Chapter 1319: Royal Crisis

Chapter 1319: Chapter 947: Royal Crisis

Chai Wenxin was indeed panicking. If this blame were pinned on him, he feared his end would be near, with his soul and spirit scattered.

He wasn’t someone who didn’t know the gravity of the situation. With the sudden disappearance of Reincarnation, the lifespan of these ancestors couldn’t be extended, and they’d surely tear him apart when the time came.

Moreover, Chai Wenxin also sensed something amiss. Now that Reincarnation was missing, the only suspect was himself, but he certainly hadn’t taken it. Besides, did he have the capability to acquire the Six Paths of Reincarnation with a snap of his fingers?

Crack~

As the space continued to fracture with the loss of Reincarnation, the old relics began to grow restless, sternly reprimanding Chai Wenxin:

“If it wasn’t you, are we falsely accusing you then?”

Chai Wenxin felt wronged, looking miserably at his family’s ancestors. Dugu Qiu beside him remarked, “Your Highness, you are an intelligent person and know the consequences if things progress further. Once the ancestors lose the suppression of the power of Reincarnation, their lifespan will rapidly decline, leading to death before long. By then, the Great Victory Dynasty’s deepest foundation will be exhausted, and I’m afraid the dynasty’s regime will be unstable! Therefore, please retrieve the Six Paths of Reincarnation and solidify our dynasty’s fate.”

“Grand Steward, you watched me grow up. Don’t you know what I’m capable of? How could I possibly acquire the Six Paths of Reincarnation at a glance?” Chai Wenxin’s voice was filled with grievance, “If I had that capability, why would I be competing for the throne with my two brothers? That throne would have been mine long ago.”

Upon hearing Chai Wenxin’s words, both Dugu Qiu and the three Twelfth Tier deities were momentarily stunned, finding a lot of sense in Chai Wenxin’s statement. If Chai Wenxin had such methods, the future crown prince of the Great Victory Dynasty would have been decided long ago, and today’s fierce struggle would not exist.

“Ancestors, do you think I have such an ability to acquire the Six Paths of Reincarnation in an instant?” Chai Wenxin turned to look at his family’s several ancestors.

At this moment, the ancestors were also somewhat bewildered, observing Chai Wenxin from top to bottom with eyes full of confusion.

Each ancestor knew about the Six Paths of Reincarnation; even together, they couldn’t acquire the power of Reincarnation. How could Chai Wenxin, a grandson, possibly have the means to acquire the Six Paths of Reincarnation?

“If it’s not you, who else could it be? Could there be a third party hiding here?” The ancestor frowned, eyes filled with disbelief.

“This place is the foundation of our Great Victory Dynasty. Apart from the current Human King and a few royal ancestors, no one knows the secrets of this place. Your Highness, you shouldn’t know the secrets of this place either. How did you come to know them?” Dugu Qiu’s eyes flashed with brilliance, exuding a compelling authority as he stared at Chai Wenxin.

“Are you suggesting someone is manipulating things from behind the scenes?” the Chai Family ancestor said.

Dugu Qiu nodded slightly, “Perhaps so.”

“Quickly, how did you learn the secrets of this place?” the Chai Family ancestor pressed Chai Wenxin.

Not daring to hide anything, Chai Wenxin quickly recounted how he obtained the map, deciphered it, and entered this secret realm.

As Chai Wenxin finished speaking, Dugu Qiu’s gaze flickered, falling on Zhang Gaoqiu. Zhang Gaoqiu, already terrified from listening, quickly knelt to the ground, trembling: “Esteemed ancestors, it wasn’t me pulling the strings! When I obtained the map, the young princess was right by my side; she saw firsthand how I acquired the map. I am also an innocent victim here! My intentions were good, wanting tooffer the treasure to the Third Prince, but who would have thought it would lead to today’s calamity?”

At this, Zhang Gaoqiu turned to Chai Wenji, “Princess, please speak for me. When I acquired the map, you saw it crystal clear right beside me.”

Although Zhang Gaoqiu was known for his unscrupulous character and means, he had one redeeming quality: his knack for relying on others, particularly women.

Indeed, from the young princess Chai Wenji to Shen Ling and Jiang Nan, this guy was born to rely on others for support.

Hearing Zhang Gaoqiu’s jittery words, young princess Chai Wenji quickly stepped forward to support Zhang Gaoqiu, offering an explanation: “I was right beside Zhang Gaoqiu when he got the map. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with him.”

“Where is the map?” a royal ancestor of the Great Victory Dynasty asked.

Chai Wenxin quickly produced the map. The ancestor took it, scrutinized it, and an indescribable wave flowed from him into the map. The map emitted a wave, connecting with several people present. After a moment, the ancestor withdrew the divine technique, his eyes full of gloom: “According to your account, this map was delivered by someone from the Zhang Family, surely marked with the aura of the Zhang Family Patriarch Zhang Shenqi and Zhang Haqi. But I haven’t perceived their aura. The oddity is there—how can this map lack their aura?”

