Everything went as Long Chen expected. The eight empires had launched a ferocious assault upon learning of the sneak attacks. The tall city walls of their empire now lay in ruins, and the battlefield was strewn with lifeless bodies, emanating a grim and pungent scent of blood in the air.

“This was where our imperial father was defending! We have to reinforce him!” shouted Zhu Yunwen.

“You go. Qingxuan and I will reinforce the empresses. We’ll split up here,” said Long Chen.

In truth, Long Chen had no intention of reinforcing Yu Xiaoyun. He was well aware that the emperor’s strength far surpassed their expectations.

Before coming to the Vermilion Bird Empire, Xia Guhong had told him that while in terms of intelligence, Yu Xiaoyun was a straw bag, in terms of power, he was a monster.

However,...