Heaven Reliant and Dragon Slaying

A few days later.

Tianfu City, which had been like a pool of stagnant water, suddenly sprang to life.

In restaurants and teahouses across Tianfu City, everyone excitedly discussed one thing.

The Dragon-Slaying Precious Saber and the Heaven-Reliant Divine Sword!

They were said to be the two supreme weapons of the martial world.

The precious Dragon-Slaying Saber shook the martial world with its might; when Heaven Reliant did not appear, who could stand against it!

It could command the world, and none would dare disobey!

It was said that a family in the martial world called the Zhang Family had once obtained the Dragon-Slaying Precious Saber and discovered the secret within it.

They rose to prominence shortly afterward, becoming one of the foremost powers in the martial world.

But as luck would have it, another family called the Li Family obtained the Heaven Reliant Sword at the same time.

For a time, the two great powers of the martial world fought for supremacy, and blood flowed in rivers.

In the end, both sides suffered grievous losses. So many had died in the martial world that they had stirred the wrath of heaven and the resentment of the people.

The entire martial world joined forces to wipe out both families, and the Dragon-Slaying Precious Saber and the Heaven Reliant Sword vanished from that day on.

This was the story now being told in the entertainment houses across Tianfu City.

The rise of the Zhang Family, who held everyone beneath their notice.

The rise of the Li Family, whose cutting edge was there for all to see.

It filled countless commoners with longing and sent many young masters drifting into daydreams.

They imagined themselves obtaining the Dragon-Slaying Precious Saber.

At the same time, the martial world was turned completely upside down.

For no other reason than that the Li Family and the Zhang Family... were the very same super-families that had suppressed the entire martial world of the Yan Kingdom two hundred years ago.

The two families had slaughtered each other, leaving countless dead and wounded and bringing a catastrophe upon the martial world.

In the end, the entire martial world had risen up together and destroyed them.

But...

"The Dragon-Slaying Precious Saber commands the world, and none dare disobey!"

The martial artists who heard the news could not help swallowing. Their mouths felt parched, and their gazes burned with fervor.

"Inside the Heaven Reliant Sword lies a peerless divine art that can bring supremacy over the martial world?"

The various factions of the martial world were beside themselves with excitement.

Now it seemed the story had to be true. So that was how it was...

More than one faction marveled at the revelation.

They had wondered how the Li Family and the Zhang Family, once merely second-rate noble families, had been able to rise and suppress the martial world.

It was because of the Dragon-Slaying Precious Saber and the Heaven Reliant Sword!

The Li Family and the Zhang Family had hidden their secret well!

For a time, undercurrents surged throughout the martial world...

Tianfu City.

At the Eighth Prince's residence.

He tapped his fingers lightly on the table.

Thinking.

The Dragon Slaying Saber, the Heaven Reliant Sword...

Command the world?

He recalled something. Rumor had it that when Great Yan was founded, its founding ancestor had swept across the world with a precious saber in hand.

His empress's swordsmanship had been unmatched beneath the heavens.

Their weapons were also said to be divine weapons, because the weapons of those who opposed them had almost all broken upon a single clash.

At the thought, the Eighth Prince's eyes gleamed, and a trace of excitement appeared on his face.

"Could it be..."

"Could it be that the founding ancestor obtained the Dragon-Slaying Precious Saber and used it to establish our Great Yan?"

"But... why did those two divine weapons later fall into the hands of the Li Family and the Zhang Family?"

"Tap, tap, tap..."

"Your Highness, I found it!"

A guard hurried inside, his face filled with excitement.

"The records in the Heavenly Constabulary say that His Majesty at the time secretly supported the Li Family and the Zhang Family."

"His purpose was to break up the power of the martial world!"

"Bang!"

The Eighth Prince shot to his feet, his eyes blazing with excitement.

He had always fought the First Prince and the Fourth Prince for the throne, but now it seemed he had taken the wrong path.

This was the key!

Coming to Tianfu City had been the right choice, absolutely the right choice!

To have stumbled upon such news by chance-heaven was truly helping him...

"Your Highness, there is something I don't know whether I should say."

The guard looked conflicted and hesitant.

"Speak!"

The Eighth Prince waved his hand.

"I think there's something wrong with this!"

The guard frowned. "It's too much of a coincidence. Everything is too much of a coincidence, as if someone were setting a trap."

"A trap?"

The Eighth Prince fell silent for a moment, then sneered dismissively. "Impossible!"

"Your Highness!"

The guard wanted to say something, but the Eighth Prince immediately waved him off. "Leaving aside the fact that ordinary people couldn't possibly know about the Li Family's and Zhang Family's ties to the imperial court, even if someone did know..."

"Then let me ask you, what would be the purpose of this trap?"

"To frame someone? Even then, they'd need the real Dragon Slaying Saber and Heaven Reliant Sword, wouldn't they? But how could divine weapons like those be replicated?"

"But if they're real..."

The Eighth Prince's gaze burned as he spoke in a weighty voice. "If they're real, let me ask you, wouldn't it be worth walking into the trap?"

"Don't forget what I've spent so many years preparing for. Now there's a shortcut right in front of me!"

"At worst, I'd gain two divine arts and two divine weapons! Isn't that worth it?"

"But the Dragon Slaying Saber and Heaven Reliant Sword are only legends. No one knows what the truth is."

The guard was frustrated. The Eighth Prince was usually quite clever, so why was he acting like this now?

"Hmph, legends? That's because you don't know. The weapons our Great Yan's founding ancestor held were indeed two divine weapons, a saber and a sword. They were incomparably sharp; ordinary weapons shattered at a touch!"

"This..."

The guard's body trembled slightly.

It wasn't because he was shocked by this revelation.

Rather...

Had the person behind the scenes even accounted for this?