Final Round — the moment everyone had been waiting for, where the two best participants would fight for first place.All the spectators had arrived, and even Tian Zhu and Ao Bing had already stepped onto the arena.“Boy, you should have seen my match yesterday. Your lightning element won’t be of any use against me,” Ao Bing said proudly.“Oh really? Then what if I use another element?” Tian Zhu was not provoked at all, replying with a condescending smile.“Do you think you can defeat me with just the earth element? You should have focused solely on training your lightning element. That’s why the earth-element attacks you use are insignificant,” Ao Bing said with great confidence, certain he could defeat Tian Zhu.“So that’s how it is. I’ve just learned something new,” Tian Zhu nodded.“You should be careful, Xiao Bing. He might be hiding something else,” the voice of the Lightning God sounded in Ao Bing’s head.Ao Bing grew serious as he listened to his master’s warning. He took out h

At his lodging, Tian Zhu was still busy writing. He no longer studied poetry, as he believed writing down important information from his mind was more useful than memorizing poems, which he could do anytime.Knock! Knock! Knock!“Come in!” Tian Zhu allowed the person outside to enter.The door opened, and several maids entered carrying food. Normally, servants would come every night to deliver meals.However, this time, something was different—their clothing was more revealing.‘Looks like there will be some drama tonight,’ Tian Zhu muttered, letting out a soft sigh. ‘That emperor knows he can’t use force, so he resorts to dirty tricks like this.’Usually, after delivering the food, the maids would bow respectfully and leave. But now they stood in a line, posing with seductive smiles.“What is it? Do you need something else?” Tian Zhu was not tempted at all.“Sir… do you require special services tonight?”“No. Leave. I don’t want to be disturbed,” Tian Zhu waved his hand dismissively

“Your Majesty, I can testify to Maid Yu’s statement. I saw that when they were leaving the room, Young Master Xiang Zhu tried to pull her, but only managed to step forward, causing her clothes to tear,” one soldier said.“I was on patrol with him earlier, and I saw the same thing,” another soldier confirmed.Xiang Zhu clicked his tongue inwardly. From the beginning, he had been at a disadvantage. Lies could easily be fabricated when others supported each other, while he—who spoke the truth—had no one to back him up.“Xiang Zhu, you can no longer deny it,” Ling Yuan said, regaining his sense of dominance. “There’s no need to prolong this. Arrest that trash!”“Wait!” Luo Ying stopped the soldiers.“Miss Luo Ying, this is a matter of my Empire. Please do not interfere with the enforcement of imperial law,” Emperor Ling Shen said.“No. Xiang Zhu is a disciple of the Sky God Sect. He is my junior, so this matter also concerns me,” Luo Ying said firmly.“Why is Sister Ying continuously prot

Elder Chi’s question was not answered immediately by Xiang Zhu. He paused for a moment, thinking about how Elder Chi could have known. He almost slapped his forehead when he remembered that he had forgotten to clear the scent of the Spirit-grade pill he had refined in the special room of Elder Chi’s inn.“How could I possibly be a Spirit-grade Alchemist? Look at me, I’m only sixteen years old. Does it make sense for someone my age to be a Spirit-grade Alchemist? Perhaps Elder Chi thought so because you smelled the scent of a Spirit-grade pill after I left that special room. But at that time, I only accidentally took out a Spirit-grade pill, so the aroma lingered,” Xiang Zhu said, trying to conceal the truth.“Don’t lie. I know very well the difference between the scent of a freshly refined pill and one that isn’t,” Elder Chi replied, staring seriously at Xiang Zhu.“Hah… it seems I can’t hide it anymore. Then is there something Elder Chi wants after knowing this fact?” Xiang Zhu asked

“Is there something wrong with this cube?” Mu Bai took it and examined it carefully, but found nothing amiss.“No. This cube never makes mistakes. It will always react—unless the person has no Spiritual Root at all,” Luo Ying said, frowning at Xiang Zhu.“What? No Spiritual Root? How is that possible? Junior Xiang Zhu clearly used lightning and earth elements before, especially lightning, which was extremely powerful,” Mu Bai said, unable to believe it.After all, without a Spiritual Root, cultivating should be impossible.“Yes… I actually don’t have a Spiritual Root.”“What?!”“Hah?!”Everyone on Tian’s back frowned deeply.“How is that possible? Then how can you release so many different elements? And how can you cultivate without a Spiritual Root?” Mu Bai asked.‘If I tell them the secrets of deeper cultivation, it will disrupt the balance of this world,’ Xiang Zhu thought, sighing softly.“I don’t know. Maybe my body is special?” Xiang Zhu pretended to be clueless. “And I can mani