The Gold and Red, Visiting Profound Palace

The red-haired girl pulled back and looked at how all Divine Masters were about to gang up on her. 

'This is bad.'

For a moment she decided to shelf her hatred for the blonde bitch. She can't get her revenge if she is dead in the first place.

So, with a blur of her impressive speed, she proceeded to just run away. 

"Oh no you don't! Not after what you said you little brat!" 

The blonde woman appeared next to the Slaughter God and swung her golden sword at her.

The Star God's eyes widened as she didn't expect the blonde to attack her! 

With a spin, the redhead dodged her attack. But that moment someone cut her!

She turned around and saw the South Sea God Emperor's trident had cut her hand.

There was a smirk on his face.

"We got you Slaughter God."

"Ugh… Yes, you did."

The girl sighed, it appears she needs to make sacrifices. But, at least she will take a few of these brain-dead people with her!

With a burst of speed, the girl rushed at Nan Wanshang. A few exchanges later she cut him several areas which made the God Emperor start to panic!

"Suppress her! Use your Cultivation bases!" The panicky God Emperor exclaimed loudly.

Everyone started to do just that. 

'Yes…do just that for this Princess!'

As their power started to overwhelm her she pulled out something.

"You said that you want whatever this princess got from the Temple? Then you can have it!" The red-haired girl threw a drop of blood towards the group of Divine Masters. The blood was glowing in an ominous light.

The blonde who sensed this could only look with horror! Did this little girl turn feral!? 

"Don't touch that!!!" 

As if oblivious to this, the South Sea God Emperor only wanted to get what his Goddess wanted so he didn't even bother with the idea that this could be a booby trap!

The moment the blood landed in Nan Wanshang's hand it erupted, expanding and taking in all of the Divine Masters!

"You can have all of Creation God's compressed cultivation! It's all yours!!!" The redhead giggled when she said that.

At this moment they all felt danger to their lives. Trying to run but The South Sea God Emperor turned into a black hole and got sucked in before turning into a small-scale implosion.

"...Y-You are mad! You detonated Heretic God's legacy!!!" 

"Ehh? Are you sad now? The Heretic God was nice enough to show me how to detonate it in case a bitch like you comes my way trying to steal it."

A pissed-off growl escaped from the blonde's mouth. As she lunged at the Slaughter God. 

"Now that we are alone and you have none of your lap dogs I can take my time and kill you." The Star God said with a blood thirty grin as she was about the attack as well but at that moment she felt pain erupting through her whole body. This made her swiftly dodge and move away.

"...Hahaha the poison showing its effects. I guess I don't need to do anything."

The blonde snorted as she pulled out something. She was about to leave.

But the redhead turned desperate as a red aura surrounded her. She lunged forward which interrupted the blonde. The Goddess then proceeded to fight her off but at that moment.

The Slaughter God threw her dagger and stuffed her bloody fingers into the blonde's mouth. To do this her mask shattered upon impact which utterly baffled the blonde who tried to move away but the girl attached herself to the blonde.

"You liked the poison! Now you can have some of it!!!" The redhead said with glee the moment she forced her to swallow the blood. She pulled back and with a spin used her other dagger to stab her right in her dantian.

"AGHHhh!!!"

"Y-You F-Feral barbarian brat!!!"

After all this, the Slaughter girl was barely standing. Resisting a peak Divine Master like this was brutal for her poisoned body.

"Hahaha! You get what you deserve you blonde bitch! The only way for you to get healed is Sky Poison Pearl! And only I know where it is!

Hahaha!!!"

The girl started to laugh uncontrollably.

"Xing Tong! I will kill you with my bare hands!" The blonde was going crazy as well by this point! Her cultivation is leaving her, slowly but still. Those daggers of hers are some God legacy or something as they bypass her Peak Divine Master cultivation.

"Hehe! So you finally learned this Princess' name!"

"AHHHH!"

'She finally went crazy!!! it feels so good to break her!' 

The girl didn't realise she was going crazy as well…but oh well…

The pair proceeded to try to kill each other but… this didn't last long as…well…

The poison started to show its fangs.

"...Ugh…*Cough*" Xing Tong coughed some blood as she decided that it was time to leave.

With a burst of speed, she flew away. 

