After Qin Haoyue came to prominence, Jiang Kingdom's reputation grew even louder. Previously, beside Jiang Kingdom stood Li Kingdom, likewise a nation founded by the Daoist Sect. Li Kingdom could not withstand Tongzhu Kingdom's campaigns and was ultimately absorbed into Jiang Kingdom. Li Kingdom's State Teacher also joined Qin Haoyue's command and became the so-called Second National Teacher. Tongzhu Kingdom's failed campaign against Li Kingdom naturally left it harboring resentment, but at that time it had no confidence in defeating Qin Haoyue and had no choice but to lower its banners and still its drums. The enmity between the two nations began that very day. Now, after another hundred-odd years had passed, Qin Haoyue's cultivation had entered a bottleneck and remained unable to break through for a long time. Tongzhu Kingdom's national strength flourished day by day, and with the aid of a Grand Artifact Master and a Great Martial Master from the School of Strategists, it recently launched an invasion against Jiang Kingdom. In particular, Qin Haoyue was besieged by Confucian cultivator masters and died with bitter resentment. Jiang Kingdom lost the protection of its State Teacher, and its capital was quickly breached and its Royal Palace fell. Apart from Princess Changling, who secretly escaped Jiang Kingdom under Qin Xiaoyao and the others' protection, every other royal descendant was slain.
Of course, judging from what happened afterward, Princess Changling had merely been deliberately released by Tongzhu Kingdom. They were simply employing the strategy of casting a long line to catch a big fish.
Qin Xiaoyao spoke without pause about Jiang Kingdom's history of development and Qin Haoyue's glorious achievements, yet Xiao Hua listened with a slight frown. He was not particularly interested in those matters. What he cared about... was what Jiang Kingdom's Daoist Sect was truly like. Thus,