My cultivation disguise has been exposed by Xiao Sizi.

This feeling.

It's even more comfortable than eating a ginseng fruit!

"presumptuous."

Although Li Shimin gave a light rebuke, he couldn't suppress the wildly upturned corners of his mouth.

Cool.

So cool.

Seeing this arrogant, rebellious son who always talks back to him, with such a questioning expression on his face.

Li Shimin felt that the bottlenecks in his cultivation had loosened considerably in the past few days.

He sat upright on the dragon throne, deliberately and leisurely picking up the celestial tea offered by the palace maid beside him, and gently skimming off the tea foam.

That posture was perfectly executed.

The art of showing off reached its peak at this moment.

"Possession? A ten-thousand-year-old demon?"

Li Shimin took a small sip of tea and put down the teacup.

He leaned down slightly, his deep gaze fixed on Li Chen below the steps, his tone carrying an air of composure and domineering authority.

"Ignorant brat."

Li Shimin snorted coldly.

"I am the Emperor of the Great Tang Dynasty, ordained by Heaven, bearing the destiny of the entire nation. What kind of demon dares to seize my life?"

"The Tang Dynasty is able to enjoy its current prosperity."

"That's divine favor, it's destiny!"

Li Shimin paused deliberately at this point.

He watched Li Chen scratching his head, looking so anxious he was about to jump up and down.

A sly, playful glint flashed in his eyes.

"certainly."

Li Shimin drawled out his words.

"This is also thanks to an incredible opportunity, an extraordinary opportunity that was originally hidden right under my nose."

Upon hearing this...

Li Chen's heart skipped a beat.

A very ominous premonition, like an electric current, instantly coursed through my entire body.

Hidden right under our noses? A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that's been carelessly discarded like trash?

"you……"

Li Chen swallowed hard, his voice trembling slightly.

"What...what do you mean by that?"

At this moment, Li Shimin's smile completely blossomed.

Like a smug old fox, he slowly uttered a sentence that struck Li Chen like a thunderbolt.

"Chen'er."

"The hidden compartment under your bed in your bedroom, engraved with a concealment array."

"The hidden book, 'The Immortal Casting Dynasty,' is exquisitely written."

boom!

These words were like a thunderbolt from the heavens, striking Li Chen directly on the top of his head!

A hidden compartment?!

"The Immortal Dynasty"? !

Li Chen's eyes widened instantly.

He pointed at Li Shimin, his fingers trembling.

"You...you dug up all my secrets?!"

"How did you open it! I set up a miniature self-destruct array on that hidden compartment!"

"If you force it open, everything inside will instantly turn to ashes!"

Li Chen is going crazy.

That was his most treasured and unparalleled cultivation technique, which he had kept hidden away for three years in the Cold Palace!

Just as Li Chen was enraged.

At the side entrance of the main hall.

Accompanied by a series of heavy, rhythmic footsteps.

A fat man wearing a purple and gold python robe, with a round belly and a high-held chin.

Like a proud rooster, it swaggered out with an air of arrogance, as if it didn't recognize anyone.

Prince Li Tai of Wei!

He stopped in front of Li Chen.

He stretched out his chubby fingers and flicked off non-existent dust from his sleeve.

then.

He spoke slowly, in a tone that was utterly infuriating.

"Sixteenth brother, stop shouting."

Li Tai's lips curled into a smirk. "I was the one who deciphered that self-destruct formation."

In front of the Taiji Hall.

The atmosphere became incredibly eerie at that moment.

Li Chen's eyes, which had been wide with anger and shock, narrowed sharply the moment he saw Prince Wei, Li Tai, swagger out.

He stared intently at the fat man in front of him.

"Li Qingque?"

Li Chen gritted his teeth, squeezing out the sound through his clenched teeth.

"What did you just say? You deciphered the array on my hidden compartment...?!"

Li Tai was dressed in a magnificent purple-gold python robe, his round belly sticking out high.