The blonde Goddess narrowed her eyes and turned invisible and proceeded to follow. 

~~~~~~Mighty Heavenly Sword Region~~~~~~

Xuanyuan Wentian's plan to kill Xiao Long is constantly improving.

The Sword Master is constantly being left surprised by the sheer development of the Young Master's skills.

In turn, this started to make him desperate.

He can feel a dead end approaching for him. He either acts at the Ranking Tournament or his Sacred Ground will be doomed just from doing nothing!

The Supreme Ocean Palace Already is making moves. They are getting close to Absolute Monarch Sanctuary and they are feeding pills to Sun and Moon Divine Hall at a cheaper price to keep them on their side.

In other words…everyone is getting something but not his Mighty Heavenly Sword Region.

'This won't do… either I move first or we die… then we should just remove the cause of all of this.'

"Send in Ling Kun, I need to talk with him."

Xuanyuan Wentian thought about this for a while. He has something in mind.

A few seconds later Ling Kun appeared in front of the Sword Master.

"...Sword Master, you called this junior?"

"...Yes. You might already know that we have an issue with the rise of the Supreme Ocean Palace?"

"...Yes. Well, aware."

"Then I have a part for you to play in their downfall."

Ling Kun slowly nodded.

"You will be my representative in the Blue Wind Empire's ranking tournament. I have a suspicion that Xiao Long will be attending it. 

"With you there, no one will suspect that three Monarchs are waiting at the back to deal with the brat. 

"They will act after they enter the Sacred Realm."

"...Wouldn't this movement of experts attract the attention of other Sacred Grounds?"

"Indeed. However, I will be sending them away at random times and with different agendas.

"The ninth elder is away because he is visiting his daughter and his grandchildren. All of them have different agendas. None of them is supposed to end up in Heavenly Sword Villa.

"And EVEN if he survives the assault in the Sacred Realm, just release the demon on him."

Ling Kun got the picture… just throw everything at him. 

This is becoming a war where the Mighty Heavenly Sword Region simply can't leave without being damaged. If the young Master is killed, the Supreme Ocean Palace will lose its primary pill maker.

This way their Sacred Ground could at least survive…but if the brat survives… then the other three Sacred Grounds could potentially team up against them. Just to curry favours with the greatest Alchemist on the Continent.

"Understood. This Junior will do his part in this." 

"Good. Then go."

With Ling Kun gone, Xuanyuan Wentian returned to his research on the brat.

'Reaching Throne in just a few months, turning his birth city into a floating island… then adding another one.

Making pills which allow one to enter [Earth Profound], this…even Sacred Grounds can't produce pills like these.

He needs to go…he needs to go before it's too late.'

There was a look of jealousy on his face, before it disappeared. The Sword Master hopes that the Ninth Elder's daughter will be useful and will get some information from him before his followers will end his life.

It might give him an edge and help him survive the upcoming war with other Sacred Grounds which feels like it's going to be inevitable by this point.

~~~~~~Xiao Long~~~~~~

"What do you think?" Qingyue asked me as she did a spin, showing him the new dress she picked up.

It was a red dress with smooth blue flower patterns and a white sash holding it together.

"Gorgeous. Red and Blue always fit you so well." I said with a small smile. 

"Un!"

After showing the dress, my wife flew back to pick another dress…there was already a mountain of clothes she had already picked.

"Elder, my clan has absorbed another clan and we decided to change from Clan to a sect. We need new uniforms for sect members and we are thinking of establishing the Core Disciple, Inner Court, and Outer Court system. 

"For this, we need three different uniforms."

With a hand motion, I pulled out a scroll and rolled it out.

Showing three sets of double pictures, three uniforms for males and three uniforms for females.

"Hoh… this would be quite a big order."

"Indeed Elder Qiao. I leave this one with you. Organise this with the branch of the guild in my Floating City. We will be moving towards Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace to add a third island. 

"The travelling path should be obvious."

To my explanation, the elder slowly nodded.

"Yes. Young Master. This will be done."

"Good. Then I leave this to you."

After solving the issue of uniforms I spent a few more hours collecting trinkets and buying clothes for Cang Yue and Xia Qingyue.

Once my buying session was done, the elder had to close the branch as I took half of the stock away.

I was quite proud of my achievement.

After this, we went to see the Blue Wind Imperial City's Profound Palace.

It had three layers and the core layer had the cultivation tower.

This was where I walked in and immediately gained inspiration on how to make my towers.

"Princess, who are the ones who will represent the Blue Wind Imperial Family in the ranking tournament?" 

"Umm, just check the leaderboard. My family always takes the ones who are top 3."

The Princess explained as she was fiddling with her new dress and hairpin. The girl was so out of her element with this. Which is so cute.

One would expect Princess to like being dressed up, but she is feeling self-conscious as it was I who bought it.

"I see…well then let's check out the building and then we can see the Leaderboard."

"Okay."

While my darling wife went with the flow, the Princess was curious. Since she doesn't know what I am about to build on Clan grounds.

"...Any reason why you care about this building?"

"This? I will be building something similar on the West side of the mountain on Xiao Island." 

Her eyes for a second widened before she nodded.

"...Are you saying you are going to increase the potency of Profound Energy even further?"

"Yes, I have a few ideas. Now follow me." As I said that, my hand wrapped around Cang Yue's waist. I can feel some heat coming towards me from my other side.

To fix that I wrapped my other hand around my darling wife which made the flames of jealousy lessen.

Now the tower is hollow inside. Like a beacon, it draws Profound energy from the vein in the ground. 

The design is simple and effective and it's something I will be able to copy without much difficulty.

Apart from that, we went to check the leaderboards.

[Fen Juechen/ Age 16 / Sixth of Spirit Profound]

[Feng Bufan / Age 19/ Second of Spirit Profound]

[Fang Feilong / Age 19/ First of Spirit Profound]

"..."

"..."

"..."

The Princess was quite nervous as she saw the leaderboard with us. I can sense her nervousness.

