Imperial Cultivation

After leaving Xu Yingying, he prepared to go to Inviting Moon Palace to see Xiao Ruoling and alleviate his longing.

The experiences during this period were too rich; half a month felt like several years.

The price of joyful killing was the accumulation of various violent energies in his heart.

Although the venting through the Blade Soul had released eighty or ninety percent of it,

a trace of residue still affected his state of mind.

At this time, he needed to adjust his mood, and seeing Xiao Ruoling was the best way to do so.

Since Gao Jiuqu hadn't mentioned the Prince's mansion again, the threat should have been completely resolved.

In the short term, the Grandmasters of the Evil Sects shouldn't have reacted yet.

Taking advantage of this time, he needed to collect more statues to eliminate the Evil Sects in one fell swoop, to avoid the trouble of dealing with them one by one.

Sweeping through their lairs like a thunderbolt, wiping out all the Evil Sects in the world, would completely eliminate the threat.

Inviting Moon Palace must also have statues of these Evil Sects.

If he could meet Meng Canglan, he would also have the Worry-Free Sect obtain some statues.

And also solve the matter of his tenth uncle's poisoning.

Fighting poison with poison, asking the Worry-Free Sect about poisoning was better than figuring it out himself.

Below Inviting Moon Peak, two golden lights suddenly stopped, and two Heavenly Dragon Divine Horses stood firmly.

Chu Zhiyuan floated down.

He had already surveyed the entire Inviting Moon Peak and Guest Peak, discovering that Xiao Ruoling was in his courtyard.

He floated to his courtyard on Guest Peak and saw Xiao Ruoling flipping through scrolls in the courtyard.

Xiao Ruoling was dressed in white, her skin as crystal clear as mutton-fat jade, untouched by the dust of the mortal world, like a fairy from Guye.

As soon as Chu Zhiyuan appeared, she sensed him, looked up and saw him, her eyes immediately overflowing with joy, and she lightly got up to come over.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and reached out to hug her, the warm and fragrant softness entering his arms, and his heart immediately calmed down.

The remaining violent energy dissipated instantly.

He put his arm around Xiao Ruoling and sat down in the pavilion, holding her as he recounted his experience in going to the Eastern Border.

Even though the Eastern Border wasn't within the sphere of influence of Inviting Moon Palace, they still had some informants there.

News that Xiao Ruoling paid attention to naturally transmitted at the fastest speed.

So she knew about his news, but after all, it was only what the informants had heard, different from his true situation.

Listening to Chu Zhiyuan recounting the details, she couldn't help but hug him tighter.

After a long while, until movement came from outside, the two could only reluctantly separate.

Entering was Shen Hanyue, her face covered with a white veil.

She blinked her bright eyes, cupped her fist in greeting, and curiously sized up Chu Zhiyuan.

Xiao Ruoling smiled and said, "Junior Sister Shen, don't you recognize him anymore?"

Shen Hanyue sized up Chu Zhiyuan: "You've really become a Grandmaster, and so quickly too."

She knew that Chu Zhiyuan could become a Grandmaster, but she never thought it would be so fast.

Inviting Moon Palace had never had anyone this fast in all its history, even with the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden Art.

The Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden Art, combined with the Great Yin Body Refining, resulted in the most astonishingly rapid progress.

Even so, it wasn't this fast.

Chu Zhiyuan took the opportunity to tell her about his desire to collect the Evil Sect statues.

He could sense the Evil Sect experts through these statues, wanting to kill them again, completely destroying them or crippling them, so they wouldn't dare to show their faces again.

Shen Hanyue clapped her hands and said, "Great! We must destroy them! The palace has some statues hidden away, I'll go get them!"

After speaking, she hurriedly left, appearing extremely eager.

Chu Zhiyuan looked at Xiao Ruoling.

Xiao Ruoling said, "Junior Sister Shen hates the Evil Sects the most; a childhood friend of hers suffered at their hands."

Chu Zhiyuan slowly nodded.

The Evil Sects' evil deeds weren't obvious in Jade Capital City, but in remote places, they were frightening, able to make children stop crying.

