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The palace returned to tranquility at night, for all the extraordinary figures who had emerged from obscurity had departed.

Only Li Zhu and Qing Zhi remained in the Prince's residence, both looking shy.

The main reason is that Wanwan and Shi Guanyin's children are very open-minded...

In this respect, Xuanxuan and Mochou are far behind, Xia Zhaoyan pondered, stroking his chin.

What method can be used to make the two of them feel more comfortable, otherwise when will they be able to sleep together in the same bed?

As dawn broke, Mu Wenhan arrived at the Prince's Mansion.

He spotted the two women, the eldest and youngest, at first glance, and sighed with envy, thinking to himself, "Your Highness has gained two more peerless beauties."

Moreover, he sensed that these two were much stronger than himself.

He began to doubt himself again, wondering if he was suited for cultivation. He feared that soon the world would condemn the Bu Tian Sect once more!

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but show a hint of schadenfreude on his face.

"Wenhan, what's with that expression?" Xia Zhaoyan leaned lazily against the beauties, enjoying the massage from the women.

Mu Wenhan quickly composed himself. "Your Highness, I was just thinking about the Bu Tian Sect..."

This time, not only Xia Zhaoyan suddenly laughed, but even Wanwan and the other girls couldn't help but cover their mouths and chuckle.

"Hehe! The reputation of the Bu Tian Sect in our Great Xia is utterly ruined!" Xia Zhaoyan said gloatingly.

Shi Guanyin's beautiful eyes flickered slightly, and she said with a charming smile, "Your Highness, isn't this all your fault!"

"To have their reputation utterly ruined, from being the most revered and powerful sect in the world!"

"Be careful, the Bu Tian Sect might not be able to resist coming to cause us trouble themselves!"

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"Come on, I might have been afraid in the past, but now... hehe!"

With four subordinates possessing the combat power of the Dragon Transformation Realm, he was not afraid of them causing him any trouble unless Bu Tianjiao, a mid-stage Dragon Transformation Realm cultivator, came.

Besides, with the clan's founding ancestor and elder in charge, unless a full-scale war breaks out, what Dragon Transformation Realm cultivator from the outside world would be so foolish as to come to Great Xia?

Then, he looked at Mu Wenhan.

"Speak, what brings you here so early in the morning?"

When it came to serious matters, Mu Wenhan's expression turned serious.

"Your Highness, the resources we seized from the Lu family amount to five million top-grade spirit crystals."

Five million? Hiss...

Even Xia Zhaoyan, who has a system and no shortage of spirit crystals, couldn't help but gasp in shock.

"These aristocratic families are truly fucking rolling in money! Five million top-grade spirit crystals—I doubt even the imperial treasury has that many!"

The annual fiscal revenue of the Great Xia Dynasty, converted into top-grade spirit crystals, amounted to less than two to three million top-grade spirit crystals per year.

Thinking of this, he wished he could immediately send people to wipe out all the aristocratic families!

If it weren't for the lack of officials to replace them, these powerful families would not have been allowed to continue to exist.

"Your Highness, there is one more thing. Didn't you ask us to monitor the Sima family of Lingwu Prefecture?"

"The Sima family has remained silent from yesterday until this morning."

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"Huh?" Xia Zhaoyan sat up straight instantly.

"You mean they didn't actively eliminate the remnants of the Zhang family they took in?"

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"Yes, Your Highness!" A hint of anger also appeared on Mu Wenhan's face.

At this moment, the relaxed atmosphere here instantly changed.

The air itself was thick with the killing intent emanating from Xia Zhaoyan.

"This is incredibly ungrateful! I kindly gave them a chance, and they don't even appreciate it?"

"The Sima family...Lingwu Prefecture..."

Xia Zhaoyan's expression gradually turned serious. Logically speaking, the Sima family was not a foolish family.

Knowing the Shi family's choice, they will definitely choose to wipe out the Zhang family's remnants as well.

It's been all night, and there hasn't been the slightest sound!

Xia Zhaoyan was not blinded by anger; he immediately began to analyze the situation.

"Mu Wenhan, intensify the investigation into the Sima family!"

"I want to know why they're so ungrateful!"

"This is a slap in the face to me! All the powers in the world are watching!"

Mu Wenhan bowed and accepted the order, his eyes flashing with murderous intent.

To slap His Highness in the face is to slap the Heavenly Punishment Bureau in the face.

Sima family, you'd better not drive yourself to ruin!

...

Over the next few days, Xia Zhaoyan paid no attention to the situation outside and instead went into seclusion.

Inside the cultivation room, the surrounding spirit-gathering array emitted a soft white light.

The spiritual energy from the outside world was slowly drawn in and compressed, turning into drops of spiritual liquid that floated around Xia Zhaoyan.

At this moment, he used his divine sense to look inward and clearly saw the illusory shackles within his body.

"The Purple Mansion is located inward from the Yintang acupoint between the eyebrows. This realm is the process of spiritual transformation."

"Below the Grandmaster realm, one's divine sense only has the ability to observe the outside world; it has no offensive power whatsoever, nor the ability to communicate with each other's divine sense."

"Only after breaking through to the Grandmaster realm will the divine sense complete its transformation, and from then on, it will be able to explore hundreds or thousands of miles away."

"It possesses both powerful offensive capabilities and the ability to communicate with cultivators through spiritual sense!"

"Almost there, I'll soon reach the peak of the Purple Mansion Realm!"

Xia Zhaoyan could see that the shackles within his body were gradually cracking, and the divine consciousness in his Niwan Palace was also undergoing rapid transformation.

After an unknown amount of time, Xia Zhaoyan suddenly felt a cracking sound inside his body.

Immediately afterwards, a surge of true essence, seemingly appearing out of thin air, instantly merged into the original true essence.

At this moment, a true essence even more powerful than before began to flow within his body.

His Vidyaraja Immovable Sutra instantly activated, and golden runes appeared on his physical body.

A phantom shadow rose from above his head, and he sat cross-legged in the air.

Xia Zhaoyan could feel his physical body getting stronger little by little.

It was a kind of strengthening from the inside out, and soon after, his physical body suddenly trembled.

The air in the sealed room was compressed, creating a loud bang!

Only then did he slowly open his eyes, and a three-foot-long golden light shot out from them!

Then, it quickly dissipated into the air.

"Hahaha... I didn't expect that breaking through my cultivation realm would also lead to a breakthrough in my physical body!"

This was absolutely fantastic news for him.

He clenched his right hand suddenly, and the void in the secret room trembled.

"My current physical strength is roughly equivalent to the early stage of the Grandmaster realm."

"When I undergo the Grandmaster Heavenly Tribulation, my physical body will probably be able to break through another small realm."

After tidying up, he raised his hand and waved, and the door to the cultivation room slowly opened.

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Lingwu Prefecture is located in the south of the Great Xia Dynasty.

In recent days, spies from many outside forces, as well as some cultivators from the cultivation world, have flocked to the state city.

Everyone's purpose in coming here is simple: to obtain information about the Sima family.

"It's been so many days already, it seems the Sima family is showing no respect to the Heavenly Punishment Division!"

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"Alas... the Sima family is foolish! How can they possibly contend with the Benevolent King with their strength!"

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"Foolish? Heh, I doubt it. The Sima family probably has some hidden strength!"

Outside the city stands a vast mansion, the territory of the Sima family.

Spanning an area of ​​several miles, the mansion is home to a variety of ancient and exquisite buildings.

At this moment, the high-ranking members of the Sima family gathered in the main hall!