Chapter 14

In the blink of an eye, more than half a year had passed.

Inside the Heavenly Emperor Palace, fluctuations of magical power and booming sounds often echoed.

All the members of the Jun family knew that it was Jun Xiaoyao breaking through again.

At first, many of the Jun family's younger generations were amazed by Jun Xiaoyao's speed of breakthrough.

By now, they had become accustomed to it.

If he didn't have this speed of breakthrough, the Jun family would find it strange instead.

During this half a year, Bai Yuer also continued to kneel outside the Heavenly Emperor Palace.

Her face had become pale, and she was emaciated, much thinner than she was half a year ago.

As a cultivator, Bai Yuer wouldn't starve to death even without eating for half a year, but she would become weak.

Now, where was the high and mighty demeanor of a princess she once had?

She looked like a lowly and despicable female slave, begging for Jun Xiaoyao's forgiveness.

During this period, Jun Xiaoyao completely ignored her. Even when he walked out of the Heavenly Emperor Palace and encountered her, he wouldn't spare her a glance, as if she didn't exist.

In response, Bai Yuer only smiled bitterly.

This was her own doing, and she deserved it.

Inside the Heavenly Emperor Palace, Jun Xiaoyao was meditating in a secret room.

With a loud boom, Jun Xiaoyao's aura soared to its peak, breaking through again.

"I've broken through to the Ninth Heaven of the Divine Palace Realm," Jun Xiaoyao muttered.

If starting from the Fifth Realm of the Physical Body, through the Fifth Realm of the Divine Treasury, the Ninth Heaven of the Spirit Sea, to the current Ninth Heaven of the Divine Palace.

In just eight years, the eight-year-old Jun Xiaoyao had broken through twenty-eight cultivation realms.

This was absolutely terrifying.

Generally speaking, even some of the heavenly geniuses would need about twenty years to break through so many realms.

Jun Xiaoyao accomplished it in just eight years.

"It's not enough. By the time of my tenth birthday banquet, I must at least break through to the True Spirit Realm," Jun Xiaoyao muttered to himself.

He had a premonition that his tenth birthday banquet would not be peaceful.

"Right, there's also the matter of the Vermilion Bird Ancient Kingdom that needs to be handled."

Then, Jun Xiaoyao directly transmitted his voice to Jun Linglong.

A moment later, Jun Linglong pushed the door open and entered.

Jun Xiaoyao flicked his wrist, taking out a precious herb from his spatial ring, which emitted purple vapor and resembled a qilin.

It was the Qilin Immortality Herb.

If this Immortality Herb were to be placed in the outside world, it would cause a bloodbath, with countless people vying for it.

"Your Excellency, are you going to..." Jun Linglong's beautiful eyes flickered.

Was Jun Xiaoyao finally going to start dealing with the matter of the Vermilion Bird Ancient Kingdom?

"Jun Linglong, go to the Vermilion Bird Ancient Kingdom on my behalf and tell the Vermilion Bird Emperor that if he is willing to submit to me, I will give him this Qilin Immortality Herb to save his life."

Jun Xiaoyao said, handing the Qilin Immortality Herb to Jun Linglong.

"Jun Linglong will certainly handle it. I will go and inform Bai Yuer now," Jun Linglong said.

Bai Yuer had been kneeling outside the Heavenly Emperor Palace for half a year, showing genuine repentance, which Jun Linglong had observed.

"Hold on, don't tell Bai Yuer yet. Let her continue kneeling. The matter of this herb must not be revealed to Bai Yuer by the Vermilion Bird Ancient Kingdom," Jun Xiaoyao waved his hand and said.

He planned to let Bai Yuer kneel for a full year.

Then, when she was about to lose all hope, she would hear the news that her father had been cured.

At that time, Bai Yuer's feelings could be imagined.

She would be absolutely loyal to Jun Xiaoyao.

"How come I feel like I'm becoming more and more like a villain?" Jun Xiaoyao touched his chin and muttered to himself.

Jun Linglong was very intelligent and had also thought of this.

She couldn't help but admire Jun Xiaoyao's methods even more.

A genius with only martial prowess would find it hard to go all the way.

Only a genius with both martial prowess and wisdom had the qualifications to reach the peak.

Afterward, Jun Linglong left the Heavenly Emperor Palace and found a guardian of her lineage, preparing to head to the Vermilion Bird Ancient Kingdom.