“Here’s where the problem lies!” Dugu Qiu’s face turned sour: “It seems the Third Prince was also set up and framed.”

“Damn it, who was the bastard that made a fake map to trap me? This matter must involve the Zhang Family! That Zhang Haqi is a member of the Zhang Family, this matter cannot be unrelated to them!” Chai Wenxin cursed angrily.

Upon hearing Chai Wenxin’s words, the Chai Family ancestor beside him shook his head: “The traces of time on the map cannot be faked; it’s truly a map from thousands of years ago. The people behind this started planning thousands of years ago and only today found the opportunity to act. When you opened this space, they took away the Reincarnation instantly, reaching an unimaginable level of cultivation, perhaps achievable only by those legendary figures from Ancient Times.”

Thinking about how the other party took away the Reincarnation in an instant without alerting anyone, everyone present shivered involuntarily.

“That Zhang Haqi is part of the Zhang Family; whether or not this was orchestrated by them, the Zhang Family cannot be disentangled from this. We should demand an explanation from them.” The Chai Family ancestor’s eyes revealed a cold gleam.

“Currently, there’s upheaval in the Zhang Family, and Zhang Haqi has been marked as a traitor by them and purged. I fear the Zhang Family wouldn’t admit to this! Besides, the map was given to the Prince Consort, not directly to the Great Victory royal family. If we demand an explanation from the Zhang Family, they won’t agree!” Dugu Qiu subtly absolved Zhang Chen of responsibility.

Zhang Gaoqiu has already ‘married out,’ and by rights should no longer be considered a member of the Zhang Family; his life and death are entirely controlled by the Great Victory royal family, unrelated to the Zhang Family.

It’s like a daughter marrying into the husband’s family; any trouble, illness, or disaster she causes becomes the husband’s responsibility, having nothing to do with her maternal family.

Zhang Gaoqiu is the same; he is now a member of the Great Victory royal family. If the matter is forcibly pinned on the Zhang Family, it doesn’t quite make sense.

While everyone was talking, they heard the space emit cracking sounds like shattering glass; the space had begun to break apart, causing the ancestors to exclaim in shock as they fell from the fractured space.

“Who would have thought there’d be an unexpected surprise, bringing the Great Victory Dynasty’s foundation to light? These old guys lost the Power of Reincarnation to suppress their lifespan; I fear they won’t last long and will all die, long or short, in one to two years or perhaps three to four months.” Zhang Chen’s lips curled as he silently counted the figures falling from the space, totaling three hundred and twenty-four ancestors of the Chai Family surviving since the founding five thousand years ago!

“It’s quite a number, but still not much! Although they’ve concealed themselves in Reincarnation, using its power to suppress their lifespan, it merely delays aging and doesn’t achieve Immortality! Over these five thousand years, who knows how many of those old folks have died.” Zhang Chen’s gaze filled with emotion: “Whether king or minister, in the face of death, everyone is ultimately equal. Only those who transcend the rules of Heaven and Earth, the great Changsheng beings, truly stand above all beings in another dimension.”

Zhang Chen watched as crowds gathered from all directions of the Academy; he saw the teachers and students flocking over like bees, and with the space shattering, the Chai Family fell down, causing the crowd to scream, but as the Divine Spirits intervened, the screams gradually died down.

He then saw an elderly man he’d never seen before, dressed in snow-white clothes, with neatly groomed white hair, dispersing the students: “Everyone must return to your rooms immediately, do not linger nearby.”

Someone greeted the old man: “Greetings, sir!”

“We greet you, sir!”

“Blessings, sir!”

“Greetings, Mr. Da!”

…

People continuously saluted the old man.

“This person is actually Mr. Da of the Academy?” Zhang Chen heard the commotion, his face revealing a look of surprise, his eyes full of curiosity: “Twelfth Tier! Mr. Da possesses a strange Twelfth Tier item! It figures; how could the presiding figure of the entire Academy be an ordinary person?”

It’s surprising how deep the foundation of the Great Victory Dynasty is; unexpectedly, he identified another Twelfth Tier powerhouse. If I’d recklessly attacked the Great Victory Dynasty before, it may have backfired.

“Facing such a colossal entity as the Great Victory royal family, I cannot act rashly. Unless I break through into the legendary Dao Fruit Realm, I still can’t manage them. But even the Zhang Family has the old fellow Black Impermanence barely surviving, back in the day when the Great Victory Dynasty dominated the world, how could they not possess a foundation? Otherwise, back then, it should have been the Eight Great Clans that became the sovereign of the world, not the Great Victory royal family.” Zhang Chen suddenly felt he’d underestimated the foundation of the Great Victory Dynasty in the past.

“The Great Victory royal family manages to suppress the world; their foundation cannot be this simple. They must have hidden secrets, and it seems I still need to push them from the shadows.” Zhang Chen mused silently.