He met Li Chen's murderous gaze without fear, not only without backing down, but also like a proud rooster that had won a fight, raising his chin even higher.

"That's right! It is indeed I, the King!"

Li Tai walked around Li Chen with his hands behind his back, his gait slightly splayed out, clicking his tongue in disapproval.

"Sixteenth Brother, Sixteenth Brother."

"The self-destruct array you set up in that hidden compartment is quite an idea."

"If the force is uneven or if it is forcibly broken, it will detonate the spiritual energy inside and burn the things to ashes."

Li Tai stretched out a chubby finger and shook it smugly.

"but!"

"Your array setup is incredibly crude! The connections between the spiritual energy circulation points are riddled with flaws!"

"I only slightly altered the flow of the water's spiritual energy, and the self-destruct formation was immediately paralyzed."

"I easily took out the book 'The Immortal Dynasty' and presented it to my father."

Hearing this arrogant statement...

Li Chen was completely numb.

That's a legitimate cultivation formation! Although he used the most rudimentary materials when setting it up because of his low cultivation level, in this mortal world where there wasn't even spiritual energy to begin with, it was absolutely a defense of overwhelming power!

"How...how do you know all this?" Li Chen looked at Li Tai as if he were a monster.

"What's so difficult about that?"

Li Tai's face was full of disdain, and his smug, academically brilliant expression was even more infuriating than Li Shimin's.

"I haven't been idle during the year or so you've been missing."

"etc!"

Li Chen suddenly raised his hand, interrupting Li Tai's boasting, and looked up at the crowd around him with a face full of question marks.

His pupils contracted instantly, and his voice suddenly rose eight octaves.

"What did you just say? I've been missing... for over a year?!"

Li Chen could hardly believe his ears, his brows furrowed, and he pointed to his own nose.

"More than a year? I've been away from the Tang Dynasty for less than a year at most, how did it become more than a year?"

Standing to the side was Prince Li Tai of Wei, with his large belly protruding.

He coughed lightly twice, striking a pose of profound knowledge.

"Sixteenth brother, you are unaware of this."

Li Tai explained in a serious tone, "I have studied the spatial array manuals you brought back."

"According to ancient records, if the boundary node is destroyed during interdimensional teleportation, it will trigger spacetime turbulence."

"You were in the Realm of Ten Thousand Demons when that demon emperor, who was at the half-Nascent Soul stage, forcibly shattered the passage."

"The laws of space and time were distorted in that instant."

Li Tai shrugged.

"Although you only spent less than a year in that small world, due to the disorder in the flow of time, a year and three months have indeed passed in the Tang Dynasty."

Upon hearing this explanation...

Li Chen was completely stunned.

"Holy crap, that Demon Emperor's basic attack even has a time-accelerating effect?"

No wonder the changes in the Tang Dynasty were so outrageous.

In just over a year, with the revival of spiritual energy and that heaven-defying book "Forging the Immortal Dynasty," these founding old rogues had enough time to amass their strength to an unbelievable level.

"A year or so is a year or so, tell me your story first!" Li Chenqiang suppressed his shock and glared at Li Tai.

Li Tai cleared his throat and continued his proud report.

"Over the past year or so, the spiritual energy of the Tang Dynasty has been recovering rapidly."

"Throughout the world, numerous hidden sects have emerged in secluded realms nestled in famous mountains and rivers."

"People from these sects are used to being high and mighty."

"Relying on his knowledge of magic, he became arrogant and domineering as soon as he came out of the mountains, and even dared to come to Chang'an City to provoke the laws of the Tang Dynasty and stir up trouble."

At this point, Li Tai gave a cold laugh.

"And the result?"

"Father Emperor directly issued an edict, ordering Uncle Cheng and Lord Li Wei to lead the heavily armed Tang Xuanjia Army to thoroughly wipe out all those emerging sects!"