A man in the Qin Dynasty stirred up a storm across the heavens.

The Crown Prince's Residence!

A graceful figure in a palace dress rested her chin on her hands, quietly watching over the man who was reading at night.

When the moon is high in the sky, its light shines down on the snow-covered earth.

Yan Dan looked up at the moonlight outside the window, frowned with unease, and slowly put down the bamboo slip in her hand.

"Strange, why is the night so quiet tonight?"

"Someone come here!"

Although Yan Dan was not favored, as the Crown Prince of Yan, he had a full complement of servants in his residence.

However, what terrified Yan Dan was that no matter how he shouted,

Apart from the echoes from his bedchamber, no servants or maids responded to him.

"The smell of blood!"

The dignified young woman, who had just been calm and composed, suddenly stood up and stood in front of Yan Dan.

As the Eastern Lord of the Yin-Yang School, Fei Yan is hailed as a remarkable woman second only to Donghuang Taiyi in the Yin-Yang School. A year ago, she had already cultivated to the level of a Grandmaster, ranking among the top experts of the world.

Compared to Yan Dan, who has only just reached the Innate Realm, he is far more powerful.

"Prince Dan of Yan, the Lord of the East of the Yin-Yang School!"

The mahogany doors of the sleeping quarters were wide open, and in the reflection of the moonlight, the figures of six uninvited guests were clearly seen by Yan Dan and Fei Yan.

Under the moonlight, Yan Dan immediately spotted Tian Shang, who was dressed in a fish-scale bodysuit of armor, and the Jing Ni sword in her hand.

"Jing Ni Jian, a top-tier assassin from the Luo Wang?" A deep sense of dread flashed in Yan Dan's eyes. The Luo Wang was a force to be reckoned with, its influence extending throughout the seven kingdoms, penetrating the imperial court and the common people. Any top-tier assassin was no ordinary person.

But then he thought about how this was the Yan Kingdom, his Crown Prince's residence, and Yan Fei.

Yan Dan felt a little relieved.

Compared to Yan Dan's relaxed demeanor, Fei Yan's expression was incredibly grim: "One Grandmaster, sixteen Innate Realm cultivators. Even I couldn't discern the slightest trace of the leader's cultivation level. The Luo Wang organization has certainly gone all out this time!"

She could tell at a glance that the Sword Master's cultivation level was only at the initial stage of the Grandmaster realm. Even if he was a first-class Heavenly Sword Master, he posed little threat to her.

What alerted her was the man at the head of the group, tall and upright, dressed in white with a black cloak over his shoulders, standing with his hands behind his back, coldly watching them.

She couldn't discern the person's cultivation level; it was all hazy and indistinct, like looking at flowers through a fog.

Feiyan had only seen this situation with two other people.

That old thing inside the Black Ice Platform, and Donghuang Taiyi of the Yin-Yang School.

Grandmaster?

Feiyan was startled by the thought that had just crossed her mind, and her body tensed up instantly.

"Did Lü Buwei send you?"

Yan Dan's face was extremely pale. On his way back to Yan, he had been constantly pursued by the Luo Wang (a secret police organization) and the Qin state. He had thought they would give up once he reached Yan.

Unexpectedly...

"The Net?" Su Yi shook his head indifferently. Tian Chang's Amazing Gaze Sword was one of the Eight Swords of Yue King collected by the Net. In addition, Yan Dan's fear of Ying Zheng and the Qin State made him immediately regard them as the Net.

But it's okay.

Anyway, after tonight, there will be no more Prince Dan of Yan in this world!

The dead don't need to know that much.

"Kill them!"

Su Yi spoke indifferently. Among the four maids, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, who stood obediently behind him, Chun'er, the eldest sister, stepped forward, wielding a sharp sword and turning into a blur as she slashed at Yan Dan.

Clang!

Under the cover of darkness, a streak of light pierced the night sky.

