The protagonist of this crossover film and television series is disrupting the plot again.

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Even when he killed the Five Great Eunuchs, it was only a 'passive' retaliation, and afterwards he even found an excuse to cover it up.

Although this fig leaf made little difference whether it was there or not, it did manage to salvage Emperor Tai'an's reputation and give him a way out.

If someone can achieve this level of spiritual travel, what more could you possibly want?

Besides, what good would it do for him to step in? He'd just be another corrupt official.

So Qi Tianchen used the excuse of recuperating from his injuries to stay at the Imperial Observatory, where he refused to see any visitors.

Emperor Tai'an was displeased by this, but there was nothing he could do. Now that Zhuo Qing was dead, Qi Tianchen, who was at the half-step Divine Realm, was his last line of defense. He absolutely could not anger him; what if he really abandoned him in the future?

really!

Everything in the universe has yin and yang, and they counterbalance each other.

This was no exception in the imperial court!

Without the checks and balances of the corrupt and the pure, Qi Tianchen can be disregarded.

With no one to check and balance him, Xiao Ruojin began to threaten his life.

He had to think of a way; even if he couldn't get rid of Xiao Ruojin, he needed to find someone to keep him in check.

The current Emperor Tai'an is still treating Xiao Ruojin with the same mindset as before, thinking of promoting a powerful force to counterbalance Xiao Ruojin.

Unfortunately, he didn't understand that Xiao Ruojin now had the power to overturn the table. The reason she was still maintaining a facade of harmony was to squeeze out the last bit of value from him and gain a good reputation in front of the world.

Xiao Ruojin now treats the struggle for the throne as a game, and wants to make sure the outcome of this game is flawless.

However, this restriction was set by Xiao Ruojin himself. Once he became unhappy and no longer wanted to play along with Emperor Tai'an, the game could end at any time.

However, Emperor Tai'an refused to think about these things; all he could think about was how to restrain Xiao Ruojin.

Xiao Ruofeng is naturally the best person to check and balance Xiao Ruojin.

Unfortunately, these two brothers are now so close and affectionate that they can even exchange the Heaven-Slaying Sword. Even if he tries to sow discord between them, his chances are slim.

Therefore, Emperor Tai'an turned his attention to Prince Qing, attempting to achieve a balance of power by supporting him.

Although Luo Yu Wang was his eldest son, unfortunately, this son was really mediocre. To describe Luo Yu Wang as "mediocre" would be a compliment. If Luo Yu Wang were to do this task, it would be destined to fail.

While Qing Wang's aptitude was decent, his character was utterly despicable. He always used Qing Wang as a front man, handing over the dirty work that he himself couldn't do.

For example, in the case of Ye Yu, the King of Qing did a very good job, and it is just right to use him to check and balance Xiao Ruojin this time.

Emperor Tai'an then summoned Prince Qing to the palace, implying that Prince Qing should find a way to increase his achievements so that he could have the opportunity to improve his status in the court.

The Prince of Qing was visibly grateful, but then rolled his eyes as he turned away. However, he had no choice but to do as Emperor Tai'an had planned.

However, he was also a little apprehensive. After thinking it over, he still dragged Luo Yu Wang into it. The two of them secretly plotted for several days, but came up empty-handed.

At that very moment, some people from the Southern Judgment and the Northern Barbarians secretly infiltrated Tianqi City.

The fear of Beili by countries like Nanjue and Beiman has now reached its peak. Upon receiving the news, they immediately changed their tactics and strategies against Beili and dared not make any rash moves. They were secretly trying to find a way to deal with the situation, fearing that if they made any big moves, they might just summon Xiao Ruojin and have her killed indiscriminately.

Therefore, they could only secretly contact some people in the martial arts world and sneak into Tianqi City to find out the current situation in Beili.

This is not because they lack skilled individuals in the court; it's just that martial arts practitioners are more discreet and flexible in their actions. Even if they are accidentally exposed, it can only be considered a spontaneous act by a martial arts practitioner and will not implicate the court.

As a result, they discovered Emperor Tai'an's questionable actions.

Seriously insane!

With such a good son, why doesn't the emperor hurry up and abdicate to make way for a worthy successor? Instead, he's still trying to establish a system of checks and balances. The emperor of Beili is simply insane.

Nan Jue and Bei Man didn't understand, but they still started to think of ways to intensify the internal strife in Bei Li so that they could profit from it.

As for Tianwaitian, they haven't gotten involved yet, because they've finally found Ye Dingzhi and are overjoyed.

As the ninth emperor of Beique, Yuefeng City not only inherited the unparalleled martial arts of the Beique royal family, but also became the Beique emperor with the greatest martial arts skills in the past century.

If Li Changsheng hadn't intervened and severed all of Yuefengcheng's meridians, Beique probably wouldn't have lost so easily.

Having retreated to Yuefeng City in the Outer Heavens, he was single-mindedly focused on cultivating the Void Thought Technique to the ninth level in order to defeat Li Changsheng.

However, his current progress in the Virtual Thought Technique has stalled at only the eighth level.

Therefore, he entered the Langyue Blessed Land for secluded cultivation and set up a restriction that could only be broken by cultivating the Void Thought Technique, in order to prevent being disturbed.

There is a strict requirement for practicing the Void Thought Technique: those who practice it must have a natural martial vein.

Now that Yuefeng City has been in seclusion for more than ten years, the people of Tianwaitian are very anxious, so they have begun to search everywhere for people with innate martial veins.

The first person they encountered with a natural martial vein was Baili Dongjun. However, Baili Dongjun was Baili Luochen's only grandson, and Baili Luochen doted on this grandson and took great care of him, which prevented Tianwaitian from finding an opportunity to strike.

It wasn't until Baili Dongjun left Qiandong City to go to Tianqi City to participate in the school's grand examination that Tianwai Genius found a sliver of an opportunity.

However, during the capture of Baili Dongjun, they discovered a second person with a natural martial vein, Ye Dingzhi.

Compared to Baili Dongjun, who has powerful backgrounds such as Li Changsheng and Baili Luochen, Ye Dingzhi only has one master, Yusheng Mo, and now that his master has passed away, he can truly be described as lonely and helpless.

Therefore, Tianwaitian focused all its attention on Ye Dingzhi, scheming against him in an attempt to bring him back to Tianwaitian.

In response, Ye Dingzhi could only give the middle finger and swear a little.

Since he left Tianqi City, he had some doubts. To him, the Outer Heaven was already a behemoth.

If he really has the ability to eliminate Tianwaitian, why not go directly to deal with Jingyu Wang and the Ye family's enemies?

Just as he was hesitating, news came that Xiao Ruojin had broken through to the Divine Travel Realm.

Ye Dingzhi was initially shocked, then fell silent.

After a moment of silence, his feelings began to change, and he inexplicably developed a sense of admiration for Xiao Ruojin.

People naturally admire those who are strong.

Especially someone like Ye Dingzhi, who once lost his family and experienced the hardships of life, has an inexplicable obsession with power.