Chapter 658 - 350: Ashen Soul Flame Prison Heart-Seizing Spell_3

Heavenly Inquiry Tower?

Chu Ming’s eyes flickered.

The Han Court, Xing Man, and Heavenly Inquiry Tower have joined forces?

The difficulty of obtaining the True Intent Soldier Embryo is even greater than anticipated.

If they truly join forces, as Chu Ming currently knows, there would be four Seventh Realm experts, with one at the Middle Stage of the Seventh Realm!

"Does the master intend to deal with Han Court and Xing Man?"

As Chu Ming was contemplating strategies, Xuan Jing took the initiative to respectfully inquire.

"Hmm." Chu Ming naturally didn’t need to hide anything from his servant.

"Master, I know something that might help you."

"Speak."

"Although Han Court and Xing Man are spouses, the Han Family and Xing Family are not harmonious. The two families discreetly compete for the resources of the Seven-Star Kingdom, targeting each other..."

"Get to the point."

"Han Court has a cousin who had a conflict with a close relative of Xing Man and secretly dispatched assassins to eliminate that relative of Xing Man," Xuan Jing said respectfully.

Chu Ming’s brows slightly moved, having understood the meaning behind the words.

In Xuan Jing’s view, it was true that Han Court and Xing Man were a couple, but their families were in overt and covert conflict, even resorting to assassination.

This was very suitable as a bait to sow discord and create division between the two.

If external forces are difficult to manage, let internal problems arise first.

"Not bad." Chu Ming nodded gently, "You take care of this."

"Yes, master."

Xuan Jing behaved this way because of the soul control he was under, and also because he had long harbored resentment toward Han Court and Xing Man.

Among the Seven Star Lords of the Seven-Star Kingdom, Han Court and Xing Man, being in the Seventh Realm, could almost command the other three members besides Xing Hong and Xing Rong.

As someone in the National Guardian Realm, how could Xuan Jing willingly tolerate this?

Thus, upon hearing that Chu Ming wanted to deal with Han Court and Xing Man, he immediately contributed his strategy.

...

Two days later.

Chu Ming was cultivating in Xuan Jing’s retreat location, where the Sea of Qi in his chest surged, and the Primordial Qi Mansion in his abdomen was also restless.

Suddenly, his eyes flashed, with a smile appearing on his face.

"Middle Stage of the Qi Sea Realm!"

"Late Stage of the Nascent Qi Realm!"

After such a prolonged period of cultivation, he finally progressed further.

The Sea of Qi in his chest had expanded more than five times from its original size. Although it was at the Middle Stage, the vast Qi Blood stored within had already exceeded the Middle Stage.

Additionally, with the Qi Blood Power contained in the Qi Blood Pearl, his current Qi and Blood Power rivaled that of the late stage of the Qi Sea Realm.

As for the Primordial Qi, since his breakthrough to the Sixth Realm, it had undergone transformation. This time, reaching the late stage was akin to a red sun as the Nascent Primordial Qi filled the Primordial Qi Mansion.

The mutated Primordial Qi Seed, retained after the Sixth Realm, had grown into a towering tree without the constraints of a Primordial Qi Lake.

The combination made Chu Ming’s realm in Primordial Qi not just measure the late stage of the Nascent Qi Realm.

"With Martial Arts and Primordial Qi both breaking through, I should be able to defeat someone at the early stage of the Seventh Realm without much difficulty, but dealing with the Middle Stage requires careful planning."

Just as he was thinking, the Communication Treasure shone, delivering a message from Xuan Jing, the Fourth Strongest in the Seven-Star Kingdom.

"Master, after these days of secret planning and instigation, the conflicts between the Han Family and Xing Family have become more intense, with assassinations among their higher ranks becoming more frequent."

"One vice clan leader from each of the Han and Xing clans has died in assassinations."

"Just now, Han Court and Xing Man learned about the confrontations between the families and were furious."

"The leaders of the two families were summoned to the First Star Hall and are currently being reprimanded."

"..."

Chu Ming looked at the message, his brows slightly twitching.

It sounded like the conflict between the two families was significant this time.

The question was, could this create a rift between Han Court and Xing Man?

After waiting for more than two hours, Xuan Jing sent another message.

"Master, under the ire of Han Court and Xing Man, the Han and Xing families have no choice but to make peace, arranging marriages for their most talented young disciples in an attempt to unite the two families."

Make peace? Arrange marriages?

Looks like this instigation wasn’t successful...

Chu Ming remained calm and sent a reply through the communication treasure: "Continue to instigate, let those disciples who are arranged to marry from the two families fight."

"Yes."

The peace was achieved under the coercion of Han Court and Xing Man, their private anger unresolved.

The arranged marriages, which appeared to bring unity, also provided opportunities.

For example, the arranged marriage partners had no emotional foundation, and might even originally be competitors.

Can they truly trust each other just because they are ordered to marry?

Xuan Jing, a seasoned Sixth Realm cultivator, knew how to provoke without needing Chu Ming to specify the methods.

Meanwhile, Chu Ming, by manipulating Xuan Jing to disrupt the Seven-Star Kingdom, hid in the background, waiting for the right opportunity.

Even if Han Court and Xing Man sensed something unusual, it would be difficult for them to trace it back to him.

This way, another three days passed, and Chu Ming completely stabilized his realm.

"It’s time to test the Heavenly Inquiry Tower."

Since the Seven-Star Kingdom showed no immediate breakthroughs, he considered dealing with the problems of Heavenly Inquiry Tower first.

Although it might not be entirely resolved, he at least wanted to confirm how those two from Heavenly Inquiry Tower tracked him, and if there was a way to dismantle it.

He couldn’t continuously maintain a threefold enhancement of the Book and Painting Realm alongside the Concealing Technique, though it didn’t consume much, unexpected situations could still arise.

Seizing the True Intent Soldier Embryo from the Seven-Star Kingdom would inevitably mean confronting strong figures like Han Court and Xing Man, the Book and Painting Realm would be difficult to sustain, posing such an unexpected situation.

If Heavenly Inquiry Tower’s experts joined the encirclement in the middle of the battle, it would become truly thorny.

...

Seven-Star Kingdom, Second Star State, Heavenly Inquiry Tower.

Xux Guang and Xux Yuan, two Seventh Realm experts, sat above, with the Sub-Branch Tower Master of the Seven-Star Tower kneeling before them.

"Report to the two lords, according to the findings, the conflict between the Han Family, where the First Star Lord Han Court resides, and the Xing Family, where the Second Star Lord Xing Man resides, is quite significant, with vice clan leaders from both sides being assassinated."