Sitting atop his black warhorse, his dark blue eyes gazing into the distance, waves of smoke and fire rose into the air, accompanied by the screams of men.

In front of such horrible bloodshed, his armour remain clean aside from his black Guandao, it's blade coated in black yet gleaming dangerously, covered in blood.

Ruyi glanced to the back, their Tiger troops still in good condition lined neatly behind him, all patiently waiting, confident eyes watching from afar as the Long army clash with the North Dragon army.

"Move."

With a word, Tianhuo kicked his Warhorse into a gallop, Ruyi mounted his own horse, glancing once to the vice commander in a silent agreement before swiftly following after Tianhuo, a sly smirk appeared on his lips, his eyes darkening with slight excitement.

Finally Tianhuo is going to make his move. His revenge!

Their black shadows moved across the shrouded forest path, until they arrived near a inconspicuous area before dismounting.

Moving aside the fallen leaves and thick tree vines, Ruyi peered in-between the two large boulders, just enough to fit a human's body.

Tianhuo took the lead and slid through the gap, after a minute of squeezing through, they finally arrived to a much wider space, a long and tunnel went deeper into the darkness.

Although the light was limited, Tianhuo simply placed his hands on the side of the wall. Moving up and down, feeling the groves of the stone until finally he felt the groves marking on the wall.

Then he started walking forward quickly. Ruyi could only silently follow, their path was long and twisted, after walking for sometime, they came to another clearing this time the path splitting into 3 different directions.

But Tianhuo continue walking, his hands still feeling the walls and together they continued.

It was until a while later that they finally arrived at a dead end.

Ruyi frowned,

'don't tell me at this moment, master had made a mistake?'

Before Ruyi could even start teasing , Tianhuo started feeling along the edges of the wall in front of them.

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The switch triggered a loud rumbling sound and a moment later, the dead end in front of them opened up.

They climbed up into a old wooden she'd filled with dust and various unused collaterals.

Quickly exiting, they picked up their pace, moving atop the roof tops swiftly, avoiding the patroling guards until they arrived at the palace gates.

The guards who saw them quickly allowed Tianhuo to enter with no resistance. They had not recieved the order to capture Tianhuo and still thought that Tianhuo was on their side.

Once they arrived nearer to the grand hall, they could already hear the commotion inside.

TianHuo's atmosphere dropped several degrees. His eyes frosted over with killing intent.

Kicking the doors open, he entered grandly with his Guandao in hand.

Everyone turned their attention away from the fighting figures and froze when they saw Tianhuo.

The two women in combat had noticed his arrival but continued to clash anyways, their blades just inches apart from tearing each other open.

Clothes and inches of hairs had been sliced apart by their vicious onslaught.

RuoFeng had been watching with a sneer. Intending to let them fight and once they are tired, he can have them both.

Sick as they are the Emperor only had revenge in his mind. While the prince only had lust on his mind.

Both were suppose to give their all for their people but in truth, neither cared for the people who are sacrificing their lives at the gates of the capital.

But seeing that Tianhuo had appeared, RuoFeng turned his attention to Tianhuo and growled in his deep voice,

"Traitor you dare to show your face here?! A death wish!"

Ignoring the barking of a certain dog, Tianhuo simply watch Long Lishi and Feiyun clashing, internally wishing for her safety.

After a moment, his grip on his Guandao tightened and the temperature around him dropped, his eyes covered in frost as he took each step forward.

The people at the side felt the pressure and even the guards at the side couldn't help but tremble in place, hesitating to move forward to stop him.

The royal guards around the Emperor and Empress moved forward to form a wall, He Lianfang also appeared and stood by the side in a defensive position, protecting the Emperor and Empress as Tianhuo walked closer towards them.

"Dead or alive, I want that traitorous bastard on his knees in front of me! Whoever brings him to me will be rewarded heavily!"

At that moment the hidden palace guards appeared from the shadows and surrounded Tianhuo.

Tianhuo narrowed his eyes and Ruyi drew his blade.

The pressure emitted from Tianhuo alone sent chills down their spines.

But orders were orders and with the hefty reward the Emperor was willing to give, they instantly shot forward.

People screamed in fear and huddled closer together to avoid getting caught in the fight.

But before the palace guards could reach Tianhuo, from the side, the dancers who had been dancing previously shot forward each with weapons in their hands as they stood in defense around him and each matched evenly with the Palace guards.

The sight confirmed TianHuo's coup d'état.

Some of the people in the Grandhall trembled, their lives were definitely not theirs anymore. They were regretting ever setting foot in the banquet hall.

While those who were in support of Tianhuo ascending the throne celebrated, they could see that the crown prince was incompetent and had secretly supported and wish that Tianhuo would inherit the throne instead.

Sensing the danger, RuoFeng bursted in anger and gashed his teeth, shooting forward.

