The World Is Shaken! The Imperial Family's Ancestor Seeks to Win Him Over

On this day, the entire world was shocked.

Especially the various hidden families and secluded sects—none were not utterly horrified.

Every one of them felt the hairs rise on their bodies.

Dugu Wudi had begun a slaughter.

Twelve figures from the Heaven Rankings had joined forces, yet two died, three were crippled, and all the rest were severely wounded.

This was an earth-shattering event beyond imagination.

Those on the Heaven Rankings stood at the pinnacle of the world.

They were the loftiest peaks in existence, terrestrial immortals who represented the impossible made possible.

For nearly five hundred years, apart from peacefully passing away at the end of their natural lifespans, no one had ever slain a Heaven Rankings expert.

Yet Dugu Wudi had done it!

He had killed two in succession and crippled three.

Such news left everyone unable to believe it.

The Lin Family and Xu Family, in particular, whose Heaven Rankings experts had died, were plunged into panic.

They had no idea that their own family heads were already dead. They had merely heard that figures from the Heaven Rankings had fallen—how could they dare connect the dead to their own two families?

They did not dare think of it, nor did they wish to. They could only pray silently, hoping their family heads would return.

As for the other families, they all fell silent. At the first opportunity, they reined in their forces and became exceedingly low-key, as though desperate to sever all ties.

They believed that as long as they kept a low profile quickly enough, even if Dugu Wudi knew that their people had been among those who acted, he would not completely tear off all pretense.

After all, the roots of the hidden families ran too deep.

Move one hair, and the whole body was affected!

Dugu Wudi still needed to guard that foreign land. He would never make an enemy of the entire world.

Unless he had given up on himself entirely.

Yet though they thought this way, after fleeing back, those hidden families and sects still set up defenses at once. Their family heads and sect masters all began secretly contacting one another, deploying every trump card they could...

The entire world erupted in an uproar.

Countless people outside were shocked and discussing the matter.

The fall of Heaven Rankings experts had truly tugged at the heartstrings of everyone.

Deep within the Imperial Family.

The Imperial Family's ancestor, Zhao Xuantian, nearly two hundred and ninety-eight years old, stared in shock at the intelligence report that had just been delivered.

"Dugu Wudi still began a slaughter. This Heavenly Sword of his has become ever more unfathomable. After so many years, his Sword Intent and Sword Qi are likely not much inferior to Master Yun Kong, who ranks first on the Heaven Rankings."

Zhao Xuantian was deeply shaken.

Master Yun Kong was the presiding abbot who safeguarded Prajna Temple.

He had already ranked first on the Heaven Rankings one hundred and thirty years ago!

In all the years since, no one had ever been able to shake his position.

It could be said that whichever side Master Yun Kong favored would become the prevailing force between heaven and earth.

Over the years, both the Imperial Family and the hidden families had tried more than once to win him over.

But unfortunately, they had all achieved little.

"Ancestor, compared with Dugu Wudi, Lu Chen's performance is equally terrifying. Please take a look!"

Zhao Hong and Zhao Gang presented the deeds they had just compiled to Zhao Xuantian.

Zhao Xuantian took them and swept his gaze over them one by one. His expression changed drastically, and he could scarcely believe a single word.

"What? This Lu Chen has cultivated for only a little over eighty days, yet he killed someone at the ninth level of the True Qi Hidden Realm with one slash? What kind of joke is this?"

"It is absolutely true. We witnessed it with our own eyes!"

The two Imperial Family protectors were incomparably solemn as they said directly, "Great Ancestor, Lu Chen's talent is even more monstrous than Dugu Wudi's. So long as he does not die, he will certainly go farther and delve deeper than Dugu Wudi in the future. Even the Human Rankings describe him as a monster seen only once in a thousand years. This is our chance—a once-in-a-millennium chance."

"Indeed. We ask Ancestor to consider it carefully."

Zhao Hong and Zhao Gang followed up at once.

Ancestor Zhao Xuantian took a deep breath. Stormy waves churned within his heart, and he was shaken to the extreme.

Someone not yet sixteen years old at the ninth level of the True Qi Hidden Realm!

More importantly, he had formed a blood feud with those hidden families!

Was this not exactly what their dynasty wanted?

All this time, their Great Yu Dynasty had struggled bitterly under the pressure of those hidden families, barely able to catch its breath.

Everything had depended on him, an old man whose lifespan was nearly exhausted, to hold things together.

How he wished that another Heaven Rankings expert could emerge from within the Imperial Family!

But now he had already seen that it was impossible for the Imperial Family to produce anyone on the Heaven Rankings.

But he could win him over!

Once someone like Lu Chen was brought into the fold, the benefits to the imperial dynasty would be beyond imagination.

"I'll go win him over myself. This man is worth my personal appearance."

This Imperial Family patriarch, who had not stirred from his seclusion for over a hundred years, spoke in a low voice and rose directly to his feet.

"Patriarch, wouldn't it be enough to send someone over?"

The Great Yu Emperor before him changed expression slightly and could not help but speak.

