539: legend

Its direction came from the deepest part of the Imperial Palace. If Chen De's guess was correct,

This aura should belong to the Emperor of Great Firmament.

Its power was incomparably strong; other auras were not even worthy of carrying its shoes in front of it.

Even if all of them were added together, they would be no match for it.

The Emperor of Great Firmament was truly the undisputed number one!

Chen De did not linger in one place but used this opportunity to investigate all the areas in the Imperial Palace he could.

He tried to find and identify some potential targets to act upon.

And the final destination was naturally the Princess Consort's residence.

After going in and finding a few palace maids to pack up the items, Chen De prepared to leave.

Just then, a squad of soldiers walked towards him. It seemed they were looking for him.

"The Regent King wishes to see you!"

A leader stepped out and immediately presented the Regent King's order.

See me?

Chen De felt a little strange. He was just a small soldier under the Princess Consort; he only came back to pack some things. Why would the Regent King want to see him?

However, since he had been invited, if he didn't go, he probably wouldn't be able to leave this Imperial Palace.

With his current strength, he could at most rival the weakest among those auras.

If they all attacked together, he could only escape from five King Level Stage One opponents.

So, winning inside the Imperial Palace was absolutely out of the question.

Not to mention, there was also an unfathomable Emperor in the Imperial Palace.

"Yes!"

In response, Chen De could only obediently follow this group of people to meet the Regent King.

This squad of soldiers led him deeper into the Imperial Palace, getting closer and closer to that most powerful aura.

Thinking about who he was about to meet, Chen De couldn't help but wonder.

Could it be that the owner of that aura was not the Emperor, but the Regent King?

But as he was led to the front of the Regent King's palace, he dismissed that thought.

That aura was still some distance away from here, so it shouldn't be the Regent King.

When he was brought before the Regent King, Chen De performed a grand bow.

Upon seeing this, the Regent King bade him rise, "Princess Consort... how is she doing at the Grand Generals Estate?"

Chen De was somewhat surprised. He had specifically sent someone to bring him here just to ask about this.

"Reporting to Your Highness, the Princess Consort is well at the Grand Generals Estate. The people in the estate treat her very kindly and respectfully. However, the Princess Consort misses Your Highness and also the old items in the palace, often mentioning them, which is why she sent this humble one back to pack them."

“However, the Princess Consort misses Your Highness and also the old items in the palace, often mentioning them, which is why she sent this humble one back to pack them.”

"Is that so." The Regent King did not continue this topic and asked again, "The Princess Consort was attacked on her way back. Do you have any thoughts on this?"

Upon hearing this, Chen De immediately knelt down, "Reporting to Your Highness, this humble one did not follow that day, and I have only just learned of it now."

"Then, is the Princess Consort accustomed to living in the estate? After all, outside is not like inside the palace."

The Princess Consort's entourage that day had naturally been thoroughly investigated, and he knew perfectly well whether Chen De was among them.

His previous words were just a subconscious casual question, not expecting to learn anything from Chen De.

The main reason for asking was actually to see how the Princess Consort was doing after getting married and whether she was frightened by the attack that day.

Also, there was a blood-sucking individual who had recently appeared, and he judged that the opponent's strength would likely grow stronger with more blood.

Because based on the corpses and traces at the crime scenes, to determine the opponent's crime time and sequence,

It could be seen that they first targeted some platinum, then gradually Diamond, and high-stage Diamond.

Coupled with the act of blood-sucking, there was strong reason to suspect that the opponent relied on blood-sucking to cultivate and become stronger.

Moreover, once that guy made a move, basically the entire family would be wiped out, leaving no one alive.

What if the opponent had now broken through to King Level and set their sights on the Grand Generals Estate?

Although his daughter was only Gold, she wouldn't necessarily be targeted, but she could easily be caught in the crossfire.

Therefore, as soon as this incident occurred, the Regent King had the idea of whether to temporarily bring the Princess Consort back.

But then he thought, if the Princess Consort returned to her maiden home right after getting married, how would the people of the world view the Imperial Family and the Grand Generals Estate?

Even the authority of the court would be damaged as a result.

Therefore, after some thought, the Regent King still dismissed this idea.

Today, seeing that the Princess Consort had sent someone to pack old items, he thought of summoning him to inquire about the Princess Consort's recent situation.

Anyway, he wasn't the one running errands; it was just a matter of moving his lips.

He then asked Chen De some trivial matters about the Grand Generals Estate and the Princess Consort that were not important, and then dismissed him.

As he left, Chen De was truly surprised that the Regent King had called him just to ask a few pointless questions.

Thinking that there were all sorts of strange things in the vast world, he quickly accepted the Regent King's approach.

Speaking of which, what surprised him most on this trip was actually the Regent King's strength.

He could hide it from others, but not from Chen De.

If his guess was correct, the Regent King's true cultivation was probably around King Level Stage Three to Stage Four.

As for the outside world's constant claims of Diamond Rank peak, it was truly nonsense; everyone had been fooled by him.

For the Regent King to cultivate so quickly, if he wasn't a genius, then he was a Descender like Chen De, or had some kind of fortuitous encounter.

There might be things in the Imperial Palace that could allow one to advance by leaps and bounds.

Coupled with being the Regent King, possessing all the resources in the world, he didn't have to worry about resources.

All these were perfect cultivation conditions.

Carrying the Princess Consort's items, he quickly left the Imperial Palace and hurried back to the Grand Generals Estate.

After handing these items to the Princess Consort and leaving the order, Chen De went to carry out his next actions... In a dimly lit secret chamber, a Golden-Robed Man sat cross-legged, his hair disheveled.

"Still a bit short, still a bit short!"

And this man was precisely the Emperor of Great Firmament — Yun Hao!

More than sixty years ago, for unknown reasons, he suddenly announced his seclusion, fully delegating power to his eldest son.

After that, he ignored state affairs and would never emerge from seclusion unless it was a major event.

Sixty years ago, he was already at the peak of King Level, and sixty years later, his cultivation had long reached an incredibly terrifying realm.

Legendary Level!

No one had expected that the Emperor of Great Firmament was actually a Legendary Level expert.

With this, everything made sense. Why he dared to fully delegate power.

Because he wasn't worried about anyone rebelling; he could just suppress them with a flick of his hand.

Terrifying power surged within his body, yet Yun Hao still seemed unsatisfied.

He gathered energy again and again, striking towards the bottleneck of the next realm.

But that bottleneck, despite being hit by such terrifying energy, remained motionless and unharmed.

Pfft!

So, in this impact, Yun Hao was injured by his own power, and he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.

"Still not working...?"

He quickly adjusted his state and recuperated his injured body.

After some effort, his body finally stabilized.