Although he was not as well known as Tianhuo in fighting prowress, he did not lack strength at all and even though he did not show it openly, he could still easily get pass the various shadow guards protecting Tianhuo.

"With so little people you intend to take the kingdom?! Brother you are truly naïve."

Tianhuo didn't allow Ruyi to fight RuoFeng and shot forward before anyone could react. This was his revenge and it starts now.

With his Guandao in hand, he clashed against RuoFeng's sword and a loud sound was released followed by a wave of power exploding outwards.

That itself showed how much strength the two Princes were fighting with.

Seeing that Tianhuo was no longer caring about them, the guards glanced at Ruyi who was left behind and then gave looks to each other and them charged towards him.

Left with no choice, Ruyi finally drew his swords and fought against them as well.

Seeing the amount of guards charging towards him, Ruyi frowned, did they think that with numbers they could take him on?

On the other hand, Feiyun glanced to the side and saw that Tianhuo and Ruyi had started fighting as well, she only felt more thrilled and riled up, the bloodlust in her eyes were like two shining pearls in the dark.

Her strength increased, meeting Long Lishi with even more power and agility.

Long Lishi was pushed back and and felt a creep chill up her spine.

'Why is this slut so strong?!'

Everyone could clearly see the strength of Feiyun and shivered in fear.

So ruthless, yet standing there in her icy and bloodthirsty appearance, they felt that her violence was breathtakingly beautiful.

Just then, a figure flew over from the other end of the hall and smashed heavily against one of the golden marbled pillar.

Feiyun glanced at the figure that collapsed just a few meters away from her.

Blood spurt out from his mouth as RuoFeng crumbled to the ground. The impact had cause the hard marble to crack, the people could only wonder how heavy the hit was that even the marble couldn't withstand it.

If RuoFeng was a normal human who had no cultivation, he would have turned into unrecognisable minced meat.

The Empress clenched her fist and cried out for her son but seeing Tianhuo approaching, she quickly felt shivered, vhocking on the pressure as she called for the guards to protect her and help the emperor to retreat.

But before she could even say a word, she realised that the Emperor had been silent for a long time then she only realise that the guard by his side, the palace protector who was suppose to be on their side had his sword to the Emperor's neck.

None of the other guards could make a sound or move at the unexpected betrayal of the strongest Protector in the palace.

Seeing that the Emperor had been captured, Long Lishi rejoiced. Up until now, she still foolishly believed Tianhuo had chosen her over Feiyun.

"Your Emperor is captured, give up. He must be here to save me. Don't get too jealous."

Feiyun simply smirk, this battle should end quicky so she can return to his side.

Without any delay, Feiyun reached into her sleeve and drew the same poison daggers Long LiShi had used to poison Tianhuo.

With a strong flick, the daggers flew toward Long Lishi.

She flipped backwards, easily dodging the first two but the third dagger narrowly passed through, slicing a thin line on her cheek.

"Returning a favour."

Long Lishi use a hand to support her self. The hatred she felt for feiyun rose within.

How could that slut still be so composed when she herself was out of breath and already nearing her limits.

'Was the woman always this strong?'

In that moment of distraction, Long Lishi finally felt the effects of the poison.

Her face burned and felt like her skin was peeling. Like a million thousand tiny cuts were being made on her face.

Clenching her face she collapsed on the ground and scream horribly in pain. She had never felt such a strong poison before.

Unrelenting and tormenting poison made Long LiShi claw at her skin as she rolled around madly before she finally passed out.

The people around sucked in deeply, in a matter of a few seconds, the proud warrior had been turned into a crumbling mess, screaming in pain. Just how powerful was the poison Feiyun used?!

Although the fight with Long LiShi had ended, Feiyun was also slightly exhausted. Long Lishi's title of Warrior princess was not fake afterall.

Covered in blood and disheveled from the fight, Feiyun finally relaxed slightly flinging the blood off her blades.

More guards started to surround her and hesitantly started their attack, all in hopes to stop her from reaching Tianhuo.

Back at TianHuo's end, silence shrouded the hall, and Emperor JunZhan finally understood.

His fist clenched tightly until blood had stained the armrest.

He had fallen into their play. All along it was not the Long Princess but Feiyun!

She had purposely put on an act and left trails of evidences and even those expression she showed previously during the morning assembly, they were all part of her scheme.

He was made to believe that Feiyun had fallen out with Tianhuo, drawing the attention away from herself and even making him move his palace guards and troops outside the gates so that the palace would have lesser guards and even if they could, they wouldn't be able to reach on time.

"What is the meaning of this?! Do you know that I am the only one that can save you and your sister?!"

He Lianfang sneered.

He said nothing and stood quietly but the blood boiling with rage could be seen from his trembling hand holding onto the sword.

"Xing JunZhan. You are not fit to be Emperor."

Finally saying a piece, Tianhuo appeared in front of him.

"How dare you call me by my name! You unfilial son! Even a tiger would not harm his own cub."

