As Wu Luiyin entered into the Palace Hall, all the eyes of the noble stared at him. The eyes of the noble ladies stayed longer than they should've for an unmarried lady. He took a glance at the generals sitting at the table lower to the right of the seat for the Emperor.

General Li, General Shu, General Hai, and General Mu were all gathered by their families. The Generals felt the eyes of the Crown Princ land on them, and for a second, shuddered. Although their cultivation was at Silver level 5, it was nowhere close to the Crown Prince.

Wu Luiyin had noticed them shuddering and smirked. Such weaklings. Even when Jin was with him, he still hadn't shuddered at the sight of him. It could be the fact that he didn't cultivate, but he was still quite happy for that. What was he doing, thinking about him right now?

He sat at the table closest to the Emperor and waited for his Mother and Father to arrive. He didn't care if Ru Lian didn't come. Right now, he was quite glad that she wasn't there.

"The Emperor and Empress!"

Everyone bowed as soon as they heard that voice. The Emperor and Empress had finally arrived.

"Long live the Emperor and the Empress!" Everyone in the room yelled as they bowed.

"You may all stand." The Emperor said in a soothing voice.

The Emperor looked extremely young for his age. He, like the Empress, had wisdom in his eyes. With pride, he led his nation to become what it was today. His power may be lacking compared to Wu Luiyin, but Wu Luiyin was a genius.

With his cultivation at Silver level 9, he was the second most powerful in the nation with the empress leading behind at Silver level 7.

The Emperor was a wise one for his age. At 14 years old, he took over the throne, and at 17, he defeated the number one nation, taking over the new seat as the most powerful nation. Now he was already 45 years old and didn't look a day over 22.

The Emperor had only married one person in his life, the Empress. They had a son and one daughter. Their daughter was 22 and had married the Crown Prince of Xuwei. They had a two year old son, and she later became Empress.

He led his Empress towards their seat, located at the highest spot. When he saw his son, he smiled start towards Wu Luiyin.

"Your Majesty, there has been sightings of movements near the border of Xianghou and Fuyin." The Right Prime Minister spoke. He knew that it wasn't the time to say this, but the matter has become bigger now.

The Emperor looked up from his cup of wine.

"General Li, send soldiers near the border and watch carefully. Report everything that happens to me." The Emperor said, as he took another drink of wine.

"Yes, Your Majesty." General Li said, as he bowed before getting up.

"Your Majesty, they were said to have the help of members of the Shadow Sect." The Right Prime Minister said, softly.

Everyone in the room turned still at the sound of that name.

Shadow Sect. The most powerful sect in the 5 nations. It consisted of 8 disciples and 8 elders. In all, they had only 16 people in the sect, yet their power was tremendous.

Everyone in the sect had cultivations in the Gold. They were supreme figures that held the power to take over the 5 nations with one swipe of their hand. It was said that the youngest son of the sect leader's cultivation was in the Black. He was the pillar and the strongest person in the 5 nations.

If being in the Silver was considered 1 out of 100,000 and Gold was considered 1 out of 1,000,000, then being in the Black was considered 1 out of 5,000,000. Being in the Black meant many different things.

You had extra powers such as more than one sense being maximize, you had the power to wave one finger and you would get whatever it is you wanted. Whatever you wanted, with that level of power, you hold easily sweep across the nation's.

Shadow Sect was considered a dark sect. They did whatever it was they wanted without fearing for their life. They had no real name for their sect. They were called the Shadow Sect because they were able to fully disappear from one's eyes. Living up to their name, nobody knew where they traveled to. They were gone before you could even blink.

All the nations feared of being taken over by the Shadow Sect, but because they had made no moves so far, they would be able to rest for that moment. The Shadow Sect had never lend a hand to any nations no matter what they could offer. Instead they stuck to the words of the youngest son of the sect leader.

The Emperor thought deeply for a moment. The members of the Shadow Sect had never lend a helping hand to anyone. He could immediately tell that something was wrong. He had to applaud the Emperor of Fuyin for his courage of using the Shadow Sect's name like that. Using that name for a matter like this, even he wouldn't dare to do it.

"They won't be able to fight back either way. Let them have their way, but if they dare to kill anybody in my nation, then capture them and behead them." The Emperor said, as he worriedly looked up towards his wife.

The Empress showed a smile that wasn't a smile. Fuyin had long declared their dislike for Xianghou, but to go so far as to use Shadow Sect's name as if it were nothing? She could already imagined what would happen to Fuyin if Shadow Sect found out.

Although Shadow Sect was considered to be a dark sect, they never let anyone who tainted their name, by using it like this, live. The Empress could only show a smile towards her husband.

Wu Luiyin clenched his fist hearing the name of Shadow Sect. No matter how powerful his sect was, they couldn't bear to left one finger towards those monsters. They were far too powerful.

Far away, Jin laid on his back staring mindlessly at the ceiling. For no reason, he couldn't fall asleep no matter how much he tried.

Wu Luiyin, how are you?