“Bestow the name Zheng Yuxiao, title… Princess Lingxiao!”

“Princess Lingxiao…”

Cui Xiabing muttered this title, and thinking of Your Majesty’s titles for the previous nine princesses, she already understood what Your Majesty had in mind.

“Your Majesty~”

Cui Xiabing held Zheng Yi’s right hand, her beautiful eyes full of affection.

“Your Majesty, rest assured. When the master returns, I will definitely plead with her to guide you on the path of cultivation.”

“You have a spirit root, and your qualification is not inferior to mine. I believe the master will be very willing to accept you as a disciple.”

“At the very least, she will lend you a helping hand.”

“Let’s hope so.”

After talking with Cui Xiabing in the bedchamber for a while, Zheng Yi felt two distinct waves of aura fluctuation outside the hall.

“Beloved consort, rest. I have important matters to attend to.”

“Please, Your Majesty.”

Walking out of Jiaofang Hall, as expected, in the side hall of Jiaofang Hall, there were two very similar aura fluctuations rolling.

These two auras, both dark and uncanny, filled with bloody killing intent, caused the surrounding air to roll along with them.

The surrounding imperial guards and Shadow Guards were drawn over, guarding closely.

Noticing Zheng Yi’s appearance, Tang City immediately approached: “Your Majesty, this place…”

“It’s nothing, just someone having a breakthrough.”

Chen Liancang’s figure also appeared behind Zheng Yi.

“Your Majesty, it seems that Chen Zhong and Chen Yi have made a breakthrough. After all, Chen Xiao has just broken through to the Grandmaster Realm, it’s unlikely for him to break into the Innate Realm in such a short time.”

“I understand. Guard them. Everyone else, withdraw from the Jiaofang Hall area!”

“Yes!”

Their breakthrough continued, and the surrounding aura grew more immense, almost enveloping over half of the Imperial Palace.

Many martial artists felt this aura, looking toward the direction of the palace.

“Has someone broken through?”

“The aura of the Innate Realm!”

“A martial artist breaking through inside the palace? Such an uncanny aura—who’s the elderly eunuch?”

“The strength under Your Majesty is truly unfathomable…!”

“Is it Chen Liancang?”

In the cabinet, Xu Mujun was the first to sense the change in the palace’s aura, and his figure instantly appeared on the rooftop, gazing toward Jiaofang Hall.

“This aura… isn’t right! There are two!”

“Although the inner strength aura is the same, the life aura is completely different; they should be two martial artists cultivating the same cultivation technique…”

Xu Xuanwu said indifferently, “They should be Chen Liancang’s disciples and grand-disciples. I never thought the strength of the Shadow Guard under Your Majesty would be this powerful!”

“In just a few years, five Innate Realm experts have emerged in Great Yu!”

“This was simply impossible in the past…”

“Could it be… truly heaven-sent for Great Yu?”

Meanwhile, inside the cabinet room, Lu Xiangqing, Li Yuanhao, and others had somewhat peculiar expressions.

Noble Consort Cui gave birth to another princess?

In the depths of the Imperial Palace, another Innate Realm expert emerged?

This…

What should we do now?

Within the Capital City, several figures also sensed something, gazing toward the direction of the palace.

“The aura of the Innate Realm?”

“Great Yu’s Imperial Family, another Innate Realm expert has appeared?”

“Just entering the Innate Realm, no significant threat.”

“Should we proceed with our plans?”

“Of course, three hundred years ago, we made an agreement with Great Yu Ancestor, Great Yu and the noble families would share the world. But now…”

“Hehehe… dare to move against us noble families, this Great Yu Imperial Family is truly audacious!”

“Datong Wang Family… that’s merely Exoteric Buddhism. Unfortunately, the Hidden Sect was too slow to act, the Great Yu Imperial Family is just too swift!”

“Do we really want this? Aren’t we afraid of plunging the world into chaos?”

“Chaos in the world? That’s Great Yu’s world, not ours!”

“Since the Zheng Family wants the world in turmoil, let it be in turmoil, hahaha…!”

