Zi Du had not emerged from the Military Exercise battlefield. That meant only one thing—he had died in battle!
In the Military Exercise, any Phoenix Spirit Guards who had not been sent out of the battlefield after the exercise ended had only ever met one fate—death in battle!
There had never been an exception.
So the moment Old Duke Zi heard that Zi Du had not come out of the Military Exercise battlefield, his vision went black. His body swayed, and he fainted on the spot.
Chen Xiang, standing nearby, was also greatly shocked.
Although Zi Qi had also been Zi Wenxuan's grandson, he belonged to a collateral branch of the Zi Family, so his death had dealt Zi Wenxuan only a limited blow.
But Zi Du was different.
Not only was he one of Zi Wenxuan's direct grandsons, his bloodline was pure and his talent outstanding. At such a young age, his cultivation had already reached the seventh level of the World King Realm.
Given another hundred years or so, once his cultivation broke through into the Dao Realm, Zi Du would become one of the pillars supporting the Zi Family.
In the Phoenix Spirit Realm, a family's strength was not measured by its wealth, but by its Dao Realm experts.
The number of Dao Realm experts was the true foundation of a family's strength.
Otherwise, no matter how much wealth one possessed, it would not withstand the schemes of power and strength.
In the Phoenix Spirit Realm, strength and authority basically nourished each other.
Only with strength could one possess authority, and only with authority could one gain even greater strength.
Most importantly, Chen Xiang knew that Zi Du was one of the Zi Family's designated key training targets, a future contender for the position of family head.