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It wasn't until long after the five people from the underworld had left that the entire city seemed to come alive again.

All the martial artists and cultivators in the city cautiously made their way towards that ruined area.

When they were several hundred meters away from the headquarters of Beidilou, no one dared to go any further.

They stared at the corpse hanging in mid-air, the energy pulsating from the spear stinging their skin!

Suddenly, a commotion came from behind the crowd.

"Make way, make way..."

"The City Lord has arrived!!"

The crowd parted to create a passage, and people from the city lord, the Embroidered Uniform Guard, the Six Doors, and other organizations all arrived.

As soon as a member of the Imperial Guard stepped within 500 meters, he immediately felt short of breath.

My skin stung, as if someone was scraping my flesh with an iron brush.

Seeing that something was wrong, the centurion behind him stepped forward and pulled him back.

At this moment, the expressions of the officials changed drastically.

"What are we going to do? Is this place going to become a forbidden zone?!"

The city lord was sweating profusely with anxiety. Although he was at the Purple Mansion Realm, he was helpless against the traces of laws left by the Celestial Realm.

"Sir, this matter must be reported immediately!"

"Judging from what that Celestial Realm expert said earlier, it seems that it won't just be the Northern Land Tower that suffers tonight."

"The Heavenly Gate has probably been destroyed as well!"

...

"Is the Underworld really that powerful? It wiped out two veteran assassin factions overnight?" someone muttered to themselves, clearly in disbelief.

"Hmph, you idiot."

"You frogs at the bottom of a well, how could you possibly understand the power of the Celestial Realm!"

The city lord angrily rebuked his subordinates, saying that as an official of the dynasty, the city lord was at least a sixth-rank official.

Of course I know how terrifying the Celestial Realm is!

"Oh no, the weather's about to change!"

"The Underworld—who would have thought it would be overseen by a Celestial Realm expert!"

Meanwhile, fierce battles erupted in major cities of the neighboring northern state tonight.

Starting at 9 PM, this battle, which affected the entire northern neighboring state, did not end until dawn!

At first, people only knew that a family had been massacred in their city the previous night.

However, when the officials saw the writing left at the scene, they instantly felt a chill run down their spines and their hair stood on end.

"This place was actually a stronghold of the Heavenly Guardian Sect! Last night, the Underworld wiped them out!"

When the first report was delivered to the prefect, he thought it was just a coincidence.

However, after all five cities under his command reported the same thing, coupled with the sounds of fighting in the county city last night, he immediately realized that things were serious.

Therefore, the prefects of each prefecture urgently reported to the prefect!

Next, the report went up through the ranks, eventually reaching the governor.

Although the northern neighboring state is not strong overall, its highest official, the governor, is a third-rank minister in the imperial court.

They are mostly at the late or perfect Grandmaster level; otherwise, they wouldn't be able to suppress the forces within their jurisdiction.

However, those truly powerful forces cannot be suppressed by the governor alone.

However, the governor is backed by the imperial court, and any powerful force must give the governor of a state some face.

The governor of the neighboring state, Zhou Yuanshan, comes from an ancient family in the Great Xia Dynasty. Every generation of his family has produced officials in the court, with at least two or three officials of the third rank or above.

I had just arrived at the government office in the morning when my subordinates rushed over to report.

"My lord, the Beicang Prefecture reports that martial arts battles broke out in various parts of its jurisdiction last night."

"According to the investigation, this was an operation by forces from the underworld to exterminate the Heavenly Gate and the Northern Earth Tower!"

Zhou Yuanshan frowned, and just as he was about to ask more questions, an urgent report came from outside.

"My lord, something terrible has happened! The Northern Rainbow Prefecture reports that last night in their jurisdiction..."

Before he could finish reporting, several more subordinates rushed in.

After Zhou Yuanshan listened to everyone's reports, he immediately realized that something terrible had happened.

He hurriedly waved for everyone to leave, and then a jade token appeared in his hand!

His true energy surged, and a vortex instantly appeared above the jade tablet.

"Your subordinate, Zhou Yuanshan from the neighboring northern prefecture, has something to report to His Highness the Crown Prince!"

From behind the vortex, a majestic voice rang out. "Speak!"

Zhou Yuanshan immediately recognized the voice as that of Crown Prince Lin Yuan.

"Your Highness, the Northern Tower and the Heavenly Gate were wiped out overnight!"

Even though they couldn't meet in person, Zhou Yuanshan bowed slightly, awaiting instructions from the other side.

At this moment, he seemed to be able to feel the immense pressure coming from the other side of the vortex.

The Great Xia Dynasty has five crown princes: the eldest prince Xia Qiming, the second prince Xia Yuanjing, the third prince Xia Chengan, the fourth prince Xia Boyuan, and the fifth prince Xia Linyuan.

Throughout the entire Tianhuang Continent, the five princes of the Great Xia Dynasty are now all renowned.

Each of the princes is now a Grandmaster, at least on the surface. As for their true level, only they themselves probably know.

Xia Linyuan's mother was one of the four Imperial Noble Consorts in the harem.

Her maternal family was the Zhenyuan Duke family of the Great Xia Dynasty, and she was the direct granddaughter of the current Zhenyuan Duke. It should be noted that there was only one granddaughter in the third generation of the Zhenyuan Duke.

Zhou Yuanshan felt that time was passing very slowly. Finally, the voice of the person opposite him rang out again.

"Who wiped out the two assassin factions?"

He breathed a deep sigh of relief, knowing that His Highness the Crown Prince would not blame him for the time being.

"Your Highness, the force that destroyed the two major powers was a force called the Underworld in the neighboring northern state."

...

"The Underworld? Hmph, what a boastful tone!" The person on the other end was clearly very dissatisfied with the name of this faction.

"Do you have detailed information about the underworld?"

Zhou Yuanshan's expression changed slightly, and he unconsciously lowered his waist a little further.

"Your Highness, the Underworld has only existed in the neighboring northern state for six months, and it primarily focuses on assassins and intelligence gathering."

"At first, they were only active in one prefecture, but later they expanded to three prefectures."

"Before my subordinates and I could even investigate, they wiped out two major forces on our periphery!"

...

"No investigation yet? Lord Zhou, when I strongly recommended you to be the governor of the neighboring northern state, what guarantees did you make to me!"

"I wanted you to secretly and gradually take control of the northern neighboring state for me, and now you're telling me you don't know the details of a power?"

"And if I remember correctly, you were the one who recommended Zhangtianmen and Beidilou to me!"

"Now that they've been wiped out, it's not a great loss to me, but what about my reputation?!"

Zhou Yuanshan, standing before the vortex, began to sweat profusely; he felt immense pressure.

"Your Highness, I am willing to accept punishment!"

"Please grant me some time, Your Highness, five days at most. I will definitely investigate the specifics of this underworld!"

...

"Very well, I'll give you five days!"

"Remember, this must never happen again."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yuanshan immediately bowed and made a promise.

At that moment, Xia Linyuan's voice rang out again from the other end: "By the way, how's the control over the Jianghu forces in the northern neighboring state going?"

"Your Highness, we have already taken control of half of the forces in the northern neighboring state that are at the Grandmaster level or above!"

"Enough to guide and suppress the situation in the neighboring northern prefecture."

...

"Okay, let's leave it at that for now!"

As soon as the voice fell, the vortex on the jade pendant vanished instantly, as if it had never existed.

The jade pendant slowly fell from the sky, and Zhou Yuanshan reached out and caught it.

He sat down in the chair and let out a long sigh!