Starting as a cowherd, he sought a way to cultivate immortality.

News of Emperor Jinglong's escape and Yang Jin's attack on Lin'an spread rapidly throughout the Yan Kingdom, causing widespread shock.

Yang Jinzhi was overjoyed and, disregarding Shangguan Ce's advice, ascended the throne in Lin'an, establishing the Zhou dynasty and adopting the reign title Wanxiang.

Generals such as Mengchang were all promoted and given important responsibilities.

Chen Chi was given a sinecure and a mansion as a reward.

Chen Chi was not grateful for Yang Jin's reward.

The Qi-Gathering Pill alone was enough for Chen Chi to have a reason to kill Yang Jin.

His original plan was to use the merit of killing Yang Jin to exchange for an opportunity to cultivate immortality from the Lin'an court.

But to everyone's surprise, Anbang was defeated in one battle, and the Yan army completely lost the courage to resist the Youzhou army.

Yang Jin thus easily captured Lin'an City and became known as the Emperor of All Things.

Now that the Emperor of Yan has fled, Chen Chi has lost his trading partners, which makes him feel depressed.

After moving into the mansion, he kept to himself and refused all visitors, spending his time teaching Li Jing martial arts in the courtyard.

"Emperor Jinglong has run away, so you don't need to practice your lightness skill anymore," Chen Chi said irritably.

Li Jing stood there, somewhat bewildered.

How can I get my revenge now?

"Come, today I will teach you a renowned tortoise-like fighting technique that will make you invincible in battle."

Chen Chi got into a fighting stance, signaling Li Jingchao to make his move.

Li Jing immediately unleashed a Tiger-Shaped Fist, accompanied by a whistling wind, and attacked Chen Chi.

……

A month later, Crown Prince Zhao Xuanyi broke away from Emperor Jinglong's fleeing entourage and arrived in Liangzhou Prefecture under the escort of the Crown Prince's guards.

The governor of Liangzhou was overjoyed and urged Zhao Xuanyi to ascend the throne and become emperor three times in one day.

At the request of officials in Youzhou Prefecture, Zhao Xuanyi finally bowed to the south from afar, reluctantly ascended the throne, and changed the era name to Weiwu.

When Yang Jin learned that Zhao Xuanyi had declared himself emperor, he was furious and sent Meng Chang to attack Liangzhou. After two months of fighting, Meng Chang was defeated by the governor of Liangzhou.

Thus, the territory of the Yan state was divided into three parts.

Emperor Yang Jin of Wanxiang controlled the two prefectures of You and Yun, and also occupied the capital city of Lin'an, making his military force formidable.

Emperor Weiwu Zhao Xuanyi relied on the troops of Liangzhou to gain a foothold, and commanded the Yan army in other places in the name of the legitimate succession of Yan, and resisted Yang Jin.

Emperor Jinglong, Zhao Che, who fled to Anzhou, issued an edict of abdication at the suggestion of An Degui, and assumed the title of retired emperor.

After the autumn rains, the weather turns cool.

Late at night, Chen Chi's residence was unusually visited by a guest.

The guest was masked and wore a large black robe, with his arms hidden in the sleeves.

At this moment, Chen Chi was sitting knee-to-knee with his guest, his expression appearing extremely solemn.

As the firelight flickered, the guest took out a letter and placed it in front of Chen Chi.

Chen Chi took the letter into his hands, carefully examined the seal, and after confirming that everything was in order, he removed the wisp of pure energy clinging to the seal.

After reading the letter, Chen Chi looked up at the masked guest in front of him.

"It seems Emperor Weiwu can't wait any longer."

After a moment of silence, the guest said in a muffled voice:

"Yang Jin was a traitorous minister who should have been executed long ago."

Chen Chi placed the letter on the oil lamp and watched it burn slowly to ashes.

"Actually, I'm very curious, why did that Immortal Master Zhao follow Emperor Weiwu instead of Emperor Jinglong?"

The guests fell silent again.

Chen Chi shook his head, knowing he wouldn't get any useful information out of the guest, and said to the guest:

"Since Emperor Weiwu has made up his mind, I will kill Yang Jin as soon as possible to put Emperor Weiwu at ease."

After seeing the guests off, Chen Chi stood in the courtyard, lost in thought for a long time.

Two months ago, he secretly sent a letter sealed with the pure energy of heaven and earth to Emperor Weiwu of Liangzhou Prefecture, saying that he wanted to exchange Yang Jin's life for the opportunity to cultivate immortality.

