The Shangguan Clan's Calculations

The timing of the Shangguan Clan's move was wrong. The original plot had already been completely warped beyond recognition.

Previously, Chen Yuan had remained in the Miao Borderlands, neither hurried nor slow as he stabilized his cultivation and refined the Blood Spirit Heaven-Rending Gu, because he knew that the upheaval in the Martial Suppression Hall would not occur until some months later in the original plot.

Moreover, the upheaval in the Martial Suppression Hall had not originally been initiated by the Shangguan Clan. Rather, Chao Hongtu had encountered an accident while attempting to fuse with the Corpse-Soul Path, causing the news to leak and drawing both the Shangguan Clan and the Heaven-Forgetting Pavilion into a struggle over it.

Afterward, experts from Azure Province entered Ningzhou, while the Nine Swords Alliance took advantage of the crisis to force its way in, causing the Martial Suppression Hall to fall apart. In the end, the Shangguan Clan supported the Nine Swords Alliance's rise, allowing it to replace the Martial Suppression Hall as one of the Seven Alliances of the Realm.

But now, the Nine Swords Alliance had already been destroyed, and Chao Hongtu had only just fused with the Corpse-Soul Path. Who would have thought that the Shangguan Clan would launch its attack ahead of time—and even force out an excuse when they had none?

What Chen Yuan did not know was that the Shangguan Clan's sudden action had a great deal to do with him.

Previously, the Shangguan Clan had not been particularly anxious about plotting against Ningzhou.

The Martial Suppression Hall's situation had been declining like a river flowing ever downward. Sooner or later, it would fall into decay. That was why, in the original plot, the Shangguan Clan had only made its move against Ningzhou after Chao Hongtu suffered an