128: Imperial Book, Human Emperor Palace

“If one does not act for one's own sake, heaven and earth will destroy them. This is even more true in more powerful Families. If one doesn't use all means to become stronger, they will only be replaced.”

“This applies to the upper echelons, and it applies equally to the lower echelons.”

“But what is with their behavior…?”

Chu Gaodan turned his head to ask, but was met only with Jun Lingxiao's indifferent smile.

“Could it be that these small items can be exchanged for better things from Your Highness?” He asked again, seeing Jun Lingxiao's expression.

“No.”

“Then is it due to the various rules of the Jun Family?”

“No.”

“I heard that the Chu Family has a very strict Rank system: pure blood Holy Infant, One God, then Four Heavens, then Nine Manifestations, and then there are Yellow Blood, Green Blood, White Blood, and mixed blood. Eight Ranks divide everyone in the Chu Family into different classes,” Jun Lingxiao interrupted him and said, his meaning self-evident.

Your Chu Family has too many Ranks, too many complicated interests.

But… “Isn't the Jun Family the same?” Chu Gaodan asked, somewhat unconvinced.

“The Jun Family also has One God, Ten Paths, a Combat Power Ranking, and then there are the main Family, branch Families, and affiliated Families…”

In his opinion, the Jun Family's Rank system was not lax at all, and was even much stricter than their Chu Family's.

In the Chu Family, even if you are the lowest mixed blood, there is a chance that your next generation could be Yellow Blood and rise in a single step. But in the Jun Family, if you are born into an affiliated Family, you truly have no hope of ever making a name for yourself.

Isn't such a Rank system distorted?

Their conversation had already escalated from a regular exchange to a discussion between the upper echelons of two Families.

However, facing Chu Gaodan's words, Jun Lingxiao nodded without denying, acknowledging it.

“That was before.”

“The Jun Family's Ten Paths were originally Divine Son candidates. Although the title of Ten Paths still exists after a Divine Son appears, it will gradually fade. And the Jun Family's Combat Power Ranking, main Family, branch Families, and affiliated Families now have no significant difference.”

“In other words…”

After he spoke, Jun Lingxiao pondered for a moment, his gaze profound, before continuing:

“Among the Jun Family Disciples, only two Ranks remain.”

“One is the Divine Son.”

“The other is below the Divine Son.”

“I told you before, in the Jun Family, everyone is for me, and I am for everyone.”

“Since everyone is for me, isn't this scene perfectly reasonable?”

Jun Lingxiao's words greatly shocked Chu Gaodan. He looked at Jun Lingxiao with a vacant gaze, muttering to himself: “Can a Rank system inherited for tens of millions of years… also be changed?”

But how is that possible? A Rank system passed down for tens of millions of years is deeply entrenched. How could Jun Lingxiao change it overnight?

Perhaps, to put it another way, how would he know if such a change was right or wrong, or what impact it would have? What consequences would it have in the future?

Jun Lingxiao didn't know, but undoubtedly, this was not something that changed instantly overnight; he had also put in a lot of effort.

“Regardless of right or wrong, regardless of the consequences, I am the spokesperson for the Jun Family. The path I walk is the path of the Jun Family. Even if it's wrong, everyone will be wrong together.”

“You might not be able to do it, but I am Jun Lingxiao. No one in the Family opposes my actions.”

“Even if it's a fork in the road, and the Family has already chosen the left, if I say to go through the middle, then even if there's no road, the Jun Family will forcefully carve one through the middle.”

“This is me, the Divine Son of the Jun Family.”

“The Jun Family has quietly undergone changes. I advise you, it's best not to look at the current Jun Family with old eyes.”

Jun Lingxiao spoke, but Chu Gaodan heard a different meaning in his words.

“Isn't this…?”

He murmured, increasingly feeling as if Jun Lingxiao had been crowned with a divine name.

Countless people admired him, worshipped him, offered gifts, encompassed everything, accepted everything. No one dared to oppose his directives; his will was truth.

Chu Gaodan stopped speaking and stood there in a daze, deep in thought.

Jun Lingxiao turned his head to look at him, but did not speak either.

Thus, their conversation ended.

However, as he left, Jun Lingxiao could hear Chu Gaodan muttering.

“If he came to my Chu Family, could he also bring about a transformation for the Chu Family…?”

“Or rather? Beyond that?”

“pure blood…”

He muttered as he walked away, brushing past Ling Tian who was approaching.

While everyone was packing up, Ling Tian stealthily came over. He gave Chu Gaodan a strange look as he passed him, and only after the latter's back disappeared did he furtively pull out a book from his embrace.

He said he seemed to have obtained a wordless heavenly book in the underground palace and wanted to give it to Jun Lingxiao to see what it was.

“Imperial Book?”

“You mean, you clearly saw words on it before, but they flashed and disappeared?”

Jun Lingxiao looked at the book's title with a strange expression, then looked at Ling Tian with a chuckle.

“Yes! It's so strange! Big Brother, quickly see if you can see it. Don't miss anything in this Secret Realm; it might be a great Opportunity!” Ling Tian said, his expression urging, truly with no intention of hiding it.

This piqued Jun Lingxiao's interest. He looked at Ling Tian with a chuckle and asked:

“Ling Tian, has it ever occurred to you that perhaps you could originally see this thing, but now you can't because of someone?”

Ling Tian's ears perked up. He wouldn't dare say anything about the Ten Directions Immortal Court, but in this Secret Realm, after thousands of Reincarnations, someone was still messing with him? He immediately became anxious: “Damn it! Who is it?! I'll go kill him!”

“…”

“Ling Tian, have you ever considered what your true position is?” After a brief silence, Jun Lingxiao posed a Soul-searching question.

“Position?”

Ling Tian was momentarily confused by those two words, but then he thought, no, that's not right! This was such a great Opportunity to show loyalty, so he blurted out directly:

“I am Big Brother's little brother for life!”

“…”

“Have you never thought that you could be someone who accomplishes great deeds?” Jun Lingxiao asked another Soul-searching question.

“I have! Later, when my son asks why I'm so awesome, I'll proudly tell him it's because I was Big Brother's first little brother!”

Well, from Ling Tian's current perspective, being able to follow Jun Lingxiao was already a monumental achievement. He had no self-awareness of being a protagonist; instead, he felt a sense of pride in being a little brother.

He would also never have imagined that the Opportunities in this Secret Realm would originally all be his, but now they had all become Jun Lingxiao's.

The Human Emperor Legacy and this Imperial Book, if nothing unexpected happened, were actually all Ling Tian's, but now they were being delivered by Ling Tian himself into the hands of him, the great villain.

It was truly quite amusing.

He handed his iron sword to Ling Tian, telling him to go play by himself, then Jun Lingxiao began to open the so-called wordless heavenly book.

The next second the book was opened, a golden light suddenly burst forth!

A golden pillar of light shot up into the sky from the book!