Countless kilometers from where Jin Meilin was rapidly forming her own trading empire was the royal capital and there, the pavilion of the five colors.

Jin Tianshi was sitting in the office that had once belonged to his sister, looking at an endless list of reports, each word he read darkening his face further.

His sister had started to get back on her feet, forming her own chamber of commerce a few months ago.

Honestly, this didn't surprise him, not since he discovered that those damn pills sold at the last auction came from her and her man.

He had hoped to resolve this easily with his father's help, but unfortunately, the old bastard barely paid any attention to his complaints.

How dare he allow his daughter, the daughter of the gold king, to have a relationship with some commoner? One who openly kept several other women?

In Tianshi's eyes, Meilin would be much better off married to a nobleman from the Enlightened Sky Empire or some dignified royalty, like the third prince, not to some arrogant pretty face.

The mere thought of it made him furious, his fist hitting the table hard.

"Where are the men I hired?" Tianshi raised his face to the trembling servant, his voice filled with anger.

"T-they refused, young master." The servant took a step forward, expecting an explosion.

"They took my money and ran?"

"N-no... they didn't even take your money."

Hearing those words, Tianshi fell back in his chair, frowning.

What kind of bandits refused money? It was just a simple task, to murder a bitch and her pretty face!

Tianshi stood up, sending a sound transmission to a figure downstairs.

Soon, the true immortal responsible for guarding that branch appeared, smiling softly.

"Do you need anything, young master?" The True Immortal asked, scratching his long, elegant beard.

"A hundred million, kill my sister!"

When he heard those words, the True Immortal laughed.

"Young master, do you know what your father did to the others who attacked your sister last time? I was lucky not to have participated directly in that. I'm not joining your suicidal endeavor."

The True Immortal turned around, grabbing the door handle.

"Five hundred million!" Tianshi shouted once more and just then, the immortal stopped, turning his face towards the young master.

"One of your father's shadows is in the kingdom, don't act stupidly." The true immortal left immediately afterwards.

'One of my father's shadows? An ancestral emperor?" Tianshi shuddered.

He knew well the power of his father's shadows, more than enough to physically sweep away all the hundreds of kilometers that engulfed the royal domain with a single attack.

They were beings whose power did not belong to this world.

A few moments after the True Immortal left, another figure burst into the office, breathing heavily. "Excuse me, young master, but it's urgent."

"It had better be!" Tianshi stood up, irritated by the disrespectful intrusion.

"The king is dead! The third prince requires your presence in the royal palace!"

***

In the valley of Eagle Peak, the atmosphere couldn't be more different than in the capital.

The population of that small settlement had more than doubled due to the influx of wealth brought about by the explosion of growth in the Burning Red Pavilion, Meilin's chamber of commerce.

Qingyi was now in an isolated region a few kilometers from the city, training in a large clearing opened up by his own sword strokes.

Stopping briefly, he glanced at his status screen.

[Name: Long Qingyi

Age: 21

Cultivation: Second Stage of the Ethereal body realm (5,000,000,000 lust points to upgrade)

Affinities: Lightning: 248 - Sword: 257 - Fire: 234 - Ice: 223 - Charm: 1000 (can be upgraded in the lust store)

Spiritual roots: Gold-level three-colored spirit root (Lightning sword, fire, ice) (1,000,000,000 lust points to upgrade, new roots can be bought in the lust store).

Lineage: Blood of the Corruption Dragon God (Gold grade, 10,000,000,000 lust points to upgrade.)

Constitution: Primordial Dragon Body (Gold grade, 10,000,000,000 lust points to upgrade.)

Lust points: 802,489,741]

During that time, his cultivation didn't increase much, but that didn't matter, not when compared to the advances he had made in his lineage and constitution.

Even considering that there had been no improvement in his bloodline abilities, he was still happy, his body much more powerful than before.

"Ah..." A long sigh escaped Qingyi's lips as he readied his weapon, pushing those thoughts aside.

With one smooth movement, he lunged, using the first form of the Stormy Monarch Sword Art. A thunderous blade tip appeared in front of his sword, tearing apart the world in front of him.

Soon after, he used the second form, a thin thread of blade opening up into a powerful cut, clearing the forest in front of him.

The third form was a downward strike, hitting the ground beneath him, opening a crater that spread across the clearing.

"Now, the fourth and then..." He grunted, and exactly thirty-two ethereal swords made of lightning Qi appeared around his body, flying towards the walls of the crater.

The moment they hit the wall, Qingyi drove his sword into the ground and they all exploded at the same time. The ground beneath his feet shook violently as the explosion engulfed everything around him.

"The fifth..." He smiled with satisfaction.

Not only had he managed to double the amount of swords he could summon in his fourth form, but he had also mastered the fifth, where all these swords exploded simultaneously.

Shaking his head, he jumped out of the crater, his eyes focusing on the figure of Khaedryss, who was watching him train from a corner.

She had had the opportunity to eat a lot during the four months she had traveled with Qingyi and Meilin, exterminating countless groups of bandits. Her power was now approaching that of a cultivator at the peak of the Ethereal Body realm.

Climbing onto Khaedryss, he patted her on the neck and she flew into the sky, heading for the Eagle Peak Valley. He landed some distance away to continue on foot.

For the time being, he preferred Khaedryss' existence to remain a secret, unless it was very necessary to reveal it.

Crossing the city, he came to the burning red pavilion, looking at it strangely.

Why was everything blacked out? Not even the guards were there.

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