Emperor JunZhan spat out and continued,

"Aren't you ashamed to resort to such embarrassing acts just to inherit the throne?!"

Tianhuo simply smirked.

"Son? You are not my father."

Reaching into his sleeves, Tianhuo grasped onto the pouch his mother had left for him.

"Did you really think that my royal mother was pregnant with your child? My father is the real crown prince, the true and rightful emperor of Xing, Xing TianZheng!"

Slamming his Guandao into the solid ground, a loud burst of pressure emitted.

Tianhuo was boiling with rage as he remembered the story Lin Sakura had shared, his eyes narrowing in hatred.

"Impossible! You are my blood and son!"

Emperor JunZhan laughed with anger, he had not heard that name of the dispicable bastard TianZheng in a long time.

"HAHAHAH! Whether you like it or not, believe or not, you are MY son with my blood, you can't deny it no matter how much you hate it!"

Tianhuo simply chuckled coldly. His eyes frosted over in anger and bitterness.

"Did you know, that before my royal mother passed, what her dying words to me were?"

Tianhuo clenched his fist in rage as he recited the words his mother always reminded him to remember.

The shock that appeared on the Emperor's face was priceless. The surrounding crowd also heard the conversation between the two and only manage to stared wideyed in surprise.

However just as Tianhuo finished his words, he suddenly heard a voice erupted.

"Princess!"

"Master!"

one of the guards had decided to throw a pouch of nerve numbing dust in the air and in that moment of urgency, Feiyun staggered, slightly dizzy as her movements were restricted.

Ruyi and the shadow guards saw that Feiyun had crouched over and steadied herself with a hand.

They wanted to go over to help her but their hands were still tied down by the guards who keep coming at them.

In that moment of urgency, a sword sliced through the air and flew towards her, the sound of flesh being pieced resounded.

A burst of blood spurt from Feiyun's mouth, frowning she struggled to steady herself but could only feel the immense pain from her abdomen as she slowly loss vision and collapsed.

"Brother, your mistake was not killing me."

Silence filled the hall. Tianhuo's eyes was wide open in shock as he saw the entire thing happen right before his own eyes.

The long sword that was pierced through his beloved.

Words couldn't escape his lips but his eyes loss all signs of sanity.

Griping his Guandao in one hand, he shot towards RuoFeng. The wind in the grand hall seem to surge and only the sound of men screaming and dying could be heard.

The people watching from the side froze in fear, everyone was helpless as they watch the bloody massacre.

Guards that tried to stop Tianhuo from reaching the crown prince fell like lifeless dolls, cleanly cleaved in half by Tianhuo's blade.

Each strike was decisive and full of power, nothing managed to stand in his way.

Ruyi widened his eyes anxiously as he continued to fend of the guards around him. He frowned in helplessness, Tianhuo's rampage, even he couldn't stop.

Tianhuo had cleared a bloody path towards RuoFeng who was still struggling to stand up.

The Empress's eyes were filled with worry and tears as she repeatedly called to her son.

With blood dripping from his mouth, RuoFeng crackled at Tianhuo's madness, watching as the guards fell one by one in an effort to protect him.

Seeing that Tianhuo had reached in front of her son, the Empresses paled but in a moment of madness, screamed at Tianhuo.

"Stay away from my son, you monster!"

But her words fell on deaf ears, the lifeless eyes of Tianhuo stared icyly at her, and then glanced towards He LianFang.

"I was told to keep only the Emperor alive."

In a quick and decisive moment, the Empress who was beside the Emperor was cleanly sliced in half.

Her head falling to the ground as warm blood slashed all over the throne.

Seeing his mother collapse before him, RuoFeng fell deeper into madness, he screamed at Tianhuo a face full of madness and glee,

"I regret nothing, If I am to die, then -"

Before he could finish his words, the sound of blade cutting into the air resounded, followed by the bloodcurdling sound of bones breaking and in everyone's horror filled eyes, only the lifeless body of Ruofeng fell to the ground, his head flew into the air a few meters back, before tumbling lifelessly on the ground, eyes wide with a mad and eerie grin still spread widely across.

The red blood spurt all over Tianhuo who stood before RuoFeng's lifeless body. The anger in his eyes could not be quelled.

The court full of people couldn't only shiver in horror at the bloody sight. Covered in blood, Tianhuo was filled with anger. The image would forever haunt their dreams, no one would forget this blood filled banquet.

The guards seeing that they stood no chance merely laid down thier weapons. They were not willing to continue this hopeless situation.

Seeing that none of them had any spirit left to fight, Tianhuo silently made his way to where Feiyun's lifeless body laid, he picked her up gently and carried her out the court.

RuoFeng finally freed from their onslaught, glanced towards He LianFang who nodded in understanding.

Blood washed the gates and many had fallen, today the monarch of Xing had experience a change in power.

Today, history was made a new.

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