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"State Preceptor!"

Above the Imperial Court, the young Emperor displayed his sharp edge against the Elders’ Power for the first time, and in an instant, excitement stirred within everyone present—save for Li Yankong, whose mind was completely elsewhere.

"I request you to explain this... exactly what is this?"

"Your Majesty wishes me to explain?" Master Zhang said with a smile, looking at the Emperor.

The Emperor was taken aback, and seeing the mockery in the other’s eyes, a surge of malice sprouted within him as he gritted his teeth and said, "Does this matter not warrant an explanation from the State Preceptor?"

"The matter is indeed not trivial," the State Preceptor said with a laugh. "However, Your Majesty truly doesn’t merit further explanation from me."

"Impudent!!"

The heads of the several Great Noble Families almost shouted in unison, their eyes revealing even greater excitement!

They supported the Emperor and feared most the warm cajoling of the Council of Elders. They worried that the Emperor, whose willpower was not yet firm, would be unable to decisively side with them, expecting a protracted struggle for many more years.

Yet they did not anticipate the Legacy Inheritance Elder to be so arrogant. Such insolence was effectively pushing the Emperor onto their side. At this moment, they were even more eager to make a stand.

Without hesitation, all the ministers from the Noble Families scolded with fierce glares, displaying an attitude that sought to sentence the insolent to extreme punishment.

In the midst of the seething crowd, only Li Yankong quietly retreated to the entrance of the great hall as everyone’s attention focused on the State Preceptor.

If his memory served him right, the terrifying beings outside the Palace had already received the signal to start their slaughter.

While these individuals were still smugly executing their verbal onslaught, unbeknownst to them, their opponents had long abandoned any desire to engage in this battle of words.

He vividly remembered that day when soldiers clad in Golden Armor rushed in...

In the face of those soldiers, what Great Noble Families, what Grand Sorcerers? They meant nothing at all!

He had to escape before those soldiers arrived...

But how had he escaped at that time?

Li Yankong rapidly recalled the events. That’s right, he had hidden in the Black Tortoise Palace and barely survived the disaster.

Just as he was about to lead the Purple Garment Family out of Yun Du City and escape the Imperial Palace, he discovered the whole Purple Garment Family had been completely detained.

The coup had taken less than two hours to unfold; the forces of the Great Noble Families, utterly prepared, were as fragile as paper in the face of the Four Holy Army, far beyond the predictions of all family patriarchs.

He clearly remembered that after that day, countless Family Heads’ severed heads hung above the Palace Gate; the entire Five-Colored Families surrendered, and the Noble Families outside Yun Du all rebelled. In just a few days, the world fell into chaos!

At this moment, unbeknownst to anyone, the head of the prestigious Purple Garment Family, the Family Head himself, silently executed a concealment Technique and stealthily fled from the confrontational Imperial Court!

"Brother Li, why do you sneak away?"

A familiar voice suddenly rang out, almost causing Li Yankong, who had just left the Palace Gate, to fall flat on his backside. Then, suddenly recalling something, he violently turned to look at his palm.

Between the fingers of his hand, there was an eye on it.

The Thousand Eyes Technique?

He was stunned. He had traveled back to such a distant era, and this Technique was still active?

Was all of this... real or an illusion?

"Is it... Brother Chen?"

"Brother Li need not be surprised. I am also astonished, as the images coming from Brother Li seem to be from a distant dynasty. If I am not mistaken, it should be the Sorcerer Dynasty, right?"

After calming down, Li Yankong’s expression became odd, as he spoke in a somber tone: "Brother Chen truly has extensive knowledge, able to identify Brother Lin’s era at a glance, and the epoch this place belongs to as well. What exactly are your methods?"

"It’s complicated to explain at this moment, Brother Li should focus on the current situation," said Chen Qing indifferently. "Brother Li looks quite flustered. Has something significant happened at this time?"

These words made Li Yankong slightly relieve his sigh of relief, as it seemed the other party was not aware of what had happened. It would be terrifying if he knew everything.

"A coup is about to happen, I need to escape..."

"A coup?" Chen Qing pondered for a moment, then suddenly realized: "There was only one coup in the Sorcerer Dynasty, Brother Li is actually from that era!"

"You seem very familiar with this part of history?"

"Not particularly. The historical records from the Sorcerer Dynasty are scarce, kept secret by only a few families, and my Chen Family happens to possess some records."

"The Chen Family? I see..." Li Yankong nodded; this made sense since the Chen Family was a Great Noble Family of magicians that existed even before the founding of the Sorcerer Dynasty, loyal to the Dragon Palace Forces. It made sense they had some records.

"Brother Li is running away with such determination, could it be that this coup is a one-sided situation?" Chen Qing inquired tentatively.

He was actually very clear about this history, as Ziyue had mentioned that it was a suppression by the Elders, with the Four Holy Army virtually crushing the opposition. It not only completely purged the rebellious younger generation but also cleansed those ambitious family leaders thoroughly!

"It is more than one-sided..." Li Yankong retorted with a cold laugh.

That event was essentially a premeditated massacre.

"Why doesn’t Brother Li flee outside the Palace?"

"You seem quite familiar with the Yundu Royal Court? You even know I am running towards outside the Palace..."

"Brother Li... Although I have never been to the Yundu Royal Court, I am still somewhat knowledgeable about architecture. The layout from inside to outside here obviously matches the design standard of the Taoist Sect’s Four Holy Mysterious Heavens, and the direction you are running does not correspond to any of the Four Holy Gate positions, which obviously means you are running towards the interior of the Palace. .."

"Brother Chen really does have extensive knowledge..." Li Yankong’s wariness slightly eased, then he continued: "Indeed, I am running towards the interior of the Palace."

"Why so? Given that the rebellion is one-sided, shouldn’t Brother Li escape the Imperial Palace at the first opportunity, taking your clan members with you?"

"I can’t take them with me... it’s pointless to take them." Li Yankong said coldly: "After I escaped Yundu, I wandered outside for a hundred years. At that time, wars were frequent as the Great Noble Families fought each other. However, the Holy Clan showed no intentions of leaving Yun Du City."

"Yundu was taken over under the name of the five-colored Noble Families.

Any Great Noble Family that approached Yundu would be annihilated, but as long as they stayed away, the people inside would not come out.

The army created by the Holy Clan was invincible at the time, but after suppressing Yundu, they showed no interest in seizing control of the world.

This was unexpected to both me and other powerful noble families outside. "

"Oh?" Chen Qing stroked his chin, feigning confusion: "Why is that?"

"I know a bit about it..." Li Yankong sneered coldly: "The people of the Holy Clan did not want the world to know about their existence. During that suppression, anyone who had undergone the Holy Clan’s baptism was either trapped in Yundu or executed.

Those who knew the truth about the Holy Clan faced successive assassinations over the next few years. "

"At that time I realized that the Holy Clan’s action was not aimed at seizing power but to hide their family history and let the chaos in the world conceal the true secrets of the Sorcerer Dynasty."

"I see, so there’s such a history, quite fascinating indeed. But in that case, shouldn’t Brother Li be all the more eager to escape?"

"Escaping is useless. The thing I left behind back then is here."

"The thing you left behind?" Chen Qing raised his eyebrows, sensing that something important was about to be revealed.

"After wandering outside for a hundred years, my body has reached its limit. Me, having not undergone the baptism, was coming to the end of my lifespan. I was not willing to accept this and had some regrets about escaping. After many days of consideration, I decided to return to Yundu."

"You went back?"

"Yes... I went back!" Li Yankong said with a cold voice: "It was also on the way back that I encountered that thing..."