If you die, I will be able to inherit your cultivation.

Zhou Ming stayed in the cave, quietly comprehending the power he had just gained.

Meanwhile, in the distant Immortal Realm, the several fragments of his soul that he had sent out had already begun to take action.

Following Zhou Ming's instructions, they began searching for traces of the remaining transmigrators across the vast Immortal Realm.

However, the cheat abilities carried by the various time travelers are numerous and each one is different, so there is no unified characteristic for identification.

In addition, the secrecy surrounding these special abilities makes it difficult for ordinary people to detect anything unusual, even if they were standing right in front of them.

Not to mention that the Immortal Realm has boundless territory, its vastness beyond measure.

Finding someone aimlessly in this world is extremely difficult.

It's like looking for a needle in a haystack, so it's unlikely to yield results in a short time.

Despite the high level of difficulty, Zhou Ming's split soul did not back down.

As the saying goes, money makes the world go round.

With abundant resources at your disposal, even the most difficult tasks become simple in the face of such resources.

The eight divided souls searched for clues while plundering resources.

With the dragon clan backing them up, the several split souls could act with complete impunity.

Along the way, they robbed cultivators and sects, or set up traps to deceive them, using all sorts of methods to quickly accumulate an extremely large amount of cultivation resources.

After acquiring a vast amount of resources, the divided soul began to distribute these resources to markets and intelligence outposts of all sizes throughout the Immortal Realm in exchange for information.

With no expense spared in its investment of resources, the split soul quickly and successfully located Lu Chen's position.

Even after arriving in the Immortal Realm, Lu Chen did not change his ways of doing things.

This guy probably accumulated an extremely profound foundation in the mortal realm, far surpassing that of ordinary cultivators.

It's also possible that after entering the immortal realm, they obtained other opportunities and good fortune.

After arriving in the Immortal Realm, Lu Chen's cultivation level rose rapidly, and he has now successfully reached the Golden Immortal Realm.

The Jishi Alliance, which he rebuilt single-handedly, has also gained a firm foothold in this region, and its influence has already reached the level of a second-rate sect.

Furthermore, their sphere of influence continues to expand outwards, showing no signs of slowing down.

The wisp of soul responsible for the investigation noticed this situation but did not rashly reveal itself to alert the enemy.

The divided soul actively approached the cultivators under the Jishi Alliance, gradually befriending those within the alliance.

After gaining the other party's trust, I successfully obtained the qualification to join the Jishi Alliance.

Having withstood multiple tests set by the Salvation Alliance, the split soul successfully passed the verification and officially joined the Salvation Alliance to lie low.

This fragment of his soul remained within the Salvation Alliance to monitor Lu Chen's every move.

The remaining seven fragments of the soul did not stop, but continued their journey to other areas of the Immortal Realm to continue searching for the transmigrators.

Time flows slowly, and more than ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, inside the palace of the Ming Dynasty, Zhou Ming was playing chess with Su Mingyue in the hall.

The two sat facing each other, with a chessboard placed between them, and black and white pieces arranged in a staggered pattern.

Zhou Ming reached out and picked up a black piece, about to place it, when his fingertips suddenly stopped in mid-air, and he stopped moving.

It was a message from the consciousness of the Northern Shu Kingdom that Emperor Renzong had passed away.

For the millions of people in the Northern Shuo Kingdom, Emperor Renzong was a rare and good emperor.

During his years in power, he was always diligent in governing the country, spending a great deal of effort in managing the entire Northern Shuo Kingdom, ensuring the stability and well-being of the people.

From the perspective of Chu Yuan and the other princes, Emperor Renzong could hardly be considered a qualified father.

He was always indifferent to the princes and rarely showed any warmth.

He mostly observed the princes' infighting and struggles with a cold eye, rarely intervening to mediate.

The news of Emperor Renzong's death reached Chu Yuan on the very night of his passing.

Emperor Renzong was the biological father of his physical body in this life, and it was only right and proper for him to go and see Emperor Renzong off on his final journey.

Having made up his mind, Chu Yuan set off and left Xiangguo Temple.

But as soon as he left the temple grounds, several dark figures rushed out from the woods on both sides and surrounded Chu Yuan.

Chu Yuan's physical body is an ordinary mortal body, without any cultivation.

However, Zhou Ming's true spirit resides in this physical body, making it easy for him to control this group of mortals without cultivation.

In a short while, a group of men in black were kneeling on the ground.

After some questioning, Zhou Ming was able to understand the chaotic situation in Beishuo City.

Emperor Renzong passed away suddenly, leaving no will or edict before his death, and thus did not clearly designate an heir to the throne.

This led to unrest throughout the entire city of Beishuo and even the kingdom of Beishuo.

In fact, these disturbances had already occurred when Emperor Renzong was seriously ill, but they had not yet surfaced.

The vast capital of Beishuo is now controlled by three different forces.

The first faction is led by the Empress and supports the Third Prince.

The second faction is led by the current prime minister and supports the fifth prince.

The third party is a faction led by the Grand General, which is temporarily maintaining neutrality.

These men in black are the Queen's men.

The Empress's purpose was very clear: the late Emperor had just passed away, and the court was in turmoil, making it the best time to make her move.

She planned to take this opportunity to capture Chu Yuan, Chu Jie (Chu Yuan's half-brother), and their birth mother, Consort De.

They forcibly pinned the crime of murdering the late emperor on them and executed them on the spot.

The root cause of this is nothing more than to settle old scores and avenge the loss of favor in the harem.

Zhou Ming shook his head inwardly, a sense of感慨 (gǎnkǎi, a feeling of mixed emotions, often including regret or sadness) welling up within him.

As the empress, at such a high position, at this crucial juncture in the struggle for the throne, instead of prioritizing stabilizing the court and assisting her own prince in seizing the throne.

Instead, they rushed to settle old grudges in the harem and rashly took action because of personal hatred. This shows a lack of vision.

Chu Yuan's thoughts directly connected with his physical body, which was far away in the Ming Dynasty.

He planned to use the power of his true form to take action once and for all, completely quell the turmoil in the Northern Shuo Kingdom and solve all the problems once and for all.

On the main side, the game is not over yet.

While sitting opposite Su Mingyue and playing chess with her, Zhou Ming subtly mobilized the power of the world.

Zhou Ming planned to use psychological manipulation on all the court officials in the city to subtly change their minds and make them all choose to pledge allegiance to Chu Yuan.

With Zhou Ming's abilities, this kind of tactic is a piece of cake.

However, Zhou Ming spared the key figures who led several factions.

The power of the world slowly unfolded, and the psychological suggestion had only been halfway through when Zhou Ming suddenly stopped all his movements.

His divine sense, which he had just released, swept across all parts of Beishuo City, giving psychological suggestions to all the court officials.

When the power of the world swept over the prison, a figure inside the cell firmly captured his attention.