All races revere me as the Heavenly Emperor, solely because of my nine disciples!

For the next three days, Chen Bei and Qin Xiyao spent their time in seclusion.

Although his foundation was solid, his rapid breakthrough in cultivation level inevitably led to some instability. Therefore, Chen Bei spent the past three days consolidating his cultivation.

As for Qin Xiyao, although she consumed far less dragon meat than Chen Bei, the energy was too great, and she, with her shallow cultivation, had not been able to digest it even after breaking through several realms.

She is still trying to reach an even higher level!

With the help of his two apprentices, Zhou Hai's own cultivation level gradually stabilized.

At the same time, he felt that he not only had powerful refined energy and annihilation energy within him, but also the circulation of life and death energies.

Although this power over life and death is not yet strong enough, given time, it will be no problem to control the life and death of others, or even determine the rise and fall of all things.

This is the power of the Imperial Scripture!

It was thought that the two disciples' seclusion would last a long time. But this tranquility was broken that morning.

"Chu Chen, are you kidding me? Letting a Foundation Establishment disciple participate in the Dao discussion? Do you want the other academies to laugh at us?"

"Outrageous! Chu Chen, I thought you were a sensible child, how could you do such a thing? Do you know what the disciples below are saying about you?"

"No way! I already disagreed with having Chen Bei participate in the Dao discussion, and now you want to use a Foundation Establishment disciple to force him to fight? Do you know that this will harm your Junior Brother Chen Bei?"

On this day, in the main hall of the Dao Asking Palace, unable to bear the dissatisfaction of the disciples, the elders of various palaces came together to press Chu Chen about the matter of letting Qin Xiyao participate in the Dao debate.

There was no way around it; the reaction to this matter was too great.

There are many innate disciples in the academy, and several at the Life-Seizing Realm. Which one of them is more qualified than Qin Xiyao to participate in the Dao discussion?

The elders found Chu Chen's explanation even more unacceptable.

You have to understand, there are tons of people who want Chen Bei dead right now, and this Four Palaces Dao Discussion is being held in the Qian Dynasty. Sending Chen Bei to the Qian Dynasty for the Dao Discussion is practically sending him to his death!

Although the elders of each palace envied Zhou Hai, they would never harm his disciples!

"Sigh... fellow martial uncles, please stop talking!"

"How about we wait until Master returns before making a decision on this matter?"

Chu Chen had a headache. He knew that arranging Qin Xiyao's discussion would cause trouble. These people didn't indulge him at all!

"Senior Brother Chu Chen, please allow me to say something fair!"

"This debate is not only about the reputation of our academy, but also about the rewards bestowed by the main academy. We must send our strongest disciples to participate no matter what!"

"In that case, it's not impossible for you to have that new junior sister participate in the Dao discussion. Let's have a Dao discussion among the various palaces first. As long as she can make it into the top ten, I think the other disciples will be happy to give her that spot!"

Just then, Zheng Qiankun spoke up from the crowd.

These words were immediately met with approval from the disciples.

"Yes, Senior Brother Chu Chen, we'll respect her as long as she makes it into the top ten!"

"Senior Brother Chu Chen, I think Junior Brother Zheng is right. Why don't we have a debate among the various sects first!"

Looking at the emotionally charged disciples, a sinister glint flashed in Zheng Qiankun's eyes.

Zhou Hai's acquisition of Chen Bei was already enough to make him feel inferior.

Now he's taken on another disciple and even snatched his spot for a discussion—it's outrageous!

If he can't handle Chen Bei, how could he not deal with a mere Foundation Establishment Stage 1 disciple?

Once this competition begins, he will show everyone what a true prodigy is. He will also show everyone that Zhou Hai was just lucky to have picked up Chen Bei; it doesn't mean all his disciples are monsters!

"This……"

Chu Chen looked conflicted!

He realized that if he didn't agree to this today, he would have a hard time explaining himself.

"Alright, I agree to let all of you junior brothers and sisters have a competition!"

With a sigh, Chu Chen reluctantly gave in.

At that moment, powerful auras rushed towards the Dao Asking Palace.

Everyone quickly turned to look and saw hundreds of figures appearing on the horizon.

Among them, the lowest level of cultivation was the Life-Seizing Realm, and there were no fewer than twenty Divine Power Realm experts, as well as three Enlightenment Realm experts.

"what happened?"

What are these people trying to do?

The crowd frowned and, led by several elders, rushed into the sky to confront the uninvited guests outside.

"Academy, heed my command! By His Majesty's decree, the academy is found to be harboring a wanted criminal of the Qian Dynasty, suspected of murdering a prince of the Qian Dynasty!"

"The imperial court is now launching an investigation, and it must not be obstructed!"

As soon as the group from the academy arrived in the air, they saw a young man in a python robe coldly give an order from among the group.

As soon as he finished speaking, the men behind him flew off to search the other palaces.

"presumptuous!!!"

"Who dares to cause trouble on my academy?"

With a loud shout, Elder Li Changqing stepped out from the crowd and said coldly, "Who do we have here? It's His Highness the Seventh Prince!"

"Even if your father, the Emperor, were here today, he wouldn't dare to make a move against my academy. Are you trying to break our agreement by making such a big show of it?"

As they spoke, the academy's elders and disciples glared angrily at these people.

At the beginning of its establishment, the academy had an agreement with the Great Zhou Dynasty that the area within a radius of ten thousand miles of Dinghai City was the academy's territory, and the imperial court had no right to interfere.

Now the imperial court not only wants to interfere, but also wants to search schools within a three-hundred-mile radius. This is truly outrageous.

"Take it!"

However, Ji Kui had no intention of answering Li Changqing's question. At his command, a Dao Enlightenment Realm expert stepped forward from behind him.

In an instant, the laws of the Dao emerged, instantly freezing the space where Li Changqing was located, rendering him unable to move.

"Bastard!"

Li Changqing flew into a rage, his entire body erupting with righteous energy, and talismans shot out from his body, attempting to break through the Dao's seal.

But the Enlightenment Realm expert moved like the wind, rushing to him in the blink of an eye. With a single palm strike, it was as if the sky had collapsed and the earth had caved in.

Li Changqing was only at the peak of the Divine Power Realm. Under this powerful force, the righteous power he unleashed and the talismans around him were instantly destroyed!

"puff……"

Li Changqing coughed up a mouthful of blood, and it felt as if all the bones in his body had been shattered. He was sent flying backward at high speed.

However, even at this point, the Enlightenment Realm expert still showed no intention of letting him go.

She took several steps forward and instantly appeared in front of him, raising her hand to grab his neck.

"Do not……"

Upon seeing this, the students of the academy were enraged.

These people's arrogant actions were not only aimed at Li Changqing, but also at slapping the face of everyone in the entire academy.

Just as Li Changqing was about to fall into someone else's hands, a sword whistle rang out.

The Sword Palace Elder transformed into a sword light and instantly rushed between Li Changqing and the Enlightenment Realm expert.

"Qiang..."

The sword and palm collided, producing a crisp striking sound.

"You dare to act so arrogantly and domineeringly on my academy? How dare you!"

Enraged, Chen Chuang used his sword to separate Li Changqing from the Enlightenment Realm expert. Then, endless sword energy surged forth, attacking the Enlightenment Realm expert.

"Ok?"

"I never expected that in this generation of the academy, besides Murong Xiao, there would be another expert at the Enlightenment Realm!"

The Dao Enlightenment Realm cultivator was taken aback. He clearly saw that the moment the sword energy burst forth, everything within a radius of several hundred feet was controlled by Chen Chuang's Dao principles.

The sword energy surged like a mighty river, its momentum overwhelming.

"It's a pity you've only broken through to the first level of the Enlightenment Realm!"

"If you break through two or three more levels, I might back down. But you're not good enough yet!"

The expert at the Enlightenment Realm was at the fifth level. Facing Chen Chuang's sword attack, a hint of disdain flashed in his eyes.

The next moment, his Dao principles erupted, and a powerful force surged forth like a tidal wave, shattering Chen Chuang's Dao principle sword energy inch by inch!