Ah...
"Something terrible has happened! Someone, come quickly!"
"Your Highness, His Highness..."
"What happened to His Highness?"
"His Highness, His Highness has been killed!"
The Spirit King was dead, and the Spirit King Residence descended into chaos.
Before long, people from the Investigation Bureau arrived to investigate. The leading official was Situ Cheng'an, a moderately renowned cultivator.
"His neck was severed with qi. The assassin was a top-tier expert." He crouched down, stared at the Spirit King's neck, and pinched his chin as he frowned in thought.
"Why did he kill the Spirit King?"
"Could it have been a royal dispute over the throne?"
"If so, which prince made the move?"
Just then, a servant reported that the guards who had fainted at the entrance had awakened. Situ Cheng'an hurried over to question them.
Several guards had seen Zhang Xuan. They took turns recounting the events before and after, then described Zhang Xuan's appearance.
Situ Cheng'an fell into thought once more. "A young man in his twenties, yet with such strength..."
"At such an age, with such power, could he be a prodigy from some great sect?"
"A dispute over the throne, a prince, a great sect, a young prodigy."
As he pondered, Situ Cheng'an's eyes lit up. "The only one who fits these conditions is His Highness the Second Prince, Yi Wang."
Yi Wang, Zhu Zhao, was the strongest and most calculating among the princes. He also had the closest ties to the Upper Sect, making him the prince most likely to have killed the Spirit King.
Especially in recent years, the Spirit King had been deeply favored and heavily relied upon by the God Sovereign Realm. He was bound to have drawn the envy of the other princes, giving rise to sinister thoughts.
Not long after, the Spirit