Please, Young Master, Slay the Demon!
Chapter 437 - 16 Background [Ask for Monthly Tickets!]_1

Chapter 437: Chapter 16 Background [Ask for Monthly Tickets!]_1

"What?" Chu Liang was surprised.

The Crown Prince who attempted to assassinate his own father and seize the throne hadn’t died?

"I was quite surprised at the time too, but later I learned..."

At this point they were approaching Shu Mountain. The Law Enforcement Elder began to slow his flight, apparently trying to finish the story on the way.

"It turns out that he was the most brilliant amongst his generation of princes, which is why he was made Crown Prince. After that night, the Emperor didn’t kill him immediately but imprisoned him temporarily, purging the faction loyal to Mars. To everyone’s surprise, he had a breakthrough just when he was at his lowest point, gaining a deeper understanding of the Dao of Ash Burn and reaching the threshold of the Eighth Realm..."

"At the time, the Royal Guardian of the Xia Clan’s Royal Family just reached the point where his vitality was declining. Mingde was the only one in his generation who had cultivated the Dao of Ash Burn to its peak. He was the only one who could replace the guardian. In order to prevent the Dao from being lost, the royal family eventually made him the Ash Burn Daoist Master... the new Royal Guardian."

The weight of this information was immense.

The Emperor of the Yu Dynasty must possess the Divine Fire Life, at least needs to be a cultivator of the Seventh Realm, but typically is not the Ash Burn Daoist Master.

Because becoming proficient in the Eighth Realm requires too many things: talent, resources, comprehension... and the indispensable chance. If this were the standard for choosing emperors, it would be extremely difficult.

Moreover, the most important task of the Guardian is to become strong, fully dedicating oneself to cultivation – something a good emperor certainly should not do.

So within the Imperial Family, there exists a Guardian who controls the Dao of Ash Burn. A Guardian of the Eighth Realm can reign over the Imperial Family for hundreds of years, seeing the abdication of several emperors during their time.

He won’t interfere with imperial power or engage in politics. During peaceful times, this Guardian might largely go unnoticed, possibly not needing to take action for hundreds of years.

But the presence of a Guardian is crucial.

If the Imperial Family does not have a cultivator of the Eighth Realm to stabilize the empire, then the Imperial Court, the Nine States, and the entire Human Clan, all built around the Imperial Family, would not be stable.

The inheritance of the Dao is even easier than imagined, as the Eighth Realm Daoist Master has an inherent advantage. It’s extremely difficult for someone to successfully challenge them. As long as the designated inheritor also reaches the door, they can naturally take over.

However, if the Guardian falls and no other person who has reached the threshold of the Eighth Realm appears, it would create a precarious situation. At that time, any Seventh Realm cultivator who has cultivated the Dao of Ash Burn to its peak can easily become the Ash Burn Daoist Master.

The loss of the Dao is remarkable, everyone under the sky would know about the decline of the Royal Family.

There would certainly be other cultivators of the Eighth Realm in the Imperial Court, but no matter how loyal those people are, at the root they are still "outsiders".

The Xia Family must have their own Eighth Realm cultivator. This matter is of utmost importance.

Even if he is a traitor who just tried to assassinate the Emperor.

There must have been a series of tests and trials in the interim, but these matters were kept from the public.

"Over the years, Mingde has been secluded in the Imperial City, cultivating in seclusion as a form of atonement, silently protecting the Imperial Family. He has never contacted Princess Luo Yu and was completely ignorant of the fact he had a child. Until one day, he saw Empress Feng at the Immortal Sect conference..."

"He instantly knew that this was his daughter..."

Did he really need to feel it? Didn’t they just need the name you’d given her...? Chu Liang muttered under his breath.

The answer was obvious from the question.

He didn’t even have to see her in person, just seeing a registration form would already plant seeds of suspicion.

"Due to the purity of Ah Feng’s Divine Fire Life, which is quite rare within the Imperial Family, he wanted Ah Feng to return to the Imperial Family, so she could inherit his Dao in the future."

"But he failed."

"Ah Feng herself chose to stay in Shu Mountain. However, due to her relationship with the Imperial Family’s Guardian, the Imperial Court’s attitude towards Shu Mountain improved."

"So, that’s how it is ..." Chu Liang sighed, "It’s quite convoluted."

His long-held curiosity was finally satisfied.

