Emperor De fell sick.

The Forbidden City of the Yuhua God Dynasty was placed on lockdown.

But despite the lockdown, the vast Forbidden City remained brightly lit throughout the night.

Contrary to the dazzling lights, however, the people inside kept walking in and out—their faces filled with dread.

The servants and maids were so nervous that they didn't dare to speak.

After completing their duties, they stood aside and trembled.

They looked at the imperial physicians, divine physicians, Daoist masters, and eminent monks who were coming and going into the Forbidden City.

Each one of these servants couldn't help but gulp a mouthful of their own saliva.

No one expected that Emperor De would suddenly fall sick.

After all, he was in his prime and was at the Human God Realm.

In addition, he had the best physicians under his banner.

This was simply unexpected.

Emperor De should've been healthy.

Multiple physicians would check his body every day after all.

Emperor De himself knew the importance of his body.

His body didn't belong to him.

It belonged to the Yuhua God Dynasty.

Emperor De wouldn't let any accident happen to himself.

But now, an accident—something that he feared the most—happened.

The court officials were shocked!

A group of court officials squeezed in.

Myriads of physicians were summoned to discuss possible solutions to Emperor De's illness.

After Emperor De fell sick, the Yuhua God Dynasty remained relatively stable.

But this was all thanks to Princess Yulin's actions, she stabilized the situation and calmly issued subsequent orders.

The Empress Dowager, the Empress, and the court officials all supported Princess Yulin. They wanted her to be Emperor De's temporary substitute in handling state affairs.

She took it upon herself to stabilize the chaotic situation.

Then, she sealed the news and gave a gag order.

Anyone who dared to leak the news would be killed without mercy.

On that night, dozens of scouts died in the Forbidden City.

But the subsequent days afterward, people still died—albeit quietly every day.

The Dark Net constructed by Emperor De displayed its might and found every spy or scout from enemy camps.

It effectively prevented the news from spreading out of the Forbidden City.

Therefore, the people of the Yuhua God Dynasty remained unaware that their Emperor De was currently conscious due to an illness.

They continued on with their daily lives—in ignorance and bliss.

Forbidden City, Great Council Hall.

Princess Yulin wore a brave look.

She asked solemnly, "Why exactly did Emperor De fall into a coma?"

In front of her was a group of famous medical experts, they were the best physicians that the current era could offer.

But all of them frowned and buried their heads in their thoughts upon hearing Princess Yulin's words.

Except for one…

One physician stood up.

Princess Yulin and the court officials immediately looked at him.

"Sai Huatuo, what exactly happened to Emperor De?"

The elderly Cabinet Chief asked solemnly as he supported himself with a walking stick.

If it weren't for the recovery of the world's spiritual energy, he would have long resigned from his post and retired. In reality, he wanted to retire but Emperor De didn't allow him to do so.

The latter reasoned that having an old minister in the court was the Yuhua God Dynasty's blessing.

It was only because of Emperor De's words that he didn't insist on resigning.

Upon hearing that something happened to Emperor De, he immediately cooperated with Princess Yulin to stabilize the state affairs and placate the court officials.

Everyone was looking at Sai Huatuo.

He was the number one physician in the imperial court of the Yuhua God Dynasty.

He was also a cultivator on the ancient path of medicine.

"Princess…"

"Cabinet Chief…"

"Emperor De's state isn't because he was poisoned or sick. I've also discussed this with my fellow colleagues for a long time. There's a huge chance that—" Sai Huatuo spoke word by word, weighing each word carefully, afraid that he would say something wrong.

After all, this matter was simply too great for him to speak without much thought.

It involved Emperor De, the Yuhua God Dynasty's stability, and the safety of its citizens.

Thus, Sai Huatuo didn't dare to speak carelessly.

"What chance?"

The murderous aura on Princess Yulin's face turned heavy, making her look like a god of slaughter as she looked very ferocious.

But in the blink of an eye, she suppressed her emotions with all her might.

"It's because of a parasite!" Sai Huatuo replied solemnly.

"A parasite? What do you mean?" Princess Yulin asked.

"In the previous era, the Central Plains frequently changed dynasties. But the dynasties outside of the Central Plains and on its borders lasted for a long time. The longest dynasty that I know was the Ancient Dian Dynasty!" Sai Huatuo explained.

"Ancient Dian Dynasty?" Princess Yulin frowned.

