Chapter 289 - 194: Target

Chapter 289: Chapter 194: Target

WHOOSH.

Ye Chunzhen descended from the sky, his heart in a daze.

"I never would have thought."

"This world is just a tiny corner of existence. No, if every star in the sky is a world, then the Northern Domain is but a drop in the ocean."

"Now that I’ve joined [Domain-Breaking], I must work hard to find Primordial Stones."

After all, the ’Martial God’ had said that a hundred Primordial Stones were needed to get a ticket to the New World.

The New World possessed a much denser Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy than the Northern Domain.

It would be enough for him to advance to the Spirit Condensation Realm.

Ye Chunzhen was just pondering his next move.

As he stepped into the side hall, Ye Chunzhen’s expression suddenly changed. "Hm? Someone dared to do this while I was away!"

Ye Chunzhen darted behind the golden statue. Just as he’d suspected, the treasury’s great door was open.

Ye Chunzhen rushed into the treasury, only to find it had been completely emptied of its secret treasures.

They hadn’t even spared the Luminous Pearls embedded in the walls for light.

"Damn thieves!"

’Could they have been targeting the treasury all along, waiting for the ’Martial God’ to lead me to the Outer Realm to make their move?’

Ye Chunzhen slammed his fist against the treasury wall.

The immense force instantly caused the treasury to collapse from within.

Ye Chunzhen shot out from the ruins.

"So be it. It seems fate has decided I should sever my ties with worldly ’secular affairs’."

Ye Chunzhen shook his head, wondering where to go next.

「The next day.」

Ye Chunzhen had an idea: he would roam the world, searching for Primordial Stones to accumulate.

"Grand Emperor!"

"Please, come out of seclusion! We can’t hold them back any longer! The Yun and Wu Alliance Army is too strong! The Yun Country even has an expert who is a True Spirit Body of the Rebirth Realm!"

"They’re about to break into the Royal Capital!"

"If you don’t intervene, my Jin Country is doomed!"

Just then, King Jin arrived at the side hall with several guards in tow.

King Jin’s face was etched with panic, and only when he saw his ancestor did a flicker of peace cross his features.

"Oh?" Ye Chunzhen frowned.

’I just agreed to the ’Martial God’s’ terms, and now the Jin Country is facing a crisis.’

’This is too much of a coincidence.’

Ye Chunzhen wanted to intervene and help the Jin Country resist the Yun and Wu Alliance Army.

But he remembered the ’Martial God’s’ solemn warning in the Outer Realm: if he interfered in mortal affairs, he would be kicked out of the [Domain-Breaking] organization.

Ye Chunzhen hesitated.

"Grand Emperor! What are you hesitating for?"

"Six of the Jin Country’s Rebirth Realm experts have already died in battle!"

"That Swordsman from the Yun Country is just too powerful! Only you can stand against him!" King Jin said emotionally. He couldn’t understand why his Grand Emperor would look so hesitant.

’He was once the Emperor of Jin Country, too. He’s my own grandfather. Could he truly not care at all if the Jin Country falls?’

Ye Chunzhen sighed, his gaze gradually becoming firm.

’If I want to surpass the Primordial Ancestor, there’s no point in continuing to support the Jin Country. Even if I protected it until my death, I could never make the Jin Country the sole ruler of the Northern Domain.’

But now, Ye Chunzhen knew of the vaster world that existed in the Outer Realm.

He could even go to a New World with denser Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy and advance to Spirit Condensation!

’If I, Ye Chunzhen, can reach the Spirit Condensation Realm, then I’ll have surpassed the Primordial Ancestor. I’m sure the Primordial Ancestor would be pleased to see it.’

’That man called the ’Martial God’ holds the method to leave this world—it’s equivalent to the ascension spoken of in the legends of the Northern Domain.’

’To abandon a mortal kingdom for the sake of ascension...’

Ye Chunzhen made his decision.

"I will not intervene."

"Within one hour, bring the descendants with Root Bone Talent to me."

"If the city falls, I will take them away from the Royal Capital," Ye Chunzhen said.

’If I’m only taking a few of my own blood descendants, the ’Martial God’ shouldn’t blame me, right?’

King Jin was stunned. He never expected his Grand Emperor to give him such an answer.

’Is it because Grand Emperor admits he’s no match for that Swordsman? Or is there another reason?’

"Grand Emperor..."

King Jin was about to say more.

But Ye Chunzhen had already turned away decisively and came to a stop before the golden statue of the Primordial Ancestor.

King Jin opened his mouth, but then, understanding Ye Chunzhen’s intentions, he sighed and turned to leave.

A short while later, King Jin brought a group of his descendants before Ye Chunzhen.

These were the ones with the most outstanding Talent of this generation.

"Grand Emperor, I’ll trouble you to take them away," King Jin said.

Ye Chunzhen turned around. "Alright."

"Aren’t you leaving yourself?"

King Jin smiled bitterly. "I’m already old, my Root Bone Talent is poor, and I’m only in the Bone Refining Realm. What’s the point of leaving?"

"I’ll stay behind and go down with my kingdom."

Ye Chunzhen looked at this Imperial Grandson of his.

He recalled that this Imperial Grandson had indeed relied on political maneuvering and even the power of his maternal relatives to ascend the throne.

Because of this, Ye Chunzhen had never been particularly fond of this Imperial Grandson.

But seeing him today, it was clear this Imperial Grandson had his strengths to have become King Jin. He truly had the fortitude to take on the title.

"Very well. I will be leaving then."

"The Ye Family of the Jin Country will not disappear. Perhaps, it will become even more brilliant," Ye Chunzhen said, patting his Imperial Grandson’s shoulder before he left.

King Jin smiled. He believed his Grand Emperor wouldn’t lie to him. Since there was another path to take, the fall of the Jin Country didn’t seem so terrible after all.

However, as a frog in a well, no matter how hard King Jin thought, he could not imagine in what way the Ye Family would become more brilliant.

「Above the clouds.」

Lu Changfeng nodded lightly.

’This Ye Chunzhen may be old, but he’s not senile yet. He has abided by the rules I set.’