Chapter 91: Chapter 73: I Wish for Peace Under Heaven

"This way, hero!"

The wind and rain were fierce.

The Imperial Palace.

A steel blade was pressed against Su Chen’s neck as he led thirty Heavy Armor Guards toward the Crown Prince’s Study.

The Imperial Study and the Crown Prince’s Study were separated by only two palace pavilions.

"Kid."

"Don’t try any tricks, or you’ll lose your head."

The First-Grade Armored Soldier’s temples throbbed as he looked at the unguarded Crown Prince’s Study, and then at the heavily fortified Imperial Study in the distance.

He felt like he’d been tricked.

"I’ll ask you one more time. Is the Crown Prince here?" he asked.

"He is."

"I, Sikong, swear on my life!"

Su Chen always located people by the direction of their Longevity Fire.

"Sikong, is it?"

"We’ll trust you this once."

The First-Grade Armored Soldier left a single Heavy Armor Guard to watch Su Chen. The rest, steel blades in hand, snuck into the Crown Prince’s Study.

The study.

It was filled with ghostly shadows and teeming with malevolent spirits.

"Where is the Burial Coffin?"

"We paid you, and the Burial Coffin was stolen?"

"If the Burial Coffin is unwilling, not even a Grandmaster can take it. Did you even go to the Imperial Mausoleum to dig it up? You just cheated Us out of Our Immortal Stones, didn’t you!"

"Without the Burial Coffin, how are We supposed to refine the Demon Corpse?!"

The Tianwu Emperor faced the malevolent spirits, his eyes sunken and blazing with a savage viciousness, as if he wanted to devour someone whole.

"Demon Mountain values its reputation."

"Also, someone is here. It looks like they’re here to kill you. We’ll be leaving now. You didn’t pay for our protection."

"Besides, the one who stole the Burial Coffin is someone from your Imperial Palace. I’ve seen his attire here before. Therefore, we will only refund half of the Immortal Stones..."

"And if you want to hire us to get the Burial Coffin back, sorry, we won’t take that job. As for why... It’s not easy for us to stay alive, either. Give us a break..."

After speaking, the Mountain God Stone Statue opened its mouth and spat out seven stones that glowed with blue light.

Then, the malevolent spirits departed.

’Someone’s here to kill me?’

"Heh."

’Do they think I’ll believe them?’

’I made arrangements long ago. No matter how many assassins come, they’ll all go to the heavily guarded Imperial Study...’

The Tianwu Emperor was so furious that the human skin he wore began to twist and contort.

He’d been cheated out of seven Immortal Stones!

The next instant.

The bluestone ceiling above him exploded.

BOOM!

Figures in heavy armor dove down. The leader, a First Grade, stared at Prince Zhou with a burning gaze.

"Found him!"

"He really is here! Kill him!"

The roar echoed.

Twenty-nine figures in heavy armor charged forward, blades drawn.

"Hmph?!"

The Tianwu Emperor’s expression changed.

’How did these guys find me?!’

Elsewhere.

Su Chen pointed toward the Crown Prince’s Study, where the battle was now raging, and looked at the Armored Warrior guarding him.

"You can let me go now, right?"

"I’m one of the Liang People, too! I’m on your side!"

"Liang People don’t kill other Liang People!"

Unexpectedly, the Second-Grade Armored Warrior revealed a contemptuous smile.

"A lowly Little Eunuch like you is worthy of being called ’one of us’ by Noble Sect Cultivators?"

"There will be no survivors."

He swung his blade.

Second-Grade Fury Gang poured into his Mad Saber, surging forward.

BOOM!

The blade struck Su Chen with the clang of metal on metal. A terrifying rebound force sent the Second-Grade warrior flying backward, his saber shattering into countless pieces.

The blow hadn’t left so much as a scratch on Su Chen’s body.

’How is this possible?!’

’What level of cultivation is this?!’

The Second-Grade Armored Warrior kept backing away, terror dawning in his eyes.

"Senior!"

"Liang People don’t kill other Liang People!"

He wanted to beg for mercy, and he wanted to run.

But unfortunately, he had no chance.

POP!

A mist of blood exploded in the air.

That night, the wind and rain were fierce.

The bloodstains on the ground were quickly washed clean.

"You said it yourself."

"I’m just an ordinary Eunuch. Who said I was one of you Noble Sect Cultivators?"

Su Chen wiped his hands.

The Tree Whiskers surged, and in an instant, he took on the appearance of the Black Lotus and headed for the Heaven-Ascension Tower.

At that moment, the Imperial Palace was in chaos.

It wasn’t just near the Imperial Study; Armored Warriors were constantly storming the palaces of the other Imperial Consorts in the harem, cutting down everyone in their path.

They were the elite soldiers of the Nine Noble Families, no less formidable than the Black Dragon Armor guards.

For breaking its promise to the Old Liang Powers, even the Great Zhou had to pay the price.

"Despicable cowards, you’re courting death!"

"Even if Great Zhou’s foundation suffered heavy losses at the Imperial Mausoleum..."

