Master of Strange Dao

Small-scale internal war had begun.

In the high sky above the Capital Mansion of King Qi's fief, Li Xingchen was battling the strong under King Qi.

Meanwhile, within the King Qi Mansion, King Qi, with a gloomy face, sent out a signal. It was a long wait before a White Water Egg silently appeared in his study.

"Your Highness, your situation doesn't seem very favorable. Li Xingchen's people have been active within your domain for so many days and yet, you didn't discover them," the White Water Egg said.

"War will break out within a month, my men have already crossed the border and engaged with Dali, Emperor Zhen can't stop it," King Qi replied.

"Then, Your Highness has summoned me for what matter?" the White Water Egg asked.

"What needed to be done has been done, now, it is time to depart," King Qi said calmly, showing no concern for the foreseeable losses.

The White Water Egg was somewhat surprised but couldn't help clapping his hands.

"Good, Your Highness truly is a man of great enterprise, capable of both seizing and releasing. Let's go now, I will wait for you at the Abyssal Rift," he said.

The White Water Egg smiled and his figure silently vanished.

It was only after the White Water Egg disappeared that King Qi raised his head, glancing at the empty chair.

He slowly stood up, but behind his chair, there was still a King Qi, identical to him, sitting there.

King Qi looked at his own incarnation.

"What is a foundation, what is a fief."

"They tempted me with great profits, I found it worthwhile, ready to take a gamble, naturally an all-out one," he declared.

"My father, stubborn and unchanging, although a Cultivator, chose the so-called Dazhen over taking Spiritual Medicine."

"Now that the path to the Tenth Tier is imminent, whoever is more powerful, gets to speak louder."

"I must leave, you stay here," he instructed his incarnation.

The incarnation looked at King Qi and nodded; in the next moment, the Eighth Tier incarnation's aura fluctuated, surprisingly emitting a Ninth Tier aura.

Although it seemed like it had forcibly advanced to the Ninth Tier not long ago and the advancement seemed strenuous, it was no different from King Qi.

All along, this was how King Qi appeared, having just reached the Ninth Tier, but in a rather forced manner.

People always said that King Qi's advancement was rough, seemingly having obtained some treasure that had barely helped him reach the Ninth Tier.

The incarnation's aura was exactly like this, only that its actual Realm was still Eighth Tier.

However, the actual King Qi's aura was stable, not looking like he had advanced with the aid of treasures.

His aura slowly receded and then disappeared. He entered an already-prepared tunnel and vanished from the mansion.

The incarnation he had prepared long ago remained, radiating an aura to attract attention, ready to abandon the decoy if necessary.

King Qi quietly left the Capital Mansion, heading southward.

Having crossed the border, he could still feel from afar the surging Evil Qi; those were his subordinates, clashing with the Northern Border troops of Dali.

Li Xingchen had colluded with Old King Qi's former followers, causing a massive mutiny, but he couldn't possibly control every single camp everywhere.

King Qi had considered all these things; thus, when Dazhen's court army just entered his domain, he ordered several of his mobile forces patrolling the border to declare war on Dali in Dazhen's name at the first sign of trouble.

Then, even if Emperor Zhen wished to avoid conflict, he had no choice, as the soldiers of Dali would certainly not hesitate to push Dali's borders further north if given the chance.

Having developed to this point, he had already considered all possibilities and the consequences they could provoke, and he truly didn't care.

King Qi sneered and quietly crossed the border, heading toward the Abyssal Rift.

In the Capital Mansion, the fight between the masters soon ended. Li Xingchen stood tall in the mid-air, bellowing deeply.

"By the emperor's command, King Qi is crazed and vicious, for the throne, for treasures, he murdered his own father, his sin is to be judged.

Now, his title of King Qi is revoked. Arrest and bring him to court for trial by the three departments to determine his guilt.

To those unaware, you are given one opportunity to surrender immediately.

Those who resist will be met with death," Li Xingchen decreed.

Li Xingchen, clutching a master's corpse, stood suspended in the air as blood continuously dripped down.

Soon enough, an incarnation that looked exactly like King Qi, even with an identical aura, flew up from the mansion.

"Emperor Zhen, if you want to kill me, kill me. You don't dare start a war with Dali, so you target me, coveting my fief.

If I die today, other Sealed Kings will follow tomorrow. None of Dazhen's kings will have a good end.

Even if I die today, I will never plead guilty," the incarnation roared, shaking the Capital Mansion.

The next moment, the aura around the incarnation fluctuated violently.

Divine Light shone from him, power accumulating and expanding.

Li Xingchen's expression changed slightly, and he shouted sternly.

"He's going to self-destruct!"

His figure instantly darted forth, forcefully tearing a gap in the mansion's defense and plunging in solo.

As Li Xingchen closed in, the incarnation's eyes carried a hint of a smile, and its body suddenly burst apart.

In an instant, scorching Divine Light erupted, striking Li Xingchen like a beam of light.

Li Xingchen crossed his arms in front of him, gritting his teeth and forcibly resisting all the force.

Moments later, the brilliance faded, and Li Xingchen's body steamed, as if boiled, with flesh gone from his arms, leaving only bare bones, and his body lacking much flesh as well.

He hovered in mid-air, his complexion dark, as he produced a bottle of Pill and chewed up, bottle and all. The steam emanating from his wounds slowly receded.

When he rushed in, he realized what the weird thing about the place blocked by the mansion's defense was.

This guy had long been burning his power and was bound to die, just waiting to self-destruct.

If he self-destructed in the Capital Mansion, Li Xingchen couldn't possibly ignore it.