The guardian was an old woman. Seeing Jun Linglong's efforts for Jun Xiaoyao over the years, she couldn't help but feel a bit heartache and said,

"Miss, is it really worth it? The Divine Prince might only treat you as a maid."

"Old Lady Hua, don't say such things anymore. The Divine Prince's future achievements are beyond your imagination."

"Even if I'm just a maid, I'm content," Jun Linglong said.

Old Lady Hua sighed inwardly.

She naturally couldn't know that Jun Linglong had glimpsed a corner of the future.

Being a maid to the future Heavenly Emperor didn't seem so bad...

Jun Linglong and Old Lady Hua hurriedly headed to the Vermilion Bird Ancient Kingdom.

At the same time, in the Wasteland Immortal Domain, one of the Three Thousand Dao Prefectures, Cang Prefecture.

Cang Prefecture bordered Huo Prefecture, with a similar area.

The entire Cang Prefecture was ruled by the top-tier Dao tradition, the Azure Dragon Ancient Kingdom.

Unlike the increasingly weak Vermilion Bird Ancient Kingdom, the Azure Dragon Ancient Kingdom's national strength was thriving, with a trend of becoming the leading one among the Four Ancient Kingdoms.

At this moment, inside a grand hall in the Azure Dragon Ancient Kingdom's imperial palace.

A young man wearing a four-clawed azure dragon robe was kneeling on the ground.

He had a handsome and refined appearance, very pleasing to the eye, and was about sixteen or seventeen years old.

His cultivation had already reached the Divine Palace Realm.

In the ancient noble families, reaching the Divine Palace Realm at this age was considered a genius.

Not to mention, in the outside world, he would definitely be a heavenly genius.

He was Bai Yuer's fiancé, the Crown Prince of the Azure Dragon Ancient Kingdom, Xiao Chen.

At this moment, Xiao Chen's eyes were bloodshot, his face filled with restrained anger as he spoke to the figure on the imperial throne, enveloped in boundless magical power.

"Father, please grant me an Immortality Herb to give to the Vermilion Bird Ancient Kingdom!"

On the imperial throne, the Azure Dragon Emperor sat, his magical power fluctuating, seemingly forming a dragon shape, with an extremely powerful aura.

He said calmly, "Your Highness, our Azure Dragon Ancient Kingdom has only one Azure Dragon Immortality Herb, passed down from our ancestors. How can we give it to the Vermilion Bird Ancient Kingdom?"

"But Yuer is kneeling and being humiliated at the Jun family. As her fiancé, how can I bear it?"

Xiao Chen's anger was intense, his fingers tightly clenched into fists, his nails deeply piercing his palms, causing excruciating pain.

The news of Bai Yuer kneeling in front of the Jun family's divine prince's bedroom had spread.

Many people were curious about the mysterious divine prince of the Jun family while also mocking the Azure Dragon Ancient Kingdom.

For one's fiancée to kneel in front of another man's bedroom, what a humiliation?

Not to mention, Bai Yuer was his childhood friend. How could Xiao Chen bear this?

"Your Highness, you must be patient. The matter of the Vermilion Bird Ancient Kingdom, Father has his own considerations," the Azure Dragon Emperor said calmly.

"What's so great about the Jun family's divine prince? He relies on his background and bullies others!"

"Even a woman, he bullies. Is he even human?" Xiao Chen shouted angrily.

He never thought about what Bai Yuer might have done wrong.

His fiancée couldn't have done anything wrong; it must all be Jun Xiaoyao's fault.

"Silence! Don't speak rashly about this matter. Step down. The people of the Jun family are not for you to criticize," the Azure Dragon Emperor frowned.

Xiao Chen gritted his teeth and turned to leave the grand hall.

"Wait and see. What's so great about the Jun family's divine prince? Once I master that technique, I'll go to the Jun family to bring back Yuer and teach that divine prince a lesson."

Xiao Chen thought to himself, his fingers unconsciously caressing the coiling dragon ring on his finger.

This coiling dragon ring was a legacy from his deceased mother.

A few years ago, this coiling dragon ring began to impart powerful cultivation techniques and pure magical power to him.

That was why Xiao Chen had the current talent and strength.

"With the coiling dragon ring left by my mother, even the Jun family's divine prince can be trampled under my feet in the future!"

Xiao Chen's expression was cold and fierce, filled with mysterious confidence.