Chapter 94: Take the Key

The Seven Great Sages of the Monster and Demon Race had appeared.

The Seven Great Sages came from different places and different races.

There were demons, monsters, and humans.

Combined, they were the Seven Great Sages.

Among them, the ones from the Monster Race was the Great Sage of the Ocean Cover, Demon King Jiao, Great Sage of the Chaotic Heavens, Demon King Dapeng, Great Sage of the Moving Mountain, Demon King Gui, Great Sage of the Blowing Wind, Demon King Yuan, and Great Sage of the Heaven Leveling Heaven Raising Bull.

These were the five Demon Kings from the Monster Race.

The Great Sage of the White Clothed, Bai Zilong, was a human.

The Great Sage of the Dreaming, Yun Shanhai, was a demon.

The seven of them formed the Seven Great Sages. In the previous era, they were top powerhouses of the world and were a force to be reckoned with.

Now that they have reappeared in this brand new era, the Great Sage of the Ocean Cover, Demon King Jiao, and the Great Sage of the Chaotic Heavens, Demon King Dapeng were coming to the Yuhua God Dynasty to visit Emperor De.

They wanted Emperor De to give them a piece of land.

They were relying on their formidable strength to threaten Emperor De into doing this.

Unfortunately, Emperor De had to accept the threat.

Because he didn’t have any subordinates who were as powerful as them.

At the beginning of the recovery of the world’s spiritual energy, a Martial Sage could already intimidate anyone in the entire world.

Ever since that rain, Lin Jiufeng became the first person to step into the Human God Realm.

For a long time after that, the Human God Realm became the pinnacle of the martial path.

But following Emperor Ming’s death and the invasion of the demons 10 years ago where the Imperial Capital of the Yuhua God Dynasty was surrounded by demons.

Human Gods weren’t truly powerful enough anymore.

Lin Jiufeng once again lifted the curtain of the Grotto-Heaven Realm.

But it was a pity.

Perhaps it was because he improved too fast that the common people couldn’t keep up with him. Or perhaps it was because the recovery of the spiritual energy in the world didn’t bring with it the huge amount of spiritual energy needed for others to reach the Grotto-Heaven Realm.

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After all, the recovery itself would still take time to complete.

This was also why the people who unsealed themselves at the beginning were all Martial Sages and Human Gods.

The truly powerful ones were all waiting for the spiritual energy to become as vast and as boundless as the sea. Only when the world was completely moisturized with spiritual energy would they come out and display their ambitions into the world once more.

Lin Jiufeng entered the Grotto-Heaven Realm 10 years ago, and it was only 10 years later that other people had started to reach the Grotto-Heaven Realm.

Emperor De knew that the only person he could rely on now was his sister.

After the Zenith Heaven Path Sect knew that Emperor De had discovered some clues regarding their true nature, they slowly became indifferent to Emperor De. In the past five years, they didn’t do anything overboard, so Emperor De turned a blind eye to them.

He wouldn’t ask the Zenith Heaven Path Sect for help nor could he do so.

He visited his younger sister, Princess Yulin’s palace.

Five years ago, the 16-year-old Princess Yulin made a name for herself and was remembered by everyone in the world.

But she chose to cool down and live in seclusion for five years.

Without leaving her palace, she quietly accumulated her strength as she continuously practiced to deepen her comprehension of the two sword techniques.

The trip to the Plains back then had brought her a lot of things.

Be it knowledge or other things, she was reborn and learned to think on her own.

The whole world praised her.

Countless invisible hands were constantly pushing her into the sky.

So high that Princess Yulin became afraid of its height.

Other people who were praised would definitely be happy.

Then, they would lose themselves and become obsessed with it.

But it wasn’t the case for Princess Yulin…

She chose to wash off the fame and glory she obtained and returned to the beginning.

She went back to holding the sword and practicing with it daily.

In the past five years, she had rarely seen anyone, even the Empress Dowager.

It has also been five years since she last saw Emperor De.

After five years, Emperor De looked at his younger sister who had no makeup on.

She was dressed in snow-white clothes.

She now had a bearing similar to that of a jade beauty.

Emperor De was moved by the sight that he saw.

“It’s been five years since we last met. You seem to have changed into a different person,” Emperor De said.

