I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 952 Royal Crisis
Chai Wenxin was truly desperate. If this mess were to be dumped on him, he feared he would soon be on the verge of death.

He wasn't someone who didn't know the gravity of the situation. If reincarnation suddenly disappeared, the lifespans of these ancestors would be unable to be suppressed and extended, and they would surely tear him apart.

Moreover, Chai Wenxin also noticed something was amiss. Now that the cycle of reincarnation was missing, the only suspect was himself, but he had not stolen the cycle of reincarnation at all. Besides, did he have the ability to collect the six cycles of reincarnation in the blink of an eye?

Click~
As the space continued to shatter after the loss of reincarnation, those ancient beings became increasingly restless, sternly rebuking Chai Wenxin:

"If you didn't take it, are you suggesting we're accusing you?"

Chai Wenxin looked at his ancestor with a wronged expression, while Dugu Qiu said, "Your Highness, you are a wise man and know the consequences of continuing this development. Once the ancestors lose the suppression of the power of reincarnation, their lifespans will only pass by rapidly, and they will die soon. At that time, the greatest foundation of our Great Sheng Dynasty will be lost, and I'm afraid our Great Sheng Dynasty will be unstable! Therefore, I urge you to take out the Six Paths of Reincarnation to stabilize the destiny of our Great Sheng Dynasty."

"Grand Steward, you've watched me grow up since I was a child. Do you think you don't know what I'm capable of? How could I possibly take over the Six Paths of Reincarnation in a single encounter!" Chai Wenxin's voice was full of grievance: "If I had such means, why would I need to compete with my two elder brothers for the throne? That throne would have been in my hands long ago."

Upon hearing Chai Wenxin's words, both Dugu Qiu and the three twelfth-order gods were stunned for a moment, feeling that Chai Wenxin's words made a lot of sense. If Chai Wenxin had such means, the future crown prince position of the Great Victory Dynasty would have been settled long ago, and there would be no fierce struggle like today.
"Elders, do you think I have the ability to instantly capture the six realms of reincarnation?" Chai Wenxin turned to look at his ancestors.

At this moment, the ancestors were also somewhat bewildered, their eyes scanning Chai Wenxin up and down, their gazes filled with confusion.

All the patriarchs have a good understanding of the Six Paths of Reincarnation. Even if we all worked together, we couldn't collect the power of reincarnation. How could Chai Wenxin, a mere grandson, possibly have the means to collect the power of the Six Paths of Reincarnation?

"Who else could it be but you? Could there be a third-party force hiding here?" The old ancestor also frowned, his eyes filled with disbelief.

“This place is the foundation of my Great Victory Dynasty. Apart from the current King and a very few royal ancestors, no one knows the secrets of this place. Your Highness, you should not know the secrets of this place either. How did you find out about this place?” Dugu Qiu’s eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he stared at Chai Wenxin with a piercing pressure.

"You suspect that someone is plotting something behind the scenes?" the patriarch of the Chai family asked from the side.

Dugu Qiu nodded upon hearing this: "Perhaps."

"Tell me quickly, how did you know about the secrets of this place?" the Chai family patriarch pressed Chai Wenxin.

Chai Wenxin dared not hide anything and quickly recounted how he obtained the map and deciphered it to enter this secret realm.

As Chai Wenxin finished speaking, Dugu Qiu's gaze shifted and landed on Zhang Gaoqiu. Zhang Gaoqiu, who was standing to the side, was already trembling with fear and his legs went weak. He immediately knelt down and said, "Elders, it wasn't me who orchestrated this! When I obtained the map, the little princess was right beside me. She saw with her own eyes how I obtained the map. I am also an innocent victim! I only had good intentions and wanted to offer the treasure to the Third Prince. Who knew that this would lead to such a disaster?"

At this point, Zhang Gaoqiu turned to Chai Wenji and said, "Your Highness, please say something for me. You saw clearly how I obtained this map."

Although Zhang Gaoqiu is a morally corrupt person who will stop at nothing to achieve his goals, he has one advantage: he is very good at living off women and is particularly successful at it.

Indeed, that's true. From Princess Chai Wenji, Shen Ling, and Jiang Nan, this guy was born to be a kept man.

Upon hearing Zhang Gaoqiu's flustered words, Princess Chai Wenji quickly stood up for him and explained, "I was right next to Zhang Gaoqiu when he obtained the map, so he will definitely not have any problems."

"Where is the map?" one of the elders of the Great Victory Royal Family asked.

Chai Wenxin quickly took out the map. The old ancestor took the map and examined it for a while. A strange fluctuation flowed from his body and poured into the map. Then, the map emitted a fluctuation that connected with the people in front of him. After a moment, the old ancestor withdrew his supernatural power, his eyes full of gloom: "According to you, this map was sent by someone from the Zhang family. It must be tainted with the aura of Zhang Shenqi, the head of the Zhang family, and that Zhang Haqi. But I have not sensed the aura of these two people. The strange thing is that there is no aura of them on this map."

