Chapter 720

Chat group.

Ye Hei: "【Video】"

Ye Hei: "It's terrifying—fighting against heaven and earth is so horrifying. If not for the Peaches of Immortality and the Blood Rebirth technique, you'd never have seen me again."

Xiao Mai: "Ugh... this is even more terrifying than the tribulation in the original story."

Su Xiao: "Probably because in the original, his next path was the Dragon Transformation realm. Now, how strong has he become? Naturally, the heavenly tribulation is even more terrifying."

Ye Hei: "I guessed it was something like that. Luckily, it was scary but no real danger. By the way, Weiwei and the others also broke through their heavenly tribulations and became Saints. Now the entire universe is shaken."

Yao Yue: "They all broke through? Of course. I swallowed a Peach of Immortality, and now my strength has reached the Yin-Yang realm too. From now on, when new members join, I won't be the weak one anymore."

Xiong Ba: "Thank you, Dao Jun. This '687' Peaches of Immortality have instantly boosted our group members' strength to an extremely high level."

Zhang Sanfeng: "Indeed, all thanks to the Dao Jun's mercy. Otherwise, we'd have needed many more years to reach this realm!"

Zhao Kuangyin: "Aren't Peaches of Immortality supposed to be ordinary? Now that I hear you all talk like this, I feel I missed out badly."

Fa Hai: "When the Dao Jun says 'ordinary,' he means it relative to himself. To us, Peaches of Immortality are divine artifacts."

Li Shimin: "Exactly. So as long as the Dao Jun lets a little slip through, it's enough for us to be fully fed."

Zhao Kuangyin: "I'll never believe 'ordinary' in this chat group again. What's ordinary to veterans is a celestial treasure to newcomers."

Su Xiao: "Hehe, you'll get used to it. By the way, Ning Xiang, what dynasty are you in?"

Xiao Mai: "Why did you suddenly ask that, Su Xiao?"

Su Xiao: "I'm just curious."

Ning Xiang: "The Song Dynasty. The emperor should be Emperor Zhezong."

Su Xiao: "Your father is Zhezong? So Zhao Kuangyin is your ancestor?"

Hu Yifei: "That's not right. I remember in 'Invincible County Magistrate' it mentioned—Wu Yong, the strategist of Liang Shanpo. That era should be Emperor Huizong."

Su Xiao: "Hmm, you're right."

Zhang Taixuan: "No, you've forgotten one thing—it's a parallel world. If we calculate time based on Liang Shanpo, it's definitely Huizong's era; but this emperor is relatively benevolent and has no sons, so he's actually using Zhezong's template."

Su Xiao: "No wonder it's a parallel world—in Huizong's time, the emperor is Zhezong."

Zhao Kuangyin: "Wait, it's the Song Dynasty?! That means our Great Song Alliance is about to gain another world. @Ning Xiang, can you talk to your father and ask him to join the Great Song Alliance?"

Ning Xiang: "..."

Su Xiao: "Ning Xiang Princess hasn't decided yet whether to reunite with her father, right? Isn't that a bit difficult?"

Hu Yifei: "True. Even if Old Zhao wants to unite all the Celestial Song dynasties, you can't force anyone."

Gai Baily: "Exactly. This violates our chat group's principles."

Xiao Mai: "Hey, does our chat group even have principles?"

Zhang Taixuan: "Nope. Our chat group is just for casual fun—no principles at all."

Gai Baily: "No principles?!"

Ning Xiang: "Actually, I'm torn about this. My mother wants to reunite with my father, and I'm still hesitating whether to take her there."

Hu Yifei: "Reunite?"

Lin Daiyu: "That's normal. In ancient times, the husband is the wife's heaven. For Concubine Rou, the emperor is her entire world. Now that her memories are restored, she naturally wants to return to his side."

A Zhu: "Right. Modern people think: with immortality and such a powerful daughter, why go back? But ancient people's thinking is hard to change. She will definitely return."

Ning Xiang: "Exactly. Since Emperor Taizu wants to form an alliance with my father, I'll go to the capital myself."

Zhao Kuangyin: "Thank you. By the way, if he agrees to join, I'll cover all his cultivation resources!"

Su Xiao: "No way, Old Zhao—do you have that many resources? I remember your world is just an ordinary one."

Zhao Kuangyin: "Correct."

Zhao Kuangyin: "Even Yue Fei's world is ordinary. But cultivation resources aren't given all at once—we can supply them gradually. After all, it's an entire world—there are plenty of benefits, worth the investment..."

Yue Fei: "I support the Emperor's decision. Outside the Central Plains, every world has vast lands—even just farming can yield abundant grain, enough to let the people live in prosperity."

Ning Xiang: "General Yue is truly benevolent. I'll find my father as soon as possible and complete this task. My people are still struggling—when the time comes, I'll let them share in the blessings too."

Zhao Kuangyin: "Exactly. With this chat group, we can bring prosperity to all the people of the world—that's immense merit. By the way, the Heavenly Dragon Crown Prince can't keep the throne—he's not of the Zhao bloodline."

Ning Xiang: "Let my father decide."

Ning Xiang's feelings toward the Heavenly Dragon Crown Prince were complicated.

Back then, the palace maid Hua Rui died in that fire to save Concubine Rou and her.

Hua Rui's posthumous child is the current Heavenly Dragon Crown Prince.

Naturally, she didn't want to harm the son of her savior.

"Forget it—let my father decide." After thinking for a while, Ning Xiang still felt uncertain.

After all, she wasn't a ruthless, decisive person—just a naive young heroine raised in Guanyin Temple.

After ending the chat, Ning Xiang found her mother.

"Mother, you've been distracted lately—do you want to see your husband?" Ning Xiang asked.

Concubine Rou blushed slightly, sighed, and said: "After so many years apart, I don't know how His Majesty is doing—I truly want to go back and see him."

"Then get ready," Ning Xiang said. "We'll head to the capital right away."

"To the capital?" Concubine Rou was startled.

Her daughter had always resisted reuniting with her father—why had she changed her mind today?

Ning Xiang saw her mother's hesitation and explained everything about the chat group.

"So it's Emperor Taizu's request? Then we really should go and speak with His Majesty."

"As for Hua Rui's child... sigh. If not for her sacrificing herself to protect us, we'd both have been killed by the Empress. Ning Xiang, if you can, don't take the boy's life."

Ning Xiang nodded: "Yes. I understand. If possible, let my father grant him wealth and honor."