”Ling Xia said those last words firmly as if she wanted to remove any doubt of something else happening between h
After Xi Shen shooed Tai off the table, he then said, “For a Celestial Treasure to be under the academy, then it must have something to do with the Grand Formation surrounding the entire Celestial Academy. If it isn’t, then I don’t why such a rare and precious item would be under our feet.”Yang Su had already stood up and poured Xi Shen a cup of tea. Finishing his fiery plum fruit, Xi Shen took a sip from the cup. After, he look towards Yang Su and said, “Are you fine from yesterday’s incident?”Yang Su nodded his head with a solemn look on his face, as he said, “Thanks to elder brother Shen’s Spirit Weapon Artifact, I was able to defend myself properly and only received minor injuries during their ambush.”After saying that, Yang Su sported a curious expression and asked, “Elder brother Shen, the Spirit Artifact in the form of a wooden sword you gifted t
Upon hearing Xi Shen’s question, Ling Xia turned her attention to Yang Su and said in a rather irritated voice, “Why haven’t you reached the Sea Expansion Realm yet?”Yang Su, hearing Ling Xia's voice, gave her a bitter smile and ducked his head a bit. He was thinking to himself that this senior sister Xia was extremely bossy. She was practically barging into their home and getting angry at Yang Su for not meeting her expectations.Ling Xia then went on to say, “If you aren’t in the Sea Expansion Realm I won’t be able to fight you fairly, and pay you back for that punch you gave me. How long are you planning to keep me waiting?”With the bitter smile still on his face, Yang Su said with pleading in his voice, “Senior sister Xia, I had already apologized for hitting you in the face. At that time I had no idea you were a girl.&r
Xi Shen’s eyes casually glance over the names on it and realize that it stopped counting at one thousand. He also realize that these people on the ranking had their cultivation base beside their names. Moving from the bottom where there were only Sea Expansion Realm cultivators, Xi Shen reached the eight hundred mark where the cultivation realm of the disciples became the Foundation Construction Realm. Still going upwards, Xi Shen saw the cultivation increase steadily until he reached the top one hundred and it was then that disciples in the mid-stage Foundation Realm appeared. The Mid-stage of the Foundation Realm was the 4th level to the 6th level, which corresponds to the number of Divine Platforms the disciples had constructed. Xi Shen moved up further and the disciple in the Late-stage appeared, however among those disciples only the top ten had cultivation ranging
“Fe-Fei Yin, what do you think you're doing?!! Are you seriously going to kill me?! I’m from the Bai Clan and my grandfather is one of the side branch elders!! If you kill me your days alive would be numbered! Do you think you can leave the Academy then!!”Bai Shin seemed to have lost all of his bravado and was screaming hysterically at the top of his lungs while he crawled away from Fei Yin.Fei Yin spoke three simple words upon hearing Bai Shin’s hysterical cries.“So be it.”Hearing that, and seeing Fei Yin starting to approach him with his black sword, Bai Shin felt all the hairs on his burly body stand up and he didn’t see Fei Yin as a weak and lowly servant anymore but rather as a grim reaper that had come to reap his soul.“N-NOOO!! Someone help!! I forfe-
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