It didn't take more than a few days for the entire kingdom of the Blue Sea to be engulfed in chaos.

The walls of the capital were temporarily sealed, and all the armies under the rule of the princes were forced to retreat beyond the royal domain.

The second prince settled in the Fortress of the Nine Winds to the northwest, while the third settled in the city of the Crimson Blade to the south.

Both gathered armies of tens of thousands of soldiers.

To cause even more chaos, the third prince announced the marriage of the first princess to the current young master of the Five Colors Pavilion, Jin Tianshi.

This was naturally only possible because of the cancellation of her former marriage arrangement with Wang Haoran, who had been killed by a mysterious expert many months ago.

Such a decision caused a rift between the third prince and the great sects, who despised the presence of the Gold King Chamber of Commerce branch in the region.

After much infighting, the decision by the major sects to withdraw their support for the third prince echoed like thunder throughout the kingdom.

Naturally, the Eagle Peak Valley also had to meddle in these discussions.

Especially Margareth and Meilin, who received requests for support from both princes.

Qingyi, on the other hand, was focusing his mind on something else: reaching the Flowing Meridian Realm.

It had been about two weeks since they had received an ultimatum from the princes.

During this time, he had done nothing but dual cultivation with his wives, dedicating more than ten hours a day to Meilin and Margareth alone.

He managed to earn just over fifteen billion lust points and advance to the peak of the Ethereal Body realm.

Now, he finally felt ready to advance to the Flowing Meridian realm.

Sitting cross-legged, he clicked to improve his cultivation.

Ten billion lust points were wiped from his account, his meridians immediately being seized by intense pain.

This was one of the final refinements before being considered a true immortal; a tempering of the meridians, widening them and preparing them to be the receptacles of an immortal soul alongside the body.

Naturally, this process was painful, but Qingyi barely reacted. Only faint grunts escaped his lips as he struggled to keep his Qi stable.

During his time using the system, he had developed an absurd resistance to pain. That kind of suffering was nothing to him anymore.

[Your cultivation has been improved! Third stage of the Ethereal Body realm -> first stage of the Flowing Meridian realm].

Qingyi's eyes, firmly closed, suddenly opened. A shockwave spread through the cultivation room in a dry rumble.

"Ah..." He sighed, looking down at his hands and standing up.

After a moment's hesitation, he used his law, the Primordial Chaos Flames.

His hand was immediately filled with gray flames of extreme heat.

Keeping them alight, he carefully controlled them to avoid damaging the cultivation room around him.

After about thirty seconds of this, he finally felt his meridians begin to burn. After fifty seconds, he was forced to stop, sighing heavily.

Fifty seconds was the limit by which he could use that law, at least without suffering damage to his meridians.

After thinking for a brief moment, Qingyi just shook his head and left the cultivation room.

He soon found Meilin and Margareth in the city lord's mansion.

"Have you decided?" He asked as he entered the golden-haired beauty's office.

He placed a soft kiss on each of their lips before pulling them onto his lap and sitting down on a sofa in the corner of the office.

His hands went up to the two beauties' breasts, squeezing gently.

"Mghn~~ Yes..." Meilin replied. "Both princes make a lot of threats, but honestly, we're surrounded by supporters of the third prince.

If we declare support for the second, we'll be surrounded on all sides.

Besides, the kingdom's sects have switched their support to the second prince. My father has problems with sects, both those here and those in the Empire of the Enlightened Sky. I don't want to help them gain even more power."

"What about your brother?" Qingyi turned his face slightly.

He didn't consider himself a dumb person, but he also knew that in terms of intelligence, he was far from Meilin, Margareth or even other wives like Biyue and Ruxue.

So he respected their decision, although he was still a little worried about Meilin.

"There's not much you can do. In the end, father's interests are more important. We can deal with him when we have time."

Hearing those words, Qingyi nodded.

If that was Meilin's decision, he would help her and kill whoever stood in her way.

Turning to Margareth, he received basically the same opinion: the third prince, even at a military disadvