80 Years Of Signing-In At The Cold Palace, I Am Unrivalled

by Stayrr

Lin Jiufeng transmigrates to become the Yuhua God Dynasty’s Crown Prince but is dethroned, banished to the Cold Palace, and imprisoned there because he had released the holy maiden of their rival country. Lin Jiufeng isn’t dejected. He has brought a sign-in system with him when he transmigrated and he would receive rewards when he signs in at different places. Before the Cold Pal

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Chapter 31: Entering Life Knowing with One Strike

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Sword Twenty-Two. A powerful sword technique.

It contained twenty-two strokes.

The 22nd stroke was the most formidable move among them.

Compared to the others, it had another name.

Holy Spirit Sword Technique!

When the stroke was launched, the universe saw huge changes.

White snow danced in the air above the Celestial Mountains.

Sword energy proliferated as wild winds roared, lifting Lin Jiufeng.

He stood in the air, robes fluttering, and his black hair in a flurry.

He was being surrounded by the sword energy.

His hand held the Demon Slaying Sword.

In the very next moment, the Demon Slaying Sword split the air and executed a move that was the amalgamation of Lin Jiufeng's Martial Will and the world's energies.

"Die!" Lin Jiufeng stood in the air. His gaze was cold like a God fiend.

The Holy Spirit Sword Technique of Sword Twenty-Two directly weighed down onto his enemy like it was about to enact divine punishment.

Boom!

The massive sword energy covered the skies as furious winds swept across hundreds of miles of land. The snow was pulled in from all directions as a huge vortex was swiftly formed.

This Holy Spirit Sword Technique landed.

It was as if a part of the universe had collapsed.

Martial Sage Tumen had no escape.

He could only receive this move.

Roar!

However, Martial Sage Tumen wouldn't possibly just accept his death. The phantoms of savage wild beasts behind him roared in unison. They were furious.

"I beseech the gods of the plains to descend and kill the enemy!" Martial Sage Tumen cried.

His countenance looked hideous. Hundreds of wild beasts were supporting him in their phantom forms, but he still felt apprehensive

Thus, he summoned the gods of the plains.

Dong!

Dong!

Dong!

The air shook as Martial Sage Tumen's True Qi swiftly expanded his body. All the hair on his body stood on ends. The purple mane that he had had fine hairs akin to sharp needles, but they now looked soft on Martial Sage Tumen's body.

The mad winds stirred the purple mane, revealing Martial Sage Tumen's current appearance.

He became a five-meter tall ape.

Leaping forcefully, True Qi gathered around him as he struck towards the sky, wanting to break Lin Jiufeng's Holy Spirit Sword Technique.

Rumble!

Unfortunately, the Holy Spirit Sword Technique managed to land. This sword stroke was the most powerful move in Sword Twenty-Two. It carried not only the world's energies but also Lin Jiufeng's fierce Martial Will.

Boom!

It simply and neatly penetrated Martial Sage Tumen's body.

Then, inexhaustible sword energies fell like rain.

They fell onto the Celestial Lake as if cleansing it.

Martial Sage Tumen was already at the Life Knowing step of the Martial Sage Realm.

But he was still defeated by Lin Jiufeng.

In the boundless wind and snow, Lin Jiufeng spread his arms, his body moving with the wind.

He did not care about Martial Sage Tumen's corpse.

He did not care about the peak of the Celestial Mountains beneath the explosion of his sword energies that fell like rain onto it.

He did not care about the hundreds of thousands of troops at the foot of the Celestial Mountains.

Lin Jiufeng was immersed in his own world.

When he killed Martial Sage Tumen with a stroke of his sword just now, he seemed to have opened the doors to a brand-new world.

He soon arrived at the second step of the Martial Sage Realm. Life Knowing.

But in reality, Lin Jiufeng had already reached it long ago.

He was merely missing a key to open its doors.

Right now, he knew that he had found the key.

Amidst the vast expanse of snow and the fierce winds, he slowly landed and stood by the Celestial Lake. He watched the swirling snowflakes, watched the biting fierce winds, and also the flustered army of hundreds of thousands.

Everyone in the surrounding hundred miles had witnessed Lin Jiufeng's battle with Martial Sage Tumen.

Everyone was flustered, unaware of what just happened.

Why were they fighting?

Who was fighting who?

They were confused, they only knew that both parties were very powerful.

They did not see how it started but they saw the subsequent scene.

A sword that seemed to be a pillar from the heavens rapidly fell from the sky.

Then, they saw Martial Sage Tumen morphing into a giant ape. He leaped with all he had and faced the sword that seemed to have arrived to enact divine punishment upon its enemy.

Afterwards, the sword penetrated his body.

Then, the sword fell onto the peak of the Celestial Mountains.

The army has witnessed all of these.

Martial Sage Tumen had been killed!

Martial Sage Tumen who controlled the Xianbei people with his strength was killed by a sword that came crashing from the heavens as if enacting divine punishment.

This news instantly spread.

The people of Xianbei cheered.

In such a cold winter season, wasn't it better to stay close to your loved ones?

At the least, they had no desire to gather together for war.

But they were unable to oppose Martial Sage Tumen.

With Martial Sage Tumen's death, these troops immediately split up.

Each of them went on their own way, it was impossible for them to gather once more for war.

Lin Jiufeng smiled when he saw all of these.

He knew that this one stroke of his saved millions of lives.

"It turns out that this is the key to the Life Knowing step."

Lin Jiufeng looked at the Demon Slaying Sword in his hands in delight.

The essence of Life Knowing was to be aware of one's heart and fate. From there—they could do whatever they wanted to do so long as they continued to live responsibly.

Lin Jiufeng finally understood the essence of the step that he had always found to be confusing.

He held the Demon Slaying Sword in his hand and slashed toward the neighboring group of mountains.

Then, he left.

Riding the wind, he left without looking back.

Rumble!

A few seconds after he left, a huge mountain collapsed with a loud crash.

The heap of pure white snow immediately stirred.

An avalanche was soon formed from the collapse of the mountain.

From the wound that forced its collapse, one could feel the overwhelmingly powerful sword energy that cut the mountain off in half.

Lin Jiufeng entered Life Knowing with one strike!

…

Imperial capital!

Lin Jiufeng had flown back through the night.

The journey to and fro only took him two days.

After entering Life Knowing on the Celestial Mountains of the Northwest Plain, his entire being was reborn. Naturally, his speed increased along with his strength.

It was currently snowing in the imperial capital.

The snow was not as heavy as the snow in the Northwest Plains, but the ground was still filled with snowflakes.

Lin Jiufeng stepped on them, crunching sounds rang out as he did.

Amidst the snowy night, Lin Jiufeng, who had just returned from the Northwest Plains, opened the Cold Palace's gates.

Returning to his courtyard, he laid down on the frost jade bed. There, he started to contemplate everything that he knew so far about the Life Knowing step of the Martial Sage Realm.

On the courtyard walls, a little fellow seemed to have blended in with the white snow.

It watched Lin Jiufeng with its dark gaze that seemed to melt into the night.

Meow!

The white cat called out gently.

It wanted to make Lin Jiufeng move and look for more information.

But Lin Jiufeng was ignoring it.

He had just returned after running all the way to the Northwest Plains to kill someone. He was exhausted, but this little white cat didn't seem to know how to take pity on someone at all.

The white cat stopped calling.

It knew that Lin Jiufeng was intentionally ignoring it.

It angrily brandished its claws.

It wanted to scratch Lin Jiufeng.

But after it compared its own abilities to Lin Jiufeng's, the white cat retracted its claws in the end as it curled into a ball while remaining on top of the courtyard walls. Its body was slowly getting covered by the white snow.

Its eyes were on Lin Jiufeng.

The white cat sure was a stubborn creature.

Otherwise, it wouldn't have been able to guard an empty coffin in the underground palace for so many years.

The next day, Lin Jiufeng woke up from his cultivation.

His exhaustion had vanished and he stood up in satisfaction.

Meow!

Meows reverberated, the white cat was reminding Lin Jiufeng.

"White cat, you sure are persistent, huh?" Lin Jiufeng raised his head and saw the little white cat curled into a ball and covered with snow on top of the wall.

Meow!

The white cat called out once more, its eyes stared hard at Lin Jiufeng.

Together with its delicate appearance, it looked somewhat pitiful.

"Never mind. Let's go, you win," Lin Jiufeng said in resignation.

This little white cat sure was persistent.

If Lin Jiufeng still refused to go and find more information for it…

It would definitely keep staring at him as if he had abandoned it.

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Chapter 32: Had A Neighbor

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Lin Jiufeng left the Cold Palace with the little white cat and went to the royal library.

All sorts of books that the Yuhua God Dynasty had gathered over the years were hidden and stored here.

The security was tight.

If anybody wanted to enter, they had to be thoroughly examined.

But Lin Jiufeng walked past them and strutted in.

Nobody discovered him.

Even though Lin Jiufeng walked in front of the guards, they didn't discover him.

Accurately speaking, they could not discover him.

Having entered Life Knowing, Lin Jiufeng had truly advanced in all aspects. If he didn't wish to be discovered, then the average person wouldn't be able to find him.

The little white cat followed Lin Jiufeng. It became curious.

These people all didn't notice him?

However, Lin Jiufeng was too lazy to explain.

He walked into the room where ancient books and records regarding the demonic sects were stored with the little white cat.

"I'll look for more information about that so-called Demon Lord."

Lin Jiufeng started to read each book by following the catalog.

His reading speed was tremendously fast. He seemed to be only skimming through the pages of the book, yet he had read through them.

As he browsed through the books one by one, Lin Jiufeng soon found an excerpt introducing the Demon Lord.

The leader of the demonic sects, 1500 years ago, had the title 'Demon Lord'.

But he also had another title.

The last Demon Lord!

This title meant that after him—there would no longer be any Human Gods considering that the spiritual energy of the world was gradually declining.

The Demon Lord was one of the final Human Gods of that era.

After they died, even Martial Sages disappeared.

It was only in the recent decade or two did a Martial Sage emerged.

This meant that the world's spiritual energy was slowly recovering.

But it would still be incomparably difficult for a Human God to appear.

The current recovery rate of the world's spiritual energy was far too slow for that.

Meow!

The little white cat called out. It jumped onto Lin Jiufeng's shoulders and eagerly read the book.

It was able to understand its contents.

The book had indeed recorded the deeds of the last Demon Lord.

"When did the Demon Lord build that palace deep underground?" Lin Jiufeng asked.

The area deep underground was one with extreme negative energies. There must be some significant meaning for the Demon Lord to have buried the underground palace there.

The little white cat used its claws to write on Lin Jiufeng's body, stroke by stroke.

"1000 years ago!" The little white cat wrote.

"Does that mean that you've also lived for a thousand years?" Lin Jiufeng asked in surprise.

"I ate a lot of pills. Some of them were pills that the Demon Lord treasured. With their help, I was able to live for so long." The white cat wrote.

"It turns out that you're already 1000 years old. You're older than me."

Lin Jiufeng couldn't help but comment.

The white cat's eyes narrowed. It stared at Lin Jiufeng as it lifted its claws.

Although it was 1000 years old, it remained in the underground palace the whole time.

It lacked common sense.

"You personally witnessed the Demon Lord's death?" Lin Jiufeng calmly changed the topic.

The white cat nodded.

"For 1000 years, you've never left?" Lin Jiufeng continued to ask.

"No, I ate that life-prolonging pill at the start and was in a coma for a really long time…"

"When I woke up, I found that there was somebody at the entrance of the underground palace, studying how to undo the seal." The white cat wrote on Lin Jiufeng's body.

"That should be about 700 to 800 years ago, the Chasing Corpse Sect's golden era. You were in a coma for about 200 to 300 years, so the Demon Lord's body had probably disappeared during that time." Lin Jiufeng deduced.

The little white cat stopped writing.

It became a little depressed.

Lin Jiufeng continued going through the books.

All sorts of books recorded considerable information about the Demon Lord.

But their records spanned 1500 years ago, none of them had any recent information about the Demon Lord.

Lin Jiufeng even saw that the demonic cultivation technique that Lin Tianyuan handed over to him was the cultivation technique of that Demon Lord back then.

Lin Jiufeng finally understood why two emperors successively wanted to cultivate it.

It was the cultivation technique of a Human God after all.

Anyone would be tempted.

At the end of browsing through the books, the little white cat had already lost its hopes.

It jumped off Lin Jiufeng's shoulders as it left with its back turned to him in sadness.

It did not say any word of goodbyes to Lin Jiufeng.

The small white figure disappeared from the library.

Lin Jiufeng shook his head.

He put down the books and prepared to leave.

[Sign-In at the library?]

"Sign in!" Lin Jiufeng nodded.

[Sign-In successful. Received Well-illuminated Dao Heart quality.]

Lin Jiufeng was puzzled.

Well-illuminated Dao Heart quality?

What was this?

[Well-illuminated Dao Heart quality. It will help you find the right direction. You will be able to take fewer detours when cultivating.]

Lin Jiufeng's eyes lit up.

"This quality is pretty overpowered."

…

He left the royal library.

Lin Jiufeng did not go look for the little white cat.

After all, that white cat was quite formidable. There was no need to worry about its safety.

If it were to leave the imperial capital to travel elsewhere, Lin Jiufeng would not force it to stay.

He returned to the Cold Palace and continued with his routine.

Signing in, cultivating, and gaining enlightenment.

In this cold winter, Lin Jiufeng continued to live a life detached from worldly affairs.

Time passed.

Three days had passed yet the white cat still hadn't returned to the Cold Palace.

Lin Jiufeng could only shake his head.

Time went by slowly.

On this day, Dachun delivered wine and food once again.

It was the sixth day since Lin Jiufeng returned from the Northwest Plains.

Dachun said from behind the wall. "Your Royal Highness, did you know?"

"Xianbei of the Northwest Plains had an upheaval."

Lin Jiufeng calmly drank his wine as he asked, "What upheaval?"

"According to the news received by our imperial guards, the fragmented Xianbei was united by an expert. But in less than a month, that expert was killed at the Celestial Lake on the Celestial Mountains. The united Xianbei fragmented once more…"

"The fragmentation forced them to a corner to the point that they even sent their own men to request rations from the imperial capital for the winter. They also indicated their willingness to acknowledge their allegiance to the throne." Dachun shared while shaking his head.

He seemed to have found the events a tad bit unbelievable.

Lin Jiufeng commented softly. "His Majesty must be really happy then."

"Yes, the entire court is delighted because we no longer have to go to war."

"I didn't manage to come here for a few times since I was too busy with preparing for an upcoming war…"

"But now that Xianbei has fragmented once more, I am not so busy anymore, so I came here to bring food and wine for Your Royal Highness," Dachun said with a chuckle.

"That's good." Lin Jiufeng nodded in satisfaction. "With war, many people will die."

His efforts of traveling day and night in a rush to the Northwest Plains to deliver that one strike didn't go in vain with this outcome.

Dachun also shared some interesting court matters with Lin Jiufeng.

Afterwards, the curtain to this food delivery ended.

Lin Jiufeng returned to his courtyard. He laid on the frost jade bed and brought out the demonic cultivation technique that Lin Tianyuan gave him.

[Ancient Demonic Book]

This demonic book was very evil.

It killed two emperors from the Yuhua God Dynasty in succession.

However, after Lin Jiufeng was equipped with the Well-illuminated Dao Heart, his cultivation speed had become even more outstanding. His mentality also became more stable.

He was not afraid of this [Ancient Demonic Book] at all.

Flipping open the parchment, Lin Jiufeng slowly read the contents of this demonic cultivation technique.

"I see." Lin Jiufeng gained a sudden revelation after reading it.

"This demon cultivation technique matches my Demonic Great Refinement, it just so happens that I can cultivate them together." Lin Jiufeng smiled.

As for its drawback of devouring life?

Lin Jiufeng thought.

'So long as I advanced fast enough, I won't be afraid of being devoured by it.'

Meow!

Right as Lin Jiufeng was thoroughly engrossed in studying the demonic cultivation technique, a meow came from the Cold Palace.

It was the little white cat, it had returned.

It initially did not want to let out a cry.

But for some reason, it felt that it had to inform Lin Jiufeng that it was back.

So it meowed once then went to hide in the underground palace.

Lin Jiufeng was in the middle of cultivating the demonic cultivation technique. He could not divert his attention away from the book, but the corner of his lips raised at an angle.

In this Cold Palace, he now had a neighbor.

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Chapter 33: A Glass of Water

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Yuhua God Dynasty, the fifth year after Emperor Ming ascended the throne.

In the season of heavy snow, Lin Jiufeng went to the Northwest Plains on his own and killed the mighty martial sage of the grassland with a single strike of his sword.

He stopped a war from starting.

Then, he got a neighbor in the Cold Palace.

Time passed slowly.

Lin Jiufeng thought that the Sect Master of the Chasing Corpse Sect would come to the imperial capital to investigate the disappearance of Corpse Elder and Butcher.

But to his surprise, no one from the Chasing Corpse Sect appeared.

As if the deaths of the Corpse Elder and Butcher were of no significance to them.

Those two were cultivators at the Martial Sage Realm, were the Chasing Corpse Sect so extravagant that they didn't even care about their deaths?

Lin Jiufeng was puzzled.

Their martial sages disappeared in the imperial capital but they had no plans of coming to investigate?

Of course, it was also possible that the Chasing Corpse Sect was afraid of the mysterious powerhouse hidden in the imperial capital.

That could be the reason why they didn't show up.

And so, time passed slowly.

Spring went and autumn came.

Five years passed in a blink of an eye.

Lin Jiufeng spent the last five years signing in quietly in the Cold Palace.

He also took his time in combining the cultivation technique inside the Ancient Demonic Book with the Demonic Great Refinement.

After he broke through to the step of Life Knowing, his strength became more and more unfathomable.

Lin Jiufeng started to study the cultivation techniques that he had gathered so far in a more in-depth manner.

He had become stronger after all these years.

This year was the tenth year after Lin Tianyuan succeeded to the throne.

Lin Jiufeng was 45 years old this year.

The world has become unstable.

The death of nine martial sages with a single strike in the imperial capital was an event that happened ten years ago.

Five years ago, he went to the Northwest Plains and killed Tumen Martial Sage.

But no one saw him do it.

The people's respect in the Yuhua God Dynasty's might was gradually disappearing.

The Yuhua God Dynasty itself felt the impact of this.

On the surface, the years were still quiet and peaceful.

But behind the scenes, it was turbulent.

…

The imperial capital, a lord's mansion.

In contrast to Lin Jiufeng's cold palace, this mansion was decorated rather lavishly. The lions at the entrance shone beautifully beneath the sun, while the guards that protected the residence were full of spirits.

The owner of this mansion was the direct son of the current Empress Dowager.

He was also once regarded as the heir to the throne.

Unfortunately, Emperor Yuan disliked him. The former commented that he was ambitious but talentless. Even when Emperor Yuan was gravely injured back then, he didn't agree to appoint him as the crown prince.

Instead, Emperor Yuan chose Lin Tianyuan.

When Lin Tianyuan ascended the throne, the original queen became the Empress Dowager and he begged Lin Tianyuan not to kill her son.

Lin Tianyuan agreed and gave him the title of an idle Lord.

He had no real power, but he was supplied with the best food and lifestyle possible.

He was free to do whatever he wanted except that he couldn't leave the imperial capital.

Lin Tianyuan made it clear that he was planning to take care of this former prince in this manner until death.

But this former prince—the current Lord Taiping was unwilling to suffer such a fate!

He was Emperor Yuan's eldest son and the rightful heir to the throne. But what belonged to him was robbed by a bastard child—Lin Tianyuan. In the end, he was even forced to live the life of a wastrel.

Lord Taiping didn't want to continue this lifestyle. Thus, he contacted the Qiankun Demon Sect in private, wanting to use their strength to carry out a coup.

The Qiankun Demon Sect agreed but they were worried about provoking the mysterious expert in the imperial capital. As a result, they contacted several other demonic sects and convinced them to support Lord Taiping in his endeavor.

They didn't dare to openly make trouble in the imperial capital, but they were still courageous enough to secretly support a prince in his rebellion.

The members of the Qiankun Demon Sect and the other demonic sects managed to infiltrate the ranks of the Forbidden Troops of the imperial capital.

From the inside, they started to corrupt the commanders of the Forbidden Troops by luring them with benefits, intimidation, and various other methods.

In just a few years, the commanders of the 100,000 strong Forbidden Troops were successfully corrupted and they all supported Lord Taiping.

They were attracted by the prospect depicted by Lord Taiping.

Support the imperial power…

Defeat the pseudo-emperor…

Return the throne to its rightful owner and help save the Yuhua God Dynasty from ruin.

If they succeed, they would become the new emperor's loyal officials who helped him retake the throne. Their status would definitely be much higher than their current ones.

After several years of preparation, everything was finally in place.

The only thing that Lord Taiping was worried about was the hidden powerhouse in the imperial capital. He was afraid that he might interfere and stop him.

This was why there were four Martial Sages in Taiping's mansion at this moment.

All of them were sent by the various demonic sects that came here to support Lord Taiping.

The ten commanders of the Forbidden Troops were also present and even a Martial Sage of the royal family that had been persuaded to join Lord Taiping's cause was inside the mansion.

These people gathered together to discuss whether they should go through with the coup or not.

"The only thing we should worry about by now is that sword from ten years ago."

Lord Taiping gnashed his teeth.

When Emperor Yuan died, Lord Taiping was confident that he would be the one to ascend to the throne.

But what happened next was something that he would never forget in his entire life.

A bastard child appeared out of nowhere and took away the throne that belonged to him. What's worse was that the bastard child even placed him in a discreet house arrest.

This was a humiliation that he would never forget for the rest of his life.

"It's been ten years and this powerhouse hasn't appeared even once. We're not even sure if this expert is still even in the imperial capital or not," A Martial Sage expert said.

"I think that it's time."

"It's not a problem even if that person is in the imperial capital. You are the eldest son of Emperor Yuan, the original successor of the Yuhua God Dynasty. You are just going to take back what belongs to you in the first place…"

"This isn't a rebellion, but a mission to defeat the pseudo-emperor."

A commander of the Forbidden Troop urged Lord Taiping.

"You're right!" Anger broke out in Lord Taiping's heart.

He had persevered for ten whole years by now.

He didn't plan to endure any longer.

"Tonight. Mobilize the Forbidden Troop and surround the Forbidden City, let's kill the pseudo-emperor," Lord Taiping said with a hideous look on his face.

"Leave the old emperor to me, I will ensure that he won't be able to rescue this Emperor Ming."

The newly promoted Martial Sage of the royal family was confident.

He chose to handle the old emperor…

One of Emperor Ming's supporters.

He was also Lord Taiping's Grandpa Emperor.

"Launch a mutiny!" Lord Taiping drew out his sword and roared.

Dong dong dong!

The imperial capital trembled as countless people watched in surprise.

Tonight, 100,000 members of the Forbidden Troops rushed to surround the Forbidden City. In an instant, they controlled the court officials as they approached Emperor Ming at lightning speeds.

This was something no one had expected.

It was too sudden, everyone was caught off guard.

The four Martial Sages from the demonic sects directly suppressed the three Martial Sages accumulated by Emperor Ming over the past ten years. They also suppressed Nameless.

Emperor Ming's Grandpa Emperor was also stopped by that Martial Sage from the royal family.

For the time being, Emperor Ming was in grave danger.

Inside the Central Hall in the Forbidden City, Lord Taiping boisterously laughed as he looked triumphantly at Lin Tianyuan who was being surrounded by the former's troops.

"Your four Martial Sages are being suppressed by my people at this moment. The old emperor has also been stopped by a Martial Sage from the royal family. The Forbidden Troops had long become my people, and many major families are supporting me."

"Once you are dead, countless top families and numerous powerful sects will come here to congratulate me on clearing out the rebels and restoring the royal throne to its rightful owner."

Lord Taiping was just too happy.

Having pushed Lin Tianyuan to a corner, he was finally about to take what belonged to him.

"In order to succeed, you even cooperated with the demonic sects?"

Lin Tianyuan's face was gloomy as he said amidst his gnashed teeth.

"Those who dream of glory will not bother with the trivialities. Cooperating with the demonic sect is better than the throne being occupied by a thief like you."

"Ten years!"

"Ten whole years!"

"Do you know how I spent the past ten years?"

Lord Taiping roared with a ferocious expression on his face.

"I'm here to kill you."

"The throne is mine and no one can take it away from me."

Lord Taiping raised his sword and he slowly walked over to Lin Tianyuan.

Lin Tianyuan wanted to fight back but he was suppressed by a Great Grandmaster Realm cultivator.

Lord Taiping said proudly, "All the people you see right now are my people…"

"How are you going to fight against me?"

Lin Tianyuan gritted his teeth and looked at this scene in fury.

…

In the Cold Palace, Lin Jiufeng picked up a teacup and made a cup of tea in the dark.

The little white cat wrote on the ground with its paw. "Aren't you going to help him?"

"A group of people playing house isn't worthy enough for me to come out."

Lin Jiufeng shook his head.

The so-called rebellion was nothing more than playing house in his eyes.

He was too lazy to go over and he was also too lazy to draw his sword.

As a result, he just tossed the cup in his hand into the air.

The water in the cup flew out quickly as it condensed into a longsword that hovered in the air.

Boom!

At the very next moment, this longsword pierced through Lord Taiping and the four Martial Sages from the demonic sect in the Forbidden City.

The white cat blinked its eyes.

It quickly wrote two words on the floor.

You freak!

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Chapter 34: News of the Holy Maiden

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In the Forbidden City, the triumphant Lord Taiping who was in control of the situation, fell flat onto the floor.

There was a wound in the center of his eyebrows as blood slowly flowed out.

Not only him, but the Martial Sages of the demonic sects suffered the same fate as him. Facing Lin Jiufeng's sword strike that was casually executed, they couldn't resist at all.

They all died!

Lin Tianyuan's Martial Sages immediately began their counterattack. They attacked and killed the commanders of the Forbidden Troops.

The rebellion was controlled in an instant.

Everyone looked at Lin Tianyuan in a daze.

What happened?

They didn't saw Lin Jiufeng's sword just now.

The move Lin Jiufeng used was similar to a spring breeze and rain. Just like how the rain was formed by invisible water vapors, people wouldn't notice its formation.

But Lin Tianyuan knew that only his Uncle had the ability to execute these people so covertly.

He looked at the Forbidden Troops. He was suddenly scared.

If it wasn't for Lin Jiufeng, his reign would've been overthrown.

"I paid too much attention to external matters and reforms. I've relaxed my control over the imperial capital. This is a harsh lesson to me." Lin Tianyuan gnashed his teeth and swallowed the bitter pill.

"Drop your weapons. I won't hold you all accountable. I will only punish the leaders!" Lin Tianyuan took a deep breath and declared solemnly.

As soon as this statement of his came out—the soldiers successively put down their weapons.

They didn't dare to resist.

A crisis disappeared, just like this.

Lin Tianyuan looked in the direction of the Cold Palace.

Words weren't enough to describe his gratitude.

…

After Lord Taiping's rebellion, the imperial capital immediately strengthened its management.

The other Lords have been scared off by the turn of events.

They didn't dare to make any move for fear of being targeted.

Some people described the current Emperor Ming as a frightened tiger. When he encountered any person or beast, he would choose to kill the other party to ensure his own safety.

For a while, the security in the imperial capital greatly improved.

Lin Tianyuan didn't do anything to the outsiders, he first cleaned up the royal family members from the inside out.

Those who committed a lot of crimes, those who colluded with the demonic sects, and those who participated in the rebellion were all killed.

This time, many royal family members were executed. Heads rolled here and there, causing many people to panic.

With the executions, Lin Tianyuan's majesty as the Emperor in the eyes of the masses became heavier.

However, Lin Tianyuan didn't care what others thought of him. After cleaning up the pests in the royal family, he came to pay respect and express his gratitude to Lin Jiufeng.

This was his second trip to the Cold Palace since he ascended the throne.

On average, one trip to the Cold Palace every five years.

"Uncle. Thank you for saving my life," Lin Tianyuan said respectfully.

"It's just a small matter," Lin Jiufeng said calmly. This was really just a small matter to him.

"Uncle, with the in-depth reform of the Yuhua God Dynasty, and the removal of the nine vassal lords. The pressure on the treasury has been reduced by quite a lot. Next, I plan to do something about the sects," Lin Tianyuan said solemnly.

"Do something against the sects of the world?" Lin Jiufeng raised his brows.

"No, I just want to eliminate the Buddhist temples in the Jiangnan area."

Lin Tianyuan shook his head.

In the land of mist and rain, Jiangnan. Buddhist temples prevailed. One could say that there was a temple in every three steps and a monastery in five.

"The monks in these temples and monasteries do not do anything productive aside from accepting the people's offerings. The Bodhisattva statues in the temples are shining from the gold that was used to create them, but the people outside the temples are hungry."

"Despite that, they still had to give their offerings and pray to the Bodhisattvas for safety…"

"This is too much," Lin Tianyuan said indignantly.

Lin Jiufeng remained quiet as he listened.

"What's worse was that that ordinary people who have committed crimes are using these temples to hide by pretending that they have put down their butcher knives to become monks and eventually a Buddha…"

"Since they now belonged to the buddhist sects, the imperial court no longer has any right to arrest them for the imperial court has no right to interfere in the affairs of the buddhist sects…"

"This is why it's common for the villains to become monks in the Jiangnan area."

"Once they have become monks, they would then proceed to commit more crimes under the protection of the buddhist sects."

'Adultery, looting, all sorts of crimes weren't a problem for them to commit…"

"But despite all of these, in the eyes of the people, all the monks from the buddhist sects were all kind and compassionate. This point of view makes it hard for the imperial court to handle them."

"These temples and monasteries must be demolished. The evil monks must be arrested."

"Temples and monasteries can exist, but they can't be everywhere like they are right now."

Lin Tianyuan relayed his thoughts to Lin Jiufeng.

Lin Jiufeng who has been silently listening all this while, asked, "The buddhist sects are still quite strong. How many Martial Sages do you have under your command?"

"Five!" Lin Tianyuan said.

"But I managed to recruit a few Martial Sages recently…"

"They know my plan and are willing to help me."

"So in fact, the actual numbers are about a dozen or so Martial Sages." Lin Tianyuan added.

Lin Jiufeng instantly understood.

It was because of this group of Martial Sages that Lin Tianyuan gained the confidence to deal with the buddhist sects.

"Since you have already decided to do this, then go do it. The temples and monasteries all over the land should indeed be demolished," Lin Jiufeng said.

Lin Tianyuan replied, embarrassed. "I hope that Uncle can help me when necessary."

"You already have a dozen Martial Sages under you," Lin Jiufeng said.

This was a very formidable group.

