New Ice Emperor? What About the Old One?

Jia Xing Tian glanced at the situation on his side and felt even more exhausted.

So many years had passed, yet aside from him, a Dou Emperor, the Imperial Clan did not even have a single Dou Wang...

He did not know whether something had gone wrong with the imperial mausoleum or what, but not one of the Imperial Clan's men amounted to anything!

There was a little girl among the daughters with talent for becoming an alchemist. He could pay a price and ask Fa Ma, the president of the Alchemist Association, to teach her.

But that was not enough!

On the Dou Qi Continent, the strong were revered.

No one understood the cruelty of those words more deeply than Jia Xing Tian did at this moment.

Without the strongest and most direct form of violence to rely on, one lacked confidence in everything they did.

Moreover, Fa Ma himself was only a fifth-tier alchemist. The upper limit of that little girl from his family was practically visible to the naked eye.

At this moment, the greater problem did not come from outside.

Whether it was the Misty Cloud Sect or the Mittel Clan, both would be wary of him, a Dou Emperor who had not yet lost his fighting strength. At most, they would merely put him under more pressure.

The most troublesome matter was within the Imperial Clan faction itself. As he, the Dou Emperor, had no successor, not a single man in the Imperial Clan had achieved anything in cultivation, nor was there a single Dou Wang.

As a result, the Dou Wang-level strength within the Imperial Clan faction was mainly made up of the Mu Clan and the Nalan Clan.

Compared to the Imperial Clan's lack of successors, those two families could be said to have orderly inheritances.

The Nalan Clan's middle generation was quite talented and had already become a Dou Ling. They had a great chance of breaking through to Dou Wang in the future.

The Mu Clan appeared to be the Imperial Clan's diehard lackey, but Jia Xing Tian actually felt that the Nalan Clan, whose younger generation had been accepted as Yun Yun's disciple, was more reliable.

On the surface, the Mu Clan looked like the Imperial Clan's loyal lackey, but in truth, they had plenty of schemes!

One of the Mu Clan's younger generation, a lad with decent cultivation talent, had recently been crazily pursuing a woman from the Mittel Clan.

It sounded like a young man admiring a beautiful woman, nothing unusual.

But they were all old foxes. Who were they trying to fool?

What bullshit love? The Mu Clan was clearly trying to cooperate with the Mittel Clan and form an alliance.

Their goal was to take over the empire more quickly once he, a Dou Emperor who had already entered his twilight years, grew old.

After all, everyone knew that the Imperial Clan had always lacked successors, while the Mu Clan was the Imperial Clan's diehard lackey.

With that status, and after putting on a little show of refusing three times before accepting, the Mu Clan could reasonably take over a series of Imperial Clan resources, such as the Nalan Clan's strength.

Combined with the Mittel Clan's strength, the three families joining forces...

"Trouble within and without... I wonder how much longer I can hold on?"

Jia Xing Tian let out a deep sigh. One problem after another kept cropping up; he truly had no solution.

He could only rely on his Nine-Star Dou Emperor Peak cultivation to keep holding on.

"Someone, prepare a gift. I will personally meet this new—Ice Emperor."

"What new Ice Emperor? It sounds kind of strange."

When Wu Yan heard the title "new Ice Emperor" from Ya Fei, he could not help but complain.

New Ice Emperor... then did that mean there was an old Ice Emperor too?

Where was the old one now?

The old one, I put...

"That is what everyone calls you. Does Brother Xiao Yan not like it?" Ya Fei looked at Wu Yan with a smile, her bright eyes gleaming brilliantly.

She vividly remembered the night a few days ago when this man returned with the powerful aura of a Dou Emperor, sending the entire city into a frenzy.

Merely being by his side gave her an incomparable sense of security. The young Ya Fei felt that she could no longer leave this powerful man.

"Mm, I do not like it much. If I had known it would turn out like this, I might as well have returned when I was at the Dou Wang level..."

Wu Yan no longer needed to conceal his emotions as carefully as before.

"New Ice Emperor"—what kind of title was that?

"Then Brother Xiao Yan might have been called the Ice King."

"Ice King... hmm, that is not bad either."

Wu Yan thought about it. It still sounded somewhat strange, but it was far more pleasant than "new Ice Emperor."

"He is here."

"Hm? Brother Xiao Yan, who is here?"

Seeing Wu Yan's somewhat troubled expression, Ya Fei thought some woman from the academy had come to steal her man and hurriedly asked.

"An aura as heavy as the earth. It should be that old fellow from the Imperial Clan."

"Ah? The Imperial Clan's Dou Emperor? Will he be troublesome?"

"Somewhat. If I kill him, it will probably be troublesome..."

Wu Yan murmured softly, running through the various possibilities that might arise after he killed Jia Xing Tian.

Then he reached a conclusion: killing Jia Xing Tian would throw the empire into internal chaos and affect his cultivation.

"Then I will just teach him a lesson."

Having silently made his choice, Wu Yan stood up. Noticing Ya Fei's astonished gaze, his eyes flickered slightly.

Then Wu Yan wrapped an arm around the girl's slender willow waist, spread his Dou Qi wings, and flew into the sky.

Thirty li east of Mittel City, two completely different yet powerful auras faced each other.

"Your Excellency, your perception is remarkably sharp."

"Old fellow of the Imperial Clan, I do not know why you came, but it does not matter anyway."

Wu Yan held Ya Fei in his arms, his expression indifferent.

He seemed utterly unconcerned that this girl, who possessed only Dou Qi, would be caught up in a battle between Dou Emperors.

"It seems Your Excellency wishes to test yourself against this old man as well?"

The corners of Jia Xing Tian's mouth lifted slightly. A newly advanced One-Star Dou Emperor wanted to fight him, a Nine-Star Dou Emperor Peak? He was truly too young!

But this was good too. He could take this chance to leave a sufficiently deep impression on this boy, sparing himself trouble later.

Wu Yan did not waste any more words on Jia Xing Tian. With a wave of his hand, he instantly condensed a hundred-meter-long colossal ice dragon.

Jia Xing Tian was slightly stunned. He had not expected this young man to be so direct, opening with the same killing move as Hai Bodong.

Still, it had to be said that this young man had mastered this Dou Technique extremely well. He could unleash it to such a degree so quickly.

Jia Xing Tian was not slow either. In only two seconds, he condensed an earthen-yellow phoenix.

Wu Yan did not attack in a hurry. Instead, he let Jia Xing Tian prepare himself. Only then could he crush him with the bearing of an absolute powerhouse!

He would make him clearly realize the enormous gap in strength between them.

That way, he would obediently refrain from disturbing Wu Yan's peaceful cultivation.

The instant the ice dragon collided with the earth phoenix, the white chill radiating from the ice dragon instantly froze the earth phoenix solid.

The ice dragon then continued onward without losing momentum, charging straight at Jia Xing Tian, who was trying to control the earth phoenix and break free from its confinement.