Tug-of-War

Hearing Bai Yu's demands, everyone's expressions turned strange.

The Royal Court had risen to become the overlord of the Northern Frontier by relying on three great foundations: the [Heaven-Mending Scripture], the [Fierce Soul Scripture], and the [Imperial Beast Nine Transformations].

Among them, the Heaven-Mending Scripture was the Royal Court's highest-grade cultivation method. Only direct members of the imperial family were qualified to access it. It was the very foundation of the Royal Court.

The Fierce Soul Scripture, meanwhile, was the Royal Court's secret art that stood alone in the Upperstream. Taking advantage of the fact that Northern Frontier cultivators needed the souls of ferocious beasts for their awakenings, it had been created to suppress the vicious aura of those beasts, allowing ordinary cultivators to subdue ferocious beasts of higher ranks.

To cultivators of the Northern Frontier, this secret art was an absolute treasure.

As for the final Imperial Beast Nine Transformations, it was founded upon the first two scriptures. By circulating through the meridians in a special manner, it could greatly amplify the power of a ferocious beast's origin, unleashing terrifying strength. With all nine transformations stacked, each layer enhanced the next. It was a divine ability that the Royal Court would absolutely never allow to spread.

Now that Bai Yu had set his sights on the Royal Court's foundations, even Shu Lichuo had no authority to hand over the Heaven-Mending Scripture or the Imperial Beast Nine Transformations. As for the beast-fusion method, while the Royal Court guarded it strictly, those who had rendered tremendous contributions had still been able to access it over the years.

Though such people were few, there was always a crack in the door.

But wasn't this fellow far too greedy? One secret art was not enough for him—he also wanted top-tier fate treasures and