"There are three buddhist sects in the Jiangnan area—Dalin Temple, Xuankong Temple, and Shaolin Temple!"

"The Dalin Temple respects the boundaries of their territories without daring to expand their area of influence. Its believers are also bountiful, and their monks are kind. I won't target the Dalin Temple this time."

"As for the Xuankong Temple and the Shaolin Temple, it feels like they are competing with each other. If one expands its influence further, the other also expands…"

"There are 80,000 temples and monasteries in the Jiangnan area alone, all of which were built by the believers of these two sects that used their influence to bluff the believers into building these temples and monasteries for them."

"This time, these two sects are the ones I'm targeting."

Lin Tianyuan explained in detail.

"But the Xuankong Temple and the Shaolin Temple are both buddhist sects that have been passed down for thousands of years…"

"Their backgrounds are also profound with resources enough to nurture a lot of powerhouses in their sects. Besides, they are quite far away from the imperial capital. Plus, they also have a lot of cultivators in their ranks, so they aren't afraid of the imperial court."

"I'm worried that these two sects might have one or two powerhouses that I won't be able to handle." Lin Tianyuan explained his worries to Lin Jiufeng.

"Do what you want without fear. If such a person really appears, I will help you handle it."

Lin Jiufeng thought for a while and agreed.

Lin Tianyuan's reform was akin to continuing the unfulfilled wishes of Emperor Yuan.

In the past, Emperor Yuan wanted to destroy the vassal lords first.

Then, he was planning on destroying the monasteries and temples of the buddhist sects in the secular world afterwards.

Now that the problem of the vassal lords had been resolved and the other places of the Yuhua God Dynasty were safe and sound, he wanted to target the Jiangnan area next.

Lin Jiufeng naturally supported him.

"Thank you, Uncle." Lin Tianyuan was overjoyed.

Now, he was reassured of his success.

Lin Jiufeng was what gave him the confidence.

Having received Lin Jiufeng's guarantee, Lin Tianyuan's mood relaxed.

He couldn't help but speak with a smile.

"Uncle, I recently received a piece of news. I reckon you might be interested in it."

"What news would I be interested in?" Lin Jiufeng looked at him.

"Uncle, do you still remember why you were sent into the Cold Palace in the first place?"

Lin Tianyuan asked as he laughed.

This question made Lin Jiufeng recall his memories.

At that time, he had just transmigrated and was then directly sent into the Cold Palace.

25 years passed in a flash.

When Lin Jiufeng remembered why he was locked up in the Cold Palace, the white cat appeared in the corner and curled up. It looked very inconspicuous but its eyes were full of spirits.

It eavesdropped.

It wanted to know why Lin Jiufeng was locked up in the Cold Palace.

"Why did you bring up this matter?" Lin Jiufeng asked, puzzled.

"It has been 25 years since you released the Holy Maiden of the Great Yan Dynasty. Your actions back then incurred the wrath of the imperial court, and that was why you were exiled and locked up in the Cold Palace," Lin Tianyuan said.

"En. It's indeed because of this, then?" Lin Jiufeng calmly looked at Lin Tianyuan.

"It's been 25 years, don't you want to know how that Holy Maiden is faring after all these years?"

Lin Tianyuan asked.

Lin Jiufeng was dumbfounded.

He never thought about this so-called Holy Maiden even once in the past 25 years.

He thought he would never hear anything about her ever again.

Lin Jiufeng may have forgotten, but Lin Tianyuan's words just now sent him on a trip down the memory lane. He couldn't help but ask, "What news is it all about?"

Lin Tianyuan boisterously laughed before he answered.

"I knew that you wouldn't be indifferent in matters that concerned this Holy Maiden."

The little white cat listened.

Then, it narrowed its eyes slowly as it wrote two words on the ground with its paw.

You pervert!

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Chapter 35: Waiting for the Rain

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Lin Jiufeng looked at Lin Tianyuan indifferently.

'Say what is needed to be said.'

'Don't say anything that shouldn't be said.'

After Lin Tianyuan teased his Uncle, he quickly realized what he had done and he immediately felt worried. In a hurry, he said, "Teacher, this Holy Maiden of the Great Yan Dynasty has rarely left her place for the past 25 years since she returned…"

"She's responsible for the sacrificial matters in her nation."

"A lot of people say that she can communicate with the gods."

"There are countless people who are said to be able to communicate with the gods, but which one of them has any real ability?" Lin Jiufeng acted nonchalantly. The image of this Holy Maiden had already disappeared from his mind, he totally couldn't remember what she looked like.

After all, he hadn't thought of her even once in the past 25 years.

How was it possible that he could still remember what she looked like?

"Uncle, what you said is wrong. According to the information I have received, this Holy Maiden of the Great Yan Dynasty actually has real ability." Lin Tianyuan explained.

"What ability?" Lin Jiufeng asked calmly.

"This Holy Maiden has been blessed by the gods to enlighten others…"

"A lot of people prayed sincerely and after her enlightenment, they became powerhouses."

"A few Martial Sages have already appeared because of her."

"Some of these people became her dedicated guards, and they are now a force that cannot be underestimated throughout the Great Yan Dynasty." Lin Tianyuan explained.

"Enlightening people into reaching the Martial Sage Realm?"

Lin Jiufeng's expression looked strange.

"That's right. This is the information I've received from our spies. It's absolutely true."

Lin Tianyuan nodded.

"To be able to enlighten others into reaching the Martial Sage Realm, she definitely has a higher cultivation base than that of the Martial Sage Realm."

"As far as I can remember when the holy maiden was caught 25 years ago, she wasn't even at the Innate Realm at all and was extremely weak."

"But to think that she would become such a terrifying powerhouse after 25 years?"

Lin Jiufeng shook his head. He found it hard to believe that this was true.

If Lin Jiufeng was asked to mentor someone into becoming a Martial Sage, he could do it with a bit of effort.

But this was only limited to the first step of the Martial Sage Realm, Profound Insight.

Lin Jiufeng was now at the second step of the Martial Sage realm, Life Knowing.

And he was at the absolute pinnacle of this second step.

He didn't even dare to waste a second in the past five years, yet how was it possible that the Holy Maiden of the Great Yan Dynasty could compare to him in cultivation speed?

Lin Tianyuan saw that Lin Jiufeng didn't believe it. However, he didn't explain any further as he just said, "I just want to inform you of this, Uncle. After all, she's a person who had some relations with you before."

"If you don't believe my words, then pardon me for I shall go back and deal with state affairs."

Lin Jiufeng watched him leave without saying anything.

As for the Holy Maiden who was previously related to him?

"That time would be the last time that I'll be related to her for the rest of my life."

Lin Jiufeng muttered in his heat.

With his character of wanting to stay in the Cold Palace forever, it was unlikely he would meet this so-called Holy Maiden ever again.

After Lin Tianyuan took his leave, the white cat walked over slowly.

It asked Lin Jiufeng through writing.

"Tell me about this Holy Maiden."

"Go practice your penmanship that's worse than the trails of a crawling dog first."

Lin Jiufeng didn't pay any attention to it.

The white cat looked at Lin Jiufeng.

It felt humiliated as it struck the ground angrily with its claws.

What did he mean by worse than the trails of a crawling dog?

Just look at how cute the words it has written were.

…

Lin Tianyuan started to become busy in the preparations of dealing with the buddhist sects and so did the entire Yuhua God Dynasty.

But in the Cold Palace, Lin Jiufeng was in the middle of comprehending the third step of the Martial Sage Realm, Fish Leap.

He was about to make a breakthrough.

'I have to make a breakthrough to the third step as soon as possible. Then, I should start trying to comprehend the fourth step of the Martial Sage Realm. My aim is to eventually make a breakthrough to the Human God Realm and hopefully achieve the peak of cultivation…'

'This is what my goal should be.' Lin Jiufeng thought silently.

If there wasn't a need for him to go out, then he wouldn't leave the Cold Palace at all.

He had an incredibly long lifespan by now anyway.

As winter passed, the ice and snow of the twelfth lunar month finally melted.

Spring came, and the whole world underwent a few subtle changes.

In the Cold Palace, Lin Jiufeng has been looking at the sky for the past few days.

There would always be a frown on his face whenever he did so.

He visited the underground palace and tapped its doors with his toes.

After a while, the white cat came out and looked at Lin Jiufeng, astonished.

Lin Jiufeng never came here to look for it before.

"Have you felt that there is something strange with the world in the past few days?" Lin Jiufeng asked.

The white cat thought for a while. Then, it wrote in confusion. "I didn't feel anything at all."

Lin Jiufeng glanced at the words.

The handwriting was still as ugly as ever.

Seeing that the white cat didn't notice anything wrong, Lin Jiufeng turned around and left as he continued to observe the sky.

Meow!

The white cat called out and quickly wrote a few words.

"What have you discovered?"

Lin Jiufeng stopped in his tracks. He looked at the words for a moment before saying, "The spiritual energy in the world has been extremely unstable a few hours before daybreak.

"The spiritual energy that exists and we are able to absorb down here is still normal, but there is an abundance of spiritual energy high up in the sky as if there is a storm up above."

Lin Jiufeng explained what he had observed to the white cat.

Ordinary Martial Sages wouldn't possibly notice these changes.

It was only Lin Jiufeng who couldn't sleep at night and whose eyes were sharp enough was able to see such a scene in the middle of the night.

The white cat also looked at the sky in confusion.

But it didn't notice anything.

But it believed in Lin Jiufeng, so it followed him as he toured around the Cold Palace from morning till night.

But nothing of significance was discovered.

At night, the white cat laid on top of the courtyard walls while Lin Jiufeng stood all alone on his own.

His body was agile and vigorous, and his face was still the same as it was 25 years ago.

Lin Jiufeng was looking at the sky.

Thousands of miles high up in the sky.

There was a tempest of spiritual energy.

The white cat wasn't able to see this.

It observed carefully, but it found nothing.

As Lin Jiufeng looked at the sky, he realized something in his heart as he said, "This spring, the spring rain still hasn't come, right?"

The white cat looked at Lin Jiufeng in surprise.

Why did he mention this all of a sudden?

Lin Jiufeng wasn't a farmer.

What did the spring rain have to do with him?

Lin Jiufeng said, "Tonight, there will be a heavy rain that will affect the world."

The white cat looked at Lin Jiufeng, bewildered.

Why wasn't it able to understand what he was saying?

Lin Jiufeng stopped talking and returned to his room.

He opened the doors and the windows as he laid on the frost jade bed.

Then, he waited at ease.

…

In a Buddhist temple, seven or eight old monks stood around an extremely old and shriveled monk.

"This spiritual energy of the world is really about to make a recovery. There will be a heavy rain tonight, and this heavy rain shall signal the arrival of a new era." The shriveled monk softly mumbled. His breathing considerably weakened, but his eyes looked bright.

There seemed to be countless pictures flitting across his eyes.

"Holy Buddha, what else did you see?" A monk asked.

"Shaolin Temple is about to encounter a catastrophe. Don't—" The monk said these with great difficulty. But before he could finish his words, he suddenly stopped breathing and passed away.

The other monks looked at the breathless Holy Buddha. Then, they looked at each other.

"Let's wait and see what will happen. The Holy Buddha used his life to spy on the future and remind us that the Shaolin Temple must withstand this catastrophe," An upright monk said solemnly.

"Yes, the Holy Buddha said don't be afraid before he died. Shaolin managed to remain standing for a thousand years because of our unity," The head of the Damo Hall said firmly.

Afterwards, they made arrangements for the corpse of the Holy Buddha as they waited for the heavy rain that was due to come tonight.

…

Great Yan Dynasty.

It was a small country located in a huge mountain range and that had many legends surrounding it. Unlike the Central Plains, there was an exotic atmosphere here.

Temple of the Holy Maiden!

This was the most important temple in the Great Yan Dynasty. The masses referred to the Holy Maiden as the daughter of the gods and countless people worshipped her as one.

In the Main Hall of the Holy Maiden Temple, there was only one woman inside. She wore a red dress that easily swayed side to side, her beautiful face had a strong exotic feel to it, and her every move was captivating.

However, she didn't do anything to produce such an effect.

This natural captivating effect that she had made countless men fall for her.

But in the 25 years since her return, no man had ever gotten close to her.

Tonight, she looked at the sky and whispered.

"This world is going to change. My opportunity is coming."

She was also waiting for this rain.

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Chapter 36: Lie on Bed at Night, Listen to the Rain and Break Through

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Everyone was waiting for the rain.

In the imperial capital, there was Lin Jiufeng.

In the Great Yan Dynasty, there was the Holy Maiden.

In the Jiangnan area, there were the monks from Shaolin Temple.

In other places, many people came to know about the arrival of this rain through various means.

…

In the courtyard of the Cold Palace.

Lin Jiufeng was calculating the time.

In the wee hours, the rain should arrive on time.

'Since I transmigrated here, the spirit energy has been slowly recovering, but this recovery is subtle and very slow. After 25 years, the spirit energy has only increased a little.' Lin Jiufeng thought silently.

This was why all of those who managed to reach the Martial Sage Realm became stuck in the first step of the Martial Sage Realm, Profound Insight.

Even Lin Jiufeng wasn't spared, he had been stuck for five years in the Profound Insight step. It was only when he took a trip to the Northwest Plains and executed that sword move did he manage to make a breakthrough to Life Knowing.

Now, he was stuck in the Life Knowing step.

It was obvious how slow the recovery of the world's spiritual energy was.

The recovery was so slow that even the world itself started to become anxious.

From the beginning of the previous winter until the spring of this year, the world itself was anxious all this time.

Ordinary people couldn't see it because they didn't have the ability to sense it.

Only a powerful Martial Sage noticed it.

When the preparations were finally done, the world itself managed to gather a huge amount of spiritual energy that it would spill onto the world by tonight.

Lin Jiufeng was waiting for this rain.

The white cat was lying close to the window. It wasn't really aware of what was happening, but since Lin Jiufeng said it would rain tonight, it chose to accompany him and waited for the rain with him.

Night descended, and the stars tonight were very bright.

The moonlight was also extra resplendent and radiant.

Like the moon on the 15th of the Chinese lunar month1.

The white cat looked at Lin Jiufeng in confusion.

Would it rain?

Lin Jiufeng closed his eyes. He adjusted his body and adjusted his state to the peak.

When the rain arrived, he would be able to make a breakthrough to the next stage.

Time slowly passed minute by minute.

At midnight, the moon crossed the galaxy, and the timing was in the wee hours.

Boom!

At this moment, thunderclap reverberated throughout the entire world one after another, as if a god was raging and roaring at the world.

The sound of thunder echoed between heaven and earth.

Tick, tick, tick.

Rain dropped down and landed on the eaves.

The white cat looked at this in surprise. It actually rained.

It couldn't help but stick its head out, wanting to take a look.

Shuash!

But in the very next second, the rainstorm came and the raindrops fell onto its face.

Caught off guard, its fur got wet.

The white cat hurriedly retracted its head and shook its head to shake off the rainwater.

But as it was shaking its head, it stiffened all of a sudden.

Why was there such a dense and large amount of spiritual energy in the rainwater?

This amount of spiritual energy was so large that it couldn't believe it.

The white cat couldn't help but look at Lin Jiufeng.

Lin Jiufeng was already in a cultivation state.

As rainwater fell, it carried with it dense amounts of spiritual energy.

Howling gales blew the spiritual energy all over the mortal realm.

This world was being nourished.

This was the gift of heaven and earth to the world.

Lin Jiufeng had already started absorbing the spiritual energy in the air, his body entered a deep state of cultivation.

Rumble!

Outside were lightning and thunder, rain and wind.

Inside the house, Lin Jiufeng was lying on the bed while listening to the rain and breaking through to the next step!

The white cat learned from him. It knew that Lin Jiufeng was smarter, so it learned from Lin Jiufeng and started to cultivate too.

It also wanted to become stronger.

It wanted to defeat Lin Jiufeng and step on him with its paws.

It wanted to show off its power and might.

The white cat was already planning its revenge against Lin Jiufeng for constantly calling the words it wrote 'ugly'.

…

Tonight, countless cultivators were surprised to discover that the concentration of spiritual energy in the world was increasing by leaps and bounds.

50 times…

100 times…

Even hundreds of times…

Some people took in a breath of the spiritual energy and they immediately became bloated as they yelled in surprise.

There were some old people that were on the verge of death. They were ambitious, but their bodies weren't capable enough for them to fulfill their ambitions anymore. Each of them had already come to terms regarding their deaths, and they were peaceful.

But the spiritual energy brought by this rain moisturized their dried bodies.

They were rejuvenated.

They directly broke through their shackles.

They directly broke through the restrictions on their cultivation base and gained a new lease in life.

These old people were reduced to tears.

Some old people even yelled. "I really want to live another 500 years!"

The old seniors that had constantly lived in seclusion for hundreds of years in their various sects and families crawled out of their coffins one after another.

"This is a totally different world now."

"This is a world of great competition. I want to try to leave a legend in this world again."

"It was passed down since ancient times that the world's energies would recover and the world will return to its previous glorious state 1500 years ago. Now, I have successfully waited for its arrival."

"It's not in vain that I sealed myself for 500 years. I can look at this brand-new world with my eyes."

"For the next 500 years, this world shall worship me as their master!"

Different old people said different things but without exception, their cultivation bases were all very high.

Tonight, their bodies were rejuvenated.

Then, they directly broke through to the Martial Sage Realm.

And some even continued to climb higher.

Great Yan Dynasty, Temple of the Holy Maiden.

The Holy Maiden was also currently absorbing the spiritual energy in the air.

She couldn't help but comment in satisfaction. "It's indeed a new world now."

"This is only the beginning and the amount of spiritual energy is already so huge. From now on, this world will be very exciting. Although I came into this world quite a number of years earlier, I still managed to establish a foundation in this world."

Then, she began to cultivate. As lighting flitted across the skies above her, her cultivation base broke through to the Martial Sage Realm.

But she didn't stop there as her breakthrough continued.

…

Imperial capital.

The powerhouses of the royal family were also frantically absorbing the spiritual energy in the air, including Lin Tianyuan, who suddenly discovered that he now had a hope of breaking through to the Martial Sage Realm.

How could he possibly let go of this opportunity and stop cultivating?

Tonight, no one fought against each other.

There were no quarrels, nor was there anyone that rested.

Tonight, everybody cultivated in unison.

And they achieved breakthroughs in their cultivation in unison.

In the Cold Palace.

The white cat's body shone in a fluorescent light. Deep within this light were traces of energies that it had absorbed back when it consumed those treasures in the underground palace.

It was completely reborn.

As for Lin Jiufeng, there wasn't any phenomenon on him.

If becoming ordinary was a phenomenon, then indeed he has one phenomenon on him.

Alone on the frost jade bed, listening to the rain as he made a breakthrough in his cultivation base. This was Lin Jiufeng's current state.

The energies that he had accumulated after cultivating for more than 20 years, coupled with the two demonic cultivation techniques that he was simultaneously cultivating, plus a few sword techniques, and countless other techniques he obtained from signing in…

All of these combined caused him to crazily break through at this moment.

As his techniques and his insights into them collided and merged with each other…

Lin Jiufeng suddenly opened his eyes.

He seemed to be able to see a fish happily swimming within the water droplets in the rain.

In an instant, he reached the Fish Leap step of the Martial Sage Realm.

Next was the Great Sage step.

Which was also the final step of the Martial Sage Realm.

Lin Jiufeng smiled slightly.

This wasn't a problem for him anymore.

With the help of the Demonic Great Refinement and the Ancient Demonic book, breaking through wasn't a problem to him anymore.

…

Only a night passed, yet the world has changed dramatically.

Countless cultivators made their own breakthroughs into their next realms.

Even for the common people, the abundant spiritual energy in the world has healed their old illnesses and injuries.

The seriously ill old people recovered their health.

The dying were also redeemed.

The Children became more intelligent.

All in all, a new era has officially arrived.

So in order to cope with the arrival of the new era, the first thing Lin Tianyuan did was to come and look for Lin Jiufeng.

He knew that in this new era, the absolute strength of every individual would be greatly strengthened, and although it couldn't be said that Martial Sages could now be found everywhere, they were no longer that rare.

Therefore, should he still carry out his plan?

Lin Tianyuan needed Lin Jiufeng's guidance.

But Lin Jiufeng didn't come out to see him.

Lin Jiufeng was still working hard in his cultivation at this moment, so he didn't have the time to see anyone.

"Everything will proceed as per normal but you need to work harder in cultivating talents."

Lin Jiufeng only gave Lin Tianyuan these words, but the door to the Cold Palace remained closed.

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Chapter 37: The Buddhist Sects' Attitude

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The world changed drastically overnight.

Countless old powerhouses were reborn and countless young talents broke through the next stages in their cultivation realms.

But all of this had nothing much to do with Lin Jiufeng.

In the Cold Palace, he continued his routine of signing in as usual.

[Do you want to Sign-In before the newly born Land of Extremely Negative Energy?]

A line of words appeared before Lin Jiufeng's eyes.

Lin Jiufeng was astonished.

"A newly born Land of Extreme Negative Energy?"

What do these words mean?

The original Land of Extremely Negative Energy was directly under the Cold Palace, where the Demon Lord from 1,500 years ago and the Chasing Corpse Sect from 700 or 800 years ago had left their traces.

Lin Jiufeng had already signed in at this location before.

But the gain wasn't that significant.

Because thousands of years have passed in this Land of Extremely Negative Energy.

In addition, the Demon Lord built a palace in the same land while the Chasing Corpse Sect buried the corpse of their ancestor. As a result, the negative energy of this land was at its final dredges by the time Lin Jiufeng came to Sign-In.

The so-called Land of Extremely Negative Energy wasn't that useful anymore.

If not, then the trapped soul of Imperial Consort Jia in the Land of Extremely Negative Energy wouldn't be so weak that she couldn't even kill Lin Jiufeng who had only recently started cultivating back then.

"It should be this rain that caused this huge change in the Land of Extremely Negative Energy. It made the true Land of Extremely Negative Energy appear."

Lin Jiufeng thought about it carefully and deduced.

In the future, there would definitely be many terrifying places that would appear in this world.

Therefore, he needed strength.

Lin Jiufeng resolutely said, "Sign in!"

[Sign-In successful. Received the Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist!]

In the very next moment, an insight to the Great Dao and a fist intent appeared in his mind. It also included the true meaning of the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

Lin Jiufeng was shocked.

"Making the Six Paths of Reincarnation appear with one punch, this technique is indeed terrifying."

This world was still somewhat of a high-level martial type of world yesterday. Lin Jiufeng's strongest ability only enabled him to use his sword energy to kill enemies hundreds of miles away from where he was.

But after the heavy rain, he immediately received the Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist after his usual routine of signing in today.

Forcibly manifesting the Six Paths of Reincarnation with a punch to devour and destroy the enemy.

This world has completely turned into a fantasy-type of a world.

"The pinnacle of the martial path has increased in this brand-new world. There are more realms for me to break through now," Lin Jiufeng said in surprise.

No one knew how many Great Grandmasters entered the Martial Sage Realm, and how many Martial Sages entered the Life Knowing step of the Martial Sage Realm after yesterday's rain.

Even the white cat lying on the window ledge was emanating a formidable aura.

It also managed to greatly progress in its cultivation.

But the white cat's aura suddenly became violent all of a sudden.

A wisp of black energy emerged from its body as it started to meow in pain.

It made a mistake while cultivating?

Lin Jiufeng frowned.

The white cat was too hasty in its cultivation. It didn't manage to properly control the huge amount of spiritual energy it had accumulated in its body.

Lin Jiufeng decisively reached out and grabbed the white cat into his hand as he infused his True Qi into its body.

Under Lin Jiufeng's control, the white cat eventually recovered as it became calm.

Then, it slowly opened its eyes.

It immediately noticed that it was lying in Lin Jiufeng's palm.

Its abdomen was facing Lin Jiufeng.

Meow!

The little white cat hurriedly jumped away from Lin Jiufeng.

It looked at him angrily before writing a few words with its paw.

"Why were you hugging me?"

"You made a mistake while cultivating," Lin Jiufeng said honestly.

The white cat's anger lessened upon hearing his words.

Lin Jiufeng was just helping it after all.

Left without a choice, it could only write weakly on the floor. "You are not allowed to hold me."

"You've made a breakthrough into a new realm, yet you still can't speak. You really are quite stupid." Lin Jiufeng shook his head. He had no intention of hugging the white cat at all.

Although it felt quite good holding it.

"I broke through, but I still can't see through you." The little white cat wrote.

"Because I also broke through into a new realm. A realm beyond your reach."

Lin Jiufeng's mouth curled up as he said with a smile.

…

The people around the world enthusiastically discussed the rain that fell last night.

But a few days later, the rain was still falling non-stop.

In the end, the rain lasted for a month.

Within this month, young talents rose up everywhere.

Besides that, there were also powerful cultivators from hundreds of years ago that started to appear in the world. Their presence completely disrupted the originally peaceful world.

Young geniuses and old experts appeared at the same period and competed against each other. Countless powerhouses were brought together in this new world, it was simply unimaginable.

The power of each individual continued to rise, the imperial court's deterrent power was greatly reduced as various violations of the law and people who committed taboos emerged endlessly.

Lin Tianyuan finally made up his mind to target the buddhist sects.

An imperial decree was made.

It ordered the demolition of the 80,000 monasteries and temples belonging to the Xuankong and Shaolin Temple. Of course, the buildings that their sects originally had were spared from this demolition order.

However, millions of monks were ordered to renounce their faith and enter the secular world.

Among them, the most sinful ones must be sent to the authorities to undergo a fair trial and receive the punishment they deserved after all this time.

This imperial decree directly shocked the world.

A new era was coming.

This was an era where cultivators would undoubtedly flourish.

Both Shaolin Temple and Xuankong Temple have a thousand-year heritage under their belts.

With their deep foundations, they had talents in both the older and younger generations of monks.

It was only 400 years ago when the Yuhua God Dynasty was established. It only had a few Martial Sages underneath its banner, yet the imperial court actually dared to take action against these powerful forces?

The whole world instantly became lively.

Everyone wanted to see how the Shaolin and Xuankong Temple would respond.

Jiangnan!

On a majestic mountain range, there were statues of Buddha everywhere. The highest mountain was the Shaolin Golden Peak. Every day when the sun rose, golden light would shine on this peak, making it look like the kingdom of Buddha.

This was the base camp of Shaolin Temple, Shaoshi Mountain!

It was written in Lin Tianyuan's imperial decree that except for the temples on this mountain, every large and small temple outside of this mountain were to be demolished.

After the Shaolin Temple received the imperial decree, they immediately held a meeting.

In the Damo Hall, hundreds of monks sat in rows.

Boom!

The head of Damo Hall slapped the table angrily as he said, "Our Buddhist Sect had always been independent for thousands of years. No dynasty had ever interfered with us, and we also never undermined the imperial court."

"We even disseminated Buddhist classics so that the common people can live and work in peace…"

"But now, what is the Yuhua God Dynasty trying to do with us?"

"Yes, the Yuhua God Dynasty is too much."

"It has only been 400 years since the Yuhua God Dynasty was established, yet it's already so daring?"

"Shutting our temples is tantamount to destroying the foundation of the Shaolin Temple…"

"We must definitely oppose this order to the end."

"I finally understand what catastrophe the Holy Buddha was talking about before he died, it turns out that it's from the Yuhua God Dynasty."

The crowd of monks started their discussion.

The abbot of Shaolin Temple raised his hand and said calmly, "There's no need to be angry."

"This is a new era, the seniors of our Shaolin have already made their breakthroughs…"

"The Martial Sage Realm is no longer that difficult to reach anymore."

"Some of them has even reached the second step of the Martial Sage Realm, and there's also a senior who's attempting to break through to the third step, Fish Leap."

"The Yuhua God Dynasty is a secular dynasty, they are only relying on the powerful Martial Sage hidden in their imperial capital. But he's just one person, how can he drastically change the world alone?"

"There is no need for our Shaolin Temple to respond personally. Let's just find some powerhouses that hate the Yuhua God Dynasty and we'll gather them together. I reckon that they will be enough to crush the Yuhua God Dynasty to death."

The abbot of Shaolin Temple carried a faint smile, but there was disdain in his smile. "This is the age of the cultivators, it isn't the age of the Yuhua God Dynasty anymore. Since they are not behaving, then let's just change the dynasty."

As soon as these words came out, the monks of Shaolin Temple became excited.

The Shaolin Temple that had been passed down for thousands of years must be this domineering at the least.

How could they let themselves be bullied by a dynasty that has only been in existence for 400 years?

There wasn't any reaction from Shaolin Temple at all.

They acted as if they had never heard of this imperial decree.

None of the temples under Shaolin Temple's command were demolished.

Ignore!

Shaolin Temple directly ignored the Yuhua God Dynasty and the Emperor—Lin Tianyuan.

However, Xuankong Temple was even more direct.

After seeing the imperial decree, it immediately announced that it would build another 100 temples in the Jiangnan area. It hoped that its believers would actively donate money to help the Buddha build a golden body.

In return, they would be blessed by Buddha for their donation.

These two sects didn't give the Yuhua God Dynasty any face at all.

But some people became curious as to why the Yuhua God Dynasty was treating the three buddhist sects completely different from each other despite the fact that their origins were the same.

As an example, why didn't the Yuhua God Dynasty target Dalin Temple too?

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Chapter 38: I Drew Human Gods

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In the Jiangnan region, there were three Buddhist mountains, each located in a different place.

They did not interfere with each other and did not have much dealings with each other either.

Shaolin Temple's Mount Song.

Xuankong Temple's Mount Heng.

And Dalin Temple's Daqing Mountain.

This was a majestic green mountain that was also the gate to the Dalin Temple itself.

Unlike the magnificent Shaolin Temple, which was filled with Buddha statues with its color scheme focused on gold and vibe—glorious as it exhibited a secular yellow and white atmosphere.

This mountain which Dalin Temple was on looked simple on the outside.

But the essence laid within.

One could not see any buildings on the mountain, nor could they see any Buddhist landmarks.

The only way to see the brilliance of the Dalin Temple was inside the great mountain.

Countless stone caves were chiseled out and divided within the mountain.

Each of them had a number of carvings inside.

Generations of monks of the Dalin Temple chiseled and carved with their own axes, forming exquisite carvings and moving Buddhist portraits telling ancient stories within this great mountain.

Everyone who came and saw these lifelike carvings and paintings would almost certainly be shocked.

The monks of Dalin Temple do not compete with the outside world.

They guarded their own territory and practiced Buddhism.

This was also the reason why Lin Tianyuan did not include them as his targets.

Dalin Temple has also heard of the conflict between the Shaolin Temple, the Xuankong Temple, and the Yuhua God Dynasty.

The monks of the Dalin Temple were also talking about it.

