Sword Intent, Bestowed as Martial King!

"The Emperor has been waiting for you for a long time." Eunuch You's words instantly stunned you. The old emperor was not dead yet? A question could not help but arise in the depths of your mind, though you turned your gaze toward Ninth Princess and Xiyue, the two of them acting light and breezy, as if they had known all along.

Could it be that you were the only one who did not know?

At this moment you could not spare the thought, following Ninth Princess's pace as you walked deep into the imperial palace.

You arrived before a quaint palace. This palace was located deep within the imperial palace and was extremely inconspicuous, yet it was engraved with nine lifelike dragon carvings. The glazed golden tiles reflected brilliant golden light, paired with vermilion pillars and exquisite antique spirit-wood lattice windows and doors, displaying the special nature of this palace all the same.

You stepped into the palace and met the old emperor, though he was merely in a Nascent Soul state.

You learned that the old emperor had indeed already died, yet their imperial family possessed a special method that allowed the Nascent Soul to leave the body and be preserved for several years.

Weren't they able to seize a body like this, you wondered curiously? Yet what you did not know was that the conditions required for body seizure were extremely harsh. The success rate of an ordinary Nascent Soul seizing a body was almost zero; only spirit cultivators who had practiced spiritual awareness had a slightly higher success rate for body seizure, though it still could not get very high. This was because body seizure was inherently an act defying the heavens, and the Heavenly Dao suppressed Nascent Souls attempting to seize bodies. Thus, an ordinary