She didn't recognize such a dynasty.

The other court officials also shook their heads.

"The Ancient Dian Dynasty is King Xian's dynasty…" The son of the Millennium Sword God from the old era suddenly came out of the shadows and spoke up. "It is often said that King Xian was an immortal that had always ruled over the Ancient Dian Dynasty. My father once had the chance to go to the Ancient Dian Dynasty before back then."

"The women there are different from the Central Plains and are very strange in their mannerisms and general etiquette…"

"In addition, they are masters of handling parasites."

Using the resources of the Yuhua God Dynasty, the son of the Millennium Sword God from the old era had already recovered from his injuries. Fortunately, he wasn't an ingrate.

Thus, to express his gratitude to Princess Yulin…

He decided to become her subordinate.

Princess Yulin displayed great trust in this swordsman who had once defeated her.

On the off chance that he might have an idea as to what was happening to Emperor De, she brought him here for the meeting.

"You're saying that my brother was secretly harmed by this Ancient Dian Dynasty?"

Princess Yulin asked with a cold look.

The swordsman didn't speak.

He looked at Sai Huatuo.

"It's not that simple…"

"For them to be able to do this to Emperor De, they must've come into contact with him. Considering that, I can't imagine how powerful that person from the Ancient Dian Dynasty who managed to escape detection from so many experts of the Yuhua God Dynasty…"

Sai Huatuo shook his head. "The more days Emperor De spent in a coma, the more dangerous it would be for him. We must start our investigation as soon as possible."

"You're right, let's investigate!"

"Investigate this matter thoroughly!"

"Investigate the entire Forbidden City, the entire imperial capital, left no stone unturned!"

"We must find the person who secretly harmed Emperor De. There aren't many people who could've come into contact with Emperor De before he fell into a coma. We can narrow the list of suspects down. Don't let any of them escape!"

Princess Yulin announced coldly.

She unabashedly exposed a portion of the Dark Net before the court officials.

But this was also her form of deterrence against the dynasty's enemies.

"Yes!"

In the blink of an eye, many people dispersed like ghosts in all directions.

They disappeared as if they had never appeared before.

Emperor De had already handed over his control over the Dark Net to Princess Yulin. Thus, she was able to seamlessly command them to do her bidding.

"Yes, we should investigate this matter in detail!"

"But for the time being, everyone should just stay in the Forbidden City."

"Let us tell a white lie to the outside world and tell them that we will be taking a break to talk about the liberal arts examination papers of this batch of graduates from the many martial temples." The Cabinet Chief solemnly gave his proposal.

As soon as he spoke, no one dared to oppose him.

Every court official of the Yuhua God Dynasty respected this old man very much.

Princess Yulin spoke to Sai Huatuo. "I will have to trouble this divine physician to take care of Emperor De day and night."

"It's simply our duty to take care of patients, Princess…"

"Emperor De is an excellent emperor. We will do our best." Sai Huatuo agreed.

The others agreed too.

Just as they were about to return to the chamber where Emperor De was recuperating, a Buddhist light filled the air and a monk walked out from it.

He walked straight into Emperor De's palace.

He didn't hide his presence at all!

In an instant, the imperial guards, bodyguards, and many powerhouses stirred into action.

"Wait! He's one of us—" Princess Yulin recognized the monk and shouted, stopping them.

The person who came was none other than Monk Fusan.

The one who previously stopped Daoist Priest Daoyi in his tracks.

He rushed over in a hurry, not even bothering to hide his presence.

"It's over! It's over! I promised Senior that I would protect the emperor of the Yuhua God Dynasty. Why did he suddenly fall into a coma? Isn't he too unlucky?"

Monk Fusan complained in his heart.

What's worse was that it took him quite a while to learn about Emperor De's collapse. After all, he was an injured monk who was still trying to recover from his injuries. Hence, he didn't even try to hide his presence as he directly paid Emperor De a visit while panicking.

He directly barged into the Forbidden City and arrived at Emperor De's palace.

And amidst the alarmed shouts of the Empress Dowager and the Empress, he grabbed Emperor De's wrist.

Just as he grabbed Emperor De's wrist, a black aura directly rushed out and transformed into a terrifying image that resembled an emperor.

"A monk from the mortal realm dares to offend the might of King Xian?!"

An angry roar reverberated throughout the surroundings.