Heavenly Fire Spiritual Body! The Princess's Injuries!

Seeing Zhao Mengdong waver back and forth with worry written across his face, Li Bufan knew this was no small matter.

Soon, Zhao Mengdong spoke. "Last night, His Majesty issued a decree, ordering the owners of every merchant firm of any renown in Great Flame to enter the palace."

"We waited in the main hall for an entire night. His Majesty only came out to see us at dawn."

Zhao Jingyao could not help asking, "Father, what did he summon all of you for?" Her voice was full of curiosity.

Zhao Mengdong sighed. "His Majesty's youngest daughter, Princess Xiao Ling'er, awakened her Heavenly Fire Spiritual Body."

He paused, his tone growing heavy. "But the princess was too young, and something went wrong during the awakening. The Heavenly Fire inside her ran out of control, scorching her meridians and damaging her internal organs. Her life is hanging by a thread."

"His Majesty exhausted every means at his disposal and summoned all the imperial physicians and alchemists in the palace, but they could only barely stabilize her condition. They could not cure her."

Li Bufan frowned slightly. Awakening a spiritual body was an extremely perilous process. Generally, its power would only manifest after one had made some progress in martial cultivation; before awakening, it merely helped with martial training. Presumably, some accident during the awakening had led to this.

Zhao Mengdong continued, "His Majesty has already sent word to the Songhe Gate, and they have agreed to send someone down to handle it. But Great Flame is remote. Even using the fastest Teleportation Formation, the journey there and back will take several days."

"In the meantime, His Majesty wants to find alchemists and physicians throughout Great Flame and pool their wisdom, to see whether they can stabilize the princess's condition before the