But because the Yuhua God Dynasty did target them, they just watched from the side.

The abbot of the Dalin Temple sighed tersely. "The world of great competition has just arrived, and the buddhist sects have already encountered this catastrophe. It really makes one worry."

…

The Shaolin Temple ignored the imperial decree from the Yuhua God Dynasty.

The Xuankong Temple, on the other hand, even provoked the Yuhua God Dynasty by building hundreds of temples.

Their attitude was clear. For them, the Yuhua God Dynasty was nothing.

Everyone's eyes fell on the Yuhua God Dynasty, waiting to see how Emperor Ming—Lin Tianyuan would react.

Even people from within the Yuhua God Dynasty along with a few aristocratic families, as well as some wildly ambitious people, observed quietly.

Emperor Ming actually had the guts to issue such an imperial decree. He made his decree known to the world and offended these buddhist sects. How would this matter come to an end?

Forbidden City, Great Council Hall.

Emperor Ming—Lin Tianyuan wore a grim look on his face. He was enraged.

He heard of the Shaolin Temple's methods from his subjects and he snorted coldly.

"They have no regard for the law."

But when he heard what the Xuankong Temple had done, he was even more infuriated.

"They are challenging me, challenging the Yuhua God Dynasty!"

"Your Majesty. The buddhist sects are powerful, and the people in the Jiangnan area believe in them piously." The Cabinet Chief persuaded.

"Your Majesty, take it slowly. We can't go head-to-head with them for now." The court officials advised Lin Tianyuan.

But Lin Tianyuan was confident.

He was given the nod by Lin Jiufeng after all.

"There's no need to say more. Continue the preparations. The extermination of the buddhist sects is imperative!" Lin Tianyuan said firmly.

"Your Majesty, how should we proceed?" The Cabinet Chief inquired.

"I have my ways!" Lin Tianyuan said confidently.

After dismissing the court officials, Lin Tianyuan could not sit still anymore.

He left the palace immediately and went to look for Lin Jiufeng alone.

If there were issues that he couldn't solve, ask Uncle.

He had developed such a habit.

In front of the Cold Palace, Lin Tianyuan knocked on the door and entered.

Lin Jiufeng saw Lin Tianyuan. He asked calmly, "Why are you here again?"

Lin Tianyuan's visits have been too frequent lately.

"Uncle. The Shaolin and Xuankong Temple have no regard for the law."

Lin Tianyuan briefly explained everything.

"Don't you have more than a dozen Martial Sages under you?" Lin Jiufeng asked.

"After the rain, the spiritual energy of the world is now extremely abundant. The Martial Sages that I have under me have become worthless overnight. I originally thought that a dozen Martial Sages would be enough, but now it's completely insufficient," Lin Tianyuan said bitterly.

Plans always fall behind changes.

Lin Jiufeng frowned before asking, "Will your father's reforms be done after we've exterminated those 80,000 or so temples?"

"That's pretty much it. The next step would be to stabilize the situation and improve the people's lives." Lin Tianyuan nodded.

"Bring me paper and a brush." Lin Jiufeng waved his hand.

Lin Tianyuan immediately ran out to take paper and a brush.

The white cat walked out from the shadows as it wrote in crooked letters on the floor.

"Why are you always helping him?"

Lin Jiufeng looked at it and lamented.

"I'm not helping him. I'm helping my brother with his final wishes."

Emperor Yuan fought for all of his life for the sake of reforms.

Lin Tianyuan inherited Emperor Yuan's will and was also introducing the same reforms.

But the situation was very complicated now.

After the rain, the world had changed.

Although Lin Tianyuan was the Emperor, there were not a lot of people whom he could trust.

If Lin Jiufeng didn't help him, the reforms would be impossible to accomplish.

Helping Lin Tianyuan was to fulfill his brother's legacy.

"But this will be the last time I'll help him. After eliminating those 80,000 temples, the Jiangnan region will become peaceful at once and the reforms will finally be completed." Lin Jiufeng murmured.

In the future, Lin Tianyuan would be on his own.

Lin Jiufeng would finally be able to continue his routine of silently signing in while pursuing the peak of martial arts.

The white cat understood. It wrote and asked, "Are you going to Jiangnan, then?"

Lin Jiufeng shook his head. He softly replied, "The current buddhist sects are not worthy for me to travel to Jiangnan personally!"

The white cat looked at Lin Jiufeng, shocked.

It wanted to inquire further, but Lin Tianyuan had already returned.

Hence, the little white cat could only scratch a few times on the ground haphazardly to cross out the words that it had written.

Lin Jiufeng had seen the words it wrote, but he didn't care that much about it.

But the white cat was too proud to let others see its crooked words.

"Uncle, I brought with me the four treasures of the study."

Lin Tianyuan placed the items on the stone table respectfully.

Lin Jiufeng lifted a brush and began painting.

He painted the image of a grass, trees, and a sword.

It was a very simple composition of green grass, river, trees, distant mountains, slanting sun, village…

Lin Jiufeng painted a second picture.

A young man was practicing his moves with a horse stance, throwing out punches.

After painting two pictures, Lin Jiufeng put down the brush.

Lin Tianyuan blinked as he looked at Lin Jiufeng and asked, "Uncle, what does this mean?"

Two simple paintings.

He was here to ask for help, not to ask for paintings.

Lin Jiufeng replied, "Let two Martial Sages each bring a painting and your imperial decree to the Shaolin and Xuankong Temple. If they don't obey the imperial decree, open the paintings."

Lin Tianyuan was confused.

That was it?

That was enough to get the agreement of these two delinquent sects?

Lin Jiufeng did not explain any further.

He folded both paintings and put them aside.

"Remember, don't open them in advance. Lives will be lost." Lin Jiufeng smiled slightly and let Lin Tianyuan leave.

Lin Tianyuan took the two paintings in a daze before he returned to the Forbidden City.

The white cat came out and wrote curiously. "Two paintings, are you trying to deceive him?"

"Two paintings are enough. If it weren't for the fact that the two sects are in different places, one painting would be enough already," Lin Jiufeng said softly.

"What did you draw on the paper?" The white cat was very curious.

Lin Jiufeng thought seriously for a moment before he answered.

"I drew Human Gods!"

The white cat stared at Lin Jiufeng in horror.

Lin Jiufeng smiled faintly at it, his temperament became warm like a spring breeze.

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Chapter 39: A Visit to Jiangnan

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Lin Tianyuan took the two paintings and returned to the Forbidden City.

There were two paintings in the Council Hall.

The two paintings were folded up. Although Lin Tianyuan did not believe that the two paintings could solve the problem he was facing about the buddhist sects, he did not dare to open them.

He still listened to Lin Jiufeng.

Lin Tianyuan thought for a while before he ordered.

"Call Cangshan and Beihai here."

The eunuch immediately left to look for them.

Cangshan and Beihai were a pair of brothers.

They were unaffiliated cultivators, however, they were very talented.

Soon after the world's spiritual energy recovered, they broke through to the Martial Sage Realm.

With the rebellion of Lord Taiping, Lin Tianyuan felt a great sense of crisis and began to recruit these unaffiliated cultivators.

The two of them came, and they had been working for Lin Tianyuan since.

Lin Tianyuan prepared a lot of resources for them, and they each took what they needed.

After a while, two old men walked in.

Each cupped their fists and said, "Greetings, Your Majesty!"

"I hope two of you can go to Jiangnan." Lin Tianyuan said.

Cangshan and Beihai looked at each other, they were reluctant to obey this order.

"Your Majesty, it's not that we are unwilling, but it's that the Shaolin and Xuankong Temple are very powerful. Although we brothers are Martial Sage cultivators, we are only at the Life Knowing step…"

"We're not enough to go against these two great powers that have existed for thousands of years," Cangshan said bitterly.

He didn't want to go to Jiangnan.

Was there anyone who didn't know what happened between the buddhist sects and Emperor Ming of the Yuhua God Dynasty?

Asking them to go to the Jiangnan area at this time would be tantamount to sending them to their deaths, wouldn't it?

They were living comfortable lives under Lin Tianyuan and were also willing to perform some dangerous tasks for him.

But there was a difference between danger and certain death.

Lin Tianyuan knew what the two men were thinking.

Thus, he said, "I'm not sending you there to deal with the two powerful factions, but for you to read the imperial decree. After the two powerful factions received it and agreed to it, there should be no need to fight."

Cangshan and Beihai weren't convinced.

If the buddhist sects accepted the imperial decree, they would not have to fight.

But what if they did not agree?

Beihai was a plump old man.

He was straightforward and he couldn't help ask, "What if… what if they don't agree?"

Lin Tianyuan picked up the two paintings Lin Jiufeng gave to him and said, "One painting for each of you. If they don't agree, unfold the paintings."

Cangshan and Beihai stared at the painting in Lin Tianyuan's hand with suspicious looks on their faces.

What was this?

These two paintings were enough to take care of the two powerful factions whose teachings had been passed down for thousands of years?

Similar to Lin Tianyuan—they couldn't believe it.

Therefore, they still refused to agree.

"These two paintings were painted by that senior in the imperial capital."

Seeing that they refused to agree, Lin Tianyuan had to tell them the truth.

Cangshan and Beihai looked at Lin Tianyuan in surprise.

"Is it that senior from ten years ago?" Cangshan asked in excitement.

Ten years ago, while the world was still in the midst of its recovery, both Cangshan and Beihai weren't Martial Sage Realm cultivators back then.

But they heard about that terrifying senior in the imperial capital who killed nine Martial Sages with a single stroke of the sword.

More than ten years have passed since then.

Both of them were already Martial Sage Realm cultivators at the step of Life Knowing.

Just how powerful was that senior by now?

Cangshan said excitedly, "That senior really said that?"

"Yes. I asked him how to calm the issue in Jiangnan. He told me that this is all I have to do and that is why I have asked you to go." Lin Tianyuan told them the truth.

If he did not tell the truth, no one would be foolish enough to go.

If he sent people who were less powerful than these two, it would be useless.

They might not even be able to enter the gates of both Shaolin and Xuankong Temple.

Cangshan and Beihai looked at each other before they nodded in tacit understanding.

"Your Majesty, we will accept this task," Cangshan said solemnly.

Lin Tianyuan was overjoyed as he said in a hurry. "Don't worry, I will tell the world about this matter, so everyone will know that you are going to Jiangnan with the imperial decree."

"There should be no problems."

Cangshan and Beihai nodded in agreement.

By informing the world, there would be an extra guarantee for their safety.

"Also, don't open these two paintings before the opportune moment. Lives will be lost, so you must remember." Lin Tianyuan reminded them.

This was also Lin Jiufeng's reminder to him.

The expressions on the faces of the two immediately turned serious.

"Your Majesty, rest assured. We promise to complete this task," The two said at the same time.

"I will write the imperial decree for you now. Each of you will go to one of the buddhist sects."

Lin Tianyuan began to write the imperial decree.

He thought about it for a while and with a flick of his sleeve, he wrote a strict reprimand letter as his thoughts burst forth like a fountain.

"Take it to Jiangnan. I will inform the world immediately."

Lin Tianyuan handed the imperial decree to them.

Cangshan and Beihai bowed their heads and retreated. With the imperial decree and Lin Jiufeng's paintings in hand, they headed to Jiangnan.

After they left the Forbidden City, the Yuhua God Dynasty began to publicize this matter.

Emperor Ming—Lin Tianyuan—wrote two imperial decrees.

They were to be carried and read by the two Martial Sages at the Shaolin and Xuankong Temple in Jiangnan.

The whole world was waiting for Lin Tianyuan's counterattack—waiting for the Yuhua God Dynasty's counterattack.

As soon as the news was released, it spread all over the land like wildfire.

It spread to Jiangnan faster than Cangshan and Beihai's traveling speed.

They were Martial Sages and they moved extremely fast.

But before they could even reach Jiangnan, the news had already spread all over Jiangnan.

Both Shaolin Temple and Xuankong Temple received the news.

The Shaolin Temple remained silent as if it had not heard anything.

They did not express any opinions.

They had built their own temples and under their command, none of them would be demolished.

In contrast to the Shaolin Temple, the people from the Xuankong Temple welcomed the news.

"Come to my Xuankong Temple, lose three thousand troubles, and forget the troubles of the world. We will save these two messengers."

This was a blatant threat.

Xuankong Temple was as arrogant as ever.

They were monks, but they were arrogant and domineering.

They had always been like this.

When Cangshan and Beihai arrived in Jiangnan, it was already two days later.

In just two days, rumors in Jiangnan were rife.

Countless descendants of powerful factions, sects, and even the descendants of aristocratic families, as well as outstanding unaffiliated cultivators, had gathered at both the Shaolin and Xuankong Temple.

They wanted to know how these two buddhist sects would deal with Emperor Ming's messengers and how they would deal with the imperial decrees that were bound to arrive.

The crowd was bustling and lively.

Everyone was looking forward to the arrival of Cangshan and Beihai.

The two men were shocked.

"The situation seemed to have escalated," Cangshan said. He looked uneasy.

"What are you afraid of?"

"We have the paintings given by that senior. I believe they will work." Beihai trusted Lin Jiufeng.

It was no small feat for Lin Jiufeng to have gained his trust without ever having met him before.

"I also believe in him. Since we're already here, there's no reason to retreat."

Cangshan took a deep breath and asked, "Where are you going?"

Beihai stretched out his hand and said firmly, "I'm going to Shaolin Temple!"

"Then, I will go to Xuankong Temple. Let's part ways here!"

Cangshan cupped his fists in farewell.

"Take care!" Beihai said solemnly.

"We have the senior's paintings. It will be fine." Cangshan smiled and said confidently.

They headed to different places and both arrived at the foot of the mountains where the temples were located at the same time.

Countless people witnessed their arrival. All eyes were on them.

The doors of Shaolin Temple and Xuankong Temple were also open, allowing the two to enter.

Cangshan and Beihai held the imperial decree in their hands and with Lin Jiufeng's painting in their pockets—they stepped firmly on the steps.

…

Imperial Capital, Cold Palace!

Lin Jiufeng laid on the frost jade bed.

He closed his eyes and calmed his mind, feeling serene.

"Have you broken through to the Human God Realm?" the white cat asked curiously.

This was not the first time that the white cat had asked this question to Lin Jiufeng in the past few days.

But Lin Jiufeng never answered it directly.

However, the white cat persevered.

"You'll know in about two days," Lin Jiufeng said.

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Chapter 40: A Painting of a Young Man Practicing His Moves

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Jiangnan, Mount Song!

This mountain was very famous in the Jiangnan region.

It was a sacred Buddhist place.

Thousands of years ago, Mount Song was the only Buddhist Sect in the Jiangnan area.

Following a divergence in ideals, Dalin Temple emerged.

Then, after the civil unrest and non-stop disputes—Xuankong Temple emerged.

The buddhist sects were divided into three, each of them saying that they were more orthodox than the other.

Dalin Temple took away Buddha's writings, Xuankong Temple took away Buddha's monk staff, and Mount Song kept with them the Buddha's relics.

The three factions all refused to compromise.

Their situation had dragged on to this day.

All three factions had developed their own schools very well.

It was a pipe dream for one of them to try and integrate the other.

In the past, Mount Song had always been surrounded by devotees who came in an endless stream to pray and offer incense.

But today, Mount Song did not receive any devotees.

Only cultivators from major factions were allowed in.

A sea of people was waiting to see how Emperor Ming would disgrace himself after the Shaolin Temple rejected the imperial decree delivered by his emissary.

When Beihai stepped onto the stairs of Shaolin Temple, countless eyes were on him.

He felt uneasy and was very anxious.

Even though he was a Martial Sage, he was not confident facing such a situation.

But after touching the painting in his arms.

He suddenly gained confidence.

With senior's painting, he had nothing to fear.

He walked confidently up to the Shaolin Temple's Mahavira Hall with his head held high.

Here, standing right in the center was a group of monks.

There were people surrounding them, watching expectantly.

They all stared at Beihai.

The sense of oppression was overwhelming.

Beihai became akin to a sheep amidst a pack of wolves as he stood there while being watched by countless terrifying pairs of eyes.

Beihai shook his head and put his feelings behind him.

He did not look at the others and only stared at the abbot of Shaolin Temple.

A middle-aged monk whose cultivation was very powerful and was rather conceited looked at Beihai.

There was contempt in his eyes, but he spoke with a serious expression. "Benefactor, why have you come to Shaolin Temple?"

He obviously knew!

Beihai knew that it was impossible to make them accept the imperial decree.

He took out the imperial decree and said, "Abbot, do you want to look at it yourself or do you want me to read it out?"

The abbot of Shaolin Temple reached out and the imperial decree flew into his hand.

Then, he opened it.

The abbot's expression changed immediately.

His face froze.

The words written in this imperial decree were filled with passion and authority.

First, it reprimanded the buddhist sects for the mistakes they had made—deceiving the people, harboring prisoners, violating the profound meanings of Buddha, and accusing them of being a group of fake monks.

Finally, Lin Tianyuan ordered Shaolin Temple to demolish the temples under its command within three months, keeping only the original Shaolin Temple.

In addition, he was to dismiss millions of monks and hand over the convicts among them to the court for trial.

Otherwise, there would be consequences!

Lin Tianyuan was very happy when he wrote it.

Now as the abbot looked at the imperial decree…

His expression went grim and cold.

He was furious.

"The buddhist sects wish no enmity with the imperial court. But we will not be put in the hands of the imperial court either." After reading the decree, the abbot said coldly.

"Today, Emperor Ming of the Yuhua God Dynasty wrote these words to humiliate my Shaolin Temple, this is a great insult to Buddha."

"You can't leave…"

"Shaolin Temple will also pay a visit to that Emperor Ming." The abbot was really angry.

He pointed with his finger and spoke aggressively.

He wanted to capture Beihai and preach to him the teachings of Buddhism to make the Yuhua God Dynasty suffer a big loss once he was converted to their ranks.

The people around watched, they were not surprised with this outcome at all.

After all, the Shaolin Temple was not that easy to mess with!

"You want to keep me here? I'm afraid you won't be able to do that." Beihai shook his head.

"Eighteen Arhats are here, who dares to be presumptuous in my Shaolin?!" Eighteen loud shouts converged into one voice.

The Eighteen Arhats with each of them in the Martial Sage Realm jumped forward.

They surrounded Beihai.

"Shaolin has the Eighteen Arhats. They are enough to suppress you."

The abbot of Shaolin Temple said with a cold face.

"I don't think so!" Beihai was still not afraid.

"How can you—a mere Martial Sage—fight against eighteen of them alone?"

The abbot snickered.

The onlookers from the major factions and the people from Shaolin Temple shook their heads simultaneously.

They thought Emperor Ming had made a bad move, letting a Martial Sage come to Shaolin Temple on his own.

Did Emperor Ming send him here to die?

They looked at the Eighteen Martial Sages as they lamented and praised Shaolin Temple's profound heritage.

But Beihai said, "When I left the imperial capital, I brought along a painting that senior painted."

Everyone looked at each other.

At this moment, what was Beihai talking about?

"The painting is with me." Beihai held out the folded painting.

Everyone could not help but look over.

Ordinary.

It was just a piece of folded-up writing paper.

What could it do to save Beihai?

The abbot said mockingly, "Have you gone crazy from being too afraid?"

"Are you spouting rubbish here?" The abbot said disdainfully.

Beihai shook his head. He said in a serious tone, "I've been living in the imperial capital. More than ten years ago, I saw a sword with my own eyes. More than ten years later, the senior painted this picture. I believe in him, hence I just want to tell you about it."

"That mysterious expert in the imperial capital may be powerful, but that was more than ten years ago. After the rain, Martial Sages are everywhere. What can he do by himself?"

The abbot looked at Beihai indifferently, as if he was looking at a mentally disabled person who had lost his mind.

That person drew a picture and gave it to Beihai as a last resort.

Then, Beihai trusted it and he came to Shaolin Temple enthusiastically.

Now, he's even trying to open this painting to make Shaolin Temple submit.

This was a huge joke.

Shaolin Temple found it preposterous.

The people from the major factions did not believe in it either.

What kind of power could a piece of paper have?

Beihai was surrounded by everyone.

Seeing that everyone did not believe his words, he took a deep breath and opened up the painting directly.

Everyone looked on with sarcasm thick on their faces as they laughed mockingly, they were obviously treating Beihai in disdain.

However, after Beihai opened the painting…

Boom!

The entire Mount Song suddenly trembled.

Six huge black holes suddenly materialized in the air as it rotated rapidly.

They were like six abysses, and an immensely violent force descended upon them.

Dong! Dong! Dong!

A terrifying sense of oppression descended upon them.

Everyone's knees turned weak and they all knelt down at once.

Whether it was the abbot, or the Eighteen Arhats, or the people from the major factions, or the Shaolin Temple elders…

They all knelt down.

The only one standing was Beihai.

Beihai's mouth opened wide. He couldn't close his mouth at all.

His expression was lifeless for a while, then he suddenly became excited.

He was so excited that he was trembling, words could not describe his feelings at this moment.

"What is that?"

"This is the painting that senior gave me."

"There's a kid practicing his moves on the painting, he is practicing… this terrifying move?"

"The painting came to life."

Beihai looked over in excitement.

The painting that he opened—was a painting of a young man practicing his moves.

At this moment, the young man had come to life.

He was practicing his moves!

The move he was practicing was the Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist!

And this young man contained a wisp of Lin Jiufeng's spiritual consciousness.

So at this moment, with one move, the Six Paths of Reincarnation appeared and suppressed the entire Shaolin Temple.

The Shaolin Temple abbot trembled as he said, "What's going on here?"

He knelt down.

He couldn't stand up.

The terrifying pressure held him down.

If not for his strong killing intent, the abbot thought that he would've been dead already.

Everyone looked at the sky, shocked.

Six large, dark holes spun rapidly in the sky.

It forced them to kneel down in front of Beihai.

In Shaolin Temple, an elderly Martial Sage raised his head in shock as he said in horror.

"This… this is… a Human God!"

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Chapter 41: A Human God in the Mortal Realm

Shaoshi Mountain, on the square in front of the Mahavira Hall.

Everyone present was kneeling on the ground.

Among them were—monks, Daoists, ladies, old people, and children…

These people came from the factions that had gathered here to watch the show. They wanted to see how the conflict between Shaolin Temple and the Yuhua God Dynasty would be resolved.

But who would have expected such an outcome?

Thousands of people were forced to kneel down, unable to move.

The more they struggled, the more uncomfortable they felt.

That extremely intense fist aura was akin to a raging flame.

It made them feel as if they were burning.

It truly was uncomfortable.

This was a shocking scene.

Beihai took out a mere painting and he instantly suppressed Shaolin Temple. Even those people who came to Shaolin Temple to watch the show were suppressed too.

They felt terrible.

If they knew that something like this was about to happen, then they wouldn't have come here to watch the show. This truly was an unfortunate catastrophe.

The monks of Shaolin Temple were still struggling.

All of them were angry. They felt humiliated.

However, when the old monk spoke, everyone fell silent.

The abbot of Shaolin Temple turned his head in disbelief.

His eyes were bloodshot as he stared at the old monk and cried out, "What did you just say?"

The old monk said with difficulty. "I said this might is… is from a Human God!"

"Impossible!" The abbot denied vehemently. He shook his head frantically. Although he was still kneeling, his face was full of panic.

"Since the death of the last Human God 1,500 years ago, there has never been a new Human God!"

"This might is indeed very powerful, but it's definitely impossible that it's from a Human God!"

The abbot found an excuse for himself.

He refused to believe that this boundless might belonged to that of a Human God.

If it was true, then Shaolin Temple would be utterly defeated and unable to resist.

The countless temples and monasteries that Shaolin Temple had accumulated for hundreds of years, their large number of believers and treasures, all of these things would be taken away.

Therefore, this might must never be from a Human God!

But there was nothing that he could.

The old monk's words shocked everyone present.

Including Beihai.

He was surprised and delighted.

He was trembling as he held the painting in his hand.

Excitement!

He only had this one feeling welling up his chest at this moment.

A Human God!

That mysterious Senior was actually a Human God…

Unbelievable.

"No wonder Emperor Ming was so confident to let Cangshan and me come here all by ourselves." Beihai was so excited that he started to admire Emperor Ming, Lin Tianyuan.

Compared to Beihai's excitement—the others were afraid.

They trembled amidst their shock and disbelief.

As these emotions surfaced in everyone's hearts, their feelings soon became complicated.

"No god is supposed to exist in this Mortal Realm!" Someone cried out involuntarily.

His expression was both envious and terrified.

They felt proud of breaking through the Martial Sage Realm with the help of that rain.

They thought back then that they had already reached the peak of cultivation.

After all, they had become Martial Sages.

It didn't matter if someone was at the second, third, or at the fourth step of the Martial Sage Realm.

They were still Martial Sages in the end.

Those who were only a level one Martial Sage were also Martial Sages.

If those Martial Sages whose cultivations were at the highest step of the Martial Sage could be considered to be at the peak of cultivation. Then, those who were at the earlier steps of the same Martial Sage Realm should also be considered a member of those at the apex.

But now, only a mere painting was unfolded, yet they were immediately crushed by a boundless pressure coming from the terrifying fist technique contained within the painting.

Even Martial Sages had no other choice but to kneel before this aura.

The Martial Sage realm was no longer the peak of cultivation in this Mortal Realm.

It was because—a Human God had appeared.

The old monk coughed and stammered. "The paper used for this painting is nothing out of the ordinary, and so is the ink. The painting was also casually made. So this painting shouldn't even amount to anything."

"But…"

"This painting was drawn by a Human God. It contains his aura and a wisp of his spiritual consciousness. We are unable to resist it."

"The scriptures told us that Human Gods are terrifying existences that can exist and live as a personification of their spiritual wills. Thus, they would not die even if their bodies are destroyed," the old monk said in despair.

His words caused the abbot of Shaolin Temple to also close his eyes in despair.

Everyone else finally believed him at this moment.

A new Human God has appeared in this Mortal Realm.

And this Human God achieved this on his own in this Mortal Realm.

"No wonder the Emperor of the Yuhua God Dynasty dared to attack the Buddhist Sects."

"Shaolin Temple and Xuankong Temple are in big trouble this time."

"That's right, this is a terrifying catastrophe. But it's their fortune that this Human God doesn't seem to be planning to start a massacre. Otherwise, there would definitely be rivers of blood flowing in front of the Shaolin Temple's Mahavira Hall now."

"Let's kneel properly. We won't be on the losing end by kneeling to a Human God."

"That's right… I originally thought that after the rain, the Imperial Court would no longer be a threat. But now, it seems like we will still be governed by the Imperial Court as usual."

"We will have to see how the abbot handles this disaster."

The abbot of Shaolin Temple could hear the discussion of the spectators.

He was in a daze.

An old monk who was on his last breath seemed to appear in front of him.

Holy Buddha!

Before he died, he said that there was a great calamity coming its way to Shaolin Temple.

He also told them, 'don't…'

"Don't…" The abbot of Shaolin Temple laughed bitterly.

They thought it meant, 'don't be afraid'.

But in reality, it was, 'don't resist'.

"Holy Buddha, I finally understand…"

The abbot of Shaolin Temple sighed and looked up at Beihai.

Then, he slowly raised the imperial decree in his hand and loudly announced.

"Shaolin Temple will obey the Imperial Decree!"

The crowd in the area fell silent.

The abbot had relented.

And the truth was—he was afraid.

He didn't dare to go against the Yuhua God Dynasty, nor did he dare to try and endure the wrath of a Human God.

The monks of Shaolin Temple also knew what would happen if they resisted.

The outcome of their stubborn resistance would definitely be very miserable.

Fortunately, the Yuhua God Dynasty had left this mountain for them to live.

Beihai looked at the abbot who was still holding up the imperial decree in a respectful bow.

Seeing this, Beihai closed the painting and kept it with satisfaction.

The oppressive might immediately vanished.

Countless people gasped for breath as they crawled up shakily when the oppressive might vanished.

The previous scene felt surreal—almost like a dream to everyone.

But when they touched their backs and felt the cold sweat that drenched their clothes, they couldn't help but look at each other as they saw the bitter smiles and looks of shock in each other's eyes.

A Human God was too terrifying…

This was just a painting drawn by that Human God.

It didn't carry any intent to kill nor to attack, yet it managed to suppress them until they became akin to meat on a butcher's chopping block.

What would happen if they saw a Human God in the flesh?

They might just die on the spot…

Beihai put away the folded painting and then said to the abbot of Shaolin Temple.

"Within three months, demolish all the monasteries other than those on this mountain. Every monk that have committed heinous crimes must renounce Asceticism. Buddhism is not a safe haven for evil. Those monks must be escorted to the authorities. No delays are permitted."

The abbot of Shaolin Temple could no longer be arrogant this time.

He bowed slightly and said with a trembling voice. "I… I understand!"

His heart ached when he was done.

"However, a large portion of those monasteries belongs to the Xuankong Temple. We have no right to dismantle them," the abbot sighed and explained.

"Don't worry. The current Xuankong Temple's feelings must be exactly the same as you lot."

Beihai couldn't help but laugh upon remembering that Cangshan was holding another similar painting to his.

The abbot and the others shuddered at the thought of that terrifying scene.

They didn't want to experience that feeling ever again.

…

Xuankong Temple!

The originally lively Xuankong Temple.

The arrogant and overbearing Xuankong Temple.

The haughty Xuankong Temple.

At this moment, every monk from Xuankong Temple was kneeling on the ground. They trembled as they gasped for air.

Cangshan had opened the painting he was tasked to carry and a scene of a garden appeared around him.

Green grass, rivers, trees, distant mountains, slanted hills, villages…

These vivid images appeared before everyone's eyes.

It was serene and profound.

Only the green grass was emitting a terrifying sword aura as it swayed.

A sword beam suppressed the Headmaster of the Xuankong Temple.

"Do you accept the decree?" Cangshan took out the imperial decree and looked at Xuankong Temple's Headmaster in anticipation.

The Headmaster of Xuankong Temple wore a defeated look on his face. Then, he knelt on the ground and said bitterly, "I accept the decree!"

How could he have imagined that there was a Human God in this Mortal Realm?

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Chapter 42: The Gods in the Eyes of Mortals

The Xuankong Temple and Shaolin Temple…

These two holy lands of Buddhism had relented under the pressure of a Human God.

They had no intentions of resisting.

Meanwhile, everyone in Jiangnan was still filled with anticipation.

Those who didn't go to the two buddhist sects to watch the show were waiting for the results.

They wanted to see how the buddhist sects would humiliate the Yuhua God Dynasty's envoys.

They also wanted to see if the two buddhists sects would tear apart Emperor Ming's imperial decree into pieces.

But when the news came…

Those who heard it were immediately stupefied.

