After reaching an agreement with Ancestor Zu Zhangbai, Lin Bai returned straight to the courtyard to refine the flying swords.
The Imperial Capital had changed, and it was only natural that the Heaven and Earth Gate would sense it.
Such a huge commotion had arisen that nearly all of the Five Great Families and Seven Sects knew something major must have happened in the Imperial Capital.
Previously, the Tianshui Sect had done everything in its power to support His Highness Prince Chen in ascending the throne. Now that His Highness Prince Chen had successfully become the Crown Prince, although he had yet to ascend the throne, it was not far off.
As the Tianshui Sect, which had once been the first to step forward and support His Highness Prince Chen, this was precisely the time to reap its rewards.
During this period, Ancestor Zu Zhangbai had been rushing to Prince Chen's Residence day and night. His purpose was to reclaim the treasured lands once seized by the Five Great Families and Seven Sects.
After the Third Prince withdrew from the succession struggle, the Zhao and Li families, the Heaven and Earth Gate, the Wen Tian Sect, and the other sects belonging to the Third Prince's faction all scattered like monkeys when the tree fell.
They knew the tide had turned.
Moreover, every time a new Crown Prince was established, he would immediately move against the other Five Great Families and Seven Sects. This had already become an unwritten rule of the Chu royal family in the struggle for the throne.
The reason was simple enough. The only forces within Chu's territory capable of threatening the royal family were the Army King, who held troops and power in his own hands, and the Five Great Families and Seven Sects within Chu.