Princess Yulin smiled. She lifted her teacup and said, “I just grew up, that’s all.”

Emperor De looked at Princess Yulin, full of emotions.

She just grew up, that’s all.

The 16-year-old Princess Yulin from five years ago was still a child.

But to solve the problem that could implicate millions of common people, she went into the Plains and created her own path of slaughter.

And today, five years later—Princess Yulin told him that she had grown up now, that’s all.

“Is there something on your mind today, Brother?” Princess Yulin asked curiously.

She knew that Emperor De was very busy.

None of the issues that could reach the Imperial Court were small matters after all.

Hence, there must be a reason why Emperor De came here.

Emperor De nodded and explained the recent events in detail.

Princess Yulin frowned slightly as she listened.

“The Seven Great Sages of the Monster and Demon Race. If it’s true that their cultivation bases are beyond the Human God Realm, then they are indeed very powerful.”

“Yes, they are very powerful. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be distressed.” Emperor De smiled bitterly.

“Brother, I haven’t broken through into the Grotto-Heaven Realm yet.”

Princess Yulin directly answered the question that Emperor De wanted to ask her

Emperor De opened his mouth, then closed it.

He dismissed the question that he wanted to ask.

Instead, he changed it into something else. “What about your master?”

Princess Yulin asked in surprise, “You want to look for my Master?”

Emperor De nodded and looked calmly at Princess Yulin.

His eyes gleamed with a faint shimmer.

“Did you gain some information or something?”

Princess Yulin was indeed born from the same mother as Emperor De.

She immediately guessed what he was thinking.

“This needs to be confirmed first.”

Emperor De shook his head and refused to tell Princess Yulin about his recent discovery.

Princess Yulin had no interest in continuing the conversation.

“I don’t know where my Master is. I haven’t gone out for five years.”

Emperor De looked at Princess Yulin and suddenly extended his hand.

“What?” Princess Yulin raised her brows.

“Give me the key to the Cold Palace,” said Emperor De.

Princess Yulin laughed and said, “The walls of the Cold Palace courtyard aren’t that high. You can just climb over them.”

“That won’t be polite.” Emperor De smiled mysteriously.

He looked at Princess Yulin and said, “That key is not something precious, but you are unwilling to give it to me. This means that there is something wrong with the Cold Palace. Give me the key, I will visit the place.”

Emperor De looked at Princess Yulin proudly.

Princess Yulin had no choice but to hand over the key to Emperor De and remind him.

“Don’t disturb the place. Also, what if there’s no one around?”

Emperor De just smiled and got up to leave without saying anything.

What if there’s no one around?

Impossible!

Emperor De’s recent five years consisted of handling the Imperial Court and the state affairs of the Yuhua God Dynasty. However, he had also been carefully investigating any information as to who could be living in the Cold Palace.

What was the identity of that dethroned Crown Prince?

Nearly 50 years have passed since then.

No one knew about the matter of Lin Jiufeng being banished into the Cold Palace.

And in the historical records, because it was considered a huge scandal, there wasn’t a detailed description of it at all.

There was only one sentence.

[Because of his lust, the dethroned Crown Prince is to be locked in the Cold Palace till his death.]

Thus, he was banished into the Cold Palace back then!

But who was this dethroned Crown Prince?

What was his background?

Why was he banished into the Cold Palace?

When he was investigating these matters, he only lacked a starting point.

But after so many years, Emperor De was bound to find a piece of information that he could use as the starting point of his investigation. From there, he decisively searched for and discovered various answers to the burning questions he had in mind.

‘It turns out that this dethroned Crown Prince and Grandpa Emperor are biological brothers.’

‘Then, I should address him as Big Grand-Uncle.’

‘He has been imprisoned in the Cold Palace for almost 50 years.’

‘Is he still alive?’

‘Since he has been banished into the Cold Palace, that courtyard must belong to Big Grand-Uncle.’

‘Therefore, the one who gave little sister pointers wasn’t Grandpa Emperor’s soul, but was instead Big Grand-Uncle.’

‘I shall go visit Big Grand-Uncle now.’

Emperor De has been investigating the truth for the past five years.

Today, he was only one key away from the truth.

Hence, he came to ask for the key.

Moreover, he couldn’t tell Princess Yulin about his speculations just now.

It was better not to disclose any unverified information after all.