I, a spoiled young master, conquered the Crown Princess right from the start!

The woman looked at Chu Feng as he walked towards her, her eyes showing fear, but more than anything, a strange light shone in them.

"My lord, I am willing to be your slave and serve you for life. I only beg you to spare my life!" Her voice carried a natural allure.

"I don't need it." Chu Feng didn't stop walking.

Seeing this, the woman gritted her teeth and hurriedly said, "My lord, I am a disciple of the Joyful Union Sect, and I am proficient in the art of dual cultivation, which can help you increase your cultivation! Moreover... moreover, I have not lost my virginity to this day!"

Chu Feng finally stopped.

He looked at the woman with some surprise, a strange expression on his face.

"The Hehuan Sect? There really is such a thing? I thought it was just something made up in novels."

The woman was taken aback by his seemingly nonsensical question, but she quickly explained, "You jest, sir. My Hehuan Sect is one of the top sects in Cangxuan Prefecture, with a history of tens of thousands of years."

"Cangxuan Prefecture?" Chu Feng keenly caught this unfamiliar term.

Seeing that he seemed interested, the woman felt a glimmer of hope and quickly told him everything she knew.

"The world we inhabit is vast and boundless, collectively known as the Nine Provinces Continent. And the land beneath our feet belongs to Cangxuan Province, one of the Nine Provinces."

"However..." The woman's tone carried a hint of disdain, "The region where the Great Qian Dynasty is located is called the Northern Wilderness, the most barren and spiritually desolate place in the entire Cangxuan Prefecture. Here, even terrestrial immortals are legendary, but in the true heart of Cangxuan Prefecture, terrestrial immortals are merely the beginning of stepping into the threshold of becoming a strong person."

boom!

These words were like a bolt of lightning, instantly shattering Chu Feng's understanding.

The Nine Provinces Continent! Cangxuan Province! The Northern Wilderness!

Chu Feng had always thought the Great Qian Dynasty was vast and powerful, but now it seemed to be nothing more than a drop in the ocean of this world.

The vastness of this world far exceeded his imagination.

Suppressing his shock, Chu Feng looked at the woman before him and asked, "What's your name?"

Seeing that Chu Feng's murderous intent seemed to have subsided, the woman was overjoyed and quickly replied respectfully, "My lord, my name is Mei Ji."

Why are you being locked up here?

Mei Ji's face showed a bitter expression: "I was expelled from the sect for violating the sect rules. After wandering to this Northern Wilderness, in order to regain my strength, I... I harvested the yang essence of some men. As a result, I was spotted by the Imperial City Guard and captured."

Chu Feng nodded, understanding dawning on his mind.

He looked at Meiji and said calmly, "You may be spared the death penalty, but you will not escape punishment. From this day forward, you will stay by my side. If you have any disloyalty, your fate will be the same as theirs."

He pointed to the traces on the ground that had turned to ashes.

"Yes! This servant obeys! Thank you, Master, for sparing my life!" Meiji was overjoyed and immediately knelt down and kowtowed, her posture extremely humble.

Chu Feng ignored her and turned his gaze to the stairs leading to the fifth floor.

He could feel a pressure more than ten times more terrifying than the fourth level emanating from above.

"Master," Mei Ji realized Chu Feng's intention, her expression changed, and she quickly warned, "You can't go to the fifth floor!"

"Oh? Why?"

"The fifth level holds five true monsters!" Mei Ji's voice trembled. "They are all experts at the Celestial Phenomenon Realm! It's said that one of them was a notorious demonic cultivator from the Northern Wilderness Region decades ago, the Blood Demon Ancestor! They've long since gone mad, knowing only how to kill. It's far too dangerous for you to go up now!"

"The Celestial Realm?"

Upon hearing this, Chu Feng showed no fear; instead, his eyes blazed with an even more intense fighting spirit.

He was worried about not being able to break through the Perfection of the Profound Realm, so how could he let go of this "great tonic" that was delivered to his door?

"Perfect, let's use them to test my sword and see if it's sharp enough."

He carried the increasingly eerie broken sword, ignoring Meiji's horrified gaze, and resolutely stepped onto the stairs leading to the fifth floor.

……

The night was as dark as ink.

Inside the Imperial Palace, in the Imperial Study, the lights were bright, but they couldn't illuminate Lu Tianqian's face, which was so gloomy it looked like it was about to drip water.

"Damn it! Absolutely bastard!"

He slammed a secret report to the ground, his chest heaving violently, the suppressed rage making the air in the study scorching.

Just now, an urgent report came from the Western Regions.

The Xiao family army under the Xiao State Duke's mansion, just like the Zhenbei Army, retreated across the board, abandoning several important towns on the western border!