"That's where the problem lies!" Dugu Qiu's expression turned grim: "It seems the Third Prince was also framed."

"Damn it! Which bastard made a fake map to ambush me? This must be related to the Zhang family! That Zhang Ha is a member of the Zhang family, this matter is inseparable from the Zhang family!" Chai Wenxin cursed. Hearing Chai Wenxin's words, the Chai family patriarch shook his head: "The traces of time on the map cannot be faked. This is indeed a map from thousands of years ago. The person behind it started planning thousands of years ago, and only found an opportunity to act today. The other party withdrew the cycle of reincarnation the moment you opened this space. Their cultivation has reached an inconceivable level. I'm afraid only those ancient legendary figures could do this."

The thought that the other party had taken away Samsara in an instant without alerting anyone sent chills down everyone's spine.

“Zhang Haqi is a member of the Zhang family. Regardless of whether the Zhang family orchestrated this or not, they are inextricably linked to it. We should demand an explanation from the Zhang family.” A cold glint appeared in the eyes of the Chai family patriarch.

“Now that the Zhang family has suffered a major upheaval, Zhang Haqi has been labeled a traitor and purged by the Zhang family. I’m afraid the Zhang family won’t admit it! Besides, the other party gave the map to the Prince Consort, not directly to the Dasheng royal family. Even if we go to the Zhang family to demand an explanation, they won’t agree!” Dugu Qiu calmly defended Zhang Chen from the side.

Zhang Gaoqiu has already "married out" and, in principle, no longer belongs to the Zhang family. Her life and death are entirely up to the Dasheng royal family and have nothing to do with the Zhang family.

It's like marrying off a daughter to the groom's family. If the woman gets into any trouble, falls ill, or suffers any misfortune, the groom is solely responsible, and the bride's family has nothing to do with her anymore.

The same applies to Zhang Gaoqiu. He is now a member of the Great Victory Royal Family, so it would be unreasonable to force the blame onto the Zhang family.

Just as everyone was talking, a series of cracking sounds came from the space, like glass shattering. The space had begun to break apart, and the ancestors cried out in alarm as they fell directly from the broken space.

"Unexpectedly, there's an even bigger surprise. We've actually unearthed the foundation of the Great Victory Dynasty. These old guys have lost the power of reincarnation to suppress their lifespans, and they're probably not far from running out of time. It could be a year or two at most, or three or four months at the shortest, and they'll all be dead." Zhang Chen's lips curled up as he silently counted the figures falling from the space. From the founding of the Great Victory Dynasty to the present, a total of five thousand years have passed, and the Chai family has a total of three hundred and twenty-four surviving ancestors!

"There are quite a few, but not many! Although they are hidden in the cycle of reincarnation, with the power of reincarnation suppressing their lifespan, they can only delay aging, not achieve immortality! In the past five thousand years, countless old guys have died." Zhang Chen's eyes were full of emotion: "No matter if you are an emperor or a general, when facing death, you will treat everyone equally. Only those who transcend the rules of heaven and earth and achieve great immortality can truly stand above all living beings and exist in another dimension."

Zhang Chen watched as the crowds gathered from all directions of the academy. He saw all the teachers and students of the academy rushing over in a swarm. Then, as space shattered, the Chai family members crashed down, causing a gasp from the crowd. However, as the gods intervened, the screams gradually subsided.

Then an old man whom Zhang Chen had never seen before appeared. He was dressed in snow-white clothes, and his hair was snow-white and he was combing it meticulously. He was dispersing the students: "Everyone must return to your rooms immediately and are not allowed to gather around nearby."

Someone greeted the old man: "Greetings, sir!"

"We pay our respects to you, sir!"

"Holy greetings, sir!"

"Greetings, sir!"

……

People kept bowing to the old man.

"This person is actually the academy's headmaster?" Zhang Chen looked surprised upon hearing the commotion, his eyes filled with curiosity. "Twelfth rank! The headmaster possesses a twelfth rank artifact! Come to think of it, how could the headmaster who oversees the entire academy be an ordinary person?"

I never imagined that the Great Victory Dynasty would have such a deep foundation. They actually managed to find another 12th-tier expert. If I had rashly attacked the Great Victory Dynasty before, I'm afraid I would have capsized.

"Faced with the behemoth that is the Great Victory Royal Family, I cannot act rashly unless I break through and step into the legendary Dao Fruit realm. Otherwise, I really cannot control the Great Victory Dynasty. However, even the Zhang family has an old fellow, Black Impermanence, who is above the twelfth level and is barely clinging to life. How could the Great Victory Dynasty, which once dominated the world, not have any foundation? If not, the eight great families should have been the rulers of the world back then, not the Great Victory Royal Family." Zhang Chen suddenly felt that he had underestimated the foundation of the Great Victory Royal Family in the past.

"The Great Victory Royal Family can subdue the world; their foundation cannot be so simple. They must have hidden secrets. It seems I need to press them further in secret," Zhang Chen thought to himself.

(End of this chapter)