Their bodies trembled as if they had gone senile.

A Human God!

That was a Human God!

Such an existence actually appeared just like that!

In an instant, the world was thrown into a commotion.

It was as if a huge mountain had crashed into a calm lake.

As if mountains were collapsing and tsunamis were raging.

It was like burning oil was poured on everyone.

The entire world descended into an uproar upon hearing this news.

A Human God had appeared in the Yuhua God Dynasty.

This was the first Human God in 1,500 years.

There was no doubt that there was no second Human God in this world yet.

In the past 1,500 years, a Human God had never once appeared.

The legends of this realm had already been forgotten.

Many people treated this realm as a myth and a legend.

They were unwilling to believe that it even existed.

With the passing of so many years, the people were now less inclined to believe in the existence of Human Gods in the past.

But after that rain, the first Human God made his presence known with the help of two paintings that suppressed the two buddhist sects. Such news finally convinced everyone that Human Gods had once existed.

Moreover, they finally believed that there was a Human God Realm.

Those at the third step of the Martial Sage Realm couldn't help but exclaim when they heard this news.

"Why let such a legend appear in the same period as me?!"

They only managed to reach the third step of the Martial Sage Realm after that rain.

Even if there were others who were at the fourth step, there could only be a handful of them.

As for the Human God Realm?

They didn't even dare to think about it.

Everything that happened so far felt so surreal.

…

Great Yan Dynasty, Temple of the Holy Maiden.

The Holy Maiden clad in red stood tall, her eyes were bright as she looked at the letter in her hand.

She couldn't help but be surprised. "I never thought that there would be such a genius in this world. He became a Human God just after the rain."

"Even I—isn't that fast…"

"This is indeed a new world that is full of life."

The cultivation base of the Holy Maiden also increased at breakneck speeds.

She was now on the fourth step of the Martial Sage Realm—the Great Sage step.

However, she was still far from reaching the Human God Realm.

"Unfortunately for you, my experience is abundant. It won't be a problem for me to catch up and surpass you."

"You've just ascended to the Human God Realm…"

"Having just recently broken through, your cultivation speed will undoubtedly slow down," the Holy Maiden said with confidence.

She truly believed that it wouldn't take that long for her to arrive at the Human God Realm.

"When I make my breakthrough, every flower will bloom and their fragrance will pervade the world!"

The Holy Maiden vowed.

…

Yuhua God Dynasty, Imperial Capital.

Lin Tianyuan was stunned and overjoyed when he received the news from Jiangnan.

His Uncle was actually a Human God.

This was simply terrifying.

His trump card was even more powerful now.

Lin Tianyuan immediately left the Forbidden City and rushed to the remote Cold Palace to visit and congratulate his Uncle.

"Nephew congratulates Uncle on becoming a Human God in this Mortal Realm."

But this time, he was rejected.

The door to the Cold Palace didn't open.

Furthermore, Lin Jiufeng also told him. "From today onwards, your father's reforms are now in place. The temples and monasteries have been demolished and the residents of the Empire are now living in peace. Everything is moving towards the completion of your father's dream."

"From now on, you will have to depend on yourself."

Lin Tianyuan stared blankly.

His excitement instantly vanished.

He knelt outside the Cold Palace. He couldn't help but cry out. "Is Uncle going to abandon me?"

"You have already matured."

"You can't always depend on me whenever you encounter problems anymore. You don't have to come here in the future. I can protect you for a while, but I can't protect you forever. You are the Emperor of the Yuhua God Dynasty, not me!" Lin Jiufeng's cold voice sounded in his ears.

Lin Tianyuan knew that there was no way he could change his Uncle's mind.

Come to think of it, he had troubled his Uncle quite a few times in the past few years.

Whenever he encountered danger, the first thing he thought of was his Uncle.

With Lin Jiufeng around, he felt extremely confident.

As a result, he was becoming more and more dependent on Lin Jiufeng.

Without Lin Jiufeng's support, he started to panic as his breathing quickened.

But he seemed to have forgotten that Lin Jiufeng had taken care of him on the account that he was of Emperor Yuan's bloodline.

"Uncle, please take care of yourself. I will not disturb you anymore."

Lin Tianyuan kowtowed and left.

His greatest trump card was no longer useful.

He had to go back and properly manage the Yuhua God Dynasty.

Fortunately, although he was unable to get his Uncle's help, he was still able to use Lin Jiufeng's name to deter and frighten other people.

In addition, he was the only one who knew about this matter.

In the Cold Palace, the white cat looked at Lin Tianyuan's back and wrote on the courtyard walls. "Are you not going to help him anymore?"

Lin Jiufeng nodded his head. "Unless there's a great danger, I won't help."

"You could have told him about this." The white cat wrote crookedly.

"If I told him about it, he will definitely become confident and think that he could act without any worries since I am backing him. That's not good at all." Lin Jiufeng shook his head.

This was why Lin Jiufeng didn't give Lin Tianyuan any hope that he would help the latter. This way, Lin Tianyuan would have to work hard for the sake of the Empire's stability.

"You broke through to the Human God Realm?" The white cat asked the crucial question.

Its eyes were bright and sparkling as it looked at Lin Jiufeng in excitement

A Human God!

This was the same realm as its master, the Demon Lord.

"That's right." Lin Jiufeng admitted.

"When did you break through? The white cat asked curiously.

"On that rainy night," Lin Jiufeng said after some thought.

That rain was a blessing to everyone in the world.

Those asleep that night was still nourished by the rain.

But cultivators obtained the greatest benefits.

Lin Jiufeng was the one who benefited the most.

He passed the threshold of Fish Leap and Great Sage…

To ascend to the Human God Realm.

But this was also because Lin Jiufeng had accumulated a lot of experience.

The two great demonic techniques, various sword techniques, and the Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist…

These were Lin Jiufeng's trump cards for breaking through to the Human God realm.

"What has been different since you've become a Human God?" The white cat wrote.

Lin Jiufeng thought for a moment before he explained…

"The Human God Realm is different from all the other realms due to the addition of the power of the Divine Soul. With this, one can look at the world differently than others. Furthermore, Human God Realm cultivators can also use the 'Force'."

The name of Human God was just for ordinary people.

The term, 'Human God' was coined by the ordinary people back then.

An ordinary person could at most live for a hundred years or so, while a Human God could live for at least eight hundred years.

In fact, there was even a record of the longest-living Human God. That Human God managed to live for 1,800 years after using all sorts of methods to extend his lifespan.

There was also the divine soul. With his eyes closed, he could roam the world and pry into the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

There was also the Divine Soul. With his eyes closed, he could freely roam the world and pry into the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

He could also finally utilize the 'Force'.

With a flick of his wrist, mountains would collapse and rivers would flow backwards.

To mortals, what was such an existence if not a god?

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Chapter 43: Innate Soul Refining Technique

After breaking through to the Human God Realm, Lin Jiufeng realized that a Human God was just someone standing at a different summit than the others.

The lowest lifespan of a Human God was 800 years.

Lin Jiufeng had enough time up his sleeves.

Now that the buddhist sects of the Jiangnan Province had submitted and obeyed the imperial decree, the next three months would be the assimilation of those who believe in Buddhism and the annexation of their territories and assets.

The gilded Buddha statues, the occupied lands, the high-quality fields, and the millions of laborers would greatly strengthen the Yuhua God Dynasty.

Lin Tianyuan would certainly be occupied handling all of these.

After the two paintings appeared in Jiangnan Province, the world became quiet.

At first, with the appearance of the rain that strengthened every cultivator's strength, Martial Sages became abundant throughout the land. Thus, the Yuhua God Dynasty's threat in the eyes of its enemies had diminished.

If nothing had happened, its enemies would inevitably reappear and cause chaos in the entire Yuhua God Dynasty.

Furthermore, the Yuhua God Dynasty certainly didn't have the ability to deal with a catastrophe of this scale.

But all of a sudden, a Human God appeared and suppressed the buddhist sects along with the entire world.

The Human God's appearance alleviated the great danger that the Yuhua God Dynasty was facing and also gave them a lot of time in respite.

This was the last thing that Lin Jiufeng did for Lin Tianyuan.

He gave Lin Tianyuan enough time to accumulate and consolidate the strength of the Empire for it to maintain its dignity in this brand new world.

Of course, Lin Jiufeng was also ultimately preventing the destruction of the recently established reforms.

Therefore, Lin Tianyuan was very busy.

Lin Jiufeng was also occupied.

He was busy with his cultivation after having made his breakthrough. After entering the Human God Realm, his cultivation was no longer simply Qi Cultivation, Qi absorption, Qi accumulation, and opening up new meridians.

If he wanted to advance in his current realm, he had to cultivate his Divine Soul, observe the world's Forces, and comprehend the principles of the world itself.

With these conditions, the difficulty of his cultivation had understandably increased.

Fortunately, Lin Jiufeng could cultivate in silence. Thus, there was no need for him to worry.

After all, no one was here to disturb him.

While the world was still in a heated discussion over the appearance of a Human God.

Lin Jiufeng had already begun the next steps in his cultivation.

Lin Jiufeng could perfectly inherit both aspects of progressing steadily and improving quickly.

He was capable of both stable progression and speedy advancement. But he planned on consolidating his cultivation for a while and accumulating enough experience so that he could advance by leaps and bounds at once.

Lin Jiufeng couldn't hear the rumors from the outside world.

Hence, he signed in quietly in the Cold Palace.

His only companion was the white cat.

On this day, Lin Jiufeng asked the white cat. "You followed the Demon Lord last time, so how much do you know about the Human God Realm?"

The white cat used its small white paws to write. "I heard from the Demon Lord that there are many obstacles in the Human God Realm."

"It seems to be called something like Serene, Immortal Treasury, Ultimate Man, or something like that." The white cat's writing was all over the place.

Its memory seemed to be blurry as it kept erasing some words and changing them into something else.

Lin Jiufeng shook his head, speechless.

In the end, he chose to leave the Cold Palace for the royal library.

Here, he could check relevant documents concerning the Human God Realm.

The white cat also came along.

It was also very curious. What obstacles were there in the Human God Realm?

Upon arriving, Lin Jiufeng swaggered into the heavily guarded library. No one discovered him.

A few years ago on his last visit to the royal library, no one noticed Lin Jiufeng's visit.

It was even more impossible for someone to notice him by now.

The library was huge and there were records from different periods and epochs.

Lin Jiufeng had previously investigated the demonic sects.

This time, he looked for the records related to Daoist schools.

In terms of research on the Divine Soul, Daoist schools were superior. As a result, Lin Jiufeng naturally wanted to use their literature as his reference.

A line of words appeared in front of Lin Jiufeng when he stepped into the area where records related to Daoist schools were being kept and preserved.

[Do you want to Sign-in before the Daoist Library?]

"Sign in!" Lin Jiufeng agreed.

[Sign-In successful. Received the Innate Soul Refining Technique!]

Waves of memories entered Lin Jiufeng's sea of consciousness.

He was used to it by now, so he could maintain his calm.

A peculiar book appeared.

The obscurity of the words contained within would probably cause the minds of ordinary people to spin in confusion. But the waves of memories that Lin Jiufeng had just received gave him enough knowledge—he had no problems in understanding the material he was holding.

"This is a cultivation technique that cultivates the soul. It suits me perfectly."

Lin Jiufeng nodded in satisfaction.

Meow!

The white cat appeared beside Lin Jiufeng. It called out softly.

It couldn't understand why Lin Jiufeng was in a daze.

Lin Jiufeng woke up from his trance, but he didn't say anything.

He smiled gently at the white cat before proceeding inside the area for literature related to Daoist schools.

The place was packed with Daoism-related books.

After 400 years, every Daoist book out there might not be in the Yuhua God Dynasty's royal library, however, most of them could be found here.

The remaining 10 to 20 percent of precious Daoist books and scriptures were kept hidden by the Daoist sects. The Yuhua God Dynasty couldn't possibly obtain them.

However, this was enough for Lin Jiufeng to see.

He set aside the Innate Soul Refining Technique and focused on reading the Daoist books.

The books recorded many things about the Human God Realm.

There were also things that the white cat had said—such as Serene, Immortal Treasury, Ultimate Man, and so on.

Lin Jiufeng finally understood.

The term 'Human God' was a general name, just like 'Martial Sage'.

The Martial Sage Realm was divided into Profound Insight, Life Knowing, Fish Leap, and Great Sage.

The Human God Realm was divided into Serene, Immortal Treasury, Ultimate, and Nirvana.

Lin Jiufeng was now at the Serene Stage. It was no longer a step, but a stage.

Serene was an adjective.

It was like a secret chamber, pitch-black like ink, extremely quiet.

A Human God had given birth to the Divine Soul that remained locked in this secret chamber, unable to break free.

The Divine Soul existed all alone in this dark place.

To make a breakthrough into the next stage of the Human God Realm—one must allow their Divine Soul to escape from this secret chamber so that it could see the world.

The white cat was also reading the records.

It suddenly started to have hopes for its own future.

Perhaps if it cultivated seriously, would it also be able to make its own breakthrough?

If it worked harder and managed to surpass Lin Jiufeng, how satisfying would it be?

At the thought of this, the white cat's eyes curved into a smile. It looked very cute.

Lin Jiufeng turned around and looked at the expression on the white cat's face.

His face was completely devoid of emotions.

When the white cat opened its eyes and saw Lin Jiufeng's expressionless face, it immediately restrained itself and hurriedly wrote. "Continue reading."

Shaking his head, Lin Jiufeng replied, "I don't know what you're so happy about every day."

"Could it be that a silly cat also has its silly fortune?" Lin Jiufeng muttered in confusion.

The white cat was angered.

Even its claws came out as it raised its paw and gestured at Lin Jiufeng's face.

However, it was still worried that its claws wouldn't be able to cut through Lin Jiufeng's skin. In addition, it would be even more embarrassing if it ended up getting injured even though it was the one who attacked.

As a result, it retracted its claws.

After reading every Daoist book in this area of the royal library, Lin Jiufeng learned a lot about the Human God Realm.

"We cultivators still have a long way to go."

Lin Jiufeng sighed with emotion before turning around and leaving the royal library.

After returning to the Cold Palace, Lin Jiufeng laid on the frost jade bed and pondered silently.

Although the frost jade bed was of no help to him anymore, Lin Jiufeng still preferred to lie on it.

Because it was cool and comfortable.

It was for pure comfort and enjoyment.

Even the white cat was enamored with it after it had accidentally discovered its magical effect.

Now, when it had nothing to do, it would come up to rest on it too. Curling up into a ball, it became a tiny little fellow that didn't occupy a lot of space.

Facing the same direction as Lin Jiufeng, it even slept together with him.

This time, it also curled up on the bed and looked at Lin Jiufeng.

Then, it closed its eyes and worked hard in its cultivation so that it could suppress Lin Jiufeng under its claws as soon as possible.

"Let's try using this Innate Soul Refining Technique."

Soon enough, Lin Jiufeng also closed his eyes.

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Chapter 44: Breaking Through from Watching the Rain

Innate Soul Refining Technique.

This was a technique to cultivate the Divine Soul, strengthening it to the extent that it could transform into a human form before eventually becoming an avatar of its owner.

Lin Jiufeng's Divine Soul currently an enormous consciousness that had yet to take form.

But this technique would help him consolidate his Divine Soul for it to form.

After using the Innate Soul Refining Technique, Lin Jiufeng's consciousness started to shrink as it slowly turned into a ball.

Lin Jiufeng's Divine Soul in human form was gestating inside this ball.

Once it was sufficiently mature, the Divine Soul would then be able to come out of the ball in its human form.

By that time, Lin Jiufeng would be able to break through to the next stage.

When cultivating this technique, the most important prerequisite was silence.

Extreme silence.

And the Cold Palace truly satisfied this condition.

The birth of a Human God caused peace in the world and increased the power and prestige of the Yuhua God Dynasty.

Especially when the abbot of Shaolin Temple and the Xuankong Temple knelt down to receive the imperial decree. This brought Lin Tianyuan immense might and everyone couldn't help but tremble at the thought of that imperial decree.

Although this was because he had borrowed Lin Jiufeng's power, as long as Lin Tianyuan handled the situation well, the Yuhua God Dynasty would surely prosper.

…

Three years slowly passed.

In the past three years, Lin Jiufeng had never left the Cold Palace.

Lin Jiufeng even instructed Dachun not to any send food and drinks for these few years.

He wanted to enter seclusion.

Dachun could only agree.

Therefore, in these three years, the doors of the Cold Palace were tightly shut.

The Cold Palace remained peaceful, but a storm was brewing outside.

There were even more Martial Sages right now than Great Grandmasters back then.

The influence of that rain gradually spread throughout the world. As time passed, the spirit energy in the world increased and every cultivator's breakthrough had become relatively easier to accomplish.

Lin Tianyuan made use of Lin Jiufeng's influence to recruit a bunch of Martial Sages.

At the same time, he was also grooming Martial Sages himself.

The results weren't bad.

He found a bunch of young talents and used the resources of the Empire to nurture them.

Even without Lin Jiufeng's backing, Lin Tianyuan had fully displayed his capabilities as he increased the might of the Yuhua God Dynasty.

There were now hundreds of Martial Sages in the Yuhua God Dynasty. Even if these Martial Sages had different thoughts and plans in their heads, this force was still the most powerful force in the world at this moment.

Not to mention the fact that there was a Human God above them.

Although Lin Jiufeng said that he wouldn't help anymore, no one knew anything about the conversation between the two back then.

Over the past three years, Lin Tianyuan had become more and more domineering.

In addition, he had also gotten rid of Lin Jiufeng's influence on him.

The current Lin Tianyuan was the ruler of the world, both in mentality and reality. On top of the foundation that Emperor Yuan had set for him, he had walked onto an Emperor path of his own.

He was the ruler of the world.

His words were absolute. No one could refute him.

It was also in this year that Lin Tianyuan started to choose his concubines. After working hard for more than ten years, he finally completed the reform of the Yuhua God Dynasty.

The world was flourishing and the people were living in peace.

He felt that he had completed his father's final wish.

Therefore, he wanted to choose a concubine.

When awake, he was the ruler of the world.

When drunk, he would rest on the lap of a beauty.

He had already completed the former.

Now he wanted to accomplish the latter.

Momentarily, all the beauties in the world entered the imperial capital. Hundreds of flowers fought to display their beauty, like the stars glowing in the dark.

Also this year, a woman called Mei Niang was chosen to enter the imperial harem.

…

Three years had passed and Lin Jiufeng had always been nurturing his Divine Soul this whole time.

The Divine Soul inside the ball of consciousness already had a human form.

It was extremely powerful.

But his Divine Soul still needed a catalyst—an opportunity so that it could finally leave the ball and go outside Lin Jiufeng's body to move as freely as the birds in the skies.

Lin Jiufeng wasn't in a hurry. He waited patiently for that opportunity.

He witnessed all the major events that happened in the Imperial Capital throughout the years.

Even without Dachun's report, Lin Jiufeng could still see everything with his Divine Soul.

It was just that he was too lazy to look and take on what was happening outside into his mind.

Only the commotion caused by Lin Tianyuan choosing his concubines truly made a mark on his brain.

In regards to this, Lin Jiufeng only frowned.

He somewhat felt that this wasn't appropriate.

It has only been a few years since the reforms were completed and put into practice. The common populace still hadn't even adjusted to these changes yet. But Lin Tianyuan was already starting to choose his concubines in order to indulge himself.

Wasn't he already married? His wife had also become the Empress.

But Lin Jiufeng didn't reprimand him.

Over the ten-plus years since he ascended to the throne, Lin Tianyuan had been rather hard at work. He learned from Emperor Yuan's example and worked hard to complete the reforms.

In the middle of it, he relied on Lin Jiufeng to eliminate every obstacle on his way.

For the latter stages, he settled the remaining problems by himself.

Now, he wanted to choose a concubine to relax after working so hard after all these years.

What excuse did Lin Jiufeng have to stop him?

"Not everyone is like Yuan Emperor." Lin Jiufeng lamented under the moonlight.

That younger brother of his had really been working hard over the ten-plus years of his reign.

He truly had never enjoyed himself even for a moment.

Lin Tianyuan couldn't do the same.

But what reason did Lin Jiufeng have to reprimand him?

Therefore, Lin Jiufeng stopped paying attention to the outside world as he continued to focus on accumulating his strength.

The moon looked gloomy tonight.

It was dim.

One could vaguely see the formation of dark clouds up above the skies.

The white cat walked over with light footsteps.

Looking at the sky, it wrote, "A heavy rain seems to be pouring over tonight."

After three years, it had become much stronger.

Just that it still couldn't speak.

Lin Jiufeng didn't try to probe its body to find out as to why the white cat was unable to speak.

It was because the last time he did so—the white cat became furious.

The exasperated white cat back then chased after him, incessantly trying to scratch him.

For three whole months, the white cat ignored him.

Lin Jiufeng stopped probing into the white cat's body since then.

"Yes, there will be rain and also lightning tonight." Lin Jiufeng nodded.

Shuash!

As soon as he finished speaking, the rain started falling.

It landed on the ground and created a splash, drenching Lin Jiufeng and the white cat.

A human and a cat looked at each other.

In unison, the two of them retreated to the eaves of the courtyard.

The two of them didn't speak as they enjoyed the rain that was becoming heavier and heavier as it washed and cleansed the world.

A handsome young man and a white kitten observed the rain under the eaves.

No unnecessary words were exchanged.

Boom!

Suddenly, thunder rumbled.

Then, a bolt of lightning struck down.

Crack!

Lightning lit up the dark night.

It also illuminated Lin Jiufeng.

He suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

The ball in his mind seemed to have been struck by lightning too.

The human-shaped Divine Soul broke through the ball and appeared behind Lin Jiufeng.

Lin Jiufeng and the white cat stood side by side.

The moon was completely covered by dark clouds.

Only when lightning struck down occasionally could one see some light.

The shadow of the white cat and Lin Jiufeng lengthened.

However, another Lin Jiufeng was illuminated behind Lin Jiufeng when the lightning flashed.

His Divine Soul had left his body!

At this moment, Lin Jiufeng watched the rain and broke through.

He broke through the Serene stage, entering the next stage.

Immortal Treasury!

…

Great Yan Dynasty, Temple of the Holy Maiden.

It was raining heavily outside, and the moonlight was obscured by the dark clouds.

There was also lightning and thunder.

The Holy Maiden who had endured for decades was silently watching the rain.

Her aura slowly rose…

A golden light flashed through her eyes.

The sight of this was terrifying, however, no one witnessed such a scene.

"I've been in this world for decades. My body was injured and I have always been in the process of recovery since then. Only now have I fully recovered from my injuries."

"Today, I shall watch the rain and breakthrough."

"Advance to the Human God Realm!"

The Holy Maiden aura was aggressive and her eyes flickered with golden flames.

She raised her slender neck and her beautiful face was filled with pride.

Her aura wasn't concealed at all.

Crack!

A bolt of lightning cut through the darkness.

Heavy rain poured down.

The Holy Maiden's aura was undisguised as it soared into the clouds and broke through to the next realm.

Human God Realm!

She flashed a faint smile.

Finally, she was now a Human God.

But in the very next moment, the Holy Maiden's expression changed.

Her Divine Soul trembled. She spat out a mouthful of blood.

"My Divine Soul is actually incomplete?" the Holy Maiden exclaimed in astonishment.

Her eyes were filled with disbelief.

How could her Divine Soul be incomplete?

She had been living in seclusion all these years. She did not owe anyone anything… right?

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Chapter 45: The Enjoying Emperor Ming

On this rainy night, beneath the lightning and thunder, the Holy Maiden looked lost.

Why was her Divine Soul incomplete?

"I have to think about this properly…"

The Holy Maiden began to think about her entire life so far in this world.

She had to make up for this flaw to advance fearlessly.

…

The Yuhua God Dynasty, Imperial Capital, Cold Palace.

Lin Jiufeng had broken through to the next stage by watching the rain. His Divine Soul finally had a human form as he officially entered the Immortal Treasury stage of the Human God Realm.

"The goal of the Immortal Treasury stage is to open the treasures of the human body and unlock its ultimate secrets layer by layer to further widen the difference in strength between the stages and the realms." Lin Jiufeng recalled the secret manual he had seen in the royal library.

He needed to slowly unlock the secrets contained within his body for its infinite treasures.

The Immortal Treasury stage was an unfamiliar realm to Lin Jiufeng.

Thus, the stage of trying to get used to his increase in power began.

He didn't pay much attention to the outside world.

On the other hand, Dachun's food delivery resumed.

The time period for food delivery changed from once every seven days to once a month.

Lin Jiufeng didn't need to consume food and drinks so frequently after all.

To be honest, food had already become some form of a stimulant in life for him. It allowed him to satisfy his appetite once a month.

Recently, the white cat realized that Lin Jiufeng had made yet another breakthrough.

It was extremely discouraged as Lin Jiufeng's breakthrough speed was just too fast.

It couldn't catch up to him no matter how hard it tried.

It became very dejected.

However, Lin Jiufeng could recently feel the strange eyes of the white cat as it looked at him from a distance. The weird and peculiar gaze made Lin Jiufeng feel uneasy towards it.

As a result, he didn't go and purposely provoke it into action.

…

Time passed by in the Yuhua God Dynasty.

Lin Tianyuan's management of the Empire has been remarkable. There was now an abundance of Martial Sages in the Yuhua God Dynasty. In short, there were powerful Martial Sages in both the army and in the Imperial Court.

These Martial Sages followed Lin Tianyuan's command.

As a result, he became even more arrogant.

His policy had to be implemented.

Even if the cabinet ministers said it was wrong, he insisted on it.

Lin Tianyuan believed that he wouldn't make any mistakes—that his policy was good for the citizens.

If the citizens objected or didn't like his policies, it must be because the officials below didn't carry out his orders thoroughly.

On top of that, after that time when he chose some concubines, countless beauties entered the palace.

Every day, he would be with one or several of them at once.

Lin Tianyuan had become incredibly busy.

During this time, his favorite concubine was a woman called Mei Niang.

He was now resting in Mei Niang's palace every night.

He wouldn't go to the Empress nor to the side of the other concubines.

The Yuhua God Dynasty was quietly going through a few changes.

Of course, Lin Jiufeng didn't know about the situation as he was cultivating quietly in the Cold Palace.

Silently breaking through.

Few if not, no people would choose to come to the Cold Palace. There was only him and the white cat behind its sturdy doors. Occasionally, they would bicker, while sometimes, they would cultivate separately and away from each other.

While the other was cultivating, none of them would disturb the other.

Time continued to pass like this until Dachun came to deliver food once again.

Once a month, Dachun would always arrive punctually, never slacking off.

Dachun's food delivery only happened once a month—he always arrived on time.

He also had never once slacked.

He was now a commander of the imperial guards.

He held a lofty position for he was in charge of guarding the Forbidden City, arresting traitors against the crown, and a personal lackey of the Emperor.

But he was still extremely respectful toward Lin Jiufeng.

As usual, he told Lin Jiufeng about what had recently happened in the Imperial Capital.

Three years ago, Lin Jiufeng didn't let him deliver food.

It was only until recently did he start to deliver food to him once again.

On this day, Dachun came as usual for his monthly food delivery service and also as a bringer of news.

"Your Royal Highness, how have you been these three years?" Dachun asked cordially.

Behind the doors of the Cold Palace, Lin Jiufeng smiled and said, "I'm fine, what about you?"

"I'm not bad either. My cultivation level has increased and my second child has also been born. My official position has also been raised to one of the commanders of the imperial guards. I can be considered to be a lofty general now. It's all thanks to Your Royal Highness," Dachun said gratefully.

"This is your own effort, you don't have to thank me." Lin Jiufeng shook his head.

He chatted with Dachun over casual things.

Dachun was extremely excited when he talked about his recent changes as he told Lin Jiufeng about his gains in the past three years.

Taking concubines and having children, getting promoted and gaining wealth, breaking through in cultivation…

He had encountered all these things.

They were all good things.

Over the years, these happened one after another.

Dachun didn't have a strong cultivation base and had yet to achieve the Martial Sage realm.

He was only able to become a commander of the imperial guards because of Lin Tianyuan's grooming. After all, he was the only person who had interacted with Lin Jiufeng.

This was a way of showing respect to Lin Jiufeng by proxy.

Hence, Dachun became the commander-in-chief of the imperial guards.

Although there were also other people in this position, Dachun was still very happy.

He didn't have much ambition. His cultivation base was that of a Great Grandmaster and on a daily basis—he was in charge of the logistics within the imperial guards.

Albeit, this was also his own choice despite his lofty position.

"Your Royal Highness, do you know? In the Capital, news of abolishing the current Empress has been spreading like wildfire," Da Chun said softly.

"Abolishing the current Empress?" Lin Jiufeng raised her brows and stopped drinking. He couldn't help but ask in surprise.

"Yes…"

"His Majesty is going to abolish the dignified and virtuous empress and turn a concubine into the Empress," Da Chun explained.

"Why?" Lin Jiufeng asked with a frown.

Lin Tianyuan met the current Empress when they were young, they eventually decided to marry and had been supporting each other for almost 20 years since then.

Their marriage bore fruit to a daughter and son. The two of them were the current Eldest Princess and the Crown Prince of the Yuhua God Dynasty.

"I heard that he despises the Empress for being immoral and being jealous of others," Da Chun said in a low voice.

He was also indignant about this issue.

Although he worshipped Lin Tianyuan for managing the Yuhua God Dynasty well all these years.

He was still very unhappy about his handling of this matter.

Was abolishing the Empress for the sake of a concubine something a wise ruler would do?

"Has he gone crazy?" Lin Jiufeng was confused.

How did the obedient Lin Tianyuan become like this?

"Your Royal Highness. The entire imperial court has been in a heated argument over this matter. His Majesty hasn't issued a decree for the time being. It's just that he no longer goes to the Empress's palace anymore and is focused on pampering a single concubine."

Da Chun sighed as he explained.

He was sighing for the Empress.

The Empress was a very virtuous woman. She had been in charge of the imperial harem for more than ten-plus years and she had managed it well.

But now, she was actually being despised by Emperor Ming.

"Who's the concubine that he's favoring?" Lin Jiufeng asked with a frown.

"It's Consort Ming, her name is Mei Niang. She's extremely beautiful and has bewitched His Majesty. Several concubines in the harem have been given the white silk[1] because they were jealous of Consort Ming," Da Chun said in a low voice.

"What foolish actions!" Lin Jiufeng snorted coldly.

"Did Emperor Ming make any mistake in the national affairs?" Lin Jiufeng asked.

"No." Da Chun shook her head.

"That's still fine then. Let him argue with the civil and military officials about the imperial harem. I believe the civil and military officials won't let him abolish the Empress," said Lin Jiufeng.