The allied forces of ten kingdoms in the Western Regions marched straight in, their military might heading directly towards the heart of the Great Qian Dynasty!

"They've rebelled! They're rebelling!"

Lu Tianqian's eyes were bloodshot as he paced back and forth in the study like a trapped beast.

"Chu Tianyuan and Xiao Zhan! Do they really think that my Great Qian Dynasty will perish without them?!"

"They are forcing me to abdicate! They are using the entire empire of the Great Qian Dynasty to blackmail me!"

Grand Eunuch Wei Xian knelt on the ground, his body trembling like a leaf, not daring to lift his head.

He had never seen His Majesty so distraught.

Just then, a young eunuch came running in, tumbling and crawling, his voice sharp and terrified.

"Your Majesty...Your Majesty! An urgent military report from the Northern Frontier!"

Lu Tianqian turned around abruptly, snatched the military report from the eunuch's hand, and unfolded it to read it.

He glanced at it once, and his body swayed violently, almost losing his balance.

That face, which was already extremely ugly, turned deathly pale in an instant.

"We lost...we actually lost..."

He muttered to himself, his eyes filled with endless shock and disbelief.

The military report contained only a few words, yet every word was filled with anguish.

Marquis Weiyuan led 200,000 fierce tiger soldiers to fight a decisive battle against the barbarian army outside Yumen Pass.

A crushing defeat in a single day!

The army of 200,000 was decimated, with more than half killed or wounded.

Marquis Weiyuan himself was seriously injured, and his fate was unknown!

Today, a third of the northern territory has completely fallen into the hands of barbarians, and countless people have been displaced and slaughtered!

"Useless! A bunch of useless trash!"

Lu Tianqian snapped out of his daze and let out a hysterical roar.

He overturned the dragon-shaped desk in his hand, scattering the writing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone all over the floor.

"Two hundred thousand! A full two hundred thousand Fierce Tiger Army soldiers! And they couldn't even hold out for a day! Marquis Weiyuan! I trusted him so much, and this is how he repays me?!"

He couldn't understand it, and he couldn't accept it.

Both are armies of the Great Qian Dynasty, so why was the Zhenbei Army able to keep the barbarians at bay for decades, while the Liehu Army was defeated so decisively and thoroughly?

At this moment, he vaguely understood why Chu Tianyuan dared to be so fearless.

The enemy in the north was far more terrifying than he had imagined!

"Your Majesty, please calm down! Your Majesty, please calm down!" Wei Xian knelt on the ground, kowtowing desperately.

Lu Tianqian was panting heavily, his chest heaving violently like a bellows.

After a long while, he forced himself to suppress the shock, anger, and panic in his heart.

At this point, getting angry is of no use.

The northern border and the western regions are both in dire straits. If no solution is found, the Great Qian Dynasty will be on the verge of collapse!

"Issue my decree!" Lu Tianqian's eyes, after a moment of struggle, turned incredibly ruthless. "Immediately order the Marquis of Dingguo and the Marquis of Anyuan to lead all their troops to reinforce the Northern Border and the Western Regions respectively! Spare no effort to hold back the enemy for me!"

"Yes! Yes! This old servant will do it right away!" Wei Xian felt as if he had been granted a pardon, and quickly got up and was about to run outside.

"Wait!" Lu Tianqian suddenly called out to him.

Wei Xian froze, turning around tremblingly.

A resolute glint flashed in Lu Tianqian's eyes, and he squeezed out a few words through gritted teeth.

"Send someone to invite the Prince of Kao Shan!"

"What?!"

Upon hearing this, Wei Xian suddenly looked up, and for the first time, a look of genuine horror appeared on his wrinkled face.

King Kao Shan!

That was the most terrifying prince in the history of the Great Qian royal family. He was Lu Tianqian's uncle. Back then, the Prince of Kaoshan once pushed across the border of Great Qian for a hundred miles in a single day. His achievements were outstanding and his prestige shook the four directions.

However, the King of Kao Shan retired to the mountains decades ago, and many in the Great Qian Dynasty have now forgotten this invincible war god.

I never expected that His Majesty would actually ask him to come out of seclusion today!

This shows just how serious the current situation is!

"What are you all standing there for?!" Lu Tianqian roared at Wei Xian's expression. "Go now!"

"Yes...yes!"

Wei Xian dared not hesitate any longer and scrambled out of the imperial study.

In the empty study, only Lu Tianqian remained.

His expression was gloomy, and a chilling glint flashed in his eyes.

"Chu Tianyuan, there is absolutely no way you can make me submit!"

"This Great Qian Dynasty belongs to me, not to you, Prince Zhenbei!"

Lu Tianqian shouted each word clearly, his body emanating a terrifying aura that made people feel suffocated.