Meanwhile.

The Imperial Palace, Jiaofang Hall.

Outside the vacant Jiaofang Hall, only three figures remained.

The others had long withdrawn from outside the palace.

Zheng Yi, Chen Liancang, and Chen Xiao, who hadn’t made a breakthrough.

Chen Xiao was a round-faced youth, slender, currently revealing a flattering smile.

“Please forgive me, Your Majesty and forefather, I have not broken through; I just used this opportunity to stabilize my realm.”

Chen Liancang said, “You have just broken through recently. I didn’t expect you to break through this time, being able to stabilize your realm is already excellent.”

“Our Great Yu’s ten princesses are heavenly gifts, possessing great auspiciousness.”

“Back then, I also broke through during the birth period of the Fifth Princess. Now Chen Zhong and Chen Yi have broken through relying on the Tenth Princess.”

“This is your opportunity and your luck!”

Chen Xiao respectfully said, “Yes, forefather, I understand.”

“Stand by the side and serve, wait for Chen Zhong and Chen Yi to come out.”

“Yes!”

In no time, the two almost identical aura pulses began to calm down, quickly turning into several ghostly shadows, rushing into the side room.

After a while, the two auras finally stabilized.

The entire Jiaofang Hall returned to tranquility.

With a creak, the doors to the two rooms opened, and two figures swiftly dashed out, almost turning into phantoms.

“Servants Chen Zhong and Chen Yi, pay respects to Your Majesty, may our emperor live ten thousand years!”

“Rise~”

Zheng Yi gestured with one hand, “You two have broken through to the Innate level, you no longer need to call yourselves ‘servants,’ you can now refer to yourselves as ‘subjects’.”

“Thank you, Your Majesty!”

“Two years ago, when you two broke through to the Grandmaster Realm, I made a promise to both of you.”

“Chen Zhong, you haven’t asked for anything, and I still remember that.”

“And Chen Yi, what you asked of me was to find your long-missing sister, Qingg’er.”

Chen Yi excitedly said, “Your Majesty, have you found my—my sister?”

“Not yet.”

Zheng Yi shook his head and said, “The notice for your missing sister has been posted in the Publicity Department’s newspaper for two years without any news.”

“However, the Embroidered Uniform Guard found clues in Lanling County, where you and your sister went missing. It used to be populated by millions of disaster victims, and there were merchants from the south buying young girls in large numbers.”

“Your sister is very likely to have been sold to the south. I have already sent the Embroidered Uniform Guard to investigate.”

Chen Liancang said, “Yi’er, rest assured, now that we have a lead, with the capabilities of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and Your Majesty, I believe your sister will be found soon.”

“Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Ancestor!”

Zheng Yi continued, “You both have broken through to the Innate Realm. I grant you a mansion in the Capital City, ten thousand silver taels, three thousand bolts of Shu Brocade, five thousand bolts of silk, three hundred maidservants and servants.”

“I appoint you as Illustrious Martial Generals in the role of Imperial Guard at Senior First Grade!”

Both immediately knelt down, excitedly saying, “Thank you, Your Majesty! We are willing to serve Your Majesty with our lives, without hesitation!”

“Rise.”

Zheng Yi continued, “Apart from these rewards, as before, I will grant you both another opportunity to make a wish.”

“As long as I can fulfill it, I will not disappoint you.”

The two hesitated for a moment, and this time Chen Yi spoke first, “Your Majesty, I only wish to find my family, I do not care about anything else.”

“Rest assured, as long as your sister is alive, I will definitely find her.”

“Thank you, Your Majesty!”

“What about you, Chen Zhong?”

“I—I…”

Chen Zhong suddenly hesitated and then knelt down, “Your Majesty, I am a eunuch, long unable to fulfill human relations, and I have no family. But I still wish to have a descendant!”

Zheng Yi’s expression was a bit strange, “This… I can’t bring the dead to life or flesh to bones, do you want to make another wish?”

“No, it’s not that.”

Chen Zhong hastily said, “I just want to adopt an orphan from my hometown, may Your Majesty agree?”

