Zhao Liang's grandfather was the eldest son of the Lie Emperor, and Zhao Liang's grandfather was the sixth son of the Lie Emperor.
After Zhao Liang married into the Wang Family, Wang Daoyuan also asked him how the Zhao Royal Family was defeated by the Three Major Sects when they were so powerful.
The power left behind by the eldest son of the Lie Emperor was completely gone, and no one would support Zhao Liang anymore. Instead, there would be people who wanted to kill him or use him as a cover.
Zhao Liang naturally didn't want to get involved in the affairs of the Zhao Royal Family. He just wanted to be an ordinary member of the Wang Family.
Therefore, he didn't take the Zhao Royal Family's secret seriously. When Wang Daoyuan asked, he told him everything that happened in the past.
Back then, there was a Beast Tide in the Sky Slash Mountain Range. More than 90% of the Zhao Royal Family's experts were sent to the Sky Slash Mountain Range to defend against the Beast Tide.
Although the Beast Tide was defeated, the Zhao Royal Family's experts suffered great losses.
More than 60% of the Golden Core Cultivators and 70% of the Violet Palace Cultivators were lost.
More than half of the Golden Core and Violet Palace Cultivators of the other affiliated families were also killed.
The Three Great Sects took this opportunity to collude with some ambitious nobles and attacked the capital of the Zhao Royal Family.
There were too few people left behind to guard the Zhao Family. The three sects, with the help of spies, successfully took over the capital of the Zhao Country, destroyed the Zhao Family's nest, and killed all the masters of the Zhao Family who stayed behind.
Even the Lie Emperor died in battle, and only a few Violet Palace Cultivators managed to escape.
Although the Zhao Royal Family lost a lot of experts, the remaining members and affiliated families were still more powerful than the Three Great Sects.
As long as the Zhao Royal Family's experts and affiliated families were united, they could destroy the Three Great Sects.
But the problem was who would become the Emperor of the Zhao Royal Family?
The Lie Emperor had many sons, and three of them had the ability to compete for the throne.
They were the First Prince, the Sixth Prince, and the Ninth Prince.
The First Prince was meticulous, well-versed in politics, and had a broad mind. He had great foresight and a good reputation.
Plus, he was the eldest son, making him the best candidate for the throne.
But the First Prince also had two major flaws. One was that his mother didn't have a good background, and the other was that his cultivation talent wasn't good.
Although the First Prince's mother was the Lie Emperor's Empress, she was a Rogue Cultivator and didn't have any family's power.
The First Prince's cultivation talent was actually considered to be above average. For an ordinary faction, it would not be a problem for him to become the successor.
However, how could the Zhao Royal Family be an ordinary power? Just superior talent was not enough to convince everyone.
Most importantly, the First Prince did not have a Water Spiritual Root.
The Zhao Clan's direct descendant inheritance was a water attribute cultivation technique, and their trump card was the Blooming Water Divine Thunder.
The First Prince was unable to cultivate his family's lineage, and most of the people in the royal family did not support him.
The Sixth Prince, on the other hand, happened to have an extremely high water attribute Spiritual Root. It was said that it was very close to the Celestial Spiritual Root.
Cultivating the Zhao Clan's direct descendant inheritance, his cultivation improved very quickly, and his attainments in the Blooming Water Divine Thunder were also very high.
Most of the experts of the Zhao royal family supported the sixth prince.
However, the Sixth Prince was sinister, vicious, and short-sighted. Most of the forces outside the royal family looked down on him.
The Ninth Prince was a low-key person. He did not reveal anything, but he was very capable and experienced in doing things.
His main Spiritual Root was also a Water Spiritual Root. Although his talent was not as good as the Sixth Prince's, he was better than the Eldest Prince's.
Most importantly, the Ninth Prince's mother's family was the Heyang Shi Clan, the founding family of the country. They were extremely powerful.
Back then, the Zhao Clan's forces were divided into three major factions.
The First Prince received the support of most of the small and medium forces, as well as a small portion of the royal family forces.
Although the Wang Clan did not choose a side, they had the best relationship with the First Prince.
The Sixth Prince received the support of most of the royal family forces, as well as the support of a small number of opportunistic forces.