"Your Highness is right. The cabinet ministers are unanimously opposed to this matter. Right now, the court is strongly against this. If there's any other progress, I'll report it to you again," Da Chun nodded and said.

Lin Jiufeng finished a pot of wine and let Dachun take it away.

He shook his head in the Cold Palace and said regretfully, "Perhaps Emperor Yuan was the aberrant."

Emperor Yuan worked nonstop for ten-plus years and he had never truly enjoyed the benefits of being in power. All he felt was the pressure of obtaining more power for the betterment of the world.

He worked diligently until death, unwilling to seek his own enjoyment.

However, Lin Tianyuan evidently couldn't do the same.

It has been almost two decades since he succeeded to the throne. He had done well in the first ten-plus years, implementing various reforms and even eliminating the buddhist sects.

But when these were done and completed, Lin Tianyuan felt that it was time for him to reap the fruits of his labor. Looking at the calm and peaceful world, he suddenly lost the motivation to move forward.

He stopped in his tracks and focused on enjoying himself.

Wine, beauties, and power slowly corroded his heart.

He held great power and became arrogant because of it.

He couldn't take in advice from those loyal to him anymore.

"In history, monarchs like Lin Tianyuan are the norm…"

"There has only been one Emperor Yuan in history." Lin Jiufeng sighed.

This was why he said that Emperor Yuan was an aberrant.

[1] Granted the death penalty. The white silk is for them to hang themselves.

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Chapter 46: Forced Retirement

Emperor Ming's change disappointed Lin Jiufeng.

But thinking about it carefully, there had been signs of this change long ago.

But no matter what, choosing a concubine or wanting to abolish the empress were Lin Tianyuan's own family matters.

Lin Jiufeng did not need to participate in this as there were court officials to stop Lin Tianyuan from abolishing the empress.

At least in state affairs, he didn't make any mistakes.

The Yuhua God Dynasty was still improving by the day.

Lin Jiufeng stayed in the Cold Palace peacefully as he proceeded to ignore Lin Tianyuan's actions.

He had clearly said before that Lin Tianyuan would walk his own path in the future.

If he walked wrongly, that was the misfortune of the Yuhua God Dynasty.

At the crucial moment, Lin Jiufeng would save them.

But the Yuhua God Dynasty was still doing well.

These problems were only the result of Lin Tianyuan's lust.

Lin Jiufeng couldn't be bothered with him.

The more important matter for him right now was still improving his cultivation base.

In the Cold Palace, he slowly grasped the meaning of the Immortal Treasury stage in the Human God realm.

…

In the Forbidden City—Mei Niang—who had recently caused controversy was trying her best to please Lin Tianyuan.

She was beautiful and full of youthful charm.

She looked very pure and her smile was adorable.

She didn't look seductive.

The path that she took was a different one.

A man's first love!

Although there was a 'Mei'[1] in her name and she was also addressed as Mei Niang, she had a face that no man could reject.

The first girl a man would fall in love with when he was young was someone like her.

It was also because of this appearance that she was able to establish herself in the palace. She was favored by the Emperor and her status continued to rise.

Now, she was already a threat to the Empress.

"Your Majesty. The court and public are currently in an uproar. They describe me as a vixen who seduced you, Your Majesty. If you insist on abolishing the Empress, then I really won't be able to survive in such an environment."

Mei Niang poured wine for Lin Tianyuan as she lamented.

She took the initiative to speak up for the Empress, expressing that she didn't want the Empress to be abolished.

But these words didn't sound right.

"When I married the Empress back then, it was because she was designated by Father to me. I have never liked her. All these years, she gave birth to two children for me. I am also grateful to her for that and therefore I granted her the title of Empress," Lin Tianyuan said with an unhappy expression.

"But instead of managing the imperial harem properly and holding up the rear for me, she actually became jealous and poisoned you, my beloved concubine. How can this vicious woman become the mother of the God Dynasty?" Lin Tianyuan said angrily.

Not long ago, a eunuch by the Empress's side secretly poisoned Consort Ming, which was Mei Niang.

If Lin Tianyuan didn't visit her to spend that night with her together, he would've been too late to save her from death as she fell unconscious after drinking the poisoned beverage. If Mei Niang truly died, then Lin Tianyuan's rage would've been uncontrollable.

As the Emperor, he inherited the wishes of his predecessors—to reform the world and change it for the better.

With one order from him, countless people would lose their lives.

But the woman he loved the most almost died because of jealousy.

This made Lin Tianyuan furious.

"Your Majesty, I am already lucky to be alive. What happened in the past is insignificant. Besides, the Empress also said that someone had framed her to get rid of us both. The aim is to harm both of us so that no one will emerge victorious between us."

"Your Majesty, please don't be angry…"

"I still believe in the Empress's character," Mei Niang said weakly.

She was just a teenage girl who didn't have much cultivation base.

She was so fragile and weak.

Thus, she was very capable of arousing a man's desire to protect her.

"Her character?" Lin Tianyuan laughed in disdain.

He pointed with his finger and said, "I've been married to her for 20 years. I thought that she was a woman who knew the big picture and knew when to advance and when to retreat…"

"But who would have thought that she would do such a thing?"

"I don't even dare to say that I believe in her character. There's no need for you to explain for her."

"Your Majesty, don't be angry. I won't say anymore." Mei Niang hurriedly used her soft and boneless-like hand to stroke Lin Tianyuan's heart as she said with concern.

"My beloved concubine, don't worry. I will definitely give you the best. I was even able to complete such a huge reform throughout the dynasty. I just want to promote the concubine that I like to become the Empress, yet I am being called a foolish ruler by those people…"

"This is simply preposterous!" Lin Tianyuan said with a cold expression.

He was very angry.

Not only was he angry at the Empress, but he was also angry at the group of court officials and the group of rotten scholars in the imperial court.

All they knew was to tell him to follow some etiquette and honor—that he shouldn't abolish the Empress.

"Abolishing the Empress is my wish, no one can stop me."

"Men! Go to the Empress's palace and tell her that from today onwards, she will be stripped of her title as the Empress and will be demoted to being an Imperial Concubine."

"She shall pray to Buddha every day and reflect on herself to not be jealous of others all day," Lin Tianyuan said coldly.

He showed no mercy to the Empress at all.

"Your Majesty…" Mei Niang looked at Lin Tianyuan in surprise. She blinked her large eyes and a blush appeared on her youthful face. She looked especially charming.

This Consort Ming's casual actions all carried a sense of seduction. But looking at her face, it was innocent and radiant. All those that saw her face would feel that she was a very kind person.

"My beloved concubine, wait a few months more, I will make you the Empress. Let's stay together forever. I was too busy for the past 20 years. But now that the God Dynasty is stable and powerful, I can finally enjoy my life." Lin Tianyuan looked lovingly at Mei Niang.

"I will accompany Your Majesty forever."

Mei Niang was moved to tears as she threw herself into Lin Tianyuan's arms.

…

The abolishing of the Empress became a reality.

The Empress that was praised by the court as virtuous was abolished and was demoted to an Imperial Concubine. She was ordered to reflect on her actions.

That night, every court official gathered in the Great Council Hall to persuade His Majesty to retract his order.

The Empress must not be abolished.

Her disappearance would cause chaos within the imperial harem.

If the imperial harem was in chaos, the God Dynasty would also be affected.

All sorts of theories about this decision emerged endlessly among the officials.

Lin Tianyuan's face turned cold as he listened—his patience was slowly running out.

"Your Majesty, the root of the problem is that witch, Mei Niang!"

"Ever since she entered the palace, the imperial harem became wracked with internal strife…"

"This woman is a walking disaster. She is here to harm the Yuhua God Dynasty!"

"Your Majesty, please punish this woman to death!"

The Cabinet Chief, who was also Emperor Yuan's teacher and had been serving three generations of Emperors, knelt down at this moment and shouted loudly.

Lin Tianyuan looked coldly at the Cabinet Chief.

"Is Old Sir teaching me how to do things?" Lin Tianyuan gritted his teeth and said angrily.

"Your Majesty, please consider! This is for the sake of the country and for the peace of the imperial harem." The Cabinet Chief bitterly persuaded.

Lin Tianyuan would listen to his advice in the past.

Because at that time, Lin Tianyuan was still a humble emperor.

He wanted to achieve results.

But the current Lin Tianyuan already felt that he had contributed greatly, even more than the founding emperor of the Yuhua God Dynasty.

He couldn't take such advice from him anymore. Especially when he had already heard about it for more than ten years and was already tired of it.

"Old Sir is already old, you don't have to kneel here anymore. I will allow you to return to your hometown and live the rest of your life in comfort," Lin Tianyuan said coldly.

The court officials were dumbfounded upon hearing this.

For the sake of a concubine, Lin Tianyuan forcefully retired the Cabinet Chief who had sacrificed his entire life for the God Dynasty?

The body of the Cabinet Chief also trembled.

Sorrow gushed out of his heart. He couldn't help but speak up, "Your Majesty, it's not a problem for me to return to my hometown, but I ask Your Majesty to consider the stability of the state and the imperial harem! Bestow death upon Mei Niang!"

"Your Majesty, please consider the stability of the state and the imperial harem! Bestow death upon Mei Niang!"

Your Majesty, please consider the stability of the state and the imperial harem! Bestow death upon Mei Niang!"

Your Majesty, please consider the stability of the state and the imperial harem! Bestow death upon Mei Niang!"

The court officials all knelt down and shouted loudly outside the Great Council Hall.

"All of you are rebelling…"

"Am I the Emperor, or are you all the Emperors?" Lin Tianyuan was enraged.

"All of you, return to your hometowns. The reforms have been completed. The God Dynasty will remember your contributions, but you lot have obviously never adapted to the new era."

In his fury, Lin Tianyuan disbanded all the court officials left behind by his father, Emperor Yuan.

He dealt upon them their forceful retirement.

[1] Means seductive.

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Chapter 47: The Love Lin Tianyuan Said

Just as the reforms of the Yuhua God Dynasty proved to be successful as its people spent their days in peace and contentment, chaos suddenly broke out within the confines of the Imperial Court.

Emperor Ming—Lin Tianyuan abolished the Empress and doted on Concubine Ming, Mei Niang.

He wanted to make her the Empress and caused an earthquake in the Imperial Court and the public in the process.

More than ten court officials that followed Emperor Yuan from the beginning of the reforms until now. The court officials of two generations in the Yuhua God Dynasty.

Some were even old officials from three generations back.

Their prestige ran deep and they had a significant influence on the Yuhua God Dynasty.

But now, they were dealt upon them their forceful retirements and were asked to return to their hometowns and leave the Cabinet.

Lin Tianyuan's actions shocked the world.

The court officials and the commoners were all discussing what Emperor Ming was trying to achieve by doing this.

For the sake of a beautiful woman, did he not want the Imperial Court anymore?

Without these court officials, who would manage the world for him?

Without these cabinet ministers, who would help him continue to reap the fruits of the reforms for him?

Emperor Ming wasn't that old yet. He ascended to the throne at 15 years old.

After more than 10 years, he was only about 30 years old.

He could be considered to be at the prime of his life.

How could he be so muddled?

After a few days…

Emperor Ming also knew what the people of the world were saying about him.

But he was very confident. He had hundreds of Martial Sages under his command. He could even threaten others using Lin Jiufeng's influence. Even without his court officials, the Yuhua God Dynasty wouldn't suffer much loss.

"A group of corrupt scholars. Not only did they refute my views on court affairs, but they even dared to make me kill my beloved concubine. This is simply preposterous!"

Emperor Ming was enraged. If these corrupt scholars hadn't asked him to kill his beloved concubine, he wouldn't have given such an order.

Sitting upright in the Great Council Hall, darkness and coldness enveloped him.

Emperor Ming's expression was cold as he tried his best to endure his anger.

He also didn't want to get rid of the court officials all at once.

That would leave him with a bad reputation of killing those who had been useful to him.

But those people had crossed his bottom line—it was unbearable for Lin Tianyuan.

"I was called a bastard child before I was five years old. I had no father and was beaten out of the house by Grandpa. My mother was also severely humiliated."

"Then, Father found us and brought us to the Imperial Capital. But at that time, he was already the Crown Prince and he couldn't let me enter the royal family's genealogy. I was still a bastard child in the end."

"Then, Father handed me to Uncle. Uncle is mysterious and unfathomable. He taught me cultivation and literature, allowing me to become accomplished. But with Uncle, I didn't receive any love at all!"

There was hatred in Emperor Ming's eyes.

When he was young, he wanted his mother's love.

But his mother was very strict with him.

She wanted him to work hard and become talented. She never once spoiled him.

Not a word of praise, not even a warm embrace.

Within his memory of his mother, what he could remember were harsh reprimands, cold greetings, and a constant set of goals for him to achieve.

When he was young, he didn't get to enjoy his father's love either.

At that time, Emperor Yuan was too busy.

He didn't even get to see Emperor Yuan even once a year.

Lin Tianyuan yearned for care and love to warm him up.

Lastly, there's Lin Jiufeng. His attitude towards him was to let him grow freely.

Lin Jiufeng's request for him was to ask him to work hard and only talk to the former if he had any questions.

The lack of love in his youth made Lin Tianyuan's character incomplete.

His wife was chosen by Emperor Yuan.

Lin Tianyuan didn't love her at all, but he didn't dare to disobey his father.

Because that was the first time his father showed him concern and helped him solve his lifelong problem.

He couldn't afford to refuse.

He had a son and a daughter with the Empress, but they were always respectful to each other.

It was even difficult for them to befriend each other, let alone love.

After ascending to the throne, he had been working hard on reforms for the past ten years, not daring to slack off for even a moment.

He had already forgotten how to be doted on.

He also forgot how to love others.

Until now, when the world was finally stable and the reforms were successful. With his skyrocketing reputation, Lin Tianyuan became arrogant.

He believed that he had already solved his father's final wish, so he now had to think for himself.

Thus, he began to choose his concubines.

One of them was Mei Niang.

The first time he saw Lady Mei, Lin Tianyuan's heart was instantly moved.

The feeling of seeing 10,000 years with a single glance.

His heart pounded.

Then, after interacting with Mei Niang—Lin Tianyuan confirmed that she was the person he wanted to choose.

He wanted to spend the rest of his life with her.

For this reason, he abolished the Empress and dismissed the cabinet ministers, firmly implementing his own ideas.

"This is love!" The 30-year-old Lin Tianyuan believed in his current feelings.

He found love. He felt meticulous care from Mei Niang.

He wanted to give Mei Niang the most precious thing in the world for women.

The throne of the Empress!

…

In the Cold Palace.

Lin Jiufeng and the white cat looked towards the palace.

They heard Lin Tianyuan's whispers all the way from the Great Council Hall.

The human and cat had different expressions on their faces.

The white cat looked forward to love…

But Lin Jiufeng's expression was extremely ugly.

How could he not know about the storm that had happened in the Imperial Capital in the past few days?

There was a lot of commotion.

Everyone was talking about it.

This was the first time Emperor Ming had a disagreement with the court officials.

But the most shocking of them all was his forcer retirement of those loyal officials.

Lin Jiufeng couldn't help but pay attention to it.

The reforms had just started.

It was a good start.

But if this momentum wasn't maintained, then this early success would become akin to a mirage, quick to appear and vanish.

But the current Lin Tianyuan no longer wanted to go deeper into the reforms.

He wanted love.

For the sake of love, he drove away all the court officials.

This decision of his made Lin Jiufeng furious.

"Love your head!" Lin Jiufeng gritted his teeth.

He looked at the current Lin Tianyuan, feeling the urge to beat him up.

The white cat turned its head to look at Lin Jiufeng, whose face had turned ugly.

It wrote and asked, "Are you very angry?"

With a cold face, Lin Jiufeng nodded and said, "This woman called Consort Ming is very capable. She managed to charm that fool, Lin Tianyuan, to such an extent. She definitely isn't an ordinary woman."

Lin Jiufeng originally didn't plan to get involved in this.

But now, he had to take a look.

It was impossible to hope for Lin Tianyuan to reflect on his own actions.

He was currently immersed in the sea of love.

He was so happy that he couldn't listen to any bad words.

He was unable to wake up by himself.

"The key person is still that Mei Niang!" Lin Jiufeng's eyes turned slightly cold.

If this woman's background was normal and no one was backing her to do such a thing.

Then, it would be for the best.

But if Lin Jiufeng was to find out that someone was plotting behind the scenes, they would be met with his thunderous fury.

"The situation concerning the reforms has just recently stabilized. If you dare to play tricks behind the scenes, I will turn you, and the people behind you into ashes!" Lin Jiufeng's expression was cold.

"Are you going to the Forbidden City?" The white cat wrote.

"I'm already going there," Lin Jiufeng said softly.

His Divine Soul that had just broken free from the dark chamber of his consciousness was already on its way to the Forbidden City.

To find out if there was anyone plotting behind this matter.

If there was no one, then that simply meant that Lin Tianyuan was a fool.

Lin Jiufeng wouldn't let him destroy the results of the reforms.

The white cat looked at the Forbidden City in curiosity.

Its claws moved. "Do you think there's a mastermind behind the Forbidden City?"

Lin Jiufeng stood with his hands behind his back.

His expression was cold and he didn't speak.

He would only find out after investigating it.

As for the love that Lin Tianyuan talked about—about love at first sight, heart pounding, and so on?

Lin Jiufeng didn't believe it.

Love at first sight was just lust!

As for the so-called love through long-term interaction was simply weighing the pros and cons!

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Chapter 48: Love Is Dead

Tonight, the moon was round and bright, illuminating the land and the Forbidden City.

In the imperial harem, the former Empress's Palace was magnificent and spacious.

It belonged to Mei Niang now.

After dispersing the maids and eunuchs, she sat alone in the Empress's Palace.

She wore a placid look on her face as she calmly looked at the mirror.

Reflected in the mirror was a beautiful face.

It was the face of a man's first love.

It was the face that captured Lin Tianyuan and made him fall in love at first sight.

It was also the face that made his heart pound like mad.

This was probably the face that countless women desired.

But in the very next moment, she reached out and peeled off this face.

She tore off this so-called 'face of a man's first love' like she was ripping off a piece of unwanted skin.

Hiding behind this face was a mountain spirit with a face full of white hair.

It looked weird and ugly.

"Huff, I've had enough of this human-faced mask. I have to wear it every day, it suffocates my pores. It's very uncomfortable to wear." Mei Niang complained in a low voice.

After she tore off that face, she proceeded to take off her fair skin as if she was removing her clothes.

A mountain spirit— a dark and thin mountain spirit was revealed underneath.

"His Majesty had already told me that he won't be coming over today. I can finally relax for a bit." She breathed freely, enjoying the freedom that was hard to come by.

What she didn't know was that there was actually someone else standing in the same room.

Lin Jiufeng's Divine Soul!

This mountain spirit couldn't possibly notice him.

"As expected, Lin Tianyuan was set up by someone." Lin Jiufeng's eyes were cold.

He didn't act rashly. Instead, he left the Empress's place and went to the Great Council Hall.

At this moment, Lin Tianyuan was still lamenting in the Great Council Hall that his love had arrived too late.

It only came when he was already 30 years old.

He wanted to start a relationship early and have a childhood love, but it was already too late.

In the empty Great Council Hall, Lin Tianyuan was still convincing himself to stay true to his feelings.

Lin Jiufeng couldn't help but frown upon hearing them.

Boom!

Lin Jiufeng pushed open the door of the Great Council Hall.

Lin Tianyuan was startled.

"Uncle!"

Lin Tianyuan looked at Lin Jiufeng in surprise. He hurriedly greeted him respectfully.

"Hmph, follow me." Lin Jiufeng didn't give him a pleasant look.

He turned around and left.

Lin Tianyuan was dumbfounded.

He didn't know where they were going, but he didn't dare not to go.

He could only follow Lin Jiufeng from behind.

Gradually, he realized that something was amiss.

They were going to the Empress's Palace.

There was only a single person living in the Empress's Palace at this moment.

His beloved concubine, Mei Niang.

"Uncle! Mei Niang is innocent."

"If you are angry, beat me up. Don't hurt her," Lin Tianyuan said in a hurry.

"I won't hurt her, but I wonder if someone will show mercy later."

Lin Jiufeng's footsteps didn't stop as he sneered.

"Uncle, it's fine as long as you don't make a move. I can stop anyone else."

Lin Tianyuan heaved a sigh of relief and relaxed.

As the Emperor, the only person he was afraid of was Lin Jiufeng.

Lin Jiufeng continued to move forward with Lin Tianyuan.

Along the way, they encountered many maids, guards, and eunuchs.

But these people didn't seem to have seen them for some reason.

Even though the two clearly passed by in front of them, they acted as if they were never there.

Just like that, they arrived in front of the Empress' Palace.

The palace was closed and there were guards everywhere.

The lights inside were dim, only revealing a faint shadow.

Lin Tianyuan watched with a smile.

This graceful figure was his beloved concubine.

"But these doors and windows are tightly shut, it's bad for ventilation," Lin Tianyuan muttered.

"If she didn't close the doors and windows completely, how could she relax enough to reveal herself?" Lin Jiufeng said coldly as he directly passed through the door with Lin Tianyuan.

The tightly shut door didn't serve as an obstruction to the Divine Soul of a Human God.

He brought Lin Tianyuan in and Lin Tianyuan instantly sought for his beloved concubine.

But there was only a mountain spirit in the form of a human in here.

It had white fur all over its body, sharp nails, and wrinkled skin.

It was a demonic beast.

A type of mountain spirit or what the locals call—a mountain ghost.

Lin Tianyuan's body trembled.

His expression turned green and ugly.

He was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

He glanced at Lin Jiufeng and shook his head frantically.

"Uncle… It can't be…" At this moment, Lin Tianyuan trembled as he spoke.

With this, his love died.

He wasn't stupid, he was just blinded by love.

He yearned for others to love him, and he yearned to love others the same way.

In addition, he became conceited and blinded by his power as the Emperor.

But at this moment, his mind had become crystal clear as he guessed the answers to his questions.

Lin Jiufeng didn't speak.

He raised his head and gestured for Lin Tianyuan to continue watching.

This Mei Niang didn't dare to expose herself for too long.

She only revealed herself for less than three minutes before she started putting her disguise back on.

An extremely terrifying mountain spirit put on the skin of a young girl in front of Lin Jiufeng and Lin Tianyuan.

Then, she picked up the so-called 'face of a man's first love's' and concealed her true face with it.

The Mei Niang who attracted Lin Tianyuan so much has appeared.

She even winked at the mirror.

Lin Jiufeng looked at Lin Tianyuan indifferently.

At this moment, Lin Tianyuan's face turned red and his body started to tremble.

Extreme anger and shame coated his heart.

His first love!

His love!

He made a lot of sacrifices for this woman…

He thought that he would be blessed, but he didn't expect everything to be like this.

Lin Tianyuan was so angry that he couldn't speak.

Under Lin Jiufeng's expressionless gaze, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Slut, I'm going to kill you!"

All of a sudden, Lin Tianyuan drew his Emperor Sword and let out a loud roar.

He directly charged forward.

Lin Jiufeng released his concealment technique.

Mei Niang was dumbfounded.

She looked at Lin Tianyuan, whose eyes had turned red from anger.

Her heart skipped a beat. She instantly knew that she was in trouble.

"Your Majesty, why are you here?" Mei Niang forced a smile and avoided the sword.

Her body and mind were nimble, revealing the fact that she had a cultivation base.

"I'll kill you!" Lin Tianyuan was about to go crazy.

To him, this was a great humiliation. He was deceived by a mountain spirit.

He couldn't wait to cut this slut into pieces and turn her into minced meat.

Lin Jiufeng watched calmly as Lin Tianyuan's love turned into hatred.

How much he loved her just now was how much he hated her right now.

Lin Tianyuan's love died completely.

"Don't kill her. You must capture her and interrogate her carefully. There must be someone behind her, find out who that person is." Lin Jiufeng looked at the crazed Lin Tianyuan as he coldly gave an order.

Lin Tianyuan, who was still chasing after Mei Niang, immediately stopped.

Then, he roared in fury. "Nameless, catch this b*tch! Arrest her maids and eunuchs too! Interrogate them strictly! I want this mastermind behind all of these to die!"

Nameless immediately appeared. He was only at the Martial Sage Realm, yet his appearance caused Mei Niang's face to turn pale with fright. Turning around, she hurriedly tried to escape.

But she was only good with charming skills not with fighting.

How could she be a match for a Martial Sage?

With a single move, she was captured.

Lin Tianyuan's hand that was holding the sword trembled slightly.

He wished to do nothing but separate her head from her shoulders right this instant.

The so-called first love's face whom he had fallen in love with had now turned into something grotesque in his heart.

"Uncle, thank you. Otherwise, I would have been forced to eternal damnation."

Lin Tianyuan tried his best to control his emotions as he expressed his gratitude to Lin Tianyuan.

"Settling all the mistakes that you have made during this period of time is the greatest display of gratitude that you can do for me. Since you're that stupid, then don't talk about feelings anymore. You cannot win against them." Lin Jiufeng scolded without holding back.

After his scolding, he turned around and disappeared, leaving with him a few words of advice. "Investigate this matter thoroughly. How can the Emperor of the Yuhua God Dynasty be played around like this by them?"

"We can't let them off without making them pay the price in blood!"

Lin Tianyuan's gaze turned vicious as he said, "Yes!"

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Chapter 49: Livestock-Making, Skin-Painting

It was late at night, but the Forbidden City was wide awake.

Lin Tianyuan was shell-shocked.

However, this blow knocked him down a peg or two from his arrogance.

Following Lin Jiufeng's reprimand, Lin Tianyuan began to reflect on his actions during this period of time.

He was scared!

Thinking about it, his back broke out in cold sweat.

It was instantly drenched.

"Fortunately, I have Uncle…"

"Otherwise, my Yuhua God Dynasty would have truly been in trouble," Lin Tianyuan said with lingering fear.

His pride, arrogance, and his ego were nowhere to be found in him at this moment.

It was already incredibly late in the night.

A eunuch saw Lin Tianyuan standing in the palace for a long time.

He said softly, "Your Majesty, it's already late. Please rest now."

"No need. I want to leave the palace and visit my court officials one by one."

Lin Tianyuan shook his head.

After his reflection, he began to think of ways to reverse what he had done.

Fortunately, the court officials that he had deposed were still in the Imperial Capital.

They still haven't left.

After all, their families were huge and they had a lot of people under their care. It just wasn't possible for them to leave so quickly.

Lin Tianyuan visited them overnight and talked to them one by one, persuading them to come back.

He had made a mistake and was willing to correct it.

He would appease these court officials tonight and interrogate that slut tomorrow.

…

In the Cold Palace, Lin Jiufeng's Divine Soul returned and merged with his body.

The white cat wrote and asked, "What happened in the Forbidden City?"

Lin Jiufeng replied softly, "A mountain spirit used a strange cultivation technique and changed its body shape and appearance. It entered the harem and caused trouble, creating unrest. I went out there to expose her."

The white cat looked at Lin Jiufeng in surprise.

It moved its claws and wrote. "A mountain spirit?"

"Yes." Lin Jiufeng carefully introduced Concubine Ming's original appearance.

The white cat listened before it silently wrote a few words.

"Mountain Ghost Race!"

Lin Jiufeng raised his brows and said, "You also think that she's from the Mountain Ghost Race, right?"

After seeing Concubine Ming's true form, Lin Jiufeng suspected that she was from the Mountain Ghost Race that he had read about in those ancient books.

There were historical records that in the world back then that had an abundance of spiritual energy—apart from humans who could cultivate—there were many wild beasts that gained intelligence to the point of being able to cultivate.

Like the white cat, they eventually became demons.

Among them, there were different types of beasts and races.

The Mountain Ghost Race was one of them.

Mountain spirits and the mountain ghosts that ordinary people often allegedly encountered were creatures that gained intelligence and slowly cultivated to the point that they became strong enough to become a member of the Mountain Ghost Race.

But the history books also mentioned that 1,500 years ago—the Mountain Ghost Race was exterminated and hunted to extinction.

He didn't expect that they would reappear 1,500 years later and even target Lin Tianyuan.

Mei Niang's skin drawing skills were superb. If it weren't for Lin Jiufeng, none of the hundreds of Martial Sages in the Imperial Court would have noticed something amiss.

They really thought that she was just that innocent teenage girl.

"I didn't expect them to be so ambitious." The white cat wrote in surprise.

"Even if they are ambitious, they still need to have the ability to match their ambitions. Else, it is only a pipe dream." Lin Jiufeng's expression turned slightly cold.

The mastermind must definitely be found.

But he shall leave this matter to Lin Tianyuan.

After all, Lin Tianyuan probably wanted to know more about the identity of the person behind Mei Niang than anyone else.

…

The next day, Dachun's monthly food delivery came.

The white cat followed Lin Jiufeng and started to eat and drink.

Dachun brought good wine, good food, and the fruits that the white cat liked to eat.

"Your Royal Highness, there was an earth-shattering turn of events in the Imperial Capital last night! Let me tell you about it." Dachun began the small talk like usual.

Lin Jiufeng drank some wine and asked, "What turn of events?"

"I told you last month that Emperor Ming was going to abolish the Empress and appoint the Imperial Concubine Ming as his Empress. He really abolished her two days ago," Dachun said.

"But just last night, or more accurately, in the latter half of the night, an imperial decree was sent out of the city, announcing that the Empress had been reinstated."

"That Concubine Ming—who was doted on by Emperor Ming—was instead sent to prison and is currently being strictly monitored. Her crime is bringing disaster to the harem."

As Dachun spoke, his confusion grew.

This reversal was just too shocking and too sudden.

Everyone thought that Emperor Ming had made up his mind to abolish the Empress, but who would have thought that the tables would turn around so fast?

The Empress returned to her original position.

Nothing happened to her in the end.

But the favored Concubine Ming was sent to prison.

Lin Jiufeng chuckled. "It's better for you not to inquire about the harem."

"Your Royal Highness is right. I don't really inquire about the harem. But last night, Emperor Ming left the Forbidden City overnight and went to the residences of every court official. He personally persuaded them to stay…"

"Earlier in the morning, I discovered that they really stayed behind!"

"The court officials were reinstated and they all went to the Imperial Court early this morning."

Dachun felt that he couldn't understand the situation in the Imperial Capital anymore.

Two days ago, there was a lot of commotion.

There was even discord between the Emperor and the court officials.

The outsiders were starting to look at them as a bunch of clowns.

But today, they were suddenly united in harmony?

"Your Royal Highness, I don't understand the changes in the imperial capital anymore."

Dachun sighed.

Lin Jiufeng laughed and said, "I don't understand it either, that's why I stopped bothering about it."

"Your Royal Highness is right. If I don't understand it, then I should just ignore it. It's better to just do my own thing. Other matters have nothing to do with me."

