After having a preliminary understanding of the division of forces in the Moonless Empire, the Heavenly Stellar Residence's opponents in the Illusionary Moon Conference were naturally the forces in the third tier. After all, the Imperial Family, the Four Princes, and the Eight Marquises had already obtained their own Illusionary Moon Fruits, so they naturally wouldn't participate in the Illusionary Moon Conference.
The Imperial Family and the other upper tier forces wouldn't participate, and the forces in the fourth tier weren't qualified. Therefore, the Illusionary Moon Conference would be held in the third tier forces.
The Burning Sky Ruler was determined to obtain the Illusionary Moon Fruit. This was a rare opportunity. The strongest experts in the third tier forces were only at the Dao King Realm, so there was no pressure at all. With Xiao Chen's strength, the Burning Sky Ruler had absolute confidence in him. If Xiao Chen couldn't win in the same realm, then it would be a waste of the title of Bewitching Sword King.
After all, Xiao Chen was the leader of the Ten Great Prides of the Heavenly Stellar Continent. If he couldn't even win against an Empire of the Heavenly River Continent, then how could he face the top geniuses of the Heavenly River Continent? Moreover, the participants in the Illusionary Moon Conference weren't the true geniuses of the Moonless Empire. They were only the geniuses of the third tier forces, so there was naturally nothing to worry about.
They quietly waited for the Illusionary Moon Conference to begin. At the same time, the various forces that were participating in the Illusionary Moon Conference had basically arrived at the Illusionary Moon City.
They were all great clans that were in the third echelon of the Moonless Empire, and there were almost 20 of them. Naturally, there was a difference in strength between these 20 great clans. The weaker clans merely had a single Dao King Realm expert, and they were basically at the initial stage or initial stage.
As for the powerful forces, they didn't only have a Dao King Realm expert, they even had someone at the Perfection Stage of the Dao Emperor Realm. They were only a step away from the Dao Sovereign Realm. Such forces were clearly at the peak of the third tier, and they had the chance to advance at any time and charge into the ranks of the Four Princes and Eight Marquises.
There were a total of four forces in the third tier, and they all came from the Imperial Capital. They were the Left Minister's Jiang Family, the Right Minister's Shen Family, the Left General's Han Family, and the Right General's Yang Family.
Not only were these four families the most powerful in the third echelon, but their official positions in the empire were also second only to the forty-eight marquises.
The head of the Jiang family was now the Left Prime Minister, the head of the Shen family was the Right Prime Minister, the head of the Han family was the Left General, and the head of the Yang family was the Right General.
The patriarchs of the four clans were proficient in both the pen and the sword. They could be considered the overlords of the military and the imperial court. Apart from the imperial family and the forty-eight marquises, the four clans were the most powerful.
Without a doubt, in this Illusionary Moon Conference, these four great clans were the Heavenly Stellar Residence's greatest enemies. The Heaven Realm martial artists they sent out were clearly Xiao Chen's greatest enemies.
Apart from these four great families, the rest of the third-echelon families were hardly worth mentioning. Even if they sent out Celestial Realm warriors, they were at most among the ranks of ordinary geniuses. Perhaps they were not even considered as Heaven's Chosen Ones, so there was no need to care about them.
He had already secretly figured out the general situation of the four great families. According to Xiao Chen's guess, these four families should send out young Heaven's Chosen Ones, but each family would send at most one person. After all, even in the Heavenly River Continent, Heaven's Chosen Ones were not rotten cabbages. It was impossible to casually grab a bunch of them.
While Xiao Chen was guessing the overall strength of the four great families, in the City Lord's Mansion, the people of the four great families were gathered together.
After the four great families arrived at Moon Trace City, they did not look for a place to stay outside. Instead, they directly stayed in the City Lord's Mansion. Regarding this, the City Lord of Moon Trace City naturally did not dare to show the slightest dissatisfaction. The power of these four great families was far from what a small City Lord like him could offend.
They all came from the Imperial Capital and were officials of the same court, so the people of the four great families were clearly more familiar with each other. They would exchange a few pleasantries with each other. Of course, this was only on the surface. Behind the scenes, the battle between the four great families was ruthless. It was extremely dangerous and did not leave any leeway.
At this moment, they were sitting in the garden of the City Lord's Mansion. The people leading the four great families this time were not their Patriarchs, but other Dao King Realm experts. As mentioned before, the Jiang, Shen, Han, and Yang families did not only have one Dao King Realm expert. According to the rumors, the four great families had around four Dao King Realm experts. Of course, this was definitely false. After all, no family would reveal their full strength. The four great families definitely had experts hidden in the dark.
The four leaders of the four great families were four Dao King Realm experts. Two of them were middle-aged men, one was an old man, and the last was a beautiful woman. The four of them sat together, and the old man spoke first.
"This time, it seems that my Shen family is going to be at the bottom. The younger generation is useless."
The old man was a Dao King Realm expert of the Right Minister's Shen family. Although he said that, there was not a trace of disappointment in his eyes. Obviously, he was just being polite.
When she heard the old man, the beautiful woman at the side smiled and said, "Elder Shen, you must be joking. Who doesn't know that your Shen family's Shen Qianfeng has already broken through to the perfection of the Heaven Realm? Moreover, he has already entered the inner court of the Royal Academy. He's known as the strongest genius of the Shen family. With him here, I'm afraid we can only be at the bottom."
The beautiful woman was a Dao King Realm expert of the Left Minister's Jiang family. When he heard this, the old man smiled and did not say anything else.
Just as Xiao Chen had guessed, the Jiang, Shen, Han, and Yang families all had geniuses, and they would be participating in the Illusory Moon Gathering this time. Although the gathering had yet to begin, from the looks of it, the four great families had clearly finished dividing the 20% of the Illusory Moon Fruits.
It was indeed so. In the past Illusory Moon Gatherings, the biggest winners were basically the Jiang, Shen, Han, and Yang families. The other great families did not have the ability to compete with them at all. They could only watch as the four families ate the meat and left some soup for everyone else.
They felt rather helpless. Especially in the recent five or six years, a genius had been born from each of the four great families. As a result, the four great families were on the verge of becoming the four kings and eight marquises. At that time, the forty-eight marquises would probably become the four kings and twelve marquises.
The geniuses of the four great families were the Shen family's Shen Qianfeng, the Jiang family's Jiang Jueying, the Han family's Han Ping, and the Yang family's Yang Fu.
The four of them were the younger generation of the Jiang, Shen, Han, and Yang families. At such a young age, they had already broken through to the consummate level of the Heaven Tier and had been promoted to the inner court of the Royal Academy. Even if they were compared to the top geniuses of the eight great marquises, they were not inferior at all. It was precisely because of this that the world believed that the Jiang, Shen, Han, and Yang families had the qualifications to become marquises.
In the Moonless Empire, once one became a marquis, it would be hereditary. A marquis could at least ensure the family's prosperity for several hundred years. However, marquises were rare. Currently, the Moonless Empire only had eight marquises, so it could be seen how difficult it was to become a marquis.
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