Asura Mad Emperor

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Ordinary cultivators and martial artists who practice cultivation techniques and divine skills need the True Qi within their bodies to follow specific meridian pathways and acupoints.

Since meridians are scattered throughout the human body, to fully circulate and complete the cycle, it would take at least a day.

However, at this moment, Qinchuan discovered that after opening up his backbone, the True Qi in his meridians no longer needed to follow the original pathways but could directly flow through the spine. With the True Qi circulating through the spine, the time required for a complete cycle was significantly reduced.

The decrease in the time needed for the complete cycle indirectly amounted to an increase in cultivation speed.

At the same time, because it bypassed many meridians, when he used mysterious techniques or divine skills, the formation of moves would also necessarily be quicker.

Although this difference in time was only a tiny bit, in the midst of battle, a miss by a fraction could lead to an error by a thousand miles. This slight difference in time could often play a significant role, sometimes even enough to turn the tide of battle.

"The benefits brought about by the awakening of this Innate Marrow truly did not disappoint me."

Qinchuan murmured to himself, simultaneously beginning to feel excited about the benefits that would come from the awakening of the remaining seven major parts.

The Innate Body, throughout the entirety of Ancient Times, had no precedent, so at this time, Qinchuan was also treading a wholly new path; he did not know what earth-shattering changes would occur after a complete awakening of the Innate Body.

Introspecting his whole body, he calmed his agitated emotions.

Only then did Qinchuan calm down and sit down cross-legged again, cautiously guiding the Spiritual Energy into his meridians to expand and cleanse them.

Meanwhile, the realm he had been constantly suppressing started to gradually loosen due to the awakening of the Innate Marrow and seemed to become unstoppable.

The Spirit Gathering Array, which had returned to calm, once again began to operate wildly. The surrounding Spiritual Energy surged into Qinchuan's body like a vortex.

"Boom—"

The seated figure of Qinchuan suddenly burst forth with an overwhelming presence, as if he was a War God who had come from the ancient battlefields of Asuras, invincible and towering, unstoppable by anyone in this world.

At this moment, his aura surged upwards sharply, and his realm, which had been suppressed at the peak of Meridian Opening Nine Layers, finally broke through to the realm of Spirit Martial.

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As Qinchuan immersed himself in his secluded cultivation, several days passed without his notice.

During these days of his seclusion, an event occurred on the outside world that was enough to shock both Tianyuan and Taiyuan nations.

Outside the Heavenly Demon Forest, after waiting at the exit for two days, people from Tianyuan and Taiyuan still did not see the figure of Eldest Prince Fu Xi.

At this point, the individuals from the Taiyuan lineage could no longer sit still and sent people into the Heavenly Demon Forest to search.

The search party was once again Jiang Can, Fanyao, and Dongfang Zhen's group.

However, this time the group hadn't gone half a day into the forest before Jiang Can and Fanyao were seen stumbling out in retreat.

They brought back a piece of news that shocked Fu Lin.

"The Eldest Prince has fallen!"

The moment Fu Lin heard this news, besides shock, his instinct was to feel that the news was fake.

He knew that Fu Xi had a Supreme Saint Expert's Divine Sense protecting his body, which would activate to protect its host upon sensing danger.

With the Divine Sense of a Supreme Saint Expert for protection, even if Fu Xi encountered a Demon beast tide, he would be able to escape unscathed. How could he possibly have fallen?

Beyond his doubts, Fu Lin also felt a hint of joy and anticipation.@@novelbin@@

In the Taiyuan Royal Family's struggle for the position of Crown Prince, the only competition he had was with Fu Xi. If Fu Xi had really died so inexplicably, wouldn't that mean he had become the sole successor to the Taiyuan throne?

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But the joy was fleeting, soon replaced by a wave of dread.

He and Fu Xi had both been on a diplomatic mission to Tianyuan, and now with Fu Xi dead in the Heavenly Demon Forest and himself unharmed, the biggest beneficiary was clear at a glance.

Indeed, the following news sent chills down Fu Lin's spine and made him break out in sweat.

According to Jiang Can and Fanyao, Dongfang Zhen was under great suspicion of being the murderer of the Eldest Prince.

If it were only the words of Jiang Can's family, he might not have doubted, but even Fanyao and the other dozen people could testify that Dongfang Zhen had been mingling with Qinchuan of the Tianyuan Ancient Nation at the time.

Moreover, everyone had witnessed the corpses of the four guards who were with the Eldest Prince lying at Dongfang Zhen's feet.

Even if Fu Lin still believed in Dongfang Zhen, he couldn't help but have his doubts.

Who was Dongfang Zhen?

In the whole Taiyuan, who didn't know that Dongfang Zhen was a guest in Fu Lin's house? If Dongfang Zhen was indeed the Eldest Prince's killer, then who had instructed Dongfang Zhen to do it?

The answer was self-evident.

At that moment, without any hesitation, the Eldest Prince ordered the cultivators to arrest Dongfang Zhen.

At the same time, he sternly questioned, "Dongfang Zhen! Although the Eldest Prince and I often disagreed, how could we, being of the same lineage, allow you to strike down the Eldest Prince?" At that moment, Fu Lin was not concerned about whether Dongfang Zhen had actually assassinated the Eldest Prince; his first action was to distance himself from Dongfang Zhen.

Dongfang Zhen looked at the Eldest Prince in disbelief, and immediately understood Fu Lin's thoughts, going from shock to confusion, and finally to resignation.

He did not resist at all, allowing everyone to restrain him.

Dongfang Zhen looked calmly at the Eldest Prince, and asked indifferently, "Master Fu, do you also not believe me?"

Dongfang Zhen had always addressed Fu Lin as "Your Highness," but now he called him "Master Fu," clearly surprised and disheartened by how quickly Fu Lin had sold him out.

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His gaze devoid of any color, there could be no greater sense of a broken heart. He couldn't believe that despite his wholehearted support and great sacrifices for the Eldest Prince's cause, at this critical juncture, the other party had decisively abandoned him without any hesitation.

At this moment, Fu Lin didn't care whether Dongfang Zhen had killed Fu Xi or not; he needed a scapegoat, and even if Dongfang Zhen was innocent, until he was cleared of suspicion, Fu Lin had to keep his distance.

Moreover, why had Fu Lin been rallying the family clans and cultivators all this while? Wasn't it to ascend the throne?

Now that the greatest obstacle to his ascension had been removed, discarding Dongfang Zhen was nothing to him.

Given the significance of the event, Fu Lin and the members of the diplomatic mission stopped worrying about the purpose of their mission and immediately took control of all the members of Dongfang Zhen's lineage, before escorting Dongfang Zhen back to the nation.

Leaving behind a Saint known as Eunuch Li to continue investigating the cause of the Eldest Prince's death in Tianqing City, Fu Lin did not linger any longer.

With the Eldest Prince's sudden death, the news would undoubtedly cause a sensation in the country, and he needed to rush back to soothe the members of the Eldest Prince's lineage; otherwise, chaos could break out in the Imperial City.

He also needed to return to dispel any suspicions from his father, the Emperor.

The Eldest Prince's death directly benefited him the most, and he couldn't help but feel a twinge of excitement now.

However, the only downside to this situation was its connection to Dongfang Zhen.

If it had been someone from the Tianyuan Ancient Nation, all would have been perfect.

Once the affair here was concluded, everyone dispersed.

At that point, Li Zhi whispered several instructions to Chen Baidao by his side.

Upon hearing this, Chen Baidao looked perplexed, but he asked no questions and without hesitation, he stepped alone into the Heavenly Demon Forest.