"No. Geniuses like this all possess their pride. Before him, we absolutely cannot put on airs—we must treat him as an equal. Besides, he has Dugu Wudi backing him. I must go in person."

Zhao Xuantian waved a hand, his mind racing.

He had already decided what he would use to win Lu Chen over.

Without lingering any longer, his figure flashed, and he swiftly vanished from the place.

Inside the Sky Sword Sect.

Within a quiet room.

Lu Chen did not hurry to open that spiritual secret tome. Instead, he first looked at the panel before him and silently recited in his heart.

"Merit Points, add points to the Mixed Origin Qi Art!"

Ding! Consuming 20,000 Merit Points, your Mixed Origin Qi Art has reached the ninth level, successfully attaining the completion of the True Qi Hidden Realm!

You have reached the completion of the True Qi Hidden Realm. The true qi within your body now flows in an endless stream, ceaseless and unending, virtually inexhaustible and limitless in use. You no longer need to worry about running out of true qi!

Ding! The next step is to unlock the Spirit Hidden Realm. Please find a spiritual cultivation method as soon as possible. The Spirit Hidden Realm is mysterious beyond mystery, profound beyond measure!

Unlocking the Spirit Hidden Realm requires 25,000 Merit Points!

Rumble!

The true qi within Lu Chen's body surged explosively once more. At this moment, it directly reached a state of perfect fulfillment, endlessly renewing itself, as though an ancient, heavy gate within his body had been thrown completely open.

Boundless true qi poured violently from the depths of his body, sparing no effort in nourishing his flesh, bones, and meridians.

Bathed in this dense, powerful true qi, his entire body underwent another rebirth.

"Hu!"

Lu Chen exhaled softly, his eyes blazing as he carefully sensed the earth-shaking power within him.

Completion of the True Qi Hidden Realm!

This feeling was stronger than the eighth level of True Qi by who knew how much.

"But unlocking the Spirit Hidden Realm next requires far too many Merit Points—25,000..."

Lu Chen frowned.

If he did not settle accounts with those hidden aristocratic families and reclusive sects, where could he get so many Merit Points?

The Blood Offering Sect?

But the people of the Blood Offering Sect hid everywhere like rats, impossible to find unless by chance.

He sighed inwardly and looked once more at his Merit Points.

4,180 points.

"Difficult. It's truly too difficult."

Lu Chen pondered.

But just then.

A calm voice suddenly drifted in from beyond the mountain gate, gentle and rich, echoing through the air.

"Is Sect Master Dugu at home? This old man is Zhao Xuantian, here to pay a visit."

"Zhao Xuantian?"

Lu Chen's eyes shifted.

This was an Imperial Family patriarch!

Seventeenth on the Heaven Rankings!

What was he here for?

Dugu Wudi in the room also furrowed his brow. With a single step, he walked out, his tall frame making his green robes billow as he spoke. "Zhao Xuantian, what do you want?"

Whoosh!

Zhao Xuantian strode in from beyond the mountain gate, his hair and beard both silver, his face lined with wrinkles. He forced a smile, cupped his hands, and said, "Congratulations, Sect Master Dugu, on taking in such an excellent disciple. Truly, congratulations!"

"Cut the bullshit. State your purpose!"

Dugu Wudi did not give him the slightest bit of face.

What could an ancestor of the imperial family do?

Here, he was less than dog shit.

"Gate Master Dugu, is your disciple, young friend Lu Chen, here? I came specifically to see young friend Lu Chen."

Zhao Xuantian said with a smile.

"Looking for me?"

Lu Chen's face showed suspicion as he walked over from the side and looked at the decrepit old man before him.

Had the imperial family really kept such a low profile all this time?

This old fellow was steeped in a decaying aura. He truly looked like he did not have many days left.

"What is it?"

Lu Chen spoke calmly.

"Young Hero Lu truly cuts a fine figure."

Zhao Xuantian smiled.

"State your purpose."

"Cough. This old man wishes to recruit Young Hero Lu and hopes that you can serve as the Chief of the Pacification Bureau of our imperial dynasty."

Zhao Xuantian forced out a smile.

"You want me to be the Chief of the Pacification Bureau?"

Lu Chen's eyes widened in surprise. He had almost thought he had misheard.

Not long ago, he had been hunted by the Pacification Bureau until he ran all over the land, ranked eighth on the Black List.

And now, an ancestor of the imperial family had personally come to find him.

To tell him to become the Chief of the Pacification Bureau?

Why was this picture so strange?

He was fucking someone on the Black List, yet with a shake of his body, he was turning into the head of the Security Ministry?

"Yes, you heard correctly. So long as you are willing to serve as Chief of the Pacification Bureau, every Pacification Bureau and Six Doors office under heaven will obey your command. You will have the authority to execute first and report afterward against anyone. You need only obey the orders of the emperor alone."

Zhao Xuantian said with a smile.

"No!"

Lu Chen shook his head outright.

He did not want to obey the emperor's orders either.

If he obeyed the emperor's orders, would that not make him a lackey?

Why give up his carefree days to go be the emperor's lackey?

It was not that he had a bubble in his brain—his brain had fucking exploded!