Dachun waited happily for Lin Jiufeng to finish his meal.

Afterwards, he packed the dishes and took them away.

Lin Jiufeng and the white cat were both satisfied with their food.

Then, they started cultivating on their own.

In the evening, Lin Tianyuan came.

Since Lin Jiufeng refused to see Lin Tianyuan the last time, this was his first time here in a few years.

This time, Lin Jiufeng let him in.

After a single night, Lin Tianyuan aged more than ten years.

He was both mentally and physically exhausted.

The moment he saw Lin Jiufeng, he immediately knelt down.

Peng! Peng! Peng!

Before saying anything, he kowtowed three times first.

"Uncle, thank you for saving my life," Lin Tianyuan said sadly.

"I'm only doing this for the sake of your father. If there's a next time, even if you'll die, I won't save you," Lin Jiufeng said coldly.

His attitude towards Lin Tianyuan became cold.

"Uncle, I know my mistake. From today onwards, I will put my heart and soul into governing the dynasty. I will not think about anything else." Lin Tianyuan was telling him the truth.

He was truly disheartened by what had happened.

He now had no interest in women at all.

"What brings you here?" Lin Jiufeng asked.

"I've discovered the identity of the mastermind behind that mountain spirit," Lin Tianyuan said solemnly.

"Who is it?" Lin Jiufeng was quite curious.

"The mastermind mentioned by the mountain spirit is a powerful cultivator named Lord Mountain Ghost. He was also the one who gave her the human skin mask. He was also the one who planned all of this," Lin Tianyuan said in a deep voice.

"Lord Mountain Ghost… Where is he?"

"That mountain spirit's status is too low. She doesn't know where Lord Mountain Ghost is."

Lin Tianyuan shook his head, his expression looked ugly.

"What exactly is the method that he used to put on someone else's skin yet none of you were able to discover it?" Lin Jiufeng asked curiously.

"It's called Livestock-Making Technique. It's a very evil technique that strips the skin off a young lady's body perfectly. After being refined by another secret technique, the skin becomes a vessel for the cultivator. Then, it uses the mountain spirit as a catalyst for the Livestock-Making Technique. Once the skin is put on, it will become a beautiful woman's body."

"With the addition of the art of Skin-Painting Technique, it would be a piece of cake to deceive other people with someone else's skin."

When Lin Tianyuan was done saying all of these, his heart was in extreme pain.

He really regretted it!

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Chapter 50: Mountain Ghost's Evil Act

Looking at the regretful Lin Tianyuan, Lin Jiufeng thought of a sentence.

[People only regret their decision when they are sober.]

Lin Tianyuan was obviously sober by now.

He had reverted back to his obedient self.

Mentioning the Livestock-Making Technique and Skin-Painting Technique, he couldn't help but feel disgusted. His resentment towards the Mountain Ghost Race soared to the peak.

The Mountain Ghost Race must die.

Especially that mastermind—Lord Mountain Ghost.

"Since you already have the relevant information with you, then you'll be in charge of finding this Lord Mountain Ghost. Investigate everything thoroughly and kill those that deserved to die."

"This matter that almost forced the Yuhua God Dynasty into chaos cannot be allowed to happen a second time," Lin Jiufeng coldly said.

He had previously said that he wouldn't help Lin Tianyuan.

He would let Lin Tianyuan walk his own path.

This time, Lin Tianyuan made a mistake.

And Lin Jiufeng helped him correct that mistake.

But this didn't mean that Lin Jiufeng would help him take revenge.

There was an abundance of Martial Sages in the Yuhua God Dynasty and the territory under his control was vast. Lin Tianyuan had also considerably calmed down by now. In that case, wouldn't it be easy for him to hunt down the members of the Mountain Ghost Race?

"I understand. I will handle this matter appropriately. I won't dare to trouble Uncle again."

Lin Tianyuan nodded sensibly.

"Uncle, I shall take my leave!" Lin Tianyuan got up and left.

He knew that Lin Jiufeng didn't want to be disturbed.

After sharing the inside story of this matter, he left.

Next, he was going to massacre the Mountain Ghost Race.

In the Cold Palace, Lin Jiufeng looked at Lin Tianyuan's departing figure and nodded in satisfaction.

"He has indeed matured a lot."

The blow that he had suffered this time was huge.

To Lin Tianyuan, it instantly dispelled his childishness, his fantasies, and his ego.

He had truly matured after suffering under such a heavy hand.

He was determined to take his own revenge.

Meow!

The white cat called out and nodded.

It also felt that Lin Tianyuan had truly matured.

"It's just that the price of maturity is often very heavy."

Lin Jiufeng couldn't help but shake his head and sigh at Lin Tianyuan's predicament.

Lin Jiufeng's attitude towards Lin Tianyuan was cold because he expected better from him.

However, Lin Jiufeng was Emperor Yuan's son and his nephew after all.

Lin Jiufeng's heart ached for Lin Tianyuan too after he encountered such a shocking truth.

…

With Emperor Ming's sudden epiphany about his mistakes, he managed to correct the churning chaos in time. Fortunately, the disturbance that he caused within the Imperial Capital never shook the foundations of the Yuhua God Dynasty.

The Yuhua God Dynasty was still the same as before—the same massive dynasty.

But when this massive machine operated, the energy that erupted from it was terrifying.

It was a calamity for the Mountain Ghost Race.

The mountain ghosts that had just been born and were wandering in the forest were captured and interrogated strictly.

In just a few days, they lost many of their own kind.

This made Lord Mountain Ghost—who was planning on plotting against the Yuhua God Dynasty—unable to stand still.

He knew that Concubine Ming must have been exposed and she had confessed everything.

The Yuhua God Dynasty's actions of going all out to exterminate the Mountain Ghost Race was something that he had never expected.

In a room within the Imperial Capital, an old man was reading a secret letter.

Contained within the letter were the events that happened in the Forbidden City within the past few days.

It was much more detailed than the rumors, causing Lord Mountain Ghost to frown.

"I thought that this move would be able to deal with the Emperor of the Yuhua God Dynasty without anyone knowing about the truth. Afterwards, I would then be able to control the Emperor and force him to provide welfare for my Mountain Ghost Race."

"It's a pity that all my efforts ended up in smokes. I'm already at the step of abolishing the Empress, just how did the plan fail?"

"Could it be that the Human God of the Yuhua God Dynasty interfered?"

"But the skin bag that I gave to Mei Niang for the Livestock-Making Technique was made by our ancestor. Even a Human God couldn't possibly see through it so easily."

"Mei Niang is one of the best among my Mountain Ghost Race. She won't give herself away. I just didn't expect that she would fail when it was about time to reap the benefits."

The old man was remorseful.

His face looked gloomy and terrifying amidst the flickering light of the lamp.

He had never imagined even in her wildest dreams that Mei Niang herself would be the one to reveal herself by removing her disguise to take a breather. Coincidentally, all of these were done under Lin Jiufeng's watchful eyes too.

All of my efforts down the drain!

But if Lord Mountain Ghost knew about what truly unfolded that night, he would definitely vomit a mouthful of blood in anger.

He moved away from the illumination of the light.

In the darkness, his wrinkles were deep.

He wore rough hemp clothes and a look was enough to tell that he was a poor commoner living at the bottom of society.

He was part of a very poor family with nothing but an old man remaining in the family.

This old man became the target of Lord Mountain Ghost for his Livestock-Making Technique.

From then on, the family had a new dog.

Beneath the old man's skin was Lord Mountain Ghost, while the original old man lived inside that tied-up dog.

As for the meat beneath the skin of that dog?

Lord Mountain Ghost had already consumed it.

Just like that, he managed to successfully stay in the Imperial Capital.

Then, he remote-controlled Mei Niang and manipulated everything from behind the scenes.

But now that the Yuhua God Dynasty had discovered this matter, he prepared to pack up and leave.

But now that the Yuhua God Dynasty was now cognizant of this matter, he prepared to pack up and leave with his deductions in mind.

"The plan's failure was caused by the Human God of the Yuhua God Dynasty. He is just too powerful and he saw through Lady Mei's disguise. Now that the Mountain Ghost Race is in trouble, it will be too difficult for me to save them."

"I have to ask the ancestor to stop the Yuhua God Dynasty from killing them all." Lord Mountain Ghost remained strangely calm under all of these. He seemed to know what he should do, and what he shouldn't do.

The plan had failed.

The Yuhua God Dynasty was now on their guard.

He must leave now.

Lord Mountain Ghost took off his outer clothes in front of the tied-up dog.

Beneath the clothes was the skin of a very old man.

The dog whimpered. It cried, but it couldn't make a sound.

On closer look, its tongue had been sliced off.

After removing his skin, Lord Mountain Ghost revealed his true appearance.

His true visage was a mountain spirit that looked like a wild monkey.

His body was thin and shriveled.

This was also the reason why he chose to target the elderly.

After all, there was no need for him to change into anything because their physique suited him.

His cultivation was not that bad—at the Martial Sage Realm.

His entire body was black.

His arms were long and his claws were also black.

His eyes were blood-red. It made him look like a malicious ghost.

"I've occupied your house for quite some time now, and I am returning it to you."

"I'll also leave your very own skin bag here. Put it back on if you have the ability to do so," Lord Mountain Ghost said to the dog.

He laughed evilly. "I forgot to tell you…"

"All these years, the owners of the skin bags that I have chosen after executing the Livestock-Making Technique were all killed."

"But you are the first one to survive…"

"Even I—do not have the heart to kill someone who is already so old. Just take it that I am accumulating good karma. You must thank me for this."

The dog whimpered and looked angrily at Lord Mountain Ghost.

"You were originally going to die. But now that I've stitched you together with this dog, you have more than a decade in extra years to live. Thank me for it."

Lord Mountain Ghost chuckled before he turned around and left in a hurry.

He wanted to find the ancestor of the Mountain Ghost Race and make the Yuhua God Dynasty give up on their pursuit against the Mountain Ghost Race.

His body clad entirely in black, he left the Imperial Capital using the night as his veil.

The next day, the dog forcefully broke free from the ropes and ran to the streets.

It shed bloody tears non-stop as it wrote with its claws.

The old man didn't recognize many words, but he stubbornly wrote them out.

Some of them were written wrongly, and some couldn't be understood at all.

He was so anxious that bloody tears kept falling down his cheeks.

One after another, people helped him complete this bloody letter.

And this blood letter spread throughout the Imperial Capital.

Countless people found out what Lord Mountain Ghost had done.

Shock!

Anger!

The anger of the masses was instantly ignited.

The crowd's emotions surged.

They pulled the Mountain Ghost Race, a race that had disappeared for 1,500 years and was assumed to be extinct, into the limelight.

Fifteen minutes later, a bloody letter appeared on Lin Tianyuan's table.

When Lin Tianyuan saw it, he flew into a rage and ordered a strict investigation.

It was only then that he discovered that Lord Mountain Ghost had been hiding in the Imperial Capital all this time and he had escaped last night.

But before he left, he even harmed an innocent old man.

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Chapter 51: Midnight Nightmare

The bloody letter revealed the terrifying Livestock-Making technique to the world.

Everyone went into an uproar.

In the Forbidden City, Lin Tianyuan issued an imperial decree.

Only five words were written…

Exterminate the Mountain Ghost Race!

His order received the cheers and support of the people.

With this, the matter finally came to an end.

Lin Tianyuan directly got the imperial guards and the Forbidden Troops to search for every member of the Mountain Ghost Race. As long as any of them were found, they would be arrested and brought to the Imperial Capital for imprisonment.

Lin Tianyuan wanted to use the life and death of the captured members of the Mountain Ghost Race to attract Lord Mountain Ghost and lure him over to the capital.

…

In the Cold Palace, Lin Jiufeng and the white cat heard the lively discussion of the people outside.

Under normal circumstances, Lin Jiufeng couldn't really hear any noise from the outside while he was in the Cold Palace. He also didn't take the initiative to listen to the outside world.

But even Lin Jiufeng was disturbed by the people's fury.

Using his Divine Soul, he expanded his spiritual perception and listened to the noises coming from the outside world. Through the crowd's voices, Lin Jiufeng found out what was going on.

He also learned about the contents of the bloody letter.

The white cat did the same as him and it also found out what was going on outside.

After the man and cat understood the situation, they fell silent.

The Livestock-Making Technique truly was evil.

But Lord Mountain Ghost was a greater evil.

To think that he would even set his sights on a lonely old man.

Furthermore, he didn't even kill the old man.

Instead, he wanted the old man to continue living as a dog.

He clearly wanted to humiliate the old man!

After understanding the contents of the bloody letter, Lin Jiufeng's expression turned cold.

He said, "I should have made a move and killed this Lord Mountain Ghost."

He thought that Lin Tianyuan could handle this matter, but who knew that Lord Mountain Ghost was this cunning and evil?

If he had known that this would be the case, Lin Jiufeng would have attacked directly.

No matter how powerful or cunning that Lord Mountain Ghost was—he wouldn't have been able to escape from the Imperial Capital.

Seeing that Lin Jiufeng was blaming himself, the white cat meowed and comforted him.

Lin Jiufeng shook his head. Lord Mountain Ghost had already escaped from the Imperial Capital. Even if he was a Human God, it would still be difficult for him to find the latter.

Was this matter going to be forgotten just like that?

…

It has been seven days since Lord Mountain Ghost escaped.

The matter regarding the bloody letter and the old man eventually died down.

Although the old man still died in the end. He chose to end his own life.

Everyone gradually forgot about this matter.

However, the Imperial Court's army had set out to capture mountain ghosts everywhere.

Whenever they discovered one, they would capture it.

As a result, the common people still felt a sense of security with their actions.

But to the Mountain Ghost Race, this was a catastrophe.

It has been 1,500 years since their last appearance, yet they immediately offended the number one superpower in the world.

The Yuhua God Dynasty!

The number of Martial Sages beneath the Yuhua God Dynasty's banner could be considered to be close to a thousand already. In the face of such an overwhelmingly powerful force, the resistance of the Mountain Ghost Race was akin to that of a rock against an egg.

Noticing these events, Lord Mountain Ghost became anxious.

He hurriedly set out to find the sleeping ancestor of their race so that the Mountain Ghost Race in its entirety could be saved.

"Let's see if your Yuhua God Dynasty can withstand the power of our ancestor from 1,500 years ago!" Lord Mountain Ghost said with resentment.

…

At night, Lin Tianyuan went to the Empress's Palace to sleep.

Although he had no love for the Queen, after having interacted with her for so long, he knew how much he had hurt the Empress by being so foolish.

Hence, he started to come over to her palace every day to accompany this first wife of his.

Late at night, Lin Tianyuan was finally done dealing with the state affairs as he slept with the Empress.

Usually, Lin Tianyuan never slept outright whenever he was done with the state affairs. Instead, he would quietly cultivate for a few hours to strengthen his cultivation base.

But tonight, he truly fell asleep.

This was the first time that Lin Tianyuan truly slept since his need for sleep disappeared due to his cultivation base.

Tonight, he not only fell asleep, but he also had a dream.

…

It was a nightmare!

In his dream, Lin Tianyuan felt that he was being pursued by an evil dragon.

Its speed was so fast that it was about to catch up to him and swallow him whole.

He ran and fought back, but it was useless.

He was sent flying by its tail.

He crashed heavily onto the ground as he spat out several mouthfuls of blood.

But just as he was unable to resist…

The dragon let out a deafening sound. "Emperor of the mortal world, release those captured members of the Mountain Ghost Race, or I will devour your soul."

With that said, the dragon bit down and swallowed Lin Tianyuan.

"No!"

In the Empress's Palace, Lin Tianyuan jumped up in shock.

He was drenched in sweat.

His face was pale and his figure wobbled weakly.

It was obvious that something had consumed some of his life energy.

"Your Majesty. What's wrong?" The Empress asked worriedly.

Lin Tianyuan looked around and slowly recalled. "I… had a… I had a nightmare."

The Empress advised. "Your Majesty, you are too occupied with a lot of things every day…"

"You must be tired."

"I will get someone to make some supplements for the nourishment of your body. Dreams are all the opposite of reality. Since it's a nightmare, it means that Your Majesty is about to encounter something good."

"Something good?" Lin Tianyuan murmured.

He didn't think so.

The evil dragon in his dream had mentioned the Mountain Ghost Race.

Could it be that he had been too obsessed with them recently and thus, he dreamed about them?

After expressing his gratitude but dismissing the Queen's good intentions, Lin Tianyuan suppressed the doubts in his heart.

He rested and recovered a little, then he dealt with the state affairs.

At night, he stayed alone in the Great Council Hall.

He wasn't going to sleep, he planned to deal with the state affairs through the night.

But in the latter half of the night, the lights flickered slightly.

Lin Tianyuan's expression became absent-minded.

He saw someone walking into the Great Council Hall.

A person shrouded in shadows was holding a blood-red longsword, dripping blood.

As he walked in, the sound of footsteps echoed.

What was even more terrifying was that behind this person, a sea of blood was surging.

As he walked, it surged over, wanting to drown the entire Great Council Hall.

"Emperor of the mortal world, it seems that you have forgotten what I warned you about yesterday." The man who was shrouded in shadows spoke in a cold voice.

Lin Tianyuan's eyes widened as he watched in disbelief.

"Today is the last warning. There won't be a third chance."

"If you still don't release the captured mountain ghosts, I will come and take your worthless life tomorrow!"

The black shadow warned Lin Tianyuan before he slashed down with the blood-red longsword.

The blood-red longsword swept up a sea of blood.

Lin Tianyuan couldn't withstand the strike.

He couldn't move at all.

Boom!

This sword directly split Lin Tianyuan into two.

The pain was very real, jolting him awake from fright.

The Great Council Hall was still the same Great Council Hall as usual, but Lin Tianyuan felt as if he had lost half of his life.

"It's the people of the Mountain Ghost Race causing trouble. They want to kill me, but I won't give in!" Lin Tianyuan gnashed his teeth.

He slowly tried to heal the injuries on his body.

This kind of attack was incredible.

The attack he had just suffered through—truly was incredible.

Once he recovered a little, he left the Great Council Hall.

He headed straight for the Cold Palace.

Arriving in front of the Cold Palace, Lin Tianyuan knelt on the ground and shouted, "Uncle, save me!"

Lin Jiufeng waved his sleeve and the doors of the Cold Palace opened.

He was very surprised to see Lin Tianyuan who seemed to have lost half of his life.

"What happened to you?" Lin Jiufeng asked.

"Uncle, it's the Mountain Ghost Race. They are the ones causing trouble and threatening me to release the captured mountain ghosts," Lin Tianyuan said weakly.

He explained the situation to Lin Jiufeng.

In the previous two nights, he lost more than half of his life energy.

He was on the verge of collapse.

If that nightmare happened again, then he would definitely die.

"The Mountain Ghost Race!" Lin Jiufeng's eyes flashed sharply.

"It's the ability to send one's Divine Soul into a dream." The white cat wrote with its claws.

It knew about this strange attack.

"Entering a dream with his Divine Soul? I will slay his Divine Soul tonight!"

Lin Jiufeng snorted coldly.

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Chapter 52: Please Go and Die!

Tonight, Lin Tianyuan came to the Empress's Palace to rest.

After being continuously killed in his dreams, he was very weak.

Lin Tianyuan knew that he could not die anymore.

If he died in his dream the third time, then he would also die in the outside world.

"Your Majesty, it's better to ask the imperial physicians to come over here and take a look," The Empress said worriedly when she saw Lin Tianyuan in such a weakened state.

Lin Tianyuan shook his head calmly.

His face was pale and his body was weak, but his thoughts were still vivid.

He replied, "There's no need to worry. Only you can stay with me here tonight."

"Let the others go out."

"Remember…"

"No matter what happens, don't disturb me and don't make a fuss."

Although the Empress didn't know what was going on, she was never a nosy person.

"I understand."

The Empress helped Lin Tianyuan lie on the bed and she also helped him sleep.

Then, she dismissed the maids and the servants.

She looked at Lin Tianyuan quietly.

The night gradually deepened.

The lights suddenly danced and flickered.

Lin Tianyuan, who had been asleep for less than an hour, started to sweat.

His entire body started to tremble unconsciously.

The Empress's expression changed.

She was nervous.

Staring at the beaded sweat on Lin Tianyuan's forehead, she wanted to reach out and wipe Lin Tianyuan's sweat.

But in the very next moment, a resplendent light burst out.

A figure walked into the room from the outside and said, "Don't touch him, he's in a very dangerous condition as we speak."

The Empress looked at the newcomer in surprise.

Under the cover of the brilliant light, she couldn't see Lin Jiufeng's appearance at all.

"Human God!"

But she still managed to guess his identity.

He was the Human God living in seclusion within the confines of the Imperial Capital of the Yuhua God Dynasty.

"I will guard the surroundings. I will not disturb Senior's treatment of His Majesty."

The Empress said respectfully as she moved back a little, not wanting to disturb Lin Jiufeng.

Lin Jiufeng was satisfied with her attitude.

She knew when to advance and when to retreat.

She knew what was good for her, and her every move was openhanded.

[Do you want to Sign-In at the Empress's Palace?]

Suddenly, a line of words appeared before Lin Jiufeng's eyes.

Lin Jiufeng didn't expect the Sign-In prompt to appear at such a moment.

"Sign-in!" But since he was already here, how could he refuse?

He hadn't signed in at the Empress Palace yet.

He had already visited the palace when he came here to expose Concubine Ming. But for some reason, the Sign-In prompt didn't appear that day.

This time, it appeared rather quickly.

[Sign-In successful. Received Nine Slashes of the Demon Soul!]

This was an offensive technique that could only be used through one's Divine Soul.

It had nine moves that could instantly dissipate an enemy's Divine Soul.

"Good. Just as I needed… This will make it easier for me to annihilate the other party's Divine Soul." Lin Jiufeng was overjoyed.

He closed his eyes and instantly received the corresponding knowledge and wisdom necessary to execute the technique.

It didn't take him long to learn the Nine Slashes of the Demon Soul. He opened his eyes and looked at Lin Tianyuan.

He was already being plagued by nightmares.

A black mist lingered between his brows.

Boom!

Lin Jiufeng placed his palm on Lin Tianyuan's forehead and a vast amount of Divine Soul energy slowly seeped into Lin Tianyuan.

At this moment, the world inside Lin Tianyuan's Divine Soul was undergoing a huge change.

He was captured and imprisoned inside a dark palace.

There was a huge black fog surrounding him, and there was an extremely terrifying existence in the black fog.

A seemingly infinite black fog had surrounded him.

There also seemed to be a terrifying existence hidden from within the fog itself.

Plap!

A whip struck Lin Tianyuan's body.

Lord Mountain Ghost who looked like a water monkey also appeared.

He was looking at Lin Tianyuan with a hideous look on his face.

"Emperor of the Yuhua God Dynasty, aren't you very powerful?"

"It's been a long time since we made ourselves known to the outside world. There aren't many of us yet, and you actually dared send an order to capture us all?"

Lord Mountain Ghost looked at Lin Tianyuan in fury.

"You actually dared to appear here?" Lin Tianyuan's face was pale.

Yet, he wasn't flustered at all despite being whipped.

Instead, he sneered.

"This is the Divine Soul World of my Mountain Spirit Race's ancestor. We used a secret technique to bring your Divine Soul here. In this world, unless one has a deep understanding of the Divine Soul, they cannot find this place," Lord Mountain Spirit said proudly.

He wasn't afraid at all.

"In the Imperial Capital, you are the Emperor of the Yuhua God Dynasty, you have a lot of power."

"But here… I am the king!"

"Even if the gods are here, even if that Human God from your Yuhua God Dynasty is here, he must kneel before me!"

Lord Mountain Ghost shouted arrogantly.

"Is that so?"

But he wasn't smug for long before a cold voice sounded.

Then, a resplendent sword light split the black fog and directly shone on the dark palace.

Lin Jiufeng—who was shrouded in a golden radiance—appeared.

He stared at Lord Mountain Ghost with a cold gaze.

Pointing his finger like a sword, he said, "Can you repeat what you just said?"

"You…"

"You are a Human God?"

"Why are you here? This is the Divine Soul World of my Mountain Ghost Race's ancestor…"

"How can you be here/"

Lord Mountain Ghost looked at Lin Jiufeng in surprise and doubt.

His arrogance seemed to have been smothered by Lin Jiufeng's appearance.

"I'm here to kill you!" Lin Jiufeng said bluntly.

Lin Jiufeng originally wanted to save Lin Tianyuan and catch the mastermind, but who would have thought that he would accidentally encounter Lord Mountain Ghost whom he wanted to kill?

Since this was the case, Lin Jiufeng wasn't going to be courteous.

"Hahaha. My ears aren't ringing, are they?"

"In the Divine Soul World of my ancestor, you said that you wanted to kill me? You want to kill me here? Do you think that my ancestor doesn't exist?"

Lord Mountain Ghost was full of confidence. He wasn't afraid of Lin Jiufeng.

Behind him, the thick black fog rolled. There was a terrifying existence inside of it.

"How can a coward who just hides in the dark and doesn't even dare to show himself protect you?" Lin Jiufeng said in disdain. He raised his hand and executed the Nine Slashes of the Demon Soul that he had just received earlier from signing in.

The first stance of the Nine Slashes of the Demon Soul, Heavenly Sword Soul Break!

Using his finger as a sword, he connected both the sky and the earth.

In the Divine Soul World, Lin Jiufeng could also summon the wind and rain.

His Divine Soul was overwhelmingly powerful.

In the very next moment, his sword slashed out.

"Ancestor, save me!" Lord Mountain Ghost shouted rather calmly.

He didn't believe that even a Human God like Lin Jiufeng could kill him in the Divine Soul World of his ancestor.

The surging black fog also moved.

It condensed into a shield and directly blocked in front of Lord Mountain Ghost.

Dong!

The shield was as black as ink, and the patterns on its surface looked very real.

It seemed to be very powerful.

Lord Mountain Ghost's smile of confidence widened.

But Lin Jiufeng was similarly confident.

He only said softly, "You're already dead!"

As his words fell, the Nine Slashes of the Demon Soul directly split the shield into pieces with a bang.

A stroke of the sword was all it took for him to annihilate Lord Mountain Ghost's Divine Soul.

It looked very easy.

The black shield seemed sturdy, but under the Nine Slashes of the Demon Soul that was filled with Lin Jiufeng's sword intent, the shield was akin to that of a piece of paper.

Lord Mountain Ghost looked at Lin Jiufeng in a daze.

His Divine Soul has been forcefully dissipated. It scattered into a black fog that disappeared.

Before he could completely die, he stared fixedly at Lin Jiufeng.

He wanted to know why.

Why was this strike so powerful?

But Lin Jiufeng didn't even look at him.

Killing him like this was almost like letting him off easy.

He had finally gotten his revenge for that old man.

Lin Jiufeng looked at the surging black fog around him.

The black fog seemed furious.

It was enraged as the massive pressure it carried similar to a storm came crashing down.

Lin Jiufeng stood with his hands behind his back.

He looked at it calmly and said, "There's no need to be angry. Come and take my strike too!"

Only by receiving this strike without dying would the existence within the fog have the right to be angry.

Otherwise, even if he was thousands of miles away, Lin Jiufeng would still be able to find his true body.

With these words, the black fog actually began to dissipate on its own to escape.

It realized that Lin Jiufeng wasn't someone to be trifled with.

Clang!

The same longsword that penetrated the Imperial Capital's palace long ago appeared behind Lin Jiufeng's back.

He performed another stance from the Nine Slashes of the Demon Soul.

Annihilation!

"Please go and die!" Lin Jiufeng said seriously.

With a swing of his sword, the entire Divine Soul World was instantly torn.

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Chapter 53: A Trump Card for the Empress

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Lin Jiufeng slashed out with his sword, forcing the black fog to retreat continuously.

It realized that Lin Jiufeng wasn't someone to be trifled with.

In fact, it already knew that this was the case when Lord Mountain Ghost was killed just now.

Someone who could break into his Divine Soul World, destroy the shield that he had set up with one strike, and who could kill people here with seemingly no effort at all…

The black fog knew that it couldn't do anything to Lin Jiufeng.

Hence, it chose to retreat.

Unlike the arrogant Lord Mountain Ghost, the black fog retreated slowly but surely.

However, Lin Jiufeng's sword had already slashed out once more.

Boom!

In the very next moment, when the black fog was about to dissipate, Lin Jiufeng struck its body with his sword.

The black fog trembled. It let out a muffled groan.

Unfortunately, it managed to escape in the end.

It left the Divine Soul World with a body full of injuries.

Lin Jiufeng didn't stop it. After all, this place was created by it.

No one could stop it from leaving.

"The sword energy that I left in your body will ultimately lead me to you."

Lin Jiufeng's eyes twinkled with a slight gleam.

The ancestor of the Mountain Ghost Race was different from what Lin Jiufeng had expected.

It was obviously at the Human God Realm. However, it wasn't as powerful as the average Human God. From the beginning till the end, it hid in the black fog without coming out. Its true body never appeared.

Even when it was time for them to interrogate Lin Tianyuan, he used Lord Mountain Ghost as the proxy to do it. Considering all of these, Lin Jiufeng guessed that this so-called ancestor was definitely an old monster that had lived for many centuries.

With its departure, the black palace also disappeared.

Lin Jiufeng and Lin Tianyuan's Divine Souls returned to the Empress's Palace.

…

In the Empress's Palace, Lin Jiufeng took his hand off Lin Tianyuan's forehead.

He sat at the side and pondered on his own silently.

The Empress watched quietly from a distance.

She still couldn't see Lin Jiufeng's appearance.

Although the brilliance that covered his body was already nowhere to be seen, Lin Jiufeng's appearance itself seemed to be like a mirage in the ocean, just looking at him alone was confusing to the eyes.

Lin Tianyuan finally woke up.

The weakened Lin Tianyuan had been tortured in his dreams. As a result, his body became so fragile that he couldn't even get up.

The Empress hurriedly went to support Lin Tianyuan up.

Lin Jiufeng looked at Lin Tianyuan and slowly said, "There's no need to be anxious to get up."

"Your body has lost a lot of its energy this time. You suffered a lot in your dreams. The other party wants you to release the members of the Mountain Ghost Race, and he was serious in his threat."

"Uncle, I'm still so useless. To think that I cannot even resist the urge to sleep," Lin Tianyuan said bitterly.

"It's okay…"

"Concubine Ming should've taken your blood and hair and gave it to the Mountain Ghost Race."

"The secret technique they used is very difficult to guard against."

"Tonight, you've suffered a great loss, but if you rest your body well in the future and make up for the loss, living for another 40 years won't be a problem," Lin Jiufeng said softly.

