[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-imperial-cultivation":3,"chapter-imperial-cultivation-imperial-cultivation-chapter-670":6,"glossary-terms-1365":24},{"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},1055529,1365,"Chapter 670: 666: Nobility","imperial-cultivation-chapter-670",670,"\u003Cp>Chapter 670: Nobility\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan closed his eyes and shook his head in secret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Third Brother of his was truly manipulative, playing with his mindset and inciting him to act recklessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were the original master, hearing such words would certainly unbalance his state of mind, distracting him from cultivation, and leading to potentially more extreme actions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The original master always wanted to understand why the Emperor rejected him, treating him so harshly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He even dared to suspect whether he was truly the Emperor’s son.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now it was finally clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was all because of his mother, the concubine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was something he never anticipated, especially considering the availability of Spirit Pills and Imperial Physicians when injured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how dire the situation, it shouldn’t have required his mother to sacrifice her life to save him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So even after racking his brains, he never thought it was such an outrageous reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His thoughts were in disarray, unable to find calm, as the influence of the original master lingered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Second Prince, Chu Liyang, opened his eyes, glanced at the opposite Chu Zhiyuan, and smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan opened his eyes too, meeting his gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He snorted, “Third Brother, are you deliberately disrupting my cultivation? How malicious!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Liyang chuckled, “It’s out of goodwill, to prevent you from remaining in the dark. Few in the world know this news, and those who do won’t tell you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan said, “I might have been better off not knowing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If that’s how you feel, then it’s truly my fault. Actually, love and hate are often just a thought apart, a hair’s breadth away.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let it be, Third Brother,” Chu Zhiyuan shook his head, “The grudges of the past generation need not be mentioned, let them go. Anyway, I am going to the Phoenix Dynasty, and I fear I may never return in this lifetime.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you resigned, Ninth Brother? Just accepting fate without a fight?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t think going there is so bad.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmmph, your current days may be hard, but they will be countless times better than future days in the Phoenix Dynasty.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan smiled without speaking, a skeptical look on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Liyang got up, sat before Chu Zhiyuan, only a mat apart, and said solemnly, “Ninth Brother, perhaps you don’t truly understand the Phoenix Dynasty.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I do know a bit about the Phoenix Dynasty,” Chu Zhiyuan said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The information you have is from outside sources, you don’t know the real insider details.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What insider details?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you know the true origins of the Twelfth Princess?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s said she has excellent aptitude, already at the Ninth Transitions of Transformation Intent, just one step from Divinity Transformation?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you know why her aptitude is so excellent?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good or bad aptitude often depends on luck, is there some inside story?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Twelfth Princess’s mother is the Young Master of Yukunlun Palace, supposedly possessing a trace of Divine Race bloodline, and this Twelfth Prince presumably also has a trace of Divine Race bloodline.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan was puzzled, “Yukunlun Palace?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yukunlun Palace descend from heavenly beings, hidden in the world, known by very few.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Such noble bloodline, how could…?” Chu Zhiyuan was confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If indeed such a noble bloodline, they shouldn’t have chosen someone like himself as a Prince Consort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Liyang chuckled, “Ninth Brother, don’t belittle yourself, after all, you are a Prince, the Ninth Prince of our Jade Dynasty!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how dire his situation, he was still a Prince, a legitimate Prince.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though the Emperor rejected him and acted unfairly, the basic treatment remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could earn a place in Yujing Cave Heaven and enter the Heavenly Intent Pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To outsiders, his lack of favor might seem a facade, when in fact, he was favored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, attitude was one thing, actions another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Emperor’s words and actions seemed inconsistent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Liyang said, “A Princess’s Prince Consort, however noble, can only be a Prince. Among the many Princesses of the Phoenix Dynasty, whose Prince Consort’s status is most noble? It is the Twelfth Princess.