Lingchen Star Realm—within a secret room, Lin Xiao Kui's soul fragment appears, and immediately merges with her main body.
Following this fusion—
"…!"
A tremor courses through Lin Xiao Kui's body, causing her to snap her eyes open, and—
"Pfff!"
Spewing out a mouthful of blood, Lin Xiao Kui clutches her chest in pain.
"That bastard…!"
Drawing in a deep breath of air, Lin Xiao Kui quickly takes out a jade slip, and contacts her father, the Lingchen Emperor.
[…Something wrong?]
Not having expected Lin Xiao Kui to contact him so soon, bewilderment is evident in the Lingchen Emperor's voice, which came from the jade slip.
"Father, that blind man—he killed my clone!"
[Ah?]
"That bastard's been hiding his cultivation base this entire time! I don't know what realm of cultivation he's in, but he said that he'll be visiting our star region soon."
Receiving a bit more detail from Lin Xiao Kui, the Lingchen Emperor eventually raises a cold snort, and says—
[Quite some galls this bastard possesses. Regardless of whether or not he's capable of making a visit, the fact that he killed your clone—it's more than enough reason for us to wage war on the Hong Xiao Star Realm. I'll begin gathering all my officials right now. Focus on healing your wounds.]
"Un."
Gritting her teeth, Lin Xiao Kui puts the jade slip aside, and begins to mend the injuries on her soul.
...…
Hong Xiao Star Realm, the fifth prince's residence—
"Your highness, try this grape. Ah."
"Your highness, shall I give you a massage?"
The prince himself is currently being tended to by two women of exceptional beauty.
"Hahaha."
Laughing aloud, the fifth prince leans his head towards the woman, who is feeding him, while the other woman remarks—
"Your highness, I hope you won't forget about us after taking Princess Xiao Kui in."
Towards this remark, the fifth prince replies—
"Don't worry. I'll definitely take you two in as my concubine."
"I'm…- …?"
Just as the woman is about to say something, she pauses, and blinks her eyes.
"…"
Appearing out of thin air, and standing behind the fifth prince is a black-haired young man, who is dressed in a set of white robes, along with a white eye band.
Floating around the individual are human heads—which, judging by how blood is still dripping from the necks, it's clear that these heads have only just been severed recently.
"…"
As the scent of iron invades her nose, the woman's complexion turns deathly pale.
"Hm? What's wrong, weren't you about to say something?"
Before the woman can reply to the fifth prince, Bujian Yue remarks—
"Old fifth, I'll be borrowing your head."
"Hm?"
Even before the fifth prince could turn around, Bujian Yue had already swung his blood sword, and had cleanly severed the former's head off—throwing blood into the air.
"Ah…?"
"Your highness…?"
Drenched in the fifth prince's blood, the two women screamed hysterically.
"…"
Paying no heed to their screams, Bujian Yue rotates the Sacrificial Blood Refines Myriad Souls technique—drawing the masses of blood into the blood sword that is in his grip.
"…"
Glancing at the fifth prince's head, Bujian Yue has it float beside him, and without saying anything more, he vanishes from the fifth prince's residence.
...…
Residence of the 114th concubine, who is currently being tended to by a few palace maids—
"Ah, I just remembered that that blind son of mine will be getting married soon. I should make preparations to visit the Lingchen Star Realm."
Just as the 114th concubine is about to gesture at one of the palace maids near her, to give out an order—
"No need."
"Hm?"
Similarly to the fifth prince, Bujian Yue appears within the residence, and proceeds to sever the 114th concubine's head before she can react.
"…The 46th prince?"
"Ah…?"
Ignoring the wide-eyed palace maids, Bujian Yue leaves the residence with the 114th concubine's head.
In this manner, Bujian Yue heads to the residences of all the princes who had visited him with Chen Yuqiu.
...…
By the time Bujian Yue had more than ten heads floating around him, news of the deaths—which had just occurred thus far, had finally reached the Hong Xiao Emperor's ears.
Within the imperial palace's audience hall that is currently filled with numerous palace officials—
"Hmph!"
Raising a cold snort, the Hong Xiao Emperor slaps the armrest of his throne—shattering it.
"What galls!"
The killing of one's fellow siblings isn't uncommon when competing for the throne. This is something that the Hong Xiao Emperor had personally experienced.
However, a formal challenge must still be issued, and agreed upon.
That being the case, what Bujian Yue is currently doing is nothing more than murder.
Rising off his throne, the Hong Xiao Emperor looks to the officials in front of him, and shouts—
"Bring the 46th prince to-!"
*Boom!!!!!* before the Hong Xiao Emperor is able to give out his orders, the gates of the audience hall are smashed open, and towards the incoming debris, all the palace officials scattered to the side.
"…"
Holding a blood sword in his right hand, Bujian Yue—accompanied by numerous floating heads, walks into the audience hall.
"The 46th prince?"
"All those heads, how vicious…"
"Wait, isn't that the head of General Xu?"
"General Xu was in the Immortal realm, the fact that no commotions were made during their exchange…"
"He was killed instantly… What sort of cultivation base does the 46th prince possess?"
As all the palace officials draw in a cold breath of air, Bujian Yue halts his footsteps, and at the snap of his fingers, all the floating heads behind him arrange themselves in an orderly fashion.