[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-imperial-cultivation":3,"chapter-imperial-cultivation-imperial-cultivation-chapter-202":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Imperial Cultivation",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1054611,1365,"Chapter 202 - 202 200 Thunderbolt","imperial-cultivation-chapter-202",202,"\u003Cp>202: Chapter 200 Thunderbolt 202: Chapter 200 Thunderbolt “`html\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan smiled and clasped his fists: “Your Highness, have you heard the news from outside?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did you take back Fuyuan Town?” Li Hongzhao asked with a smile, her phoenix eyes narrowing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, “Your Highness, what do you think?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heh,” Li Hongzhao chuckled softly, shaking her head: “You all seem so happy, it’s as if you’ve captured one of Da Meng’s military towns instead of just retaking a lost one.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As expected of Your Highness, you really don’t lose face!” Chu Zhiyuan laughed and gestured for her to sit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hongzhao snorted and said to Xiao Ruoling: “Xiao sister, finally seeing you again.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Ruoling said embarrassedly: “Your Highness, please forgive me, I haven’t been in the mansion these days.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh—?” Li Hongzhao’s phoenix eyes brightened: “Not in the Duke Mansion?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then where were you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be at Prince Qing Mansion?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan laughed and said, “You’ve been inquiring too much.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright then.” Li Hongzhao laughed and said: “I won’t ask more, Xiao sister, I didn’t expect there to be so many rouge shops in Yujing, it’s dazzling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When we have time, let’s go shopping and you can give me some advice.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Ruoling smiled and said: “Sure, but only after this busy period.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m really too occupied currently.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hongzhao glanced askance at Chu Zhiyuan: “Are you about to get married?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan smiled slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Ruoling smiled and said: “Not so soon…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What about You Highness?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do you have someone in mind?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Someone in mind…” Li Hongzhao glanced askance at Chu Zhiyuan: “I’m different from you, Xiao sister, I don’t fancy these stinky men.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Ruoling pressed her lips and chuckled, glancing at Chu Zhiyuan, she smiled at Li Hongzhao: “Your Highness, being a princess with such advanced cultivation, it’s indeed difficult to find a suitable husband.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hongzhao’s standards were higher than the heavens, and she had the qualifications too, being of royal blood with unmatched talents, enough to make the men of the world feel ashamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xiao sister, your cultivation has progressed greatly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She possessed the Phoenix Cry Nine Heavens Technique and was perceptive, noticing the significant rise in Xiao Ruoling’s aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her phoenix eyes roamed over Xiao Ruoling and she smiled: “Approaching Innate Perfection, aren’t you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your Highness has sharp eyes.” Xiao Ruoling smiled and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan, while enhancing her swordsmanship, also used the Qionghua Nine Chapters to elevate her cultivation and realm, rapidly approaching Innate Perfection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Nine Heavens Mysterious Woman Technique’s formidable aspect lay in the Qionghua Nine Chapters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With its assistance, cultivation progressed at lightning speed, rapidly advancing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Indeed worth congratulating.” Li Hongzhao smiled and said: “Let’s have a good drink.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Ruoling personally filled her cup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, the singing outside ceased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan glanced at the two women who quietly withdrew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hongzhao smiled and said: “Such a voice, really feels wasted here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan said: “Does Your Highness like it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who wouldn’t like such a voice?” Li Hongzhao snorted: “If this were not Da Meng, I would have already taken her in to the mansion, so she wouldn’t have to endure the hardships outside.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Turns out Your Highness is considerate of beauty.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who’s like you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your Highness, I also cherish beauty.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey!” Li Hongzhao sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he truly cherished beauty, he wouldn’t be so harsh on himself, where could you find even a trace of such affection in him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan said: “I have one more good news to tell you, Your Highness, I’ve advanced another realm, now I’m at the Fifth Layer Heaven.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fifth Layer Heaven!?” Li Hongzhao could no longer maintain her smile, stiffening: “Really Fifth Layer Heaven?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Want to try?” Chu Zhiyuan extended his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hongzhao withdrew her jade palm, snorted coldly: “No need!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Last time, during a test of palm, he took the opportunity to injure her, which still caused a faint ache in her chest upon remembrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said: “Your Highness, what layer are you at now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Feigning ignorance!” Li Hongzhao snorted: “Don’t be too complacent, no matter how fast you advance, you’ll eventually get stuck at Grandmaster Perfection, you won’t become a Great Grandmaster!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Haha, you’re getting impatient.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Advancing so rapidly means unstable foundation, dreaming to become a Great Grandmaster!