The Divine Weapon Pavilion's Myriad Forms Realm was confronting the Zhou Mansion, drawing attention from all sides.
To prevent the feud from affecting the World Wall Battlefield's war, the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty quickly intervened to mediate the conflict.
After much negotiation, the Zhou Mansion agreed to apologize and compensate the Divine Weapon Pavilion, which reluctantly agreed to reconciliation.
What displeased the Divine Weapon Pavilion was that the Zhou Mansion only agreed to apologize to them, not to Lu Yu as proposed by Kong Wuji.
Zhao Tianjue had mentioned Lu Yu to him, considering him the most likely Martial Cultivator to achieve a rapid breakthrough to the Myriad Forms Realm through the decisive battle space.
Furthermore, the type of Martial Cultivator whose power becomes formidable upon breaking into the Myriad Forms Realm.
Therefore, Kong Wuji placed great importance on Lu Yu, initially intending for the Zhou Mansion's Myriad Forms Realm to apologize to Lu Yu, but they refused.
It seems they disdain Lu Yu, the Saint Heir of the Transcendent Realm, believing that an apology to someone not in the Myriad Forms Realm would be beneath them.
They preferred to offer an extra mystical artifact rather than lose face.
"Send over the items from the Zhou Mansion to Lu Yu. These are compensations from them," Kong Wuji said to the elder beside him.
The elder nodded without dissent.
Though the other elders were dissatisfied with Kong Wuji's decision, they said nothing.
They knew that Lu Yu was affiliated with Zhao Tianjue, and Kong Wuji's protective stance was expected, otherwise, he wouldn't have sought out Zhou Yan immediately upon hearing the news.
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"The Divine Weapon Pavilion is going too far, expecting me to apologize to some greenhorn. What a joke!" Zhou Yan said, subconsciously touching his wrist, which Lu Yu had injured.
Just thinking about Lu Yu managing to wound him made Zhou Yan feel uneasy.
A Transcendent could injure him, a scenario he had never imagined.
He could easily crush Transcendents, having crushed multiples of Lu Yu's avatars, Zhou Yan had started to underestimate him.
Yet he was outwitted by Lu Yu, who managed to injure his true form.
Prince Zhou glanced at Zhou Yan and said calmly, "Give the Candle Dragon Lamp to Zhou Hong, create a dedicated Space-Time Secret Realm for him to cultivate to the peak of the Transcendent Realm before coming out."
"At the peak of the Transcendent Realm, even the people from Prince Yan's Mansion would have nothing to say."
"Candle Dragon Lamp!" Zhou Yan was shocked; that was a half-saint artifact capable of altering the flow of time and space.
Giving it to Zhou Hong for cultivation showed how much Prince Zhou valued him.
To this day, Zhou Yan still didn't understand what Zhou Hong's bloodline concentration signified, but since Prince Zhou had ordered, he complied.
Unable to leave the World Wall Battlefield now, Zhou Yan had to arrange for others from the Zhou Mansion to deliver the Candle Dragon Lamp to Zhou Hong.
"Relay the Emperor of Great Zhou's edict: Zhou Yan and Kong Wuji have left their designated posts at the World Wall without permission. Zhou Yan is sentenced to three months on the front lines... Kong Wuji to two months on the front lines... Both must swiftly move to the front lines," the Assistant Minister delivering the edict departed, leaving Zhou Yan with a gray expression.
"Three months on the front lines... this is asking for my life!" Zhou Yan's face was bitter.
Prince Zhou frowned slightly and consoled, "Don't worry, just be careful."
Zhou Yan heard Prince Zhou's comfort as if he hadn't, still displaying a sorrowful demeanor.
But unwilling to defy the emperor's edict, he could only prepare to set foot on the most dangerous part of the World Wall Battlefield.
Kong Wuji received the edict with indifference, nodding, "Hmm," and prepared to head to the front lines.
The front lines of the World Wall Battlefield, here lies the entrance to the decisive battle space, the true front line of the Divine Martial Realm.
Here, Myriad Forms Realm entities are abundant, Transcendent beings roam freely; it's not an exaggeration.
One could encounter Saint Ancestral Realm demons at any moment, and despite being in the Myriad Forms Realm, encountering such could mean falling.
Not to mention the constant threat of being besieged by Myriad Forms Realm demons.
Three months, these will be the toughest three months he'll face.
...
In the decisive battle space, Lu Yu captured several blood beads floating in mid-air.
The blood beads emitted astonishing power, a regal aura compelling submission.
Lu Yu steadied himself to avoid being influenced by the power within the beads; after sensing briefly, he realized that although these weren't Saint Blood, they contained some of its power.
Blood of the Saint Ancestor, or Saint Blood, could be passed down to descendants, maintaining strength even after dozens of generations.
As Saint Ancestor descendants grow stronger and break through realms, their bloodline power will gradually strengthen, approaching the source.
If he could completely convert his own blood to Saint Blood, it would be when he breaks through to the Saint Ancestor Realm.
Lu Yu used Star River force to erase traces of the Myriad Forms Realm within the blood beads, absorbing the power within.
The power in the blood drops was fully absorbed, and Lu Yu's Star River had over three hundred new stars.
Opening his eyes, Lu Yu's eyes held a glow of surprise, admiring the Great Zhou Dynasty's founding Saint Ancestor's strength.
Though the blood beads contained very little Saint Blood power, it still brought him notable enhancement.
If it were true Saint Blood, Lu Yu estimated he could create tens of thousands of stars, or even more.
This was still after being diluted countless times; imagining the Saint Ancestor's power was beyond reach.
A thought crossed Lu Yu's mind; a guardian slaughter avatar flew up from below, its body exuding Evil Qi, surrounded by a layer of red mistβthat was liquefied Evil Qi.
