Chapter 393: The Eldest Princess

The Princess has arrived?

Yun Zhenshan's gaze tightened.

He naturally knows a bit about the internal royal struggles, and the Princess is also a very capable strong one.

During the succession dispute, due to some mishap, he was defeated by the current Cloud Emperor.

But the Princess still has a group of supporters, and after her failed succession bid she did nothing overstepping, so the Cloud Emperor has no way to deal with her.

After all, the true supreme ruler of the Cloud Kingdom is the Immortal seated above the Star Ring Realm.

If the Cloud Emperor were to launch a massive purge against the Princess, damaging the Cloud Kingdom's foundational qi, it would certainly end badly.

Regarding the conflict between the Cloud Emperor and the Princess, Yun Zhenshan has always remained neutral, helping neither side.

The Princess hinted at him many times, but he never heeded.

He did not expect the Princess to arrive at this critical moment.

Please, Princess, come in.

Yun Zhenshan's strength and status are not lower than the Princess's, so he naturally need not go out personally to greet guests.

Lin Chuan is also burdened with thoughts at this moment.

Is this a self-correction from the thread of fate?

Whether Yun Zhenshan fell in the Black Mist battlefield or not, the Princess will ultimately choose to court the General's residence; is this an inevitable outcome?

A moment later, the Princess stepped into the mansion.

This is Lin Chuan's first time seeing the Cloud Kingdom's Princess, a woman full of heroic spirit, of the same style as his sister.

But Lin Yangyang appears more domineering and strong outwardly.

The Princess also saw Lin Chuan, smiled and indicated, "Lin Chuan, you're here too; this is our first meeting, right?"

I've met the Princess.

Lin Chuan clasped his hands in greeting.

"No need for formalities," the Princess said with a smile. "I am here to chat casually with the Grand General, unrelated to the royal family."

"Grand General, in the Black Mist battle you led the Cloud Kingdom's expedition for me, nearly sacrificing yourself; thank you for your effort."

According to the rules jointly established by the Immortals, the main defenders of the Black Mist battlefield are the major super forces.

Each super force must send a Wangxian Realm envoy to the Star Ring Realm for garrison duty.

Within each super force, rotation is employed.

Only after accumulating sufficient merit can one step down and be replaced.

Yun Zhenshan, in a battle that annihilated numerous shadow lives, was severely wounded, so he stepped down, allowing Prime Minister Wei Tianshu to take his place for the garrison.

Lin Chuan guessed the general reason.

Wei Tianshu is completely loyal to the Cloud Emperor; the two great Wangxian forces have joined, leaving the Princess with no ability to contest, but now the situation is entirely different.

The royal family offended Yun Zhenshan to death, and Wei Tianshu went again to the Black Mist battlefield.

If the Princess can win Yun Zhenshan's support, she has a chance to force the Cloud Emperor to abdicate.

However, the Princess did not state it outright, only chatted with Yun Zhenshan about trivial family matters and expressed concern for Yun Zhi Yi,

hinting she is willing to strongly support Yun Zhi Yi.

Seeing this, Lin Chuan said farewell and left, no longer disturbing their important discussion.

He returned to his own home.

Lin Chuan took out the Divine Cocoon.

After the Black Mist battlefield expedition, the Divine Cocoon's life aura grew considerably stronger, faintly showing signs of breaking out of its shell.

If his strength allowed, Lin Chuan could stay in the Black Mist battlefield hunting shadow lives to further advance the Divine Cocoon.

"Next, let's continue refining the soul, and wait for sister to go together to the Purple Star Emperor Sect."

Just now, Lin Chuan changed his mind.

Because the Purple Star Emperor Sect has an opportunity that can greatly aid his power increase.

That is the supreme method of Daoism.

One of the Heavenly Gang's Thirty-six Methods, the Mediation of Creation technique.

And the renowned One Qi Transforming Three Purities, famed at any moment in the river of time, belonging to the pinnacle of all heavenly laws.

Mastering these two Daoist arts to perfection would qualitatively boost his combat power.

It now depends on whether the Purple Star Emperor Sect is willing to impart these two Daoist arts to him.

"Continue refining the soul."

Lin Chuan's thought entered the dream cultivation space.

【After elevating the soul's power to the extreme of the Legendary Fourth Realm, you encountered an unprecedented bottleneck.】

【You wish to break through this bottleneck.】

【First year of refining, no gain.】

【Second year of refining, same result.】

【Third, fourth, fifth… until the tenth year, your soul world finally showed a ripple.】

【You faintly touched a higher realm.】

【But you pursue perfection too much, unwilling to let any flaw exist in the soul, which leaves you without confidence to breakthrough.】

【You are trapped again.】

【This confinement lasts thirty years.】

【Perhaps you need an opportunity to break this bottleneck, allowing the path of the soul to reach beyond the Legendary Realm.】

You have exited the dream cultivation space.

One session of the dream cultivation space equals forty years.

It corresponds to forty days in the real world.

"Soul polishing is still too difficult; without the dream cultivation space, I want to polish the soul to perfection—completely impossible."

"Black Mist is constantly evolving and will eventually cause trouble; it won't give me that much time."

Being reborn once made Lin Chuan realize how difficult it was in ancient times to eradicate Black Mist; managing to seal it and drag it into the next era was already a great fortune.

Even relying solely on the Nine-phase World couldn't achieve it.

This result was obtained by sacrificing many Immortal Realm strongmen from another Great World Living World.

Among them is the highest combat power he has encountered so far—the Human Ancestor in the Ancient God Absolute Realm dream reincarnation.

Even his sister Lin Yangyang cannot surpass the Human Ancestor.

Because the Human Ancestor is a born Ancient God, essentially an Immortal of this world, and even independently comprehended the Dao, creating the Human Race in the Great World where there were no humans.

Moreover, the Human Ancestor has never reincarnated; his power has been continuously accumulating.

By the final decisive battle, he was infinitely close to the fourth layer of the Immortal Realm, becoming one of the main forces sealing Black Mist.

Thus the Human Ancestor forever dissipated into the Chaos Universe, along with Chi Hongxi and the various Immortals of that Great World Living World.

To reverse all this, Lin Chuan still has much to do.

A few days later.

Lin Yangyang found Lin Chuan: "Chuan'er, we're preparing to go to the Purple Star Emperor Sect. Do you have any more questions?"

"If not, then say a proper farewell to Yun Zhi Yi."

"Hmm," Lin Chuan nodded.

He still feels indebted to Yun Zhi Yi in his heart, a lingering guilt.

On the contrary, Yun Zhi Yi smiles and comforts him.

"Go ahead, go ahead."

"A Chuan, don't wear that sad expression. You're going to the Purple Star Emperor Sect to seize your own opportunity, to become stronger, not because you don't want me."

"I'll be here, waiting for you to return forever."

Xiao Qingmei, eyes reddened, spoke comforting words.

"Wait for my return."

Lin Chuan dared not say more; he could only wait for those memories to revive before he could voice his thoughts, otherwise Xiao Qingmei would find it hard to accept.

"I'm leaving."

After saying goodbye to Xiao Qingmei, Lin Chuan went to bid farewell to Yun Zhen Shan, was scolded harshly, and left muttering.

The brother and sister finally left the Cloud Kingdom.

They arrived at the Ziwei Star Domain, the oldest and most powerful force—the Purple Star Emperor Sect.