Imperial Cultivation

As a dignified Prince, yet still competing with someone over a woman.

This is simply a huge joke.

ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹·𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲·𝗻𝗲𝘁

What’s even more amusing is that I’m caught in it, and have no choice but to participate.

Should I sit and wait for death, letting the other destroy my appearance?

Or avoid his challenge, and let him widely spread my weakness and incompetence?

It seems the only thing I can do is give him a good thrashing, and extinguish his arrogance.

But in doing so, it would only confirm the fact that I’m competing over a woman.

This wouldn’t be a good reputation to spread around.

But after thinking about it, I realize that the original reputation is already terrible, lacking only this incident.

Still, I feel uncomfortable inside, feeling extremely aggrieved, unable to hold my head high.

Even being a Prince, I can’t have an uninhibited life, instead, I’m restricted everywhere and hindered at every turn.

He immediately clears his thoughts, dispersing the clouds.

There are miracle techniques to cultivate, secret techniques to practice, reaching his expectation.

At least the improvement of the soul has been immensely beneficial to him, speeding up his cultivation.

Continuing like this, he no longer needs the Emperor’s Sword; if he cultivates on his own, he can reach beyond Great Grandmaster, directly ascending to Outer Heaven.

Thinking of this, he lets out a breath of turbid air.

Chu Honglin says, "What you need to do now is to practice your skills well, don’t think about other things."

Chu Zhiyuan slowly says, "Uncle, please inquire about this fellow’s truth for me."

"Hmm, no need for you to say, I’m already inquiring, and in a couple of days, I’ll know."

"Thank you, Uncle."

"Again with this courtesy!"

"Yes, yes, I shouldn’t be so formal with Uncle, if I can’t beat this guy, I’ll find a way to avoid him."

Chu Honglin says, "Given your current Great Brightness Fist, it shouldn’t be a problem."

"He should be well-prepared, it’s not certain that he doesn’t have top-notch martial arts."

"Humph, no matter how strong he is, he can’t surpass the Great Brightness Fist, and it’s impossible to reach the Void Entry Level."

Chu Honglin is full of confidence.

Chu Zhiyuan smiles.

With Chu Honglin’s words, he gains some more confidence and thinking carefully, there’s really no need to worry.

At Transformation Realm, his Great Brightness Fist is sufficient to dominate.

——

The moon is high in the sky.

Chu Zhiyuan walks slowly, emerging from Chu Honglin’s Prince Mansion, walking slowly along the bustling street.

Outside the Prince Mansion is a wide and flat street, with lanterns hanging high on both sides, swaying in the night breeze, making the light sway, adding a touch of desolation.

The tranquility here sharply contrasts with the laughter, sound of silk and bamboo, and noise coming from not far away.

A street away, like two worlds.

Chu Zhiyuan walks with hands behind his back on the shiny white stone plates, with slow steps.

The night wind brushes his face, refreshing and pleasant.

He is pondering over the gains from casting the Great Demon Suppressing Seal earlier.

The Great Sky Demon, hidden for thirty years, has already reached the Sixth Transition of the Transformation Realm.

He discovers a hidden danger of body seizing.

It’s not the original soul, which affects cultivation, slowing down the cultivation speed greatly.

Unless one has extraordinarily high aptitude, this situation can be avoided.

Yet with high aptitude, a strong soul, would be difficult for body seizing.

Those who can be seized often have weak souls and low aptitude, making it extremely difficult to cultivate to Divinity Transformation after a successful body seizing.

This time casting the Great Demon Suppressing Seal, the gain wasn’t much, just enhanced soul strength.

The Soul Pearl is directly given to Chu Honglin, which can be transformed into a Spiritual Rhinoceros Pearl.

However, this one hasn’t condensed the Soul Enlightenment Pearl.

Not every Great Sky Demon can refine out the Soul Enlightenment Pearl, which requires both chance and unique talent.

Despite not having these gains, he’s still quite excited.

The soul provided by this Great Sky Demon far surpasses the previous two souls.

This causes his soul strength to surge immensely.

Adding this soul to the present, his soul is now three times stronger than the beginning.

This was unimaginable before.

Ultimately, it’s because of the powerful racial talent of the Great Sky Demon, whose soul is naturally far superior to humans.