Only cultivators who have mastered the pure energy of heaven and earth can break open the envelope of the letter.

A dozen days later, Chen Chi received a reply from Emperor Weiwu, along with a sealed envelope in the same manner.

Chen Chi immediately realized that his test had worked; there really was a cultivator following Emperor Weiwu.

Emperor Weiwu readily agreed to Chen Chi's request and offered to provide Chen Chi with an opportunity to kill Yang Jin.

Just as Chen Chi was wondering, news came from Liangzhou Prefecture that Emperor Weiwu had gone out of the city to hunt, displaying his royal majesty.

When Yang Jin learned of this, he was furious and ordered Meng Chang, the Minister of War, to arrange his own hunting expedition, determined to compete with Emperor Weiwu.

It was only after Yang Jin prepared to go out of the city to hunt that Chen Chi understood what the Emperor Weiwu meant by the opportunity to kill Yang Jin in his letter.

"This matter requires complete preparation..." Chen Chi thought to himself.

……

As autumn deepened, Emperor Yang Jin of Wanxiang went hunting in the mountains dozens of miles outside Lin'an City, accompanied by his concubine Zhou Meiniang.

The Imperial Guards searched the entire mountain forest thoroughly, and after confirming that there was no danger, they surrounded the forest and awaited Yang Jin's arrival.

Chen Chi left Li Jing at the mansion and quietly left Lin'an to catch up with Yang Jin's carriage.

After Yang Jin entered the mountains, Chen Chi avoided the imperial guards' patrols and searched for five whole days before finally finding Yang Jin's camp.

On this day, Yang Jin had a bountiful harvest in the mountains and forests, and was in high spirits.

As night fell, Chen Chi, masked and carrying a bow, sneaked in, relying on his divine sense to evade the guards of the Imperial Guards, and finally spotted Yang Jin's camp in the distance.

Chen Chi suppressed his excitement, silently approached, and flicked out several streams of pure energy, which struck the guards in front of Yang Jin's tent.

Before the guard could react, he was severely injured by the pure energy and fell to the ground, instantly becoming still.

A hint of doubt flashed in Chen Chi's eyes. The sound of the guard falling heavily to the ground was not quiet, so why did Yang Jin inside the tent not react?

When Chen Chi arrived at the tent entrance and heard groans and heavy breathing from inside, he suddenly realized what was going on.

At this moment, Yang Jin was certainly not paying attention to the sounds outside the tent.

What a golden opportunity!

Chen Chi suddenly flung open the tent flap and rushed into Yang Jin's tent.

"Who goes there?!"

Yang Jin and Zhou Meiniang, who were in the midst of their passionate lovemaking, were shocked and looked at Chen Chi who rushed in.

Zhou Meiniang's face flushed as she saw Chen Chi flick his wrist, sending a wisp of pure energy towards Yang Jin.

"Your Majesty, be careful!"

Zhou Meiniang didn't bother to put on her clothes. She gathered her inner energy in her jade hand, trying to block Chen Chi's energy.

However, the power of that pure energy far exceeded Zhou Meiniang's expectations; it actually pierced through her palm, drawing out a spray of blood.

"An assassin!" Yang Jin finally realized what was happening and shouted as he ran away.

Chen Chi's eyes turned cold, and he instantly appeared in front of Yang Jin, delivering a light palm strike that terrified Yang Jin.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Meiniang arrived again, her jade-like body shielding Yang Jin, ready to take Chen Chi's palm strike for him.

With a single palm strike, Zhou Meiniang was sent flying, collapsing to the ground.

"Your Majesty, run!" Zhou Meiniang coughed up blood but still mustered her strength to shout.

Chen Chi frowned slightly, and a wisp of pure energy shot out, piercing through Zhou Meiniang's brow.

Zhou Meiniang died on the spot.

When Chen Chi looked at Yang Jin again, he saw that Yang Jin had actually forced open the tent and run out.

Just as Chen Chi was about to give chase, he suddenly sensed a wisp of pure energy flying towards him, and his hair stood on end.

He instantly sidestepped, the clear air brushing past his right arm, leaving a deep wound.

Chen Chi turned around and saw an old man with a sage-like appearance staring at him with a fierce look on his face.

Chen Chi's heart sank.

This immortal master is probably Yang Jin's trump card.