In his later years, he was backstabbed by his third wife, and he awakened the Wei Xiaobao system

In late spring, the Qin Imperial City was shrouded in a strange blood-red color. Thirty-six soul-calming towers simultaneously lit up with a faint blue light, dyeing the clouds above the palace purple-black.

Eighteen-year-old Lu Yunyan was dressed in a gorgeous dress made of gold thread and red satin. She was kneeling on the blood-colored formation diagram in the center of the Tai Chi Hall, holding a bronze token engraved with ancient runes in her palm.

Her hair was disheveled by the night wind, and beads of sweat oozed from her forehead, but her eyes were as firm as iron as she stared at her father, Lu Tianxiong, the ruler of the Great Qin State, who was setting up a battle formation in front of her.

"Yunyan, are you ready?"

Lu Tianxiong's voice was low and hoarse. He was wearing a black dragon robe and had the dragon-slaying sword, a symbol of the Qin imperial power, hanging around his waist. At this moment, he was personally inserting the last blood-colored spirit pillar into the center of the formation.

His face was as pale as paper, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes concealed deep worry, but a blazing fire burned in his eyes, a determination to sacrifice everything for the survival of his country.

Lu Yunyan took a deep breath, straightened her back, and there was a hint of trembling in her clear voice.

"Father, I am ready. For the Great Qin, I will die for you."

As soon as she finished speaking, a dull bell rang from outside the hall, like a call from the Netherworld. Immediately afterwards, thirty-six royal elders filed in. They were dressed in white mourning clothes, each holding an exquisite jade box. Inside the box was their own blood essence.

"Start the formation!"

At Lu Tianxiong's command, the spells in his hands changed continuously.

In an instant, the blood-colored formation diagram in the Tai Chi Hall suddenly lit up, and thirty-six blood-colored spirit pillars simultaneously spewed out blood flames that were several feet high, interweaving into a huge blood net in the air.

Lu Tianxiong bit his fingertips, drew a complicated talisman in the air, and then waved his hand to insert it into the formation diagram.

Suddenly, the entire palace shook violently. In the distance, the Soul-Suppressing Tower shone brightly, and pillars of blood-red light shot up into the sky, echoing with the purple-black clouds in the sky.

The first royal elder stepped forward, knelt respectfully in front of Lu Yunyan, and opened the jade box in his hand. Suddenly, a strong smell of blood hit him in the face.

"Your Highness, please accept this old minister's blood and essence to help you break through the realm."

The elder's voice was old and firm. He closed his eyes, bit his tongue, and sprayed a mouthful of blood on Lu Yunyan's brow.

Lu Yunyan felt a warm current flowing from her brow into her dantian, and then a violent force surged through her body. She gritted her teeth and forced herself to circulate her mind, channeling this force into her meridians.

The second, the third... The royal elders stepped forward one by one and donated their blood.

Every time Lu Yunyan absorbed a bit of essence and blood, her internal strength increased a bit, but this was followed by more intense pain.

Blood-red lines began to appear on her skin, like little snakes crawling under her skin. Beads of sweat the size of beans slid down her forehead, soaking her gorgeous clothes.

Lu Tianxiong looked at his daughter's pain, and a flash of heartache flashed in his eyes, but it was quickly replaced by determination. He knew that this was the only hope for Daqin.

After the last elder donated his blood and essence, Lu Yunyan was almost unconscious. Her consciousness was blurred and she felt as if her whole body was about to be torn apart.

At this moment, Lu Tianxiong took out the national treasure of the Great Qin Kingdom - the Ten Thousand Blood Spirit Lamp.

The spirit lamp was a blood-red, its body densely engraved with runes, and within the lampshade burned an eternally extinguished blood-red flame. Lu Tianxiong held the spirit lamp in both hands, solemnly approached Lu Yunyan, and whispered, "Yunyan, the next moment is the most crucial. Concentrate and guide the power of the spirit lamp."

Lu Yunyan forced herself to stay awake, opened her eyes, and her gaze fell on the Ten Thousand Blood Spirit Lamp.

