70: Dai Tianxiao, the Man of Destiny

What he never expected, however, was that you, relying on your formidable personal strength, kept the entire coastline of the Great Abyss Dynasty unscathed.

This was truly a huge help to him.

As he spoke, the Da Yuan Emperor took out two items for you.

You looked closely and discovered they were two large seals. One was crafted from pure jade, emitting a faint, reassuring aura.

The other, crafted from an unknown material, was entirely black and wreathed in faint Devilish Qi.

Seemingly noticing your confusion, the Da Yuan Emperor began to explain.

As it turned out, the one crafted from pure jade was the Royal Seal of the Great Abyss Dynasty.

It could not only calm the mind and soothe the spirit, but could also command local armies throughout the Great Abyss Dynasty and even the entire Dynasty Alliance.

The black one was the Myriad Soul Seal, a weapon of the Demonic Path.

It could continuously devour Souls, making its own power even stronger.

This was a Magic Treasure crafted ten thousand years ago by the Old Ancestor of the Great Abyss Dynasty, the True Lord of Myriad Souls.

However, following the True Lord of Myriad Souls' failure in Undergoing Tribulation, this Magic Treasure also suffered severe damage to its vitality.

It was only in recent years that it recovered a trace of its spirituality.

The Da Yuan Emperor handed these two items to you.

He also promised that once everything had come to a close, he would provide a generous reward.

You accepted the items from his hands.

As for his promise, you didn't take it to heart at all.

Year 115.

Your cultivation made another Breakthrough, and you successfully reached the Soul Transformation Peak.

You continued to hold down the fort at Tianhai City.

Under your leadership, the entire development of Tianhai City flourished.

There were more and more Cultivators here.

Because you had encountered a Bottleneck.

You changed your usual attitude and began to preach and teach the Cultivators living in Tianhai City.

As a Soul Transformation Peak expert, guiding their cultivation was naturally effortless for you.

You quickly helped countless low-level practitioners achieve a Breakthrough.

They began to praise your good name in the city, singing songs of your Karma.

They regarded you as their parents reborn.

Although Tianhai City still faced intermittent attacks from sea beasts, as long as you were there, they were no longer afraid.

However, you knew deep down that the current sea beast sieges were merely an appetizer.

The true army of sea beasts had not yet arrived.

Year 127.

The Divine Sword Secret Realm opened.

Due to various restrictions, the opening of the Divine Sword Secret Realm this time still did not receive much attention from the various factions.

But you still arrived here early.

As you expected.

This time, it was still Dai Tianhu who, relying on his helpers, successfully seized the Legacy.

The familiar scene unfolded once again.

The Cultivators of the Dynasty Alliance directly captured Dai Tianhu.

Only this time, you were in the ranks of the Dynasty Alliance.

The moment you were about to reach Yuanhe City to perform Soul-searching on Dai Tianhu, that group of black-robed figures appeared again.

"Immortal Emperor Heaven Opening Seal!"

You shouted loudly, and several golden seals condensed in the Void Realm, heading straight for the black-robed Cultivators!

They were quickly heavily injured by you.

But you did not take their lives; instead, you closed in to perform Soul-searching on them.

Soul-searching...

Soul-searching...

However, the result this time left you shocked.

The memories of these black-robed people actually started from a few decades ago.

Their memories from decades ago were blurry, and they only knew to obey the orders of the Second Prince of the Great Luo Dynasty, Dai Tianxiao.

Moreover, they had done many things for Dai Tianxiao over these years.

For example, secretly killing princes who posed a threat to Dai Tianxiao.

Or eliminating officials who were unfavorable to Dai Tianxiao.

And this time, coming to abduct Dai Tianhu was also an order issued by Dai Tianxiao!

"Summoning Soul Transformation Cultivators out of thin air? Does it have to be this absurd?!"

You muttered to yourself.

If this person's Golden Finger was truly this powerful, could he also summon Void Tempering or even Tribulation Transcendence cultivators?

If that were the case, this person would likely be even more troublesome than Gu Xunxian!

Thinking of this, you had no mood to continue Soul-searching Dai Tianhu; instead, after throwing him to the Dynasty Alliance, you hurriedly headed towards the Great Luo Dynasty.

Two months later, you arrived at the Great Luo Dynasty.

Located at the northernmost part of the entire Eastern Continent Cultivation World, the lifestyle here was relatively slow, and to this day, they still maintained the ancient cultivation methods of the Soul Cultivator.

The Martial God Hall was also located here.

After much inquiry, you finally found where Dai Tianxiao was now—the Qianlong Hall.

Currently, the Great Luo Emperor had failed in his Breakthrough and suffered severe damage to his vitality; the power of the entire Great Luo Dynasty had already fallen into the hands of Dai Tianxiao.

Now, throughout the entire Great Luo imperial court, inside and out, it could be said that except for that Tribulation Transcendence Old Ancestor, everyone else was already Dai Tianxiao's people.

Relying on your superb cultivation, you snuck into the Great Luo Imperial Palace and performed Soul-searching on a palace maid.

Soul-searching...

Soul-searching...

After a long while, you let out a heavy sigh.

The palace maid had lived in the Great Luo Imperial Palace for a long time, and she knew even more than Dai Tianhu.

In her memories, Dai Tianxiao was an out-of-the-box good-for-nothing, proficient in eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling, and had absolutely nothing to do with the throne.

But ten years ago, everything changed.

Dai Tianxiao changed his usual decadent ways and began to make contact with other officials in the Great Luo Dynasty.

However, how would those officials be willing to associate with a prince who had nothing to do with the throne?

They all avoided him like the plague.

In the palace maid's view, although Dai Tianxiao had changed at that time, he still had nothing to do with the throne.

But just then, Dai Tianxiao unexpectedly acquired a group of subordinates.

Their strength was not too high, with most only having Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivation.

But they were extremely loyal to Dai Tianxiao; even when others offered heavy bribes, they could not get them to reveal a single bit of information about Dai Tianxiao.

At this time, Dai Tianxiao had begun to show his edge; although there was a possibility of him ascending to the throne, it was still slim.

Time passed to eight years later, which was the beginning of the Great Luo Dynasty's struggle for the throne.

Just when everyone thought the winner would emerge between the First Prince, Dai Tianlin, and the Third Prince, Dai Tianhu, Dai Tianxiao broke through the siege.

Dozens of Soul Transformation Cultivators and two Void Tempering Cultivators appeared among his subordinates.

These people were all well-trained and formidable.

Very quickly, with lightning speed, they wiped out the forces of the other princes.

And Dai Tianxiao thus became the new Crown Prince of the Great Luo Dynasty.