Great Sui's Chief Enshrinee, Elder Sun.
Elder Sun had already served four generations of Great Sui emperors.
It could be said that his cultivation was bound up with Great Sui's national fortune, sharing weal and woe.
His lifelong wish had been to see Great Sui rise to prominence.
Back then, he had received the grace of a single meal from Great Sui's ruler.
Who could have imagined that because of that one meal,
Great Sui would henceforth gain a foothold.
Yet compared to Great Xia, Great Sui was far too weak.
Great Xia's current Old Emperor had already reached the Body Integration Realm.
From Elder Sun's probing many years ago, the Old Emperor might even have reached the Integrated Body Peak Stage.
Meanwhile, Great Sui's own emperor possessed little talent for cultivation. At most, he was merely a Golden Core cultivator.
When Great Xia's Old Emperor was young, he had governed diligently and worked tirelessly, turning Great Xia into a powerful nation.
As long as the Old Emperor did not die, Great Sui had no chance of growing beneath his covetous tiger's gaze.
At this moment, Elder Sun was making his way to the residence of Fifth Prince Ye Yunzhou.
Fifth Prince Ye Yunzhou's residence had originally been within the capital.
But after Jia Sidao arrived, he had insisted that Ye Yunzhou move his residence outside the capital.
Even now, Elder Sun did not know why.
He felt rather uneasy, because Great Sui's grand formation could contend with Tribulation Crossing Stage cultivators, but only within the capital.
Now that they had withdrawn from the capital, there was no telling whether they harbored some other scheme.
And Ye Yunzhou was a junior Elder Sun regarded very highly, so—
"Yunzhou, why have you summoned this old man?"
Beneath the shroud of night,