In an instant, the blood-red flame in the spirit lamp jumped violently, and a dazzling blood-red beam of light shot out from the lamp and directly poured into Lu Yunyan's eyebrows.

At the same time, the blood-colored power in the formation diagram began to flow into her body frantically. The two forces collided violently in her dantian, erupting with a deafening roar.

Lu Yunyan felt her mind go blank, and then, like a flood, a powerful force swept through her body. She felt her meridians expanding, her true essence surging, and her Nascent Soul glowing brightly.

In the sky, the purple-black clouds grew thicker and thicker, and a thick flash of lightning streaked across the sky, foreshadowing the coming of a thunderstorm.

Lu Tianxiong looked up at the sky, a flicker of nervousness in his eyes. He waved his hands and cast a few spells, strengthening the formation's defenses. "Yunyan, hold on! The thunderstorm is coming!" he shouted.

Lu Yunyan bit her third molar to pieces, blood flowing from the corner of her mouth. She struggled to stand up. The strength in her body had reached the peak of the middle stage of the Nascent Soul. She only needed one step to break through to the Spirit Transformation Realm.

The blood-red beam of light and the lightning in the sky fell at the same time, colliding above Lu Yunyan's head, and bursting out a dazzling light.

The entire palace trembled in this collision of energies, and the light of the Soul-Calming Tower began to become unstable, threatening to collapse at any moment.

"The Qin royal family offers a blood sacrifice to heaven today, begging for God's protection!" Lu Tianxiong led all the royal family members to kneel on the ground and shouted in unison.

Their voices were in unison and loud, full of tragedy and determination.

As soon as the words fell, the clouds in the sky suddenly tumbled, as if an invisible hand were stirring the laws of heaven and earth. A golden light descended from the sky, enveloping Lu Yunyan and merging with the blood-red light column to form a strange energy barrier.

Lu Yunyan felt her whole body lighten, and the originally violent power suddenly became docile. She seized this rare opportunity and used all her strength to attack the barrier of the Spirit Transformation Realm.

There was a loud "bang", as if an invisible door was pushed open. Lu Yunyan only felt her eyes light up, and an unprecedented powerful force surged through her body.

Her Nascent Soul slowly rose to the top of her head, then transformed into a stream of light and sank into her body. When she opened her eyes again, a hint of majesty and vicissitudes flashed in them, as if she had seen through the vicissitudes of the world.

After the thunderstorm, the sky gradually returned to clarity, and a blood-red moon hung high in the sky, casting its soft light on the Qin Imperial City.

Lu Yunyan stood up and waved her hand gently. The blood-red light on the formation diagram and the spirit pillar gradually dissipated, and everything returned to calm.

She looked at her father and the royal family, a flicker of gratitude and sorrow in her eyes, because she knew how many royal family members had sacrificed their blood, essence, and even their lives for this breakthrough.

"Father, my daughter has broken through to the Spirit Transformation Realm." Lu Yunyan's voice was calm and firm, with a hint of the majesty unique to a Spirit Transformation cultivator.

Lu Tianxiong looked at his daughter, a flicker of relief and pride in his eyes. He struggled to his feet, walked over to Lu Yunyan, gently patted her shoulder, and said, "Good, good! Yunyan, you are the pride of Daqin and the hope of the royal family. From today on, Daqin will surely, under your leadership, move towards an even more glorious future."

Lu Yunyan nodded, turned and looked outside the palace. Her gaze seemed to penetrate through layers of city walls and see the beautiful mountains and rivers in the distance.

She knew that her breakthrough was just the beginning. Next, she would shoulder the heavy responsibility of revitalizing the Qin Dynasty and face various challenges in the world of immortal cultivation.

But she wasn't afraid, for behind her was the support of the entire Qin imperial family and the hopes of countless subjects. She clenched her fists and vowed to herself that she would make the Qin Empire rise in this chaotic world and become a dominant power.

The night breeze blew, Lu Yunyan's clothes fluttering, and her figure appeared particularly tall and majestic against the moonlight. The sacrifices and efforts of the Qin imperial family had finally brought about this breakthrough, and this would become the most glorious page in the history of the Qin Dynasty, forever remembered by future generations.