Chapter 2458 - 2148: Can Your Realm Still Improve Rapidly?

Lu Chen took a step forward and instantly arrived at the Imperial Study Room in the Imperial Palace.

At this moment, Ji Yunmeng was sitting in front of the Imperial Desk, looking at the memorials in front of her with a worried expression. The Imperial Desk was already piled high with memorials, most of which were from the border.

Seeing Lu Chen arrive, Ji Yunmeng immediately said, "A Heavenly Realm Spirit Warrior has entered the Border Wilderness."

Upon hearing this, Lu Chen furrowed his brows slightly.

He walked to the Imperial Desk in a few steps, then casually picked up a memorial on the desk. After scanning its contents, Lu Chen fell silent.

Seeing Lu Chen not speaking, Ji Yunmeng asked, "You should have broken through to the King Realm, right?"

A few months ago, when Lu Chen broke through, it caused such a commotion, and the pressure emanating from him rendered her immobile. In her view, Lu Chen must have broken through to the King Realm.

Lu Chen snapped out of his thoughts, put down the memorial, and said, "I did indeed break through to the King Realm."

Hearing Lu Chen’s response, Ji Yunmeng finally sighed in relief.

With Lu Chen in the King Realm, those Heavenly Realm forces from the Outer Domain posed no threat.

However, Ji Yunmeng wasn’t completely at ease.

Currently, the Outer Domain can only send Heavenly Realm warriors into the Border Wilderness. If the prohibition completely dissipates later, those forces might dispatch even stronger warriors, perhaps even those of the King Realm.

Lu Chen alone cannot handle so many King Realm forces; the Great Zhou Dynasty would still face destruction.

After all, Dazhou has captured so many disciples from the Outer Domain forces. The most crucial thing is, if they enter the Border Wilderness to search for the Ancient Inheritance and find it gone, they would surely suspect that the Ancient Inheritance has landed in the hands of the Great Zhou Royal Family.

The Great Zhou’s situation is perilous, and right now, they can only hope the Border Wilderness prohibition won’t dissipate completely anytime soon. As long as it can deter King Realm experts, they can withstand a few more days.

It was then that Ji Yunmeng’s gaze assessed Lu Chen.

Could Lu Chen’s rapid breakthrough to the King Realm be related to the bead he obtained last time?

If Lu Chen can continue to break through, surpassing the King Realm, perhaps they could be saved.

If Lu Chen halts at the King Realm, and the Border Wilderness prohibition disappears yet his realm doesn’t advance, then they’d have to think about how to survive.

Ji Yunmeng then asked, "Can your realm still improve rapidly?"

Lu Chen responded with a laugh, "Do you think a breakthrough is like drinking water? It’s not that easy."

Hearing Lu Chen’s reply, Ji Yunmeng thought it over; indeed, while she didn’t know how Lu Chen broke through to the King Realm, he surely expended a massive amount of resources.

Now the entire Dazhou’s spiritual evil has been drained by Lu Chen, assisting him to break through to the King Realm.

If Lu Chen wishes to break through again, perhaps even the entire Border Wilderness’s spiritual evil wouldn’t suffice.

Seeing Ji Yunmeng’s distressed expression, Lu Chen comforted, "You don’t need to worry too much; if soldiers come, we’ll fend them off with generals; if floods come, we’ll block them with earth. If we can’t win by then, I’ll take you all away from the Border Wilderness."

Though he disregarded this flying boat, it was indeed good for escaping.

Seeing Lu Chen unconcerned about the prohibition’s disappearance, Ji Yunmeng surmised that Lu Chen likely had a trump card for survival.

With that thought, Ji Yunmeng felt somewhat relieved.

For now, she could only rely on this man.

In the past, she dreamt of being the Empress, but upon finally reaching this position, she realized it wasn’t easy to hold.

Truth be told, she now wished to throw the Emperor’s position to Lu Chen and just focus on raising children.

She wanted the Emperor’s power.

However, after becoming Emperor, she couldn’t enjoy the power before feeling the pressure from the Emperor’s duties.

In contrast, Lu Chen could avoid any obligations, yet possessed power surpassing hers.

Strictly speaking, the current Great Zhou Dynasty belonged to Lu Chen; whatever he says goes. Even she, the Emperor, couldn’t resist.

Not that she could rebel; to Lu Chen, she was merely a plaything.

This truly made her understand that as long as one’s strength is sufficient, all identities are merely symbolic; only the weak resort to schemes.

Unfortunately, understanding now was too late; the mess of the Great Zhou had ended in her hands.

Currently, the Great Zhou’s Qi Fortune is concentrated on her; her breakthrough to the Heavenly Realm was largely due to it.

If the Great Zhou declines, her strength would diminish, and her realm might fall to the Earth Realm. Thus, she could only endure unless accepting the consequences of her realm’s decline.

Yet as someone who has experienced Heavenly Realm power, she would never willingly forgo such strength.

Lu Chen then said, "Alright, I’ll head to the border first."

Upon hearing this, Ji Yunmeng immediately asked, "What do you plan to do?"

Lu Chen thought briefly, then replied, "If they want to enter the Ancient Ruins, let them in; the premise is whether they can get in."

Ji Yunmeng said, "If they enter the Ancient Ruins and find the inheritance gone, they might suspect we obtained it."

"Aren’t you afraid that once the prohibition lifts, strong Outer Domain forces will target you, forcing you to hand over the bead?"

Hearing this, Lu Chen replied indifferently, "That will depend on whether they can enter the Ancient Ruins."

Lu Chen knew most people couldn’t enter the Ancient Ruins; the Mysterious Power surrounding them was untouchable for most. Once inside, discovering the inheritance missing could happen at any moment.

Seeing Lu Chen’s lack of concern, Ji Yunmeng said no more.

At that moment, Lu Chen turned and walked out of the Imperial Study Room.

Watching Lu Chen leave, Ji Yunmeng sighed softly.

What a failure to have to rely on Lu Chen for everything as an Empress.

All because that scoundrel stole the bead.

She had a hunch that if she had the bead, she could break through to a higher realm; perhaps she wouldn’t need Lu Chen then, maybe she could save the Great Zhou Dynasty on her own.

After leaving the Capital City, Lu Chen arrived at a mountain forest and brought out the Nine Heavens Mysterious Cloud Boat from the System Space.

The moment the Nine Heavens Mysterious Cloud Boat was released, a swirling spiritual evil enveloped the entire Capital, and the sky darkened, forming a massive swirling dark cloud, pressing down as if the sky was about to collapse.

Lu Chen hadn’t anticipated such a commotion just from releasing the Nine Heavens Mysterious Cloud Boat.

He then infused the boat with spiritual evil, actively controlling it.

The Nine Heavens Mysterious Cloud Boat was over a thousand meters, with many chambers, resembling a mobile palace.

Merely controlling the Nine Heavens Mysterious Cloud Boat almost drained him of spiritual evil.

Lu Chen realized that it’s normal for a Magic Treasure capable of traveling tens of thousands of miles a day to consume lots of spiritual evil. Apparently, he couldn’t use it casually for now.

Lu Chen hurriedly put away the Nine Heavens Mysterious Cloud Boat and flew toward the northern border of Dazhou.