“Adopt?”

Zheng Yi curiously asked, “Aren’t you without relatives, how would you adopt?”

“I may not have living relatives, but I do know the name of my hometown.”

Chen Zhong said, “Although my hometown was destroyed due to drought and the villagers scattered, if searched carefully, my fellow villagers can still be found.”

“If any of them are willing to give me a child to adopt, I—will treat them sincerely and never disappoint.”

“Still about finding people?”

Zheng Yi muttered, “What is the name of your hometown?”

“Binzhou, Fengming County, Xilin Town, Reed Village.”

“Very well. I will inform the Publicity Department and the Embroidered Uniform Guard, you two wait patiently and stabilize your realms, understand?”

“Yes!”

After dismissing the two, Zheng Yi arrived at Baiyu City, took a deep breath, and focused his mind on the Yin Yang Treasure Mirror.

With Noble Consort Cui giving birth to the Tenth Princess, his Innate Spiritual Energy Progress also reached 10 full points!

What kind of phenomenon will occur?

[Life Master: Zheng Yi]

[Talent: Yin and Yang]

[Lifespan: 28/5668]

[Spirit Root: Water (Middle Grade 118/1000), Earth (Middle Grade 8/1000), Wood (Lower Grade 58/100), Metal (Lower Grade 18/100)]

[Magical Power: 316/1000]

[Overall Strength: First-layer Qi Cultivation]

[Innate Spiritual Energy Progress (Tier One): 10/10]

As Zheng Yi’s mental fluctuations continued, the last line of text concerning his attributes on the Yin Yang Treasure Mirror gradually disappeared, replaced by another text.

[Innate Spiritual Energy Progress (Tier Two): 0/20 (Sealed).]

Simultaneously, several other lines of text appeared.

[Innate Yin Qi filled (Tier One), Yin and Yang harmonization requires the birth of ten Innate Yang Qi.]

[You have gained the ability to initially control Innate Spiritual Energy.]

[New Function Unlocked: Three Thousand Worlds.]

[Three Thousand Worlds (Tier One): 0/1.]

“Yin Yang Treasure Mirror, a new function has appeared?”

Zheng Yi’s heart was stirred, and he carefully examined it.

At this moment, besides gaining control over the previously born ten strands of Innate Spiritual Energy, he unexpectedly unlocked another function.

Three Thousand Worlds?

0/1?

How can the progress be increased?

As if understanding his doubts, a line of text appeared on the surface of the Yin Yang Treasure Mirror.

[Using Innate Yang Qi to birth a male can unlock the Three Thousand Worlds, each tier connecting to different worlds with varying Spiritual Qi concentrations.]

Upon seeing this explanation, Zheng Yi’s eyes suddenly shone brightly.

“Innate Yang Qi can actually unlock Three Thousand Worlds, other worlds?”

“Which means… traveling to other worlds? This is such a power!”

Zheng Yi, pleasantly surprised, carefully reviewed the introduction to the Three Thousand Worlds.

“Each tier can connect worlds with different concentrations of Spiritual Qi, meaning I could possibly connect to a cultivation world with abundant Qi, not like this current Qi-deficient world?”

“This world has been over-exploited, lacking Spiritual Qi, with no Spirit Stones, and no cultivation techniques acquired until now.”

“Of course, the Three Thousand Worlds at Tier One should connect to the worlds with the lowest Spiritual Qi concentration, similar to Great Yu here?”

“And I have no way of knowing the safety of the new worlds, I’ll have to be cautious and find ways to scout the corresponding worlds.”

“The Great Yu World must be my main world, and it must be stabilized ahead of time.”

“It seems some plans need to be fast-tracked, to cut through the tangled mess quickly!”

Zheng Yi took a deep breath, thoughts quickly spinning in his mind, and made a swift decision.

“Liu Cheng’en.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“Issue the decree, summon Wang Anshi, Prefect of Chang’an Prefecture, back to the Capital City to report, and promote him to the position of Assistant Grand Scholar, as Vice Assistant.”

“Yes!”

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