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Third Brother, from what you say, I still have some use.” Chu Zhiyuan snorted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Liyang said, “It’s said the Twelfth Princess is as beautiful as a fairy, with extraordinary aptitude, the most noble Princess of the Phoenix Dynasty, deeply loved by all the people of the Phoenix Dynasty. Imagine your situation if you went?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Would it be ‘love the house and its crow’?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Haha… Ninth Brother, you do have a sense of humor!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Couldn’t it be so?” Chu Zhiyuan asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If the Twelfth Princess were plain, that would be fine, a bit older, also fine. But she is as beautiful as a fairy, and at such a young age, the fairy of all young men in the Phoenix Dynasty, you would be seen as a defiler of the fairy, why would they treat you kindly?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After all, I am a Prince Consort, wouldn’t they dare not to act rashly?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What if someone challenges you openly, would you accept?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Naturally, I’d ignore it, there are guards after all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What if it’s some Princely Heir, or Young Marquis?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’d still ignore it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then you’d be called a coward by all, despised by everyone.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It seems indeed I’d have no good days,” Chu Zhiyuan smiled, “if I could become a Venerable, it should change, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Certainly,” Chu Liyang said, “becoming a Venerable, naturally, makes you noble, but you cannot become a Venerable quickly, let alone in the Phoenix Dynasty.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Third Brother, how can you say that I can’t become a Venerable?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Once you go to the Phoenix Dynasty, you can no longer enter the Great Bright Peak, how can you cultivate to Divinity Transformation?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, Ninth Brother, you must find a way to struggle, you cannot resign to fate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan gave him a deep look and said slowly, “Thank you, Third Brother, for your good intentions, I have my own plans.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pondered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did Chu Liyang keep urging him not to resign, not to go to the Phoenix Dynasty?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There must be some interests at stake here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Third Brother was not purely well-meaning, truly cautioning him against jumping into the fire pit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he was such a kind person, he wouldn’t always be distant from other Princes, ostracized by all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just because he was gloomy and dull, but because he was malicious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the notion that once in the Phoenix Dynasty, he could not enter Great Bright Peak, that was unexpected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This matter should be true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In such case, he must quickly reach the Divinity Transformation Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But reaching the Divinity Transformation Realm cannot be done in a short time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he exhaustively cultivated, encountering multiple fortuitous events, it would be impossible to achieve Divinity Transformation in such a short time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The best option was to find a way to enter Great Bright Peak even in the Phoenix Dynasty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At noon, he went to Diwu Academy to talk to Chu Honglin about his concerns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then don’t rely on Great Bright Peak, cultivate by your own skill, progress will be slower, and it will take more time, that’s all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan shook his head, “Uncle, it would be several times slower.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For others, Great Bright Peak merely sped up cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for him, the enhancement effect of Great Bright Peak was at least tenfold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Honglin was surprised, “The impact is that significant?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan nodded solemnly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Honglin frowned, “That impact is indeed significant, … but outside the Imperial Palace, it’s indeed impossible to enter Great Bright Peak.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a rule no one could change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan sighed, “It seems I can only try to return as often as possible, to minimize the impact.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought of an idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was to use an Avatar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he placed his Avatar within Great Bright Peak, the sights of the Avatar would be his own, using the Avatar to perceive Great Bright Peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That is the only way,” Chu Honglin nodded helplessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, Chu Zhiyuan asked Chu Honglin about the news he heard from Chu Liyang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Honglin’s face turned solemn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing his expression, Chu Zhiyuan knew that Chu Liyang’s words were probably true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uncle, how did I get hurt back then, what kind of injury was it, was it truly the work of the Demon Clan?”\u003C\u002Fp>",1391,"2026-06-03T09:58:19.351Z","2026-06-14T10:33:21.601Z",1,"novelbin.me","a41405b4948f00af482800372963e94f04e5a5182717ced8a07a403248825a37","imperial-cultivation-chapter-671","imperial-cultivation-chapter-669",1378,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fimperial-cultivation-cover.jpg",{"terms":25,"userReplacements":26},[],{}]