"Damn it!" Fei Yan's expression changed horribly. The sword light that was slashing towards her and Yan Dan had the power to tear the sky apart, giving her the illusion that she could not stop it and could only offer her neck to be slaughtered.

Coming from the Yin-Yang School, she naturally wouldn't take such a misconception seriously.

"Golden Crow Dawn!" Fei Yan's slender white fingers continuously formed hand seals. Just before the sword light was about to strike, she forcefully formed a seal, drawing upon the Soul Dragon Soaring Qi she had cultivated, transforming it into a three-legged golden crow that crashed head-on into Su Yi's sword light.

Bang~!

The sword energy and the golden crow formed from the soul of the dragon clashing against each other eventually exploded into a dazzling golden-white radiance.

Fei Yan was jolted back by the sword energy, staggering several steps until she reached Yan Dan's side before regaining her balance. Looking at Chun'er, her eyes were filled with shock: "This girl is strange. Her swordsmanship is not much weaker than that of Gai Nie, the bodyguard of Ying Zheng in the Qin King's palace!"

"Why is her true energy so powerful? Even those old fogies trapped in the innate sixty-year cycle are not as strong as her!"

With a single sword strike, the overwhelming force was magnificent, ethereal like a celestial being from beyond the heavens.

She had only ever seen such terrifying sword intent from Gai Nie, a disciple of the Ghost Valley School.

What shocked Fei Yan even more was Chun'er's true qi cultivation.

In that instant of contact, Fei Yan thought that as a Grandmaster suppressing a Congenital expert, even if the other party's swordsmanship was superb, she should still be superior. However, the moment the two collided, she only felt an overwhelming and terrifying force sweeping over her.

The feeling wasn't like fighting against someone at the Innate Realm, but more like clashing head-on with a Grandmaster with profound True Qi.

Feiyan's beautiful eyes inadvertently swept over Su Yi, Tian Shang, and the three maids Xia, Qiu, and Dong, and she was secretly anxious.

She was hailed as a rare woman of the Yin-Yang School, a woman of exceptional intelligence, and was well aware of the current situation. Even a maidservant at the Innate Realm that the other side could casually send out possessed strength no weaker than hers.

If she gets entangled with Chun'er, the sword master, she and Yan Dan probably won't be able to leave the Crown Prince's residence today!

The Yin-Yang School's methods are mysterious and extraordinary, but sword masters are most skilled in killing.

Within the same realm, the truly top-tier experts are a notch above the masters of the Yin-Yang School.

The girl in front of us, although her martial arts realm is only at the peak of the innate realm, her swordsmanship is already the most outstanding swordsmanship master in the world. The two combined make her a top-notch swordsmanship master!

"This woman's cultivation is no weaker than mine, and she also has Jing Ni and those three girls, as well as more than a dozen innate experts assisting her. The leading youth's cultivation level is unfathomable, yet my intuition that he poses a life-or-death threat only intensifies. Although my pills are not weak, facing so many experts, I am definitely outmatched. I cannot sustain this battle!"

After making up her mind, Fei Yan quickly formed hand seals, and a bright yellow, fiery aura of soul dragons surged out from her dantian, swirling around her like a swimming dragon.

"What powerful dragon aura!" Chun'er's longsword trembled. This was her first time fighting against Fei Yan, a peerless master of the era. Their first test of strength was evenly matched.

Sizzle!!

"Today, none of you will leave the Crown Prince's residence!"

Chun'er pointed her long sword at the ground, her figure seemingly becoming one with Fei Hong's sword light. She leaped into the sky and attacked Fei Yan, who was having second thoughts.

The downward strike was brilliant and swift, the chilling sword energy seemed to penetrate to the very marrow, and the sharpness of the sword was so terrifying that even Fei Yan felt she could not withstand it!

Under the bright moon, a sword light suddenly flew diagonally, like a startled flash of lightning, like a rainbow traversing the sky.