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Rapid advancement means unstable foundation?” Chu Zhiyuan smiled and shook his head: “That’s not necessarily true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What is foundation, but understanding and mastering one’s realm, I think I’m no less than you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At grandmaster level, one subtly gains an introspective ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They can see the colors of internal organs and the flow of meridian energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the grandmaster’s introspection and the Super Sense’s introspection have worlds of difference in clarity, as well as in understanding one’s realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm, just hoping you’ll be happy in vain, not becoming a Great Grandmaster, no matter how talented, you’re not a true genius.” Li Hongzhao said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan nodded: “That’s true, without becoming a Great Grandmaster, one is still a fish, not a dragon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a princely heir or prince, no matter how fast the cultivation speed, without becoming a Great Grandmaster, one’s status doesn’t fundamentally change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only by becoming a Great Grandmaster could one truly hold significant weight, at least securing great power in the Court, at most inheriting the imperial throne, and wielding the Emperor’s Sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Ruoling smiled and said: “Your Highness, are you confident of becoming a Great Grandmaster?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Full of confidence!” Li Hongzhao replied proudly with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside, a thunderous cheer arose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Followed by roaring laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan had already heard that outside, they were saying Da Meng had retreated ten miles, avoiding the sharpness of Prince Ying’s Chasing Wind Cavalry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Ruoling glanced outside, then looked at Li Hongzhao and smiled: “Those who dare say such words, I fear there are none, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hongzhao proudly declared: “Anyone who masters the Phoenix Cry Nine Heavens Technique will surely become a Great Grandmaster, for it is the first Miracle Technique in the world.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan chuckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hongzhao snorted: “Don’t believe it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Does the Phoenix Cry Nine Heavens Technique really have such a claim?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this so-called number one Miracle Technique in the world conferred by Your Highness yourself?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ignorant!” Li Hongzhao retorted with disdain: “The Phoenix Cry Nine Heavens Technique is a Miracle Technique that directly leads to becoming a Great Grandmaster, not comparable to other techniques in the world!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan raised an eyebrow: “A technique that can directly train one to a Great Grandmaster?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would have been snatched long ago, wouldn’t it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Phoenix Cry Nine Heavens Technique is not recorded in text or object, so there’s nothing to snatch.” Li Hongzhao declared smugly: “Moreover, even if snatched, it’s useless, it requires a young girl to practice.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the three chatted idly, they saw Cheng Tianfeng arriving alone, accompanied by Mo Chunyu, without the Lingshuang Iron Cavalry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan waved to greet him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Tianfeng saw him and his face darkened, attempting to pretend he hadn’t seen him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he also saw Li Hongzhao and Xiao Ruoling by Chu Zhiyuan’s side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes flickered as he changed his mind and entered Chu Zhiyuan’s room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mo Chunyu, however, did not enter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After exchanging pleasantries,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Tianfeng was suave and courteous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother Cheng, did you hear the news?” Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Tianfeng forced a smile: “Congratulations, indeed deserving of Prince Ying!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had judged at that time, that as long as Prince Ying and the Chasing Wind Cavalry acted, the Stepping Cloud Iron Cavalry would gain no advantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now Da Zhen’s situation was somewhat awkward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Prince Ying leading the Chasing Wind Cavalry gaining the upper hand, able to challenge Da Meng, is there still a need to ally with Da Zhen, still a need to borrow Da Zhen’s strength?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not needed, the alliance with Da Zhen was merely to keep Da Zhen in check, preventing interference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan said: “Brother Cheng, I have a small request.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I may not be able to fulfill it.” Cheng Tianfeng directly silenced Chu Zhiyuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said: “Regarding the matter of the envoy, can Brother Cheng not speak?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“End the talks as soon as possible, if dragged any longer, there might be changes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said this while glancing at Li Hongzhao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Tianfeng frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He understood Chu Zhiyuan’s meaning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current stalemate between both sides was precisely because of Chu Zhiyuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One side wanted to marry the princess to Chu Zhiyuan, the other side resolutely disagreed, then concession was made, allowing Chu Zhiyuan to enter Divine Capital for a year, while the other side still disagreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boom!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thunder Shock burst forth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lightning from a clear sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People in Xianyun Tower and on the street outside all looked up at the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The weather was clear, the sky azure without a cloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bright sunshine felt warm and comfortable on the body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Rumble!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thunder rang out in the sky again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan’s gaze turned towards where King Jing Mansion stood!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“`\u003C\u002Fp>",1508,"2026-06-03T09:57:58.105Z","2026-06-03T09:58:02.812Z",1,"novelbin.me","f0c767d7efb31ab6cc4f49ada7a8bc2e2f780b3797d8c6db1020ea33442fd00e","imperial-cultivation-chapter-203","imperial-cultivation-chapter-201",1378,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fimperial-cultivation-cover.jpg"]