Through the transformation of the Great Demon Suppressing Seal, more than half is removed, only a small portion left, yet it results in such enormous enhancement.

Li Yuzhen suddenly softly says, "Prince Consort."

Chu Zhiyuan turns his head to look at her.

Li Yuzhen says, "Is the Prince Consort practicing some secret technique?"

"You sensed it?" Chu Zhiyuan scrutinizes her beautiful face.

Under the moonlight and lantern light, her face becomes more beautiful and attractive.

He’s not surprised by Li Yuzhen’s keen perception, after all, she originates from the Spirit Guard, not to be underestimated.

Li Yuzhen softly says, "Is the Prince Consort cultivating demonic skills?"

"And then?"

"Prince Consort better not cultivate demonic skills, the hidden dangers are endless."

"Demonic skills have great hidden dangers, but they progress quickly." Chu Zhiyuan says.

Demonic skills have the miraculous ability to enhance spiritual power, and the cultivation speed is rapid, progressing by leaps and bounds.

He meets these two points, hence Li Yuzhen suspects him of cultivating demonic skills.

"Cultivating demonic skills, almost none reach the God Realm, before reaching the God Realm, one inevitably goes into chaos."

"Not a single one reaches the God Realm?"

"As far as I know, none."

"Rest assured, I’m not that foolish, didn’t the Yuanzhen Dynasty just propose to Your Highness? Why directly head over to our side?"

"Your Highness didn’t agree." Li Yuzhen solemnly says, "Decisively refused."

"So he’s not giving up, wants to come over and make a move on me?"

"Your Highness says, the Prince Consort should be wary of the Yuanzhen Dynasty fellows, they have ill intentions."

"Is it ill intentions towards me or towards her?"

"The same, the Yuanzhen Dynasty is incredibly sly and hard to predict, must stay alert to deal with them, best not to contact, avoiding interaction is best."

Chu Zhiyuan slowly nods.

Through the original memories, the relationship between Yuanzhen Dynasty and Jade Dynasty is faint.

Despite both having battled against the Phoenix Dynasty, they had allied before, yet there was no good impression.

Even worse than the impression of the Phoenix Dynasty.

"Do you know the truth of these Princes?"

"Your Highness says, among them, the Fifth Prince has the strongest cultivation, at the Ninth Transition, just a step away from the God Realm, and the Sixth Prince should be below Ninth Transition."

"Fifth Prince... Sixth Prince..." Chu Zhiyuan ponders aloud, "In that case, is it the Fifth Prince making a move?"

"Your Highness judges it would be the Fifth Prince, he cultivates the Wentian Sword Technique, extremely mysterious."

Chu Zhiyuan raises an eyebrow.

Wentian Sword Technique, this is a sword technique he was once familiar with.

Although it’s the Wentian Sword Technique, it’s likely this Wentian Sword Technique and the Little Outer Heaven’s Wentian Sword Technique share only the same name.

"How is it mysterious?"

"Going often beyond expectation, attacking the enemy conclusively, finding deadly weaknesses."

"I really want to experience it firsthand." Chu Zhiyuan says, "See if it can withstand my Great Brightness Fist."

"The Great Brightness Fist may not be its opponent."

"That needs to be tested." Chu Zhiyuan shows interest-filled expression, "If defeated, how would she respond?"

"Regardless of the Prince Consort’s victory or defeat, it will not change Your Highness’s decision."

"Tsk, tsk." Chu Zhiyuan makes a strange sound, sneering.

Li Yuzhen pretends not to hear.

Chu Zhiyuan asks no more, secretly regretting that there’s no inheritor of the Wentian Sword Technique in the Soul Enlightenment Pearl.

Otherwise, it would be easier to deal with now.

He returns to his courtyard, sits back on the bed, crosses his legs, and begins cultivating the Infinite Brightness Scripture.

As soon as he begins cultivating, he feels something unusual, the Yin Yang Fish spins faster, the Xiao White Snake’s movement speed suddenly accelerates.

Chu Zhiyuan estimates that he’s likely to step into the Third Transition within the next two days.

This advancement speed is indeed shocking, more frightening than cultivating demonic skills.

This is the effect of the substantial increase in soul strength.

If he can find a way to delay the Fifth Prince and Sixth Prince of the Yuanzhen Dynasty from challenging, that would be ideal.