The disaster this time had severed Lin Tianyuan's path of cultivation. It also broke his thoughts of breaking through to the Martial Sage realm. However, in the future, as long as he took care of his body properly, it wouldn't be a problem for him to live for another 40 years.

By that time, he would also be an old man in his seventies.

It could be considered that he had lived a fulfilling life by then.

Lin Tianyuan smiled bitterly and said, "So this is actually related to Concubine Ming? But I only have myself to blame for this, I can't blame anyone else. I even have to trouble Uncle to help clean my mess up. I'm useless…"

Lin Jiufeng looked at him calmly and said, "You've been by my side since you were five until you ascended to the throne when you were 15. I watched you grow up. You've been very obedient all these years…"

"Although you were occasionally rebellious, you're still the best successor for your father. He didn't choose the wrong person, and I didn't choose the wrong person too."

Lin Tianyuan smiled and said softly, "To be able to gain Uncle's praise, then all my efforts over the years haven't been in vain."

"I'm going back now. You don't have to worry about the Mountain Ghost Race's old ancestor anymore. He destroyed your cultivation base and your body, I will make him pay the price for this." Lin Jiufeng's eyes turned slightly cold.

"Thank you, Uncle."

Lin Tianyuan insisted on trying to stand up to send Lin Jiufeng off, but he couldn't stand up at all.

In the end, the Empress sent Lin Jiufeng out of the palace on behalf of Lin Tianyuan.

Lin Jiufeng soared into the sky and disappeared.

The Empress returned to the hall in a daze.

She looked at Lin Tianyuan and asked uncertainly, "That person just now is your Uncle?"

Lin Tianyuan nodded and patted the edge of his bed, signaling the Empress to sit down.

She sat down obediently.

"My Empress, I have let you down all these years." Lin Tianyuan sighed.

"Your Majesty, what are you saying? I married Your Majesty when I was 16 years old. I'm only in my thirties this year, and I'm already the mother of the God Dynasty. I control the imperial harem and have bestowed glory upon my family for the next 10 generations. You didn't let me down on anything." The Empress grabbed Lin Tianyuan's large hand and said gently.

Lin Tianyuan looked at the smiling Queen and he held her hand tightly with a bitter smile on his face.

No words were necessary, they both understood.

Thinking about it carefully, Lin Tianyuan knew how much of a bastard he used to be.

Fortunately, God gave him another 40 years to live.

"My Empress… That person just now is the Yuhua God Dynasty's guardian and also my uncle," Lin Tianyuan said softly.

He told the Empress his most important secret.

In the entire Yuhua God Dynasty… No—in the entire world, only two people knew Lin Jiufeng's identity.

One was Emperor Ming, Lin Tianyuan.

The other was Dachun.

Dachun was a simple and honest person. He knew that Lin Jiufeng was very powerful, and he vaguely guessed that Lin Jiufeng was the Human God that everyone referred to as the expert living in seclusion within the Imperial Capital…

But he definitely didn't know as much as Lin Tianyuan.

Lin Tianyuan was the one who knew Lin Jiufeng's 'entire background'.

After all, they had lived together for 10 years.

This was his greatest trump card.

In the past, he didn't dare to tell anyone.

But today, he took the initiative to tell the Empress about it.

His heart had completely accepted the Empress's presence.

"Uncle?" The Empress looked at Lin Tianyuan in surprise. "Your biological uncle?"

Lin Tianyuan nodded and revealed a faint smile.

He was very proud. "If we weren't biologically related, who would help me like this? How could he bother to scold me whenever I make a mistake and help me correct my ways?"

"I've been married to Your Majesty for more than ten years, and I've seen all of Your Majesty's relatives before." The Empress thought carefully but she was still confused.

"Think about it carefully," Lin Tianyuan said with a smile.

The Empress thought carefully.

A frown appeared on her beautiful face.

"Your Majesty, I've thought about all the relatives of the royal family throughout these years, but I still don't know his identity. Just tell me," the Queen said coquettishly.

"I wonder if you remember about my Grandpa Emperor choosing the Crown Prince?"

Lin Tianyuan asked.

"I know…"

"Father Emperor suppressed a group of princes back then and was chosen as the Crown Prince." The Empress nodded.

"Then, do you know that there was another Crown Prince before my father?"

Lin Tianyuan asked.

"I don't know. I was just born at that time. I was only a child." The Empress shook her head.

Lin Tianyuan couldn't help but sigh.

Time truly was heartless.

It had completely wiped out all traces of the former dethroned prince, Lin Jiufeng.

If even the Empress didn't know, then who else among the common people still knew about him?

"Before my father became the Crown Prince—the Crown Prince was my uncle—my biological uncle. He was born to the same mother as my father."

"It was only because he made a huge mistake back then that he was stripped off his title as the Crown Prince and banished to the Cold Palace. It was then that my father became the Crown Prince and ascended to the throne."

Lin Tianyuan explained slowly.

Light flashed through the Empress's eyes when she heard his words.

She was truly surprised.

"My Empress. You must remember this. In the future, if I am no longer around and you encountered something very difficult that will bring danger to the Yuhua God Dynasty…"

"Go to the entrance of the Cold Palace and beg Uncle to help. This is the trump card that I have prepared for you and my son," Lin Tianyuan said solemnly.

"I will remember!" The Empress nodded solemnly.

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Chapter 54: A Year Passed

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Lin Tianyuan was worried that his body would continuously deteriorate with each passing day.

Although Lin Jiufeng had said that he could live for 40 years with the help of treasures and supplements.

But what if something unfortunate happened to him?

He had to think about his descendants and the Empress.

Hence, he told the Empress everything about Lin Jiufeng's identity. Of course, she told her that she was the only one who could possibly know about all of these.

Seeing how Lin Tianyuan emphasized secrecy regarding this matter, the Empress agreed.

…

After leaving the palace, Lin Jiufeng didn't immediately return to the Cold Palace.

He sensed that his sword energy wasn't actually that far from the Imperial Capital.

"It's actually so close to the Imperial Capital. No wonder Lin Tianyuan caught so many mountain ghosts in the past few days. It turns out that their base camp is located nearby," Lin Jiufeng muttered.

He hurried over with his sword energy serving as his guide.

After breaking through to the Human God Realm, his speed became incredibly fast.

The ancestor of the Mountain Ghost Race had created a base on a mountain just outside the Imperial Capital.

There were a lot of shrubs and vines on the mountain, making it difficult for ordinary people to traverse the vicinity.

But Lin Jiufeng directly flew over and landed in front of a tall mountain.

Looking up at the skies, it was already dawn.

The next morning had arrived.

Lin Jiufeng looked at the mountain.

What greeted his eyes was the sight of rugged mountains stacked side to side.

"This seems to be an array formation!" Lin Jiufeng mumbled.

He finally understood why even though most of the mountain ghosts were so close to the Imperial Capital, no one hadn't discovered their base camp yet.

It turned out that they had used an array formation to ward against the prying eyes of outsiders.

Looking at the array formation, Lin Jiufeng couldn't help but frown.

He didn't know much about array formations.

Lin Jiufeng only knew one thing.

If one was strong enough, everything else wasn't a problem!

Could this array formation withstand a strike from him?

So, what if it could?

What about two strikes?

Three strikes?

…

Lin Jiufeng's understanding of array formations was so superficial that it would make people laugh if he told others about it.

But he had no other choice.

"That ancestor of the Mountain Ghost Race is hiding here."

"There's definitely something wrong with him. He was struck by my sword and he can't even get rid of the sword energy. He's abnormally weak," Lin Jiufeng muttered.

[Do you want to Sign-In at the Mountain Ghost Race's base camp?]

Just as Lin Jiufeng was about to use his power to destroy the array formation, a line of words appeared before his eyes.

Lin Jiufeng was surprised. "It's already the morning of the next day, so I can Sign-in again…"

"Of course, I'll sign in."

[Sign-In successful. Received Encyclopedia of Array Formations!]

As expected, signing-in in front of an array formation meant that he would probably receive something related to array formations.

Rumble!

An entire book on array formations appeared.

It was thick and it obviously contained a lot of corresponding knowledge.

All of it was injected into Lin Jiufeng's mind, causing him to close his eyes for a while.

This vast knowledge allowed Lin Jiufeng to understand the secrets of array formations.

In Lin Jiufeng's eyes, the array formation set up by the Mountain Ghost Race wasn't that difficult to traverse through.

He followed the correct path and walked deep into the mountain without letting the array formation notice his intrusion.

There were many tombs here.

Each tomb had a mountain ghost living in it.

Some of the graves were empty, which meant that the mountain ghosts inside had gone out.

But some were covered up tightly, which meant that something was inside.

Counting carefully, there were thousands of graves.

These were all members of the Mountain Ghost Race.

Among them, more than a thousand mountain ghosts were caught by Lin Tianyuan.

It was no wonder that Lord Mountain Ghost and his old ancestor had become so anxious to deal with him.

"The population of the Mountain Ghost Race isn't that huge…"

"It's already considered decent to have someone as powerful as the Lord Mountain Ghost and an even an old ancestor among their ranks. It's just a pity that they are too ambitious." Lin Jiufeng watched silently.

Lord Mountain Ghost was the leader of this generation of mountain ghosts.

He was a Martial Sage.

But a man who could never be satisfied was akin to a snake trying to swallow an elephant. He underestimated the Yuhua God Dynasty too much and also overestimated the capabilities of his old ancestor.

Lin Jiufeng quickly discovered that ancestor's coffin.

It wasn't inside the largest tomb. It was just a coffin suspended on a cliff.

Lin Jiufeng could sense that his sword energy was inside.

With a flick of his finger, a streak of sword energy burst forth and the coffin directly exploded.

Boom!

There was nothing inside of it.

But a faint black smoke slowly dissipated into the air.

"Really? You died just from this sword energy?" Lin Jiufeng raised his brows.

The faint dissipating black smoke was the ancestor of the Mountain Ghost Race.

A Human God Realm ancestor from 1,500 years ago.

Looking at his surroundings, Lin Jiufeng was rather bored. "You've persevered for 1,500 years, but you didn't think about nurturing more talents in your race in preparation for the new era, yet you were actually so brazen to think of controlling a God Dynasty…"

"Indeed… It makes sense that your race was almost wiped out back then."

Lin Jiufeng couldn't help but complain.

With Lord Mountain Ghost as the leader along with an old ancestor with no foresight, how could the Mountain Ghost Race remain in existence?

Lin Jiufeng personally witnessed the Divine Soul of the ancestor of the Mountain Ghost Race dissipate into the air.

From the beginning till the end, no words were exchanged.

The shield that the old ancestor had condensed back then truly wasn't that strong after all.

Considering how this old ancestor was already akin to that of an arrow at the end of its flight, it was understandable.

But Lord Mountain Ghost had no idea about this. He thought that since they were both in the Human God Realm, his ancestor would definitely be able to suppress Lin Jiufeng due to their difference in battle experience.

Lin Jiufeng was rather bored.

His biggest gain from this trip was the Sign-In for the Encyclopedia of Array Formations.

He directly left this place and returned to the Cold Palace to properly study this Encyclopedia of Array Formations.

The disturbance caused by the Mountain Ghost Race came to an end.

The clans from the old era caused a huge commotion in the Yuhua God Dynasty and didn't even try to adapt to the new era. They acted according to their old ideals and as a result, they were annihilated.

…

After Lin Jiufeng made his move this time, he didn't have to go out anymore.

The Cold Palace was as quiet as ever. No one came to disturb him and the white cat.

Whenever Lin Tianyuan encountered a problem, his first thought was to solve it by himself.

He preferred to not disturb Lin Jiufeng's peace if the problem was something he could handle.

Another year passed.

This year, Lin Jiufeng was 50 years old.

The 50-year-old Lin Jiufeng had the appearance of a 20-year-old, calmness of a 50-year-old, intelligence of an 800-year-old ancestor, and the aura of a 3000-year-old sage.

He was currently digging up the treasures of the human body, which was the goal of the Immortal Treasury stage of the Human God Realm.

Other than this, Lin Jiufeng had also revised the entire Encyclopedia of Array Formations in the year that had passed.

He finally knew all the basic array formations in the world like they were the back of his hand.

The Encyclopedia of Array Formations also had another name—the Encyclopedia of Basic Array Formations!

He lived a serene life throughout the previous year.

The Yuhua God Dynasty also remained relatively calm.

Every cultivator in the world was quietly accumulating their strength—all of them wanted to reach the Human God Realm.

But someone among them remained unhappy.

Great Yan Dynasty, Temple of the Holy Maiden.

Throughout the previous year, the Holy Maiden had been preoccupied with her own matters.

Her features looked as picturesque as ever…

Her black hair cascaded down her back like a waterfall as she stood tall.

'Throughout the previous year, I sealed a few regions with my Human God Realm cultivation base. I finally have some free time to myself since I'm already done with all of these…'

The Holy Maiden let out a long breath.

She still had a problem that she had to deal with.

It was her incomplete Divine Soul.

"The reason why my Divine Soul isn't complete is that when I was captured by the Yuhua God Dynasty, the Crown Prince secretly helped and released me."

"He's the Crown Prince of an opposing dynasty, but he still released me, the Holy Maiden of their enemy…"

"He must have encountered a lot of difficulties in the aftermath of what he had done.'

"This is why my Divine Soul is incomplete!"

"I harmed a Crown Prince which is equivalent to me owing him my life!"

"I can only hope that you're still alive…"

"I can repay you this gratitude. I can give you whatever you want. But if you're already dead, it will be impossible for my Divine Soul to become complete in this lifetime…"

The Holy Maiden was helpless.

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Chapter 55: Miss Hong

The Holy Maiden wanted to make her soul complete once more.

First, she needed to know if Lin Jiufeng was still alive

30 years have passed since Lin Jiufeng saved her back then.

The young Lin Jiufeng back then should be an old man in his fifties by now.

"His cultivation was destroyed and he was banished to the Cold Palace. Decades have passed since then, could he still be alive?" The Holy Maiden was distressed.

"I shall send someone to the Imperial Capital of the Yuhua God Dynasty to investigate. I hope that you are still alive. I can make it up to you. The throne, countless beauties, or even the ability to walk on the path of cultivation once more…"

"I can give them to you." The Holy Maiden picked up a piece of paper.

After folding it a few times, an immortal crane appeared.

"Go to that famous daoist mountain and find two Daoist priests. Ask them to go to the Imperial Capital of the Yuhua God Dynasty to investigate that matter concerning the dethroned Crown Prince 30 years ago." The Holy Maiden waved her hand, and the paper crane flew up.

It flapped its wings and flew away.

The Holy Maiden watched quietly. She suddenly thought of something and frowned slightly. "In today's world, the first native person to break through to the Human God Realm is in the Imperial Capital of the Yuhua God Dynasty."

"What if those two Daoist priests fail because of that Human God?"

She picked up another piece of paper and folded it into yet again another paper crane. When she was done, the immortal crane flew to the Buddhist sects in the Jiangnan area.

"Two groups of people should be enough, right?" The Holy Maiden muttered.

But thinking about it carefully…

'What if both groups got into conflict with that Human God?'

"Let's get a triple insurance policy."

The Holy Maiden folded another crane that flew toward the Northern Desert region.

The Holy Maiden was being cautious here with so many back-ups up her sleeve.

"This should be enough."

"I shall quietly wait for their results. I hope that they will bring me good news."

The Holy Maiden closed her eyes in satisfaction…

And started to repair her Divine Soul.

…

The world of Daoism consisted of many sects.

But there were only a few publicly recognized top daoists sects.

Each sect occupied a famous mountain or river.

They focused on cultivating the Dao, sitting in meditation, and watching the clouds rise and fall.

They quietly observed the changes in the world.

Among them, Mount Longhu of the daoist sects was considered to be a holy land of Daoism.

The foundation of Mount Longhu ran deep. Following that rain, many Martial Sages appeared continuously in here like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.

Two of the bamboo shoots quickly grew into towering trees.

Two Human Gods appeared on Mount Longhu, one of the sacred lands of Daoism.

If news of their ascension got out, it would definitely shock the world.

However, these two Human Gods were currently holding a paper crane and listening seriously to what the paper crane was saying.

"It's Miss Hong's voice," a young Daoist priest said excitedly.

"I thought that after we parted ways in the underground abyss, I wouldn't be able to see the fairy-like Miss Hong anymore. I didn't expect that she would actually take the initiative to contact us," the young Daoist priest said excitedly.

The middle-aged Daoist priest by the side also nodded. "The two of us were only able to break through to the Human God Realm thanks to Miss Hong's pointers. Although she looks like an aloof person, that is only on the surface. The real Miss Hong is very kind."

The two Daoist priests were already old, but ever since they broke through to the Human God Realm and regained their youth, their mentalities also changed along with their appearance.

With their age and experiences, not a lot in this world could excite them anymore.

But Miss Hong was an exception.

"Senior Brother Liu Yun, do you still remember that scene when we saw Miss Hong a year ago?" The young Daoist priest recalled.

"Of course, I remember…"

"There was an earthquake that split the earth that day and it revealed the entrance to an underground abyss. Countless demons and monsters were inside of it. Fortunately, that place was near Mount Longhu. We were at the fourth stage of the Martial Sage Realm and we were the ones to suppress that crack." The middle-aged Daoist priest named Liu Yun, lamented.

"I still remember that Senior Brother and I were full of confidence before we went in. But we couldn't last for more than half a day in that place before we were completely defeated."

"Then, at a crucial moment, Miss Hong descended from the sky. She was so beautiful to the point that I still find it hard to describe her beauty. She immediately got rid of the trouble and suppressed that crack on her own."

"She also helped treat our injuries. In addition, she even gave us pointers which helped us tremendously when we made our breakthrough to the Human God Realm!"

The young Daoist priest brimmed with excitement.

With a trace of longing, he recalled the past.

They were only able to make a breakthrough because of Miss Hong.

"Junior Brother Haiyu, we owe Miss Hong our lives and the favor of guiding us. This time, Miss Hong wants us to go to the Imperial Capital of the Yuhua God Dynasty to investigate the situation of the dethroned Crown Prince 30 years ago. We must go," Liu Yun said.

"Of course we have to go. Even if the first Human God is in the Imperial Capital, we still have to go there and investigate." Junior Brother Haiyu nodded.

"We aren't going to make any trouble. We are just investigating the situation of that dethroned Crown Prince back then. It should be fine. The Yuhua God Dynasty probably doesn't want to offend two Human Gods like us anyway," Liu Yun said.

"We have to go now, we can't let Miss Hong wait for our results for too long." Haiyu couldn't wait any longer.

He immediately left the mountain and headed in the direction of the Imperial Capital.

Liu Yun shook his head and laughed. He also got up and went down the mountain.

…

The buddhist sects of Jiangnan once had a temple every three steps and a monastery every five steps.

But after the two paintings suppressed the two Buddhist sects back then, they were demolished.

The three sacred lands of the Buddhist sects were still around, but the number of believers in the buddhist sects had sharply declined.

They were no longer as glorious as they were back then.

Both Shaolin Temple and Xuankong Temple had become part of the background that depicted the might of that Human God from the Yuhua God Dynasty into the world.

They were furious, but they knew that they temporarily couldn't do anything about it.

As for the Dalin Temple that was spared from the catastrophe and didn't suffer any losses back then, it remained unscathed as it maintained its low-key appearance.

In the buddhist cave of Dalin Temple, there were many exquisite paintings.

An old monk was sitting upright in front of a painting.

In front of him was a flower. He held it with one hand and a smile appeared on his face.

The smile of Buddha as he was plucking flowers!

The old monk quickly turned young, transforming from an old man into a young man.

"I have no way of repaying your kindness, Miss Hong." The young monk sighed.

Three months ago, under the guidance of Miss Hong, he successfully broke through to the Human God Realm.

A paper crane was flying in circles around him.

The monk took the paper crane in his hand and put it up to his ear.

He then heard Miss Hong's voice.

After a while, the monk who had listened to it several times raised his head and looked in the direction of the Imperial Capital of the Yuhua God Dynasty.

"I shall go visit the most prosperous place in the world today."

The young and handsome monk smiled.

…

In the Northern Desert region, the earth was dry and the sun was scorching.

A dark-skinned man held a paper crane in his hand as he carefully placed it up to his ear to listen.

With his height of more than two meters, he held the little paper crane in his hands and listened attentively.

His action looked just like a little woman. It looked out of place and awkward.

But he was very happy…

"Miss Hong actually took the initiative to send me a message! This is a huge matter, I have to do my best for Miss Hong."

"Yuhua God Dynasty, the Imperial Capital, the dethroned crown prince…"

"No matter what, I'm going."

"The only thing that I need to worry about in the Imperial Capital is that first Human God. But I'm not going to make any trouble. I'm just going to look for information. This Human God probably isn't so domineering," Iron Han mumbled.

Then, he took big strides and ran faster than the wind.

Lin Jiufeng—who was deep in the Imperial Capital's Cold Palace—had no idea that four Human Gods were coming to the Imperial Capital to investigate his situation.

He was quietly signing in, cultivating, improving himself, and refining the Immortal Treasury in his body.

"Why am I still unable to make a breakthrough from the Immortal Treasury stage?"

Lin Jiufeng was puzzled.

He couldn't help but ask the white cat.

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Chapter 56: A Person Forgotten by the Imperial Capital

Lin Jiufeng's cultivation base was still at the Immortal Treasury stage of the Human God Realm

He was trying his best to unlock the treasures hidden within his body.

But no matter how diligent he was, he felt as if his body was akin to that of a bottomless abyss.

No matter what he did, something seemed amiss. As a result, he couldn't help but ask the white cat as to why he couldn't make a breakthrough into the next stage of the Human God Realm.

The white cat looked at Lin Jiufeng speechlessly.

It moved its claws and wrote a few words.

After so many years, its words were still as ugly as ever, but Lin Jiufeng had gotten used to it already.

To be honest, he was starting to think that its penmanship was somewhat adorable.

"You're already a Human God expert, why are you still asking me this?"

Lin Jiufeng was suddenly enlightened. "Ah!"

"To think that I forgot that your cultivation base is still not at the Human God Realm! My bad, it's my mistake. I won't ask you anymore."

The white cat looked at Lin Jiufeng. It was ashamed and furious at the same time.

It felt that Lin Jiufeng was intentionally humiliating it.

His words didn't sound malicious, but their underlying meaning was shameful for the white cat.

It wasn't slacking. It worked very hard.

In fact, the white cat was already at the peak of the Martial Sage Realm.

Unfortunately, it encountered a bottleneck while it was a single step away from the Human God Realm.

The bottleneck that it had encountered was the reason why it was ridiculed by Lin Jiufeng.

Meow!

The white cat reached out its claws, wanting to scratch Lin Jiufeng.

But Lin Jiufeng turned around and left it behind directly.

"I'm going to try and comprehend the essence of the Immortal Treasury stage…"

"Guard the door well."

Lin Jiufeng's serious, yet seemingly casual manner of speaking further infuriated the white cat.

It gestured with its claws while staring at Lin Jiufeng's back.

Its sharp nails had already emerged from its meaty claws.

It was angry.

…

Lin Jiufeng's life this year consisted of his usual continuous signing in. Sometimes, he would purposely provoke and tease the white cat, adding a bit of fun to his peaceful life.

Of course, the most important thing for him was to thoroughly comprehend the essence of the Immortal Treasury stage.

There were many treasures within the Immortal Treasury stage.

Physical Body Immortal Treasury, Divine Soul Immortal Treasury, True Qi Immortal Treasury, Daoist Charm Immortal Treasury.

These were the four great immortal secrets that Lin Jiufeng comprehended within the Immortal Treasury stage of the Human God Realm.

He had already unlocked the Physical Body Immortal Treasury.

As a reward for his comprehension, his body's foundation was further solidified and strengthened. He could now kill someone of the same cultivation realm as him with only a single punch.

Just this single immortal treasury alone increased his strength exponentially.

For the Divine Soul Immortal Treasury, Lin Jiufeng cultivated the Innate Soul Refining Technique and refined his Divine Soul into an avatar of himself.

The True Qi Immortal Treasury had revealed a secret door within one's True Qi.

From beyond that door was a world filled with ancient True Qi runes. With his comprehension of the True Qi Immortal Treasury, Lin Jiufeng's every move now reflected those resplendent ancient True Qi runes.

The Daoist Charm Immortal Treasury allowed Lin Jiufeng to look at the very essence of the world itself. He could now reach out and feel the pulse of the Great Dao. His heartbeat was now synchronized with the breathing of the earth itself as he walked on the ground.

The four great immortal treasures increased Lin Jiufeng's strength by a hundredfold.

He really felt that he could destroy this world if he wanted to.

This feeling came along with his increase in strength.

But despite all of these he still couldn't make a breakthrough away from the Immortal Treasury stage.

'What exactly is wrong?' Lin Jiufeng wondered.

'I've read through the few books that described the Immortal Treasury stage of the Human God Realm. However, what they have described seems to be vastly different than mine…'

'In those books, the Immortal Treasury stage seems to be a simple stage to surpass.' Lin Jiufeng frowned.

Opening the four great immortal treasures allowed his strength to continuously rise. Under such circumstances, he naturally wanted to break through the Immortal Treasury stage to enter the next small stage of the Human God Realm.

"I want to reach the peak of the Human God Realm as soon as possible. I want to see what's beyond it," Lin Jiufeng said with a look of longing on his face.

With his cultivation base, he might not be invincible in the mortal world, but he was still a top expert.

Lin Jiufeng had no interest in power and authority.

Lin Jiufeng wasn't interested in reputation either.

Lin Jiufeng didn't bother with seeking beautiful women too.

He was only interested in one thing—the peak of the martial path.

"I have a hunch that the Human God Realm is definitely not the highest cultivation realm. It's just that any information concerning the realms beyond it seemed to have been erased. No one knows about it. Apart from a few mentions in those ancient books, there is nothing else…'

His motivation for reaching the peak of the Human God Realm was not that complicated.

He simply wanted to find out what was beyond it.

'After I successfully conquered this great mountain known as the Human God Realm, the world in the future would definitely become even more vast and wonderful,' Lin Jiufeng said with desire flickering within his eyes.

Lin Jiufeng's desire and ambition were laid bare. His priority was to continue accumulating his strength, so he could surpass the Human God Realm as soon as possible.

…

Imperial Capital.

Early in the morning, a young monk arrived.

At noon, two Daoist priests arrived.

In the evening, a man with a towering physique arrived.

The three of them arrived at the Imperial Capital on the same day. They didn't do anything out of line, but each of them did something in common—they all went to look for an information broker.

The young monk found an old man in the Imperial Capital.

The old man was only 20 years old back then.

He was a person who witnessed that piece of history.

But for some reason, the old man and the others that the young monk visited all shook their heads in confusion. They all said that they didn't know anything about a so-called dethroned Crown Prince from decades ago.

Of course, after asking so many people, there was bound to be someone that knew about the dethroned Crown Prince. But as for what exactly happened? After 30 years, he had long forgotten about it.

Someone even said, "The current Emperor's lineage is doing so well, why should we still bother about that dethroned Crown Prince? Since he has been deposed, he must have done something bad. Why do we have to remember him?"

The monk was speechless.

Unable to answer, he could only look for more people to ask from.

But the people in the Imperial Capital really didn't truly remember the dethroned Crown Prince.

The two Daoist priests, the towering man from the Northern Desert region, all found the same results as the young monk.

The people of the Imperial Capital had completely forgotten about the dethroned Crown Prince, Lin Jiufeng.

After a busy afternoon, the three groups ate in three different restaurants in the evening.

If one looked at their locations from above, one could see that they had coincidentally formed a perfect triangle that surrounded the Imperial Capital.

But despite being this close to each other, they didn't discover each other's presence at all.

They were afraid of causing a misunderstanding between them and that Human God Realm expert within the Imperial Capital. Therefore, they chose to restrain their terrifying cultivation base.

The monk ate vegetarian food, the Daoist priests drank tea, while that towering man ate meat in large chunks and drank wine in large cups.

They were all depressed.

The variety of food that they were eating vastly differed from each other, but their feelings were the same—they felt helpless.

"The Imperial Capital is so huge, yet no one even remembers about that dethroned Crown Prince? Isn't that Crown Prince too low-key?" The monk complained.

"Most people in this Imperial Capital don't know of any dethroned Crown Prince. They only know about Emperor Ming and Emperor Yuan. Perhaps we need to dig deeper into this piece of history." The two Daoist priests discussed.

"I don't know anything about the Imperial Capital, but since I want to investigate what happened decades ago, I can ask the servants in the palace. Some of the servants who were in charge of some duties in the past have already returned to their hometowns to retire…"

"They must know something about it…"

Although this towering man had a boorish appearance, he was meticulous.

He immediately thought of a solution to his conundrum.

The young monk also thought of a solution.

"I can go to the Royal Family's clan residence and look through their dossiers. Even if that prince was stripped of his position, he should still be recorded within the dossiers of the Royal Family's clan residence. With that, I'll know if he's dead or alive."

The two Daoist priests went to look for a former prince who was now a lord with his own land and riches.

This former prince fought with Lin Jiufeng for the title of Crown Prince back then and failed.

Then, failed again his struggle with Emperor Yuan for the title of Crown Prince.

After two setbacks, he was disheartened and decided to let go of everything.

He became an idle lord and spent his day walking with the birds and having fun.

He was now living a carefree life.

The two Daoist priests came to visit him at night and revealed their identities.

This caused the idle lord to turn pale with fright as he hurriedly welcomed them.

He was just an idle lord, how could he offend someone from the sacred grounds of Daoism, Mount Longhu?

"Daoist priests… May I know why you are looking for me?" The idle lord asked cautiously.

He hoped that it wasn't because they wanted to rebel and they needed his help.

He didn't want to rebel at all.

He was now used to his lifestyle of being an idle and wealthy lord.

"We're here to find out more about that dethroned Crown Prince from back then," Daoist Liu Yun replied.

The idle lord heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, his worst fear didn't come true.

But he was stunned hearing Daoist Liu Yun's words.

"You want to ask me about my third brother, Lin Jiufeng?"

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Chapter 57: Forcing the Cherry Blossoms to Bloom All Over the Tree

Back then, this idle lord was young, high-spirited, and confident.

He had always coveted that throne.

Hence, he regarded Lin Jiufeng as his enemy.

He had never called Lin Jiufeng, 'Third Brother' before.

He was the eldest out of all the princes, and he was also the direct son of the Emperor.

Logically speaking, he should have inherited the throne.

But the young Lin Jiufeng was a genius.

The former suppressed him and took the title of the Crown Prince from him.

Later on, Lin Jiufeng made a mistake and released the opposing dynasty's Holy Maiden.

As a result, he took advantage of the opportunity to add insult to injury. He rallied the ministers to remove Lin Jiufeng from the position of Crown Prince.