Evil Sect demons, everyone should punish them.

This was by no means an exaggeration; not a single Evil Sect disciple would be wronged.

Every single one of them deserved to die.

Xiao Ruoling softly said, "If you want to sweep away the Evil Sects, do you want Inviting Moon Palace to cooperate?"

Chu Zhiyuan said, "I'm actually more comfortable doing it alone."

"Then be careful, the Evil Sects' Grandmasters also have powerful figures, and they also have secret techniques to destroy themselves, and if they get desperate, they will join forces."

"Mm, I'll be careful. Your cultivation has also advanced extremely quickly," Chu Zhiyuan said with a smile.

She had actually reached the eighth heaven, progressing extremely quickly. At this rate, she would soon reach perfection, and perhaps even become a Grandmaster within a year or two.

"The Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden Art, combined with the Great Yin Body Refining, is indeed making rapid progress," Xiao Ruoling said with a smile. "I have no obstacles to becoming a Grandmaster either."

Chu Zhiyuan nodded with a smile and asked about cultivation beyond the Grandmaster level.

"Beyond the Grandmaster level, we at Inviting Moon Palace usually go to the Profound Yin Palace to cultivate," Xiao Ruoling said. "Breaking through the realm isn't that difficult."

Chu Zhiyuan felt a sense of relief.

Xiao Ruoling said, "The Profound Yin Palace is infinitely mysterious. The Palace Master is in seclusion within the palace, allowing her to step into the second level. If I could step into the Grandmaster level sooner, I might even have a chance at the third level."

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Chu Zhiyuan was surprised, not knowing that the Profound Yin Palace had such wonderful uses: "It seems that the Profound Yin Palace is the real treasure."

"It can be called a divine artifact," Xiao Ruoling said. "If not for this divine artifact, Inviting Moon Palace wouldn't be so carefree."

A Grandmaster at the second level meant being able to suppress the Grandmasters of other factions.

It was no wonder that the imperial palace could only appease them and not dare to offend them.

Chu Zhiyuan: "If the Palace Master were to face the Son of Heaven's Sword, would she have the power to protect herself?"

"According to the Palace Master, she can escape under the Son of Heaven's Sword," Xiao Ruoling said. "But wanting to defeat the Son of Heaven's Sword is impossible. The power contained in the Son of Heaven's Sword is too vast and unmatched. Don't even mention the second level, even the ninth level might not be enough."

"The Son of Heaven's Sword…" Chu Zhiyuan looked in the direction of the imperial palace.

He knew that the Emperor's realm was definitely not the first level of the Grandmaster realm, and might not even be the second level.

If he wanted to achieve immortality, he first had to break through to the Grandmaster realm, then he had to control the Son of Heaven's Sword to get a glimpse of its mysteries.

Perhaps the secret of immortality was contained within the Son of Heaven's Sword.

The emperors of the past all said they went to secluded blessed lands to live in seclusion.

But blessed lands couldn't be lived in for long, so why hadn't they come out?

They couldn't have all died in the blessed lands.

He had a suspicion: these emperors, like the demon beasts in the blessed lands, had ascended and left.

This secret was obviously not something he could figure out now; he could only become the Emperor first.

Shen Hanyue quickly returned, carrying two purple boxes, which were also spirit-sealing boxes.

Opening them, there were a total of thirty-eight statues, eight of which overlapped with what he had obtained earlier, and the remaining thirty were new.

Chu Zhiyuan felt even heavier when he saw these statues.

There were so many Evil Sects.

Each additional Evil Sect meant an additional alien power from beyond the heavens.

Each additional Evil Sect meant the death of more innocent people.

Every Evil Sect was forged from the flesh and blood of innocent people, devouring their essence and blood.

"These are the Evil Sect statues obtained by our sect throughout the generations, they're not of much use," Shen Hanyue said. "Grandmasters can't sense them."

Chu Zhiyuan slowly nodded, focusing his gaze on these statues, seeing the red lines on the statues, some thick, some thin, some deep, some shallow.

The Evil Sects were indeed difficult to eliminate. So many statues, so many years, and not a single sect had been destroyed.