He had always wondered why his master was so brazen in Shu Mountain, with virtually no one able to control her. Even if she is a cultivator of the Seventh Realm, aren’t there Eighth Realm cultivators who can subdue her?

He initially thought it was because she had the Law Enforcement Elder’s support, but now he understood that there was an even greater power behind her.

So it turned out that it was her relationship that was maintaining the relationship with the Imperial Court for the entire Shu Mountain.

Since the disappearance of the Demon Suppression Tower, Shu Mountain has been aligned with the faction of the Heavenly Star Divine Sect. Thus, they were once oppressed by the Imperial Court, even to the point where their position in the Nine Heavens Immortal Sect was on shaky ground.

In these past years, things have sounded down because of Empress Feng. For the current Shu Mountain Sect, the support from the Imperial Court is crucial. It doesn’t matter if she stirs up some issues now and then.

As for Empress Feng’s Divine Fire Life being purer than other royal families, it’s not too surprising.

After all, being born of close kin, her bloodline hasn’t been diluted; it’s only natural for it to be purer.

In fact, in ancient times, many ancient Cultivation Families, including the Three Great Ancient Families, would reproduce within their own families to maintain the purity of their bloodline.

This method had a high chance of producing abnormal offspring, but among these, a divine and pure bloodline could emerge. For the sake of continuing this divine lineage, all other abnormalities were regarded as an acceptable price to pay.

However, despite being pure, these divine bloodlines often came with some innate drawbacks, such as being easily irritated, bloodthirsty, or simply being dumb...

Of course, such traits do not exist in my master.

Yes.

Many ancient Cultivation Families only began to intermarry with outsiders when they were declining, gradually evolving into their current form.

Chu Liang was calculating silently in his heart.

After Crown Prince Mingde was overthrown, as there was no other talented prince close to his abilities, the old emperor directly picked the most talented grandson to be his successor.

This successor, although a generation younger than Crown Prince Mingde, was not much younger in age. Ten years later, the old emperor passed away, enabling the successor to ascend the throne. Forty years after his ascendancy, his son became the ruling emperor, a reign that has lasted thirty years so far.

In other words, the current emperor was still theoretically required to refer to my master as his aunt.

This means I can refer to him as ’brother’.

My word!

Shortly after, they returned to Shu Mountain, where they could see the brilliance of the Cloud Sea above them, all headed towards Red Cotton Peak and Silver Sword Peak. The two industries Chu Liang established brought prosperity to Shu Mountain.

However, upon seeing this, the Law Enforcement Elder frowned: "So many outsiders coming and going can inevitably bring chaos."

After all, the Shu Mountain Sect is a traditional sect and, except during the Shu Mountain Peak Conference, it isn’t common for so many outsiders to enter and exit. From a safety perspective, it’s not ideal.

Chu Liang timely suggested, "Why not move Red Cotton Peak and Silver Sword Peak to the outermost part of Shu Mountain? This way, we can avoid any chaos among the peaks."

The Law Enforcement Elder pondered for a moment, and nodded, "That’s indeed a good idea."

For the Shu Mountain Sect, moving mountains was not particularly challenging.

...

In the deep underwater not far away, Xuan Yinzi, shrouded in darkness, lost track of day and night. All he knew was that he had received the second returned Massacre Spirit Altar.

A tearful look crossed his dirty face.

"You’re finally back..." his voice weary and hoarse, "I thought you would never return..."

The wait had been too hard on him.

If he didn’t release the Massacre Spirit Altar, he would have suffered the same fate of blood and energy depletion if he had wasted away another hundred years here. But releasing the Massacre Spirit Altar presented an agonizing wait.

He was like a gambler who had lost everything and only had a few pieces of silver left, only hope remained if he kept gambling. However, there seemed to be a shameless dealer constantly pilfering his scant possessions, but whenever he thought of giving up, the dealer let him win a bit.

Having done so much already, he had no other option but to continue investing in the Massacre Spirit Altar.

But the chances of the Massacre Spirit Altar returning were too slim...

Since then, only two have returned. After the first one came back, he thought the others would follow, but they never came.

Just when he thought of giving up again, another one returned.

"Ah..."

He sucked in the yin energy it contained and barely gained some replenishment. It was far from his peak strength, but enough to lift his spirits.

"Please come back soon, I beg you!"