One Man Against a Kingdom

Great Heng Kingdom had been founded with Radiant Peace as its imperial capital. It dominated the central lands, its vast territory holding sway in every direction.

Beneath the long night, a palm-sized Flowing Light Bird streaked across the sky, flying west at breakneck speed.

It was keenly intelligent and seemed harmless, yet it carried an invisible calamity of death.

To Eternal Kingdom, it was as though a demon had come from the east.

Deep within the Exotic Gold Cloth, Qin Ming was regulating his breathing. He swallowed three glowing spirit-medicine petals, bringing his mind and body to their peak.

After a fierce battle in this "low-martial plane," with no transcendent power automatically pouring into him, he was thoroughly exhausted.

He was about to fight his way through a kingdom's Imperial City, so he would not begrudge the cost of spirit medicine.

If he succeeded, would he still lack a precious plant like this?

To challenge a kingdom's imperial clan by himself was an earthshaking event.

In a sense, it was a war against a kingdom.

"The Flowing Light Bird has gained intelligence after consuming Heavenly Phoenix true blood. It needs no directions and won't lose its way."

Qin Ming absorbed the medicine's power, laying the Kunsteel Saber across his knees, poised for a major battle.

He recovered completely. His Mental Will seemed almost tangible, ready to burst from his body, as though he could once again affect the real world.

He exhaled a breath fragrant with medicine and opened his eyes again.

"Lu Chongyuan and the young nobles of Purple Radiance City knew nothing. They were used."

By now, Qin Ming could be certain that Si Yeli's supposed appearance deep in the Sunset Plain had been a deception from beginning to end.

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