For example, the Guiyuan Sword Sect's territory was not far from the Wang Clan's. They were suppressed by the Wang Clan, so they supported the Sixth Prince and wanted to become an official of the Emperor, using this opportunity to suppress the Wang Clan.
The Ninth Prince relied on his mother's connections to receive the support of most of the high-ranking nobles.
Emperor Zhao Lie had died in battle. If the three major factions worked together, defeating the three major sects would not be a problem.
However, the three major factions all wanted to push the princes they supported onto the throne, so they did not cooperate with each other.
Fortunately, the three princes were not completely stupid. They did not rashly proclaim themselves as Emperors, thus avoiding internal conflict.
The three major factions each occupied a region. The three major sects would not be idle.
They gathered their forces and dealt with the First Prince's faction first.
Although the First Prince did not receive the support of the main family and the high-ranking nobles, he had the highest reputation and the support of many small and medium forces.
His supporters gathered all their forces and were the strongest of the three major factions.
Furthermore, the First Prince publicly promised that after destroying the three major sects to avenge his father, he would immediately give the throne to his two younger brothers, who had contributed the most.
The insightful people among the supporters of the other two princes also started to persuade the other two factions to support the First Prince.
More and more people in the royal family supported the First Prince.
If this continued, the three princes' forces might reach an agreement. At that time, the three major sects would be finished.
In order to eliminate this greatest threat, the three major sects gathered their forces and attacked the First Prince first.
At this time, the weakness of the First Prince's faction was revealed. His supporters were too scattered and he lacked top-notch experts.
The Sixth Prince's faction was the closest, but they could only watch from the sidelines.
The First Prince's forces were too weak and were quickly defeated.
Many experts heard the news and went to help. Even the Wang Clan's ancestor went to rescue him. He killed the Golden Core Elder of the Cruel Sun Palace who came to stop him.
But the rescue was not in time and the First Prince died in battle.
After the First Prince's death, some of his forces turned to the other two princes and some continued to follow the First Prince's son.
But even more forces were disappointed in the Zhao Clan and directly surrendered to the three major sects.
After this battle, the Zhao Clan's forces no longer had much of an advantage over the three major sects.
Without the First Prince, the Sixth Prince and the Ninth Prince did not have enough prestige. No one could convince everyone and the State of Zhao lost its last chance to quell the rebellion of the three major sects.
In the end, the First Prince's forces were scattered and only his grandson, Zhao Liang, was left.
The Sixth Prince was the second to be attacked. But the Sixth Prince was too useless and only wanted to protect himself.
He had the support of Lord Waterfront and finally retreated to the Waterfront State with his loyal subordinates.
During the retreat, the late-stage Golden Core Grand Elder of the Cruel Sun Palace chased after him with a dozen Golden Core cultivators.
The Wang Clan's ancestor, Wang Chengzu, and a few Golden Core cultivators went to protect the Sixth Prince.
With his mid-stage Golden Core cultivation, Wang Chengzu used the Ten Thousand Dragons Seaturner to kill the Grand Elder of the Cruel Sun Palace.
The Golden Core cultivators of the three major sects were scared out of their wits and no one dared to fight with him. That was why the Sixth Prince was able to escape.
After the Sixth Prince fled to the Waterfront State, the remaining forces of the Zhao Clan followed the Ninth Prince.
The Ninth Prince also displayed his outstanding ability and commanded the remaining forces to fight the three major sects.
After the First Prince's death, the Zhao Clan's strength was no longer great.
After the Sixth Prince was defeated, he took another group of experts with him.
At this time, the Ninth Prince's forces were far inferior to the combined forces of the three major sects.
Even so, the Ninth Prince still managed to gather a powerful force.
After fighting with the three major sects for more than twenty years, he killed several Golden Core cultivators, dozens of Violet Palace Realm cultivators and hundreds of Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators and dealt a heavy blow to the three major sects.
Until now, the three major sects had not been able to restore their high-end combat power to the level they had before the war.
The forces that supported the Ninth Prince were also wiped out and even the Wang Clan's ancestor died in battle.
The remaining few escaped to various dangerous places and hid. The Green Willow State was one of the gathering places of the Ninth Prince's remaining forces.
However, there was no news of the Ninth Prince's death. He was very likely still alive.
The worst was the First Prince's bloodline, Zhao Liang.
The Ninth Prince's bloodline could not be completely wiped out.
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