Become a king right from the start, beginning with receiving rewards from all the heavens.

All I can say is that the King of Wu was too young and too naive!

The Cao family, now reduced to demonic cultivators, is no longer the same Duke Cao family that fought alongside the founding emperor to conquer the world!

"Alright, since you've decided to join forces with the other princes..."

"Then let's get ready quickly, I have to go back too!"

After seeing Cao Changkang off, King Wu did not rush to contact the others.

Instead, he went back to his original seat and sat down.

At this moment, his expression was calm, and his gaze was fixed on the distance, as if he were thinking about something.

In reality, however, he was harboring all sorts of schemes.

"I must cultivate the Heavenly Demon Scripture, otherwise I won't be able to keep up with King Ren's pace."

"The Cao family is using luck as an excuse; do they really think I'm that easy to fool?"

"Once I truly ascend the throne, your Cao family will be my first source of resources for cultivation."

...

In Xia Qiming's residence, an advisor hurriedly entered the study.

"Your Highness, the King of Wu has sent a letter!"

As he spoke, the visitor personally handed Xia Qiming a secret letter inscribed with a formation.

This method is to prevent the contents of confidential messages from being exposed.

Only the recipient can activate the formation; if an outsider activates it, the secret letter will instantly vanish.

After reading the contents, Xia Qiming spat out a flame from his palm, instantly burning the secret letter.

"interesting..."

"Report back to the King of Wu that he will definitely arrive tomorrow."

The aide bowed and then left the study.

At this moment, Xia Qiming muttered to himself, "Since that's the case, I'll also bring a few people along."

The same situation occurred in the Qiongwang Mansion, the Dongwang Mansion, and the Lingwang Mansion.

Xia Zhaoyan was unaware that an operation targeting him was about to begin.

Standing before him was Mu Wenhan.

As you can see, a hint of shock and joy lingered in Mu Wenhan's expression at this moment...

"Among Meng Zhou's group, are only two people the most problematic?"

...

"Yes, Your Highness. Although the others also have different problems, none of them are in a life-threatening situation."

"Only these two are secretly keeping strange creatures!"

A flash of light appeared in Xia Zhaoyan's palm, and the intelligence in his hand turned to ashes.

"One is a fourth-rank official, and the other is a fifth-rank official. How can these people be so greedy?"

Xia Zhaoyan knew that he was currently powerless to stop all of this unless he ascended the throne and the system began to revive the outstanding figures from his past life!

Otherwise, his current power would be insufficient to eliminate all of this.

In this world where all great powers converge in one person, strength is the foundation of a person.

Some people have average talent and will certainly not become strong through normal cultivation.

If there's only one shortcut, then raising monsters is one such shortcut.

Perhaps some people in the court are no longer orthodox cultivators...

Suddenly, Xia Zhaoyan felt a chill run down her spine and dared not think any further.

Compared to raising strange creatures for cultivation, demonic cultivation is the most tempting path.

The supernatural needs to be captured, and if you're not careful, you might end up becoming its food.

However, demonic cultivators do not need to bear these risks; all they need is a demonic cultivation technique.

With a population of hundreds of billions, it really is a suitable place to cultivate demonic techniques.

"Inform Meng Zhou about this situation, and then apprehend those two immediately!"

Mu Wenhan bowed and accepted the order, feeling deeply moved.

Who would have thought that the dignified Prime Minister would actually take the initiative to pledge allegiance to His Highness?

Once this news gets out, it will likely cause a huge uproar in both the government and the public.

Those forces that supported Meng Zhou's rise to power must be furious!

Meng Zhou was able to rise to power because everyone knew that he had not sided with any prince, but was loyal to the Great Xia Dynasty!

...

In the Prime Minister's residence, Meng Zhou was so angry that he slapped the table next to him and smashed it.

He took a deep breath and then said to Mu Wenhan in a deep voice.

"I've made a fool of myself in front of Lord Mu, and I've disappointed His Highness!"

After saying that, a look of exhaustion appeared on his face.

"I originally thought that the people I personally selected would definitely not have any problems."

"Incredibly, someone dared to keep a strange creature as a pet!"

He knew that Mu Wenhan's personal visit to inform him meant that His Highness had completely approved of him.

"Lord Mu, you can go ahead and arrest people with confidence in your Heavenly Punishment Division."

"The best course of action is to confiscate their property and exterminate their entire family!"

That last sentence was said with such fierce determination.

Clearly, Meng Zhou hated those two people to the extreme!

Because of these two people, Meng Zhou lost face in front of King Ren!

If he were Niou, he would probably be somewhat disappointed in himself at this moment!

...

Hongmanlou, once a famous restaurant in the Great Xia and even the entire Eastern Continent, now exudes a sense of decline.

At this moment, several princes of the Great Xia Dynasty were gathered in a luxurious private room upstairs.

The leader was, of course, Xia Qiming.

On his left and right are Crown Prince Xia Linyuan and King Tian Qiong.

Then came King Xia Xichen of the West, King Xia Donghai of the East, King Xia Lingxiao of Ling, and King Xia Wuzheng of Wu.

The King of Wu stood up at this moment, and everyone's eyes immediately turned to him.

"Thank you all, my royal brothers, for gracing us with your presence at today's banquet."

"My purpose in gathering everyone here this time is simply to have us join forces to weaken Niou's strength."

Without giving everyone time to be shocked, Xia Wuzheng continued.

"Others are short-sighted and only know how to eagerly develop their own power."

"But we can't see the future. How could Niou build such a huge power in just three or four years?"

"They can't possibly catch up with us!"

After saying this, the King of Wu looked at the crowd.

The Eastern King was the first to jump out and say, "That's right. If we don't weaken the power of the Benevolent King and give him a few more years, wouldn't we all just have to go back to our ancestral lands?"

Xia Qiming nodded. "I agree with weakening Renwang's power."

"Now that he has regained his right to succeed to the throne, we can confidently target him."

"That's good news, isn't it!"

Upon hearing this, a bitter feeling welled up in everyone's hearts.

This is indeed good news, since Niou was not qualified to succeed to the throne before, and people were unwilling to offend him too much.

Because no matter how you calculate it, it's a losing proposition.

But things are different now. Niou is now one of everyone's biggest rivals, so we can confidently and boldly make our moves against him.

However, everyone would rather not have this good news...

At this moment, Xia Wuzheng waved his hand, and intelligence reports appeared from his hand, flying towards everyone.

"Gentlemen, this is a branch of the Jade Capital!"

"I know that Bai Yujing's headquarters is difficult to attack, but his branches are not very strong."

"Once we've resolved this branch, we can tackle the rest gradually."

"Isn't he vying for the throne? Let's wipe out his influence in the cultivation world and leave only the Heavenly Punishment Division for him to struggle with."

...

"My brother's intelligence gathering abilities are quite impressive; he even managed to find out the address of the Pig Pavilion in Baiyujing!"

Xia Qiming couldn't help but sigh, but he also reminded himself never to underestimate any of the princes.

Xia Wuzheng paused, realizing that the Crown Prince's words clearly carried a deeper meaning, and sure enough, the way others looked at him changed!

He had no choice but to quickly change the subject.

"This time I'm sending my main force; how about you each send one Dharma Aspect Realm expert?"