"I see…so the strongest member is an outsider…what is Youngest Fen doing here?"

"...This well… he had a spat with his older brother and ended up leaving the clan to cultivate here. He wants to represent the Imperial Family so that he could fight his older brother in the tournament.

'Hmm…at least this part is the same as the book…what to do…what to do…the tournament will be an easy walk in the park…'

I thought for a bit.

"And the amount that can enter the tournament is 3?"

"Yes."

"This is good… I will use him to control the Heaven Burning Clan."

"...what for?" She asked me curiously.

"Nothing in particular, princess. Think of this as a side dish. There isn't much to do in the tournament. I want to visit the Basin Realm, the tournament itself is more or less amusing for me.

"I can add a few people from the clan to fight for your Blue Wind Imperial Family.

"This way your family will win, and I get the entertainment and visit to the realm."

She slowly nodded at me.

"...But which part is getting control of the Burning Heaven Clan?"

"That would come naturally. Fen Juechen joins me, in turn, he eventually becomes the next head of the Clan."

There was a strange look in her eyes.

"...Then do it."

"Hmm? You don't like the Burning Heaven Clan?" I asked with a tease.

"... that's a strong word. The more precise word should be an annoyance." 

"Semantics. Why don't we go and find him."

~~~

Fen Juechen could not get over the bullying of his second brother. So he left Heaven Burning Clan just to prove to him that he could become better than him even without his clan's resources! 

'Heh…they don't realise that some of the pills sold here are cheaper than getting them at the clan.'

The youngest Fen thought to himself. He easily bought the earlier version of Profound energy sense pills. Those became even cheaper when the Princess moved to Xiao Clan.

And just for that he can reap the benefits and cultivate fast!

*Knock*

"I said before, don't disturb me no matter what!" Fen Juechen said with an angry tone.

"Young Master Fen. Young Master Xiao Long wants to see you."

"!!!"

The Young Master Fen stood up instantly and turned around and walked over and exited the cultivation room.

"Where is he?" 

"He is waiting at Elder's Hall." 

Without saying anything Fen Juechen proceeded to walk towards the Elder Hall.

Truthfully his heartbeat was going crazy as he never expected something like this. 

Young Master of a Sacred Ground is here to see him!?

'What he could want from me!?'

As he walked there his mind was going round and round. Could he possibly want to get Heavenly Burning Clan?

The same way he got Xiao Sect and made Heavenly Spear Thunderfire Fortress go broke?

All this was on his mind.

Eventually, he saw him sitting in the Palace Chief seat like an Emperor looking down on everyone.

"I am Fen Juechen, you asked to see me, Young Master Xiao?"

"Yes. I have heard about you joining the Profound Palace to cultivate. It's because of some sort of argument with your older sibling. You wish to fight him in the tournament, correct?"

"Yes. That is correct."

"Fantastic. Then I have a proposition. You will be part of the group which will be representing the Blue Wind Imperial Family. The other two spots will be filled up with my clansmen."

This made Fen Juechen get a dry throat. How strong will his clansmen be? He has heard some absurd things about his clan by this point.

He even took the whole city to the skies… it's just absurd… 

Young Master Fen gathered his courage and decided to ask.

"...May I know the reason why you take such personal interest in this?" 

"Blue Wind Empire has sworn their allegiance to my Sect. It's in my interest to make them dominate the tournament. Same to you. You are part of the Palace and you will do your best to make sure the Profound Palace wins. For this, you will receive the tools necessary to do it."

Xiao Long motioned and Princess Cang Yue walked over and handed over a smooth-looking box to the Young Master Fen.

"This is…"

"Open it."

Fen Juechen opened the box. It has rows of pills…

"This is the starting set one gets when they are part of my Sect. Impress me enough and you will get more." 

*Gulp*

Seeing the number of pills he could sell all this and make a fresh sect!

"...U-Understood!"

"Now, you may leave and get an appropriate uniform. You are part of Profound Palace and not the Burning Heaven Clan."

"Y-Yes!"

~~~

After Fen Juechen left, Cang Yue giggled slightly.

"I have never seen Young Master Fen this out of his element!"

"...Hmm… now I have some family drama on the horizon. The tournament shouldn't be as boring." Xiao Long said that while putting his head on his hand while leaning to the side.

"...But was it necessary to give a whole starting gift set?" Xia Qingyue asked from the other side. She watched the whole thing. There was part of her which said that they should not even bother with these people.

"It's not a loss neither is it a gain. It means nothing. What is necessary is that he performs for the Princess' Palace. If those pills earned me his allegiance then it's a nice victory and gained more manpower. Either way… I am good."

"...Hmm…if you say so… Qingyue doesn't care." The Beauty walked over and ended up sitting on his lap and proceeded to snuggle.

'So bold, we are still in public!' Cang Yue thought to herself with a small blush.

"Well, we are done here. We can return to the Sect." Xiao Long said that after stroking Xia Qingyue's silky black hair.

The beauty pouted at him.

"I just sad down husband! At least let me enjoy this for a few minutes!"

"...Fine…" He said with an eye roll.

~~~

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