Xuanji City.
Xuanmo Royal Mansion.
Ever since Wang Chengze was enfeoffed as King Xuanmo, the original Imperial Palace in Xuanji City had been demolished.
The Wang family's residence was expanded to nearly twice its original size, becoming the current Xuanmo Royal Mansion.
Originally, there were still so forces within Xuanmo that opposed the Wang family and were unwilling to submit.
But ever since the Da Lan Dynasty conferred the title of King Xuanmo upon Wang Chengze, these forces all sent people to offer their congratulations.
During this period, Xuanji City was unusually lively.
The Wang family mbers were all beaming with joy. Many advised Wang Chengze to hold a grand ceremony to celebrate, but Wang Chengze refused.
Inside the Prince Mansion, in Wang Chengze's practice secret room.
No one from the Wang family was allowed to enter here except Wang Chengze.
The black‑robed man who had previously appeared in Yuwen Chengxuan's courtyard now appeared in Wang Chengze's practice room.
"Respected Prince, Yuwen Chengxuan has already agreed to cooperate with us."
The black‑robed man said.
Wang Chengze sat to the side and sneered:
"That old dog Yuwen Chengxuan has already reached a dead end. Of course he can only cooperate with you. But I have boundless prospects ahead of —why should I stoop to your petty scheming?"
The black‑robed man looked at this King Xuanmo without servility or arrogance:
"Can it be that Your Highness truly doesn't see it clearly? The Wang family has operated in Xuanmo for many years, with deep and solid roots. Now that you have beco King Xuanmo, do you think the Da Lan Dynasty will not worry about your power becoming too big to control?"
Wang Chengze: "You've studied our culture quite thoroughly."
The black‑robed man bent slightly at the waist, thanking him for the complint.
"The Emperor of Great Blue has publicly declared that whoever pacifies the Western Continent can be enfeoffed as an Alien King!"
Wang Chengze looked at him. "You people indeed have reason to be anxious."
The black‑robed man spread his hands. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend. That is precisely the foundation of our cooperation, is it not?"
Wang Chengze's tone remained icy: "Cooperation requires sincerity. Show so sincerity first, then we can talk cooperation."
The black‑robed man fell silent for a mont, then bowed to Wang Chengze:
"I understand. I look forward to eting Your Highness again next ti."
With that, he retreated noiselessly and vanished inside the secret room, as if he had never been there.
Wang Chengze sat expressionlessly on his seat, quietly lost in thought.
Yuwen Chengxuan had no other choice. If he did not look for another path, once he died, the Yuwen Family would inevitably decline!
Wang Chengze was now King Xuanmo, and the Wang family was basking in boundless glory. Their situation appeared far better than that of the Yuwen Family.
Only, what the black‑robed man said had indeed struck the point Wang Chengze cared about most.
Given how powerful the Da Lan Dynasty was now, there was no way it would allow the Wang family to form the势 of a semi‑independent fiefdom in Xuanmo.
So the Wang family's glory would not last long. With that Grand Secretary's thods, there were plenty of ways to make the Wang family hand over their power bit by bit.
Now the entire Eastern Continent had submitted to the Da Lan Dynasty. If one wanted another path, the only option was to cooperate with forces from the West Continent.
It was just that Wang Chengze couldn't figure out what cards the West Continent still had to play, when they had already lost several Princes in the Eastern Continent.
Yet the envoy they sent seed completely confident, not at all like he was putting on an act.
"Forget it. In the end, I still need power of my own."
Wang Chengze decided to set aside the matter of cooperation with the West Continent for the mont. He planned to undergo a Secluded Breakthrough!
He, the Heavenly List's number one Great Grandmaster, was mocked as soone who "rose to fa only because the era lacks heroes." Only after the few strongest Great Grandmasters of the Central Plains, the Northern Barbarians, the Grassland and other regions had all fallen did it beco his turn to ascend to first on the Heavenly List.
But first on the Heavenly List was still first on the Heavenly List. At the very least, it ant that at this mont, looking across the world, he, Wang Chengze, was the Great Grandmaster closest to becoming a Martial Saint!
Outside Vajra City in that battle, Ming Qi died, the "Demon Spear" died, two Buddhist Heavenly Kings died, and Qin Mingli also died.
Ming Qi was a newly ascended Martial Saint, killed almost as soon as he broke through, and could be ignored.
The other four Martial Saints were all veteran Peaks, and they all died in one stroke. Those "seats" had suddenly been vacated!
Although Wang Chengze did not fully understand the secret of Qi Fortune and had not mastered any related secret technique, the Wang family had been passed down for many years and had so records concerning Qi Fortune.
Combined with that series of previous changes, Wang Chengze had more or less guessed the mystery behind it all—
It was nothing more than "one radish, one pit": when the old Peaks die, it becos easier for new Peaks to advance!
It was just that the Wang family did not master Qi Fortune secret techniques, so Wang Chengze had no way to calculate the exact day most suitable for a Breakthrough.
But he believed that even if he did not start his Breakthrough on the optimal day, after the deaths of four Martial Saints, his chances of success would still increase!
On top of that, his path of proving the Tao was also to borrow势 to prove the Tao. Now that he had been enfeoffed as King Xuanmo by the Da Lan Dynasty, he could draw upon a portion of the Great Blue Country Fortune.
While the Wang family's power was still at its Peak, if he did not prove the Tao now, then when?
Thus Wang Chengze decided to risk everything on a single throw of the dice.
Rather than relying on the power of the West Continent, he would rather trust the power in his own hands.
On this day, King Xuanmo announced to the outside world that he was going into seclusion.
....
Northern Territory.
Shaman City, inside the Cheng Prince Mansion.
Having taken off his armor and put on a Python Robe, Prince Cheng Qin Shixian sat in his study.
A young man stood in the study, looking a bit nervous.
He was none other than the Princely Heir of Cheng Prince Mansion, Qin Ziyu, who had once clashed with Li Fei.
Although the late Emperor trusted this younger brother of his greatly, the Princely Heir Qin Ziyu had left the Southern Border at the age of ten and had stayed in Lanling City ever since.
The important relatives of frontier generals all had to remain in Lanling City and were not allowed to leave without permission.
This was an unspoken Rule of the Da Lan Dynasty.
Over all these years, the number of tis Qin Ziyu had seen his father added together did not even reach ten.
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