In less than a day, Sikong Ming brought everyone to the imperial capital. As for the Heavenly Stellar Residence in the Moon Trace City, it was not abandoned. Instead, it was handed over to the old man rescued by Xiao Chen to look after.
At last, they had successfully gained a foothold in the Moonless Empire. Now that the Burning Sky Ruler was the retired emperor of the Moonless Empire, it could be said that everyone had begun to integrate into the Sky River Continent.
Time passed slowly. In these few days, Xiao Chen had also refined the two Illusionary Moon Fruits one after another.
Previously, he didn't have time. Now that he finally had some free time, Xiao Chen naturally wouldn't waste it. After refining two Illusionary Moon Fruits in a row, Xiao Chen's spiritual power storage had increased by more than 10% compared to before.
It was worthy of being called the most precious treasure of the Moonless Empire. It was no wonder that even a Saint rank family like Tianfeng Shengzong coveted the Illusionary Moon Fruit.
Although his cultivation had not broken through, his strength had increased. The only pity was that there were too few Illusionary Moon Fruits. They only bore fruit once every hundred years, and there were so many people sharing them. Last time, Chu Wuming gave Xiao Chen fifty Illusionary Moon Fruits. He had spent a lot of effort to obtain them, and he had accumulated them for a long time.
He thought that if he had enough Illusionary Moon Fruits, the spiritual power storage in his body would be close to that of a Dao Querying Realm martial artist. Of course, Xiao Chen didn't know that the more Illusionary Moon Fruits you refined, the less effective it would be. It was basically impossible to refine them endlessly.
Just as Xiao Chen finished refining the Illusionary Moon Fruits, on this day, the imperial family finally sent news that the Burning Sky Ruler's Bliss Ceremony was ready and would be held tomorrow.
It was finally ready. However, neither Xiao Chen nor the Burning Sky Ruler paid too much attention to the Bliss Ceremony. In everyone's opinion, the Bliss Ceremony was just a formality with no substantial benefits.
However, Xiao Chen and the others didn't care, but all the tyrants in the Imperial Capital were stunned by this news.
Previously, the imperial family did not reveal any information about the Burning Sky Ruler, so the various tyrants in the imperial capital naturally did not know about the existence of the Burning Sky Ruler. Now, the imperial family was going to hold the Heavenly Bestowal Ceremony for the third Retired Emperor. When this news came out, the entire imperial capital, or even the entire empire, was in an uproar.
All the clans were clearly aware of what the Retired Emperor of the Moonless Empire represented, and it was a Dao Emperor Realm expert. Now that the Imperial Family was going to hold a Heavenly Bestowment Ceremony, wouldn't it mean that another Dao Emperor Realm expert had been born in the Imperial Family?
All the aristocratic families were shaken, especially the aristocratic families in the imperial capital. Because they were the closest to the center of power, they were the first to receive news that others didn't know.
At this moment, in various parts of the imperial capital, the Four Great Prince Mansions and the Eight Great Marquis Mansions, these aristocratic families that were second only to the imperial family in the Moonless Empire gathered their elders to discuss the matter of the third Retired Emperor.
Feng, Chen, Chu, and Wei were the Four Great Prince Mansions, Xiong Ji, Shu Qu, Xiang Zhu, and Tong Liang were all secretly discussing the Bliss Ceremony.
Especially the Four Great Prince Mansions, their forces were much stronger than the Eight Great Marquis. Compared to the Four Great Prince Mansions, although the Eight Great Marquis also had super experts in the Dao Master Realm, they were much weaker in terms of quantity and quality.
The Feng Family, Chen Family, Chu Family, and Wei Family, not only did the Four Great Prince Mansions have more than one super expert in the Dao Master Realm, each family even had at least one super expert in the Dao Master Realm. Just this point alone made the power of the Four Great Prince Mansions far from what the Eight Great Marquis could compare with.
At this moment, in the main hall of the Feng Family's courtyard, more than ten core members of the Feng Family were sitting together. Sitting in the main seat was the current Patriarch of the Feng Family, Feng Dan, who was also the Gong Prince of the Empire. His position was second only to the current Emperor, Chu Mu, and could be said to be second only to the Emperor.
With a somewhat solemn expression, Feng Dan glanced at the people below and said in a deep voice.
"We've already investigated clearly. This Senior Fen Tian is indeed a Dao Emperor Realm expert, but he seems to have been found by the Third Prince."
Indeed, as expected of a Great Prince Mansions. In the Moonless Empire, as long as it was something they wanted to know, there was almost nothing they couldn't find out. It had only been a few hours, but the Gong Prince Mansions had already thoroughly investigated the matter of Sovereign Fen Tian.
When he heard Feng Dan, a middle aged man who looked slightly similar to Feng Dan exhorted for a short moment before he spoke slowly.
"Big Brother, if this person was brought here by the Third Prince, then the Imperial Capital will probably not be peaceful anymore. Perhaps our Gong Prince Mansions should make preparations as soon as possible."
The middle aged man who spoke was Feng Dan's second brother, and everyone present nodded lightly when they heard this.
Anyone could imagine that the Third Prince, Chu Wuming, had suddenly brought a Dao Emperor Realm expert into the Imperial Capital at this moment, and it was obvious what the Third Prince's objective was.
Originally, Chu Wuming who didn't have the support of a Dao Emperor Realm expert could practically be considered to have been eliminated from the competition. But now, the Third Prince had encountered some sort of luck to actually be able to rope in a Dao Emperor Realm expert. In this way, the Third Prince, Chu Wuming, would possess the qualifications to fight for the position of Crown Prince.
However, Chu Wuque and Chu Wushuang obviously wouldn't agree to this. In this way, the Imperial Capital would probably fall into chaos once more, and the various wealthy clans would probably have to choose a side once more.
It wasn't just the Gong Prince's Feng Clan that had realized that the Imperial Capital was about to fall into chaos once more, the other three Prince Clans, the Jin Prince's Chen Clan, the Wu Prince's Chu Clan, and the Yan Prince's Wei Clan had realized it as well.
Chu Wuming's rise was inevitable. In this way, he would definitely have to swiftly develop his own forces, whereas Chu Wuming's rise would definitely affect the interests of Chu Wuque and Chu Wushuang. So, the struggle between the three brothers was probably unavoidable.
Don't think that the position of Crown Prince was merely a competition between the three brothers of Chu Wuming. The forces that were involved practically covered the entire Moonless Empire.
After all, the position of Crown Prince was the future Emperor. At this moment, the competition between the three princes for the position of Crown Prince was simply a competition between the various wealthy clans of the Moonless Empire.
For the sake of obtaining even more benefits in the future, the various clans had successively chosen to stand on different sides and support different princes. Once they were able to support the prince they'd chosen to ascend to the position of Crown Prince, then these clans would obviously be able to obtain enormous benefits as well.
So, the competition for the position of Crown Prince wasn't just a competition between princes, and it was also a competition between the various factions of the Moonless Empire. Where there was competition, there would be benefits. When faced with such enormous benefits, which clan wouldn't be moved? Moreover, even if they weren't moved, as a wealthy clan of the Moonless Empire, how could they possibly stay out of it and not be affected by it?
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