He thought that the now empty position of Crown Prince was already in his bag, but when Emperor Yuan returned, the latter also suppressed him.

It was as if history was repeating itself…

Emperor Yuan took the position away from him.

The two blows had thoroughly demoralized him.

In the end, he became an idle lord and abandoned his ambitions.

All these years, he didn't mention Lin Jiufeng even once, nor did he think of him that much.

30 years had passed, and he was already in his fifties.

He was already more than 50 years old, and the past had long been buried in the deep recesses of his mind.

But right now, he was baffled.

Why were these two Daoist priests looking for Lin Jiufeng?

Liu Yun and Hai Yu looked at the idle lord who was lost in his memories.

They reached out and shook him awake.

"I'm sorry."

"It's just that I haven't heard of his name in a long time. Back then, Lin Jiufeng was banished to the Cold Palace. Until now, he has never been released," The idle Lord said.

Liu Yun asked, "Then, is he still alive?"

"He should still be alive. If he's dead, the clan residence should inform us of his death, which means that he's still alive in the Cold Palace."

"It's just that the conditions in the Cold Palace are tough. His cultivation base was destroyed back then. I wonder what kind of torture he had experienced over the past few decades inside that place."

The idle lord sighed.

The grudges he felt in the early years had already disappeared.

There wasn't much brotherhood between them, but he pitied Lin Jiufeng's predicament.

"After he made that mistake, I knew it would be difficult for him to turn the tides in his life. He's only bitterly waiting for his death in that Cold Palace, I bet. Why are the two esteemed Daoist priests looking for him?" The idle lord asked curiously.

"Is his situation in that Cold Palace really that tragic?" Junior Brother Haiyu asked in surprise.

"Those admitted into the Cold Palace so far had never lived a long life…"

"They all lost their minds."

"Think about it, he has been staying there for about 30 years now and that is equivalent to being continuously tortured for 30 years. Isn't that tragic?" The idle lord shook his head and explained.

"That's pretty tragic." Junior Brother Haiyu couldn't help but imagine.

Lin Jiufeng's situation was horrible.

"Where is that Cold Palace located?" Liu Yun asked.

The idle lord replied, "In a remote area in the West District of the Imperial Capital, there are a number of palaces with no one living in them. That's precisely the Cold Palace. No one is allowed to enter its premises without an imperial decree."

Liu Yun and Junior Brother Haiyu immediately got up to leave.

"Just pretend that we were never here." Liu Yun left behind a pill that he had refined through alchemy on Mount Longhu as his expression of gratitude to the idle lord.

Then, they disappeared into the night.

…

The towering man from the Northern Desert region found an old eunuch who served in the palace back then. Because of his advanced age, he was allowed to retire and return to his hometown.

From this old eunuch, he learned where the dethroned Crown Prince was imprisoned.

Before he left, the old eunuch told him. "Even if the dethroned Crown Prince from back then isn't dead yet, he should have already gone mad. It's okay if you want to find him, but don't make any trouble. The mistake he has made back then has yet to be forgiven."

The towering man frowned. He couldn't help but whisper to himself, 'Why did Miss Hong want to find this old and crazy dethroned Crown Prince?'

He couldn't figure it out.

But since Miss Hong had given her orders, he had to complete the task.

Taking advantage of the night, he went to the Cold Palace.

…

Clan Residence, Dossier Room.

The young monk flipped through the records of the past and saw the records regarding Lin Jiufeng.

There was a brief summary of his existence.

Every comment written about him on the records was negative

The dossier directly gave Lin Jiufeng the title of a lecherous prince.

The young monk closed the dossier and looked in the direction of the Cold Palace.

He said, "Amitabha. I hope you are okay. This way, I will be able to repay Miss Hong's favor."

He also went to the Cold Palace.

…

Tonight, the Cold Palace was as quiet as ever.

Almost every building within the Cold Palace had no lights.

Even the occasional light was also because of the moon.

But tonight, the moon was covered by dark clouds.

Hence, the Cold Palace was very dark.

There was only one place with light. It was Lin Jiufeng's courtyard.

The courtyard was filled with bone swords. The set of bone swords that he received from signing in back then were still here. They remained inserted here for 30 years.

Lin Jiufeng had never used all of them before.

But Lin Jiufeng was in no hurry. It would come in handy sooner or later.

Inside a pavilion, Lin Jiufeng laid on the frost jade bed. His hands were placed on his chest as he closed his eyes and circulated the surging spiritual energy that entered his body.

His True Qi was currently producing ancient runes in his body.

They entered his dantian and his dantian itself was starting to experience a few changes.

Lin Jiufeng combined the ancient True Qi runes with his own cultivation technique to create something new.

Dantian talismans!

Each talisman contained a cultivation technique's essence.

Together with the ancient True Qi runes, the power it could harness was terrifying.

Lin Jiufeng was quietly accumulating his strength, preparing to amaze everyone outside.

A white cat was curled up on one side of the frost jade bed. It cultivated comfortably on its own.

The flickering candlelight illuminated their shadows and plastered them on the wall.

The white cat's shadow was lying on Lin Jiufeng's chest. It looked adorable.

Tonight should have been the same as usual.

An ordinary night.

But Lin Jiufeng suddenly opened his eyes and frowned.

He sat up.

Meow!

The white cat was awakened by Lin Jiufeng's movement.

It opened its eyes and looked at him in confusion.

Lin Jiufeng said softly, "Someone's here."

Meow ~

The white cat also stood up and looked outside curiously.

No one should be here in this Cold Palace.

Even if someone did come, was there a need for them to be afraid?

"It's four Human Gods!"

Lin Jiufeng scanned with his Divine Soul and he instantly saw through their cultivation realms.

Meow!!!

The white cat looked at Lin Jiufeng in shock.

A breeze appeared beneath its feet and it was about to slip into the underground palace.

"Why are you running? There are only four of them." Lin Jiufeng snapped.

The white cat wrote decisively. "You are just one Human God, there are four of them."

"They must have found out who you are. Now, they are here to get rid of you so that they could destroy the Yuhua God Dynasty." A scheme suddenly popped up in the white cat's mind.

Lin Jiufeng watched as the white cat's claws moved like a shadow.

In a few seconds, it wrote a lot of words.

Looking at the content of these words, Lin Jiufeng didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"If it's a competition of numbers, then there should be no one who can defeat the Emperor with his forces." Lin Jiufeng chuckled. He raised a hand and flicked his finger.

The white cat watched without blinking.

It wanted to see if Lin Jiufeng—who boasted all day long about how powerful he was—would be able to win against the four Human Gods.

With a flick of his finger, a stream of True Qi burst forth.

It directly poured over the space outside.

Boom!

The True Qi he had released was very thin, but after leaving Lin Jiufeng's courtyard.

It was like pouring a basin of cold water into a pot of hot oil.

It instantly surged with power.

Carrying the essence of the True Qi Immortal Treasury that Lin Jiufeng had unlocked, it directly ignited the spiritual energy in the air within the Cold Palace.

In Lin Jiufeng's eyes, the spiritual energy in the air became akin to resplendent lights as it directly covered everything around him.

The cherry trees in the Cold Palace directly bloomed after being infused with this volatile spiritual energy. The fragrance of its flowers was refreshing.

But for the monk, the Daoist priests, and the towering man…

It was as if the sky itself had collapsed onto them.

Just as they entered the Cold Palace, they saw a lone courtyard with lights.

Like moths attracted to a flame, they walked over in its direction.

With a common goal in mind, it was inevitable that they would discover each other's presence.

But since they had no idea that there were other groups venturing into the Cold Palace, all three of them were momentarily stunned.

At this moment, a streak of ancient True Qi flew out from the lone courtyard with lights.

Boom!

It disturbed the spiritual energy in the air upon its arrival.

Then, it directly ignited the night sky as the cherry trees around them bloomed.

The pressure was akin to that of a boundless ocean.

It caused the cherry blossoms to bloom all over the cherry trees, while at the same time, it forced the four Human Gods to kneel, preventing them from moving.

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Chapter 58: Who Is Miss Hong?

The young monk knelt on the ground, drenched in sweat.

Beads of sweat constantly dripped down from his forehead.

He looked around in shock.

The spiritual energy in the air had been ignited by something. It affected the cherry tree and forced it to blossom instantly. Resplendent and beautiful cherry blossoms fluttered in the air.

Then, the world shook as a stream of True Qi transformed into a terrifying ancient rune that came crashing down.

The four Human Gods couldn't resist at all.

They directly knelt in front of the courtyard.

They didn't even manage to enter the lone courtyard.

"What… What is this?" The young monk was filled with indescribable shock.

The two Daoist priests looked at each other and saw the horror in each other's eyes. The sensation was akin to that of a horror that engraved itself onto one's bones and onto one's heart. Both of them instantly saw through each other's thoughts.

"True Qi Immortal Treasury!" Liu Yun gnashed his teeth as he endured the boundless pressure.

But despite all of that, his voice sounded hoarse as it was forced out from his throat.

As a Daoist, he naturally recognized the origins of that ancient rune.

Only Human Gods that had broken through to the second stage—the Immortal Treasury stage could possibly form this ancient rune.

"There's actually someone here who has unlocked their True Qi Immortal Treasury. How incredible. He can now make a breakthrough into the next stage." Liu Yun gulped in fear.

He realized that he had offended an extremely terrifying expert by invading the Cold Palace.

"The True Qi Immortal Treasury? When unlocked, a cultivator's True Qi will now depict the resplendent ancient runes beyond the door of his True Qi. That's terrifying. The expert who suppressed us is someone that is at the Immortal Treasury stage at the least!"

Junior Brother Haiyu added. Similar to Liu Yun, he was trembling in fear.

When the young monk heard his words, his expression changed.

"That Human God of the Yuhua God Dynasty is actually living in seclusion in the Cold Palace?"

The young monk realized in horror. A bitter smile spread on his lips.

He truly had knocked against a metal plate this time.

The veins on the towering man's body bulged.

He struggled with all his might, but it was to no avail. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't break free from the suppression of the ancient True Qi runes.

"Senior, please spare my life."

The towering man knew that he couldn't do anything about the situation.

He directly laid on the ground and didn't resist anymore, then he shouted.

He begged for mercy.

The young monk and the Daoist priests did the same.

They knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

Being suppressed by ancient True Qi runes might be painful, but it was nothing compared to their lives. Thus, they started begging. Asking for mercy might save their lives.

In the courtyard, on the frost jade bed, Lin Jiufeng didn't care about the four Human Gods outside.

Within the lone courtyard, Lin Jiufeng didn't care about the four Human Gods outside.

They were being suppressed by a single wisp of his True Qi.

Obviously, these four were newly-minted Human God Realm cultivators.

If this happened ten years ago, Lin Jiufeng would've been worried. But now, a flick of his finger was enough to suppress them all.

He looked at the white cat.

"Now, do you understand that I'm not just bragging about what I usually tell you?" Lin Jiufeng raised his brows.

The white cat was speechless. It was both envious and furious.

Envious of Lin Jiufeng's formidable strength.

Furious at Lin Jiufeng for bullying it again.

But the problem was that it couldn't refute him at all.

"Let's go…"

"Let's go out and find out why these Human Gods are here." Lin Jiufeng reached out and brought the white cat into his arms. Then, he started stroking it gently.

He was stroking the white cat!

The white cat was a proud cat. It usually wouldn't let Lin Jiufeng hold it so casually like this.

But its guess was wrong this time. Unable to refute Lin Jiufeng's words, it had no other choice but to allow Lin Jiufeng to do whatever he wanted to.

Lin Jiufeng—who was carrying the white cat—walked out of the lone courtyard's door.

Lin Jiufeng was dressed in a long white suit with patterns carved on its surface which accentuated his slender figure.

He walked out of the courtyard.

Outside the courtyard, four people were lying on the ground.

A young monk.

A man with a towering physique.

And two Daoist priests.

They were all at the Human God Realm.

All four of them had just recently reached the Human God Realm.

Lin Jiufeng walked out with steady footsteps.

Seeing them kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy, he waved his hand casually.

The ancient True Qi rune suppressing them slowly dissipated.

The boundless pressure disappeared.

The few of them heaved a sigh of relief and gasped for breath.

They hurriedly lifted their heads and looked at Lin Jiufeng.

"Senior, your look great." Liu Yun praised when he saw Lin Jiufeng looking like an Immortal that had descended onto the mortal realm.

"Senior, we didn't mean to offend you. We really didn't know that you were living in seclusion here. Please pardon us if we have offended you in any way." The young monk ignored his own sweat and hurriedly explained.

The towering man's body was more than two meters tall.

His dark exterior made him look very domineering.

But at this moment, he was like a child who had done something bad.

He stood obediently at the side and looked at Lin Jiufeng, aggrieved.

"Senior, I was wrong."

Lin Jiufeng looked at them and said calmly, "If apologizing is useful, what use is our True Qi?"

The faces of the four stiffened.

They became nervous, thinking that Lin Jiufeng was going to attack them.

But Lin Jiufeng didn't make a move.

He only sized up the four of them and asked, "You guys are in the same group?"

"No."

"Definitely not."

"I'm a loner."

The four of them shook their heads in unison and decisively distanced themselves from each other. They didn't want to be seen as working together.

Lin Jiufeng looked at them. The young monk was alone, the towering man was alone, and the two Daoist priests were together.

Despite having intruded into the Cold Palace at the same time, they were on guard against each other.

It was an interesting sight for Lin Jiufeng.

He couldn't help but laugh. "If you guys aren't in the same group, then why did you all came here on the same day and time?"

"It's a coincidence!" The monk said, embarrassed.

"Fate." The two Daoist priests smiled awkwardly.

"I don't know why they are here, but I have my own motives," The iron-tower-like man said.

"Oh, then tell me, what is your motive?"

Lin Jiufeng stroked the white cat as he curiously asked.

He still didn't know what exactly could make these Human Gods come at the same time on the same day to this Cold Palace.

The young monk and the Daoist priest also looked curiously at the towering man.

They also wanted to know.

"I'm here to find someone," The towering man said.

"Find someone?" Lin Jiufeng raised his brows and looked at him in surprise.

"There's no other person in this Cold Palace, yet you are here to look for someone?" Lin Jiufeng asked curiously.

"I'm here to look for the dethroned Crown Prince," The towering man was honest. "I heard that the dethroned Crown Prince was imprisoned here 30 years ago. I came here to investigate his whereabouts."

"Find the dethroned Crown Prince…" Lin Jiufeng's eyes darkened.

He wanted to ask more, but at this moment, the young monk said, "Well… I'm also here to look for someone."

Lin Jiufeng looked at him and frowned. "You're also looking for the dethroned Crown Prince?"

The young monk nodded.

Lin Jiufeng immediately looked at the two Daoist priests and asked, "Are you two also here to look for the dethroned Crown Prince?"

Liu Yun and the Haiyu brothers hurriedly nodded.

Lin Jiufeng smiled.

His smile seemed to be that of joy.

"The dethroned Crown Prince was imprisoned 30 years ago, and no outsider has ever come to look for him. You guys came together tonight and said that you weren't in the same group, but all of you were looking for him.

The four of them awkwardly looked at each other.

In such a situation, it didn't seem to make sense to say that they weren't on the same side.

"Why look for the dethroned Crown Prince?" Lin Jiufeng asked solemnly.

Someone was looking for him.

That person even got four Human Gods to come here just to look for him.

He had to take this matter seriously.

"I'm under someone else's command!"

"I'm following orders!"

"Someone wanted me to do it."

Three different answers, but they meant the same.

Someone had ordered them to come here.

Lin Jiufeng's face turned slightly cold.

He stared at them and asked, "Who told you lot to come here?"

The four of them answered in unison. "Miss Hong!"

Lin Jiufeng frowned. Who was this Miss Hong?

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Chapter 59: The Acquainting Process

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Who was this Miss Hong?

Lin Jiufeng didn't know this so-called Miss Hong. In his memory, ever since he transmigrated into this world, he had never interacted with any woman.

The only female he interacted with was a white cat.

Where did this Miss Hong come from?

The white cat was also very curious.

It raised its head and looked around in Lin Jiufeng's arms.

Its curiosity skyrocketed.

The single Lin Jiufeng was actually in a relationship?

Lin Jiufeng looked solemnly at the four people in front of him.

He wanted to know the answer to this question of his.

"Miss Hong is just Miss Hong," the young monk said.

"Miss Hong is a celestial maiden who stands aloof in this world. She's very powerful." When the towering man described Miss Hong, his tanned face actually turned red.

"Miss Hong is an extraordinary woman," Daoist Liu Yun said.

"Miss Hong is my greatest hero." Junior Brother Haiyu added.

The four of them praised this Miss Hong non-stop.

In addition, there was clear genuine admiration and even longing in their eyes.

Countless question marks instantly appeared in Lin Jiufeng's mind.

Just how charming was this Miss Hong?

"So you guys only know that her name is Miss Hong?" Lin Jiufeng asked.

The four nodded.

"You don't know her background?" Lin Jiufeng continued to ask.

The four of them nodded again.

"You guys don't know her identity either?" Lin Jiufeng was speechless.

The four continued to nod.

This time, Lin Jiufeng stopped asking. He was becoming exhausted.

"You don't know anything about her at all, but this so-called Miss Hong was able to command you to come here and investigate the dethroned Crown Prince?" Lin Jiufeng was speechless.

"I owe Miss Hong a favor. Under her guidance, I broke through to the Human God Realm," The young monk said.

"It's the same for us two. With Miss Hong's guidance, we were able to reach the Human God Realm." Daoist Liu Yun added.

"Me too," The towering man mumbled.

Lin Jiufeng's exhaustion vanished in an instant. He looked at the four Human Gods.

'To be able to guide someone into breaking through to the Human God Realm, that person must be very powerful. Furthermore, if it's just a casual pointer and they managed to make a breakthrough into the Human God Realm…'

'I am unable to do that myself.' Lin Jiufeng pondered in his heart.

It would be easy for him to kill a Human God.

But guiding others into making a breakthrough for the Human God Realm was a different story.

Lin Jiufeng couldn't do it.

This Miss Hong must be very powerful.

At the very least, she must be incredibly familiar with the intricacies of the Human God Realm.

"Describe to me your encounter with Miss Hong in detail. We'll start with you." Lin Jiufeng looked at the young monk and permitted him to speak.

"A year ago, the demon's den behind the Buddha Mountain of the Dalin Temple split open. A group of demons was about to wreak havoc and endanger the world, but Miss Hong suddenly appeared and used her powerful strength to suppress the demon's den. She left a seal on the den and gave me pointers for two hours. I broke through to the Human God Realm due to her guidance, and I have never seen Miss Hong since then," The young monk said.

"A demon's den?" Lin Jiufeng raised his brows.

"It's an ancient ruin buried deep in Mount Daqing…"

"The Dalin Temple chose to establish a monastery on Mount Daqing to suppress this demon's den and prevent the demons inside from coming out to harm the world. This is our duty," the young monk said sincerely.

Lin Jiufeng looked at the young monk and asked, "What's your Dharma name?"

"Qingyun," the young monk said.

"Monk Qingyun, since that is a demon's den of your Dalin Temple, how did Miss Hong know about it?" Lin Jiufeng asked.

"I don't know. I also asked Miss Hong about this, but she only smiled and didn't explain." Monk Qingyun shook his head.

"What about you two?" Lin Jiufeng looked at the two Daoist brothers.

"11 months ago, an earthquake occurred deep underground in the Longhu Mountain Range."

"The ground split open and an entrance to an underground abyss appeared."

"Countless demons were about to escape from that underground abyss…"

"At that time, we wanted to suppress them, but we weren't strong enough. At the crucial moment, Miss Hong descended from the sky and helped us eliminate the demons. She also sealed the entrance to the abyss." Daoist Liu Yun explained.

Lin Jiufeng frowned.

Dalin Temple had a demon's den, and Mount Longhu had an underground abyss.

Both of these places had these oddities.

'Could it be that…'

Lin Jiufeng couldn't help but look at the towering man.

"What's about you?" Lin Jiufeng asked curiously.

The young monk and the Daoist priests also looked over, intrigued.

They also wanted to know if this towering man met Miss Hong in a similar situation as them.

"I wasn't in a demon's den nor an underground abyss. But I found a mummy within the boundless desert of the Northern Desert region. Unfortunately, that mummy suddenly woke up and it wanted to kill me to siphon my energy."

"That was when Miss Hong appeared—she suppressed the mummy and saved my life. Then, she also gave me pointers to aid me in my breakthrough into the Human God Realm. This is why I owe her a debt of gratitude."

"She asked me to pay the Imperial Capital of the Yuhua God Dynasty a visit to investigate the situation and whereabouts of the dethroned Crown Prince. This is the reason why I am here." The towering man explained.

'A demon's den, an underground abyss, and a mummy.'

Lin Jiufeng looked at the four people and frowned in thought.

Since that rain fell, Lin Jiufeng knew that the world was going to change. He wasn't that surprised hearing about their experiences.

But the problem was that in their stories, Miss Hong was present.

Moreover, the Dalin Temple was in the Jiangnan area, Mount Longhu was in the Qinling area, and the towering man was from the Northern Desert region.

From the south to the north, from the Jiangnan area to the vast northern desert, the entire trip would take thousands of miles.

But this Miss Hong could actually appear on time in these locations despite their distance from each other? What exactly was her background?

"Senior, we've told you the truth. We came to the Cold Palace this time because we really just wanted to find out more about the dethroned Crown Prince. We have to make a report to Miss Hong to repay the debt of gratitude that we owe her," Monk Qingyun said sincerely.

"Senior, the young monk is right. We have no intention of offending the Yuhua God Dynasty, nor do we have any intention of offending you. We just want to know the current situation of that dethroned Crown Prince." Daoist Liu Yun added.

"Senior, please tell us about the situation of the dethroned Crown Prince of the Cold Palace so that we can immediately leave and report to Miss Hong." The towering man pleaded.

Lin Jiufeng looked at them.

He reached out to caress the white cat.

These four people didn't know that the immortal-like Lin Jiufeng in front of them was that dethroned Crown Prince.

Lin Jiufeng believed their words.

There was no need for them to lie.

His identity as the dethroned Crown Prince had no value at all, so why should they lie?

But the problem was—just what exactly was the intention of this Miss Hong?

After pondering for a moment, Lin Jiufeng said, "The dethroned Crown Prince is in the Cold Palace, but he doesn't want anyone to disturb him. Go back and tell this Miss Hong that the dethroned Crown Prince's life is very simple and peaceful. There is no need to disturb him."

"I'll let you guys go this time, but it might not be the case next time."

Lin Jiufeng let them go in the end.

They were just four Human Gods, he could kill them with a flick of his finger.

It was better if he let them return and report to Miss Hong.

This way, she would not bother about him anymore.

The four Human Gods left the Cold Palace in a hurry, their hearts filled with fear.

Once they were through the door, they glanced at the dilapidated palace behind them.

It was as if they saw a ferocious beast with its mouth wide open, waiting for them to venture beyond the door.

"Let's go back and report to Miss Hong." The four shook their heads and smiled at each other.

It could be considered that fate allowed them to be gathered by Miss Hong together.

The four of them bade each other farewell and left the Imperial Capital under the cover of the night.

In the Cold Palace…

Lin Jiufeng hugged the white cat and remained motionless beneath a cherry tree.

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Chapter 60: No Female Lead

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When the young monk, the towering man, and the Daoist priests finally left, the white cat immediately jumped off Lin Jiufeng's arms.

Meow ~

It called out and then moved its claws as it wrote a few words.

"You are releasing them just like that?"

Lin Jiufeng thought for a while and asked, "Should I go ahead and kill them then?"

The white cat was dumbfounded.

Come to think of it, other than breaking into the Cold Palace, they didn't do anything out of line.

Lin Jiufeng shook his head and said, "The mastermind is that Miss Hong. What can we change by killing them?"

"What's your relationship with this Miss Hong?" The white cat wrote curiously.

"I don't know her." Lin Jiufeng thought about it carefully, but he still had no idea about who this Miss Hong was.

The white cat looked at Lin Jiufeng suspiciously. It didn't believe him.

The white cat continued to write.

"Why did she get four Human Gods to come here and find you then?"

"It is probably because she likes and admires me," Lin Jiufeng replied with a rather serious look on his face.

"Shameless!" The white cat wrote down this word and jumped away.

Lin Jiufeng looked at its shadow. He didn't say anything, but he wiped off the word with his foot.

Under the cherry blossom tree, Lin Jiufeng raised his head and fell into deep thought as he looked at the blossoming trees.

Lin Jiufeng had no idea where this Miss Hong came from. He released the four Human Gods because he wanted to tell her not to disturb the dethroned Crown Prince's life.

As for Miss Hong's identity, Lin Jiufeng didn't want to know.

He just wanted to sign in quietly within the Cold Palace.

…

After the four Human Gods left the Imperial Capital, they all heaved a sigh of relief.

They felt that lady luck had favored them today because that senior spared their lives.

The young monk, the Daoist priests, and the man from the Northern Desert region all took out their paper cranes as they described what had happened in its entirety.

They let the paper cranes bring this information to Miss Hong.

They failed, not because they weren't working hard, but the other party was simply too powerful.

A stream of True Qi caused cherry blossoms to bloom all over the cherry trees.

It also made them unable to move. What was the point of fighting against someone like that?

The gap between them was so huge that the arrogance these four people had after they ascended to the Human God Realm instantly vanished.

They discovered that not just any Human God could suppress a buddhist sacred ground with a painting. It turned out that even among those in the Human God Realm, there was such a terrifying existence.

They were like children compared to him.

The four Human Gods suffered a huge blow.

At the same time, they decided in their hearts that the Imperial capital of the Yuhua God Dynasty had one of the most terrifying existences in the world.

At the same time, they decided in their hearts that considering that the Imperial Capital of the Yuhua God Dynasty housed one of the most terrifying experts in the world—they agreed in unison that it was a place that they must never casually visit!

…

Great Yan Dynasty…

Temple of the Holy Maiden…

The Holy Maiden—Miss Hong was cultivating in peace.

All of a sudden, three paper cranes flew over to her.

They passed through the layers of defense before arriving at the Temple of the Holy Maiden.

The contemporary Holy Maiden of the Great Yan Dynasty—Miss Hong—opened her eyes.

"They have news about the dethroned Crown Prince?" The Holy Maiden looked at the paper cranes in surprise. She reached out and grabbed one of them.

Then, she listened to the news depicted within the paper crane.

Her surprise slowly disappeared.

It was replaced with a frown on her face riddled with confusion.

'Is that Human God in the Imperial Capital of the Yuhua God Dynasty really that powerful?'

Miss Hong couldn't help but doubt.

She opened the second paper crane and listened to the report inside of it.

The information recorded was the same.

He didn't encounter the dethroned Crown Prince. Instead, he encountered the Human God living in seclusion within the confines of the Imperial Capital.

Then, he was suppressed with a flick of that Human God's finger.

She listened to the third paper crane.

It was exactly the same, this one had encountered that Human God too.

"Is that Human God really that powerful?" Miss Hong mumbled in surprise once more.

Although the rejuvenating rain had lasted for several years, only a few people managed to reach the Human God Realm. What was more terrifying was that this person was at the second stage of the Human God Realm.

If what was described within the paper cranes was true, then that Human God possessed terrifying strength.

The young monk, the towering man, and the two Daoist priests only managed to reach the Human God Realm after her guidance.

But a Human God was still a Human God.

She didn't expect them to fail so easily.

'Should I go there personally?' Miss Hong pondered.

She carefully considered this idea.

As long as she could help that dethroned Crown Prince, then her soul should be able to recover, right?

"I can help him sit on the throne again…" Miss Hong's eyes lit up.

She decided to go to the Imperial Capital personally.

But at this moment, a compass flew down from the center of the hall.

The compass was four meters wide, and there were countless black spots emitting black smoke in the center of the compass.

Upon closer inspection, the compass seemed to be representing the surface area of the entire continent.

Miss Hong's expression changed.

She walked closer to take a look and mumbled solemnly, "There are these strange movements again. They really want to break the barrier, eh? I need to suppress them and stall for enough time so that I can make a breakthrough into the next stage as soon as possible."

There was a sudden change in the situation.

So many locations depicted on the map were showing problems. If she didn't go there and suppress these problems, her advantage in appearing early in this new epoch would vanish.

"If only I didn't get injured back then with my essence damaged, I would already be very powerful by now. In addition, a Crown Prince with a bright future wouldn't even have to be implicated with my matters. My Divine Soul also wouldn't end up incomplete with the only way to let it recover is to repay my debt of gratitude to that Crown Prince," Miss Hong muttered angrily.

She knew that she couldn't go to the Imperial Capital for the time being.

She had to suppress the problems in these locations.

'I shall get someone to go to the Imperial Capital and give the dethroned Crown Prince some supplements so that he can live a long life. When I'm done with these, I'll help him take his revenge.' Miss Hong decided.

She picked up a paper crane and tossed it out.

…

Just as he was about to leave the imperial capital and return to the Jiangnan area, Monk Qingyun once again received Miss Hong's paper crane.

The paper crane brought with it a piece of information from Miss Hong.

It asked Monk Qingyun to go and give the dethroned Crown Prince some supplements to restore the condition of his body to his prime and let him live a long life.

The supplements were being carried by the same paper crane.

There was a small space within the paper crane—it contained various pills, godly medicines, and supplements.

Monk Qingyun was helpless. He could only go to the Cold Palace again.

Arriving at the door of the Cold Palace, he knocked respectfully.

Standing under the cherry blossom tree, Lin Jiufeng frowned and said coldly, "You're here again? What do you want?"

"Senior, I'm here to deliver a gift to the dethroned Crown Prince," said Monk Qingyun.

He didn't dare to hide anything at all and explained what Miss Hong had instructed him to do.

Lin Jiufeng listened with a strange look on his face.

Who exactly was this Miss Hong?

Why was she so concerned about his health?

And what supplement? Did he still have to make up for his deficiencies?

Was there even a deficiency in the first place?!

He was already extremely healthy!

After a moment of silence, Lin Jiufeng said, "Put the things down. You may leave."

Monk Qingyun obeyed and decisively left.

He wanted to return to Jiangnan.

He didn't want to stay in the Imperial Capital for any second longer.

This place was just too terrifying.

After a while, a figure appeared in front of the Cold Palace.

It was Lin Jiufeng.

He picked up the supplements sent here by Monk Qingyun.

"Such a heavy gift, who exactly is this Miss Hong?"

Lin Jiufeng shook his head, not knowing the other party's identity.

Meow!

The white cat jumped down and wrote a line of words.

"What exactly did you do to this Miss Hong?"

Lin Jiufeng shook his head in confusion.

He didn't do anything, all right?

Lin Jiufeng really wanted to say that to the white cat.

For decades, he never had a female lead in his life, okay?

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