"...we are not a power that the likes of you can offend."

The Seal Master, Sikong, stepped out.

However, a Daoist with long, black hair and a sharp sword in hand was already waiting for him.

"The Little Sword Monarch of the Celestial Master’s Mansion pays his respects."

A scene like this was playing out all over the Imperial Palace, and even throughout the Imperial City.

With the fall of the Xuanlong Emperor, the treaties of the past were all abandoned.

Old Liang’s Three Sects and the Nine Noble Families had lain dormant for too long. They had finally found their opportunity and rose up against the Great Zhou this very night!

That night, the heavens shook with the cries of battle.

Not even the fiercest storm could wash away the stench of blood in the air.

After a long time, even the rain falling from the sky seemed to be stained with a hint of red.

How many would die tonight?

Thousands? Tens of thousands?

Or a hundred thousand?

Or would the entire Imperial Palace become a Land of Death?

No one knew.

The Great Zhou Royal Family didn’t know, and the Three Sects and Nine Noble Families didn’t know either. Once a blade is drawn, it cannot be sheathed!

「Heaven-Ascension Tower Top.」

Su Chen walked as if through an uninhabited land.

The three Peak First Grade masters guarding the Heaven-Ascension Tower acted as if they couldn’t even see the intruder.

"He’s here again."

The three Peak First Grade masters looked at each other, seeing the bitter expressions on one another’s faces.

’In the Heaven-Ascension Tower’s prime,’

’we had two Peak First Grades, Sin Dragon and Emperor Long.’

’And numerous other First Grades.’

’Even at our peak, we were no match for him.’

’Let alone...’

’...now, when we’re just a few stragglers.’

"There are foreign enemies attacking! I’ll go help!"

"I’m going too!"

"Me too!"

In an instant, the Heaven-Ascension Tower was empty.

Only Su Chen remained. He reached the top of the tower, where roiling dark clouds gathered, flashing with Thunderous Purple Lightning amidst a torrential storm. And there was that Gate.

The Great Yu Library.

Mr. Shu.

"It really is you..."

"Wait!"

"You’re First Grade? So soon?"

On the Gate, Mr. Shu’s eyes couldn’t open, but he sniffed the air again and again, managing to identify Su Chen by scent alone. A look of shock appeared on his face.

He had scented the aura of an Extreme Realm First Grade.

’Originally,’

’based on my calculations,’

’this Extreme Realm cultivator would need at least another ten years to break through to First Grade.’

’But...’

’it hasn’t even been half a year.’

’It’s too fast!’

"Your comprehension is truly remarkable! You actually found the path on your own, mastered the momentum of a Grandmaster, shattered the shackles on your body, and leaped into the Extreme Realm First Grade!"

Mr. Shu praised him.

"The momentum of a Grandmaster? Shattering shackles?"

"No."

"That wasn’t the path I took to reach First Grade."

"If it were that simple to achieve First Grade, I wouldn’t have come looking for you back then," Su Chen replied.

He had already grasped the Microscopic Sword Stance when he was at the Second Grade, even using it to create the Star-Burying Sword.

However, he was still Second Grade, not First Grade.

"Hmm?!"

This time, Mr. Shu was truly astonished.

’Simple?’

’He calls that simple?’

’Wait.’

’What does he mean by that?’

’I don’t quite understand.’

"Then how did you reach the Extreme Realm First Grade?"

"Wait..."

"Your Internal Organ Realm... how many... refinements? Don’t tell me that when you were Third Grade, your Extreme Realm wasn’t the Golden Marrow Extreme Realm, but the Jade Marrow Extreme Realm?"

Mr. Shu’s voice trembled as an unbelievable conjecture surfaced in his mind.

The Extreme Realm also has different levels.

The Blood Flame Realm and the Bone and Muscle Extreme Sound Realm are the two simplest.

Next, there are two more Extreme Realms, one higher and one lower.

Golden Marrow, the Third Layer of the Internal Organ.

And the other one is the stuff of legends.

Jade Marrow, the Third Layer of Extreme Refining of the Internal Organs.

He had always believed that the Extreme Realm cultivator before him was the former.

’The river of time is vast.’

’Cultivators are as countless as the sands.’

’Ninety-nine percent of Extreme Realm cultivators are of the former type.’

’I never thought...’

’...that this tiny "Human World" could actually give birth to a great Buddha, the likes of which are rarely born even in the vast Immortal world.’

"..."

Su Chen didn’t answer.

That, in itself, was an answer.

"A great wish... can it be changed?" Su Chen asked.

Even the Great Yu Library, which had witnessed a thousand years of storms while waiting for the Immortal Arrival and its own release, fell silent.

The Karma involved in this question was too great.

He did not dare to answer.

When it concerned the Extreme Realm, not even an Immortal would dare to respond.

"What is your great wish?" he asked.

"I wish for peace in the world," Su Chen replied.

BOOM!

At that moment, the world itself seemed to change. The roiling thunderclouds and the raging storm, big and small, all fell silent for a brief instant, as if not daring to interfere with the utterance of those words.

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