Meanwhile, the various forces that had gathered outside the Imperial Tomb were stopped by Heichi Fei and his troops. No one suspected him of falsifying an imperial decree. However, they all had their own thoughts as to why the Fiend Emperor would appear in the Imperial Tomb.

The most nervous one was none other than the Second Imperial Prince. He had put two schemes in play, one overt and one covert. For the former, he hadn’t hesitated to expose the important pieces he planted at the crown prince’s side. Even if they failed, the Golden Crow Crown Prince would lower his guard, subconsciously thinking that the second prince was already out of moves to play.

Apart from that, however, he had used a lot of effort to find the Pangolin race cultivator Wu Liang. That was his real trump card. That fellow was extremely mysterious, and he had all sorts of skills that left even the second prince in admiration. After arranging all of that, he had already been greatly confident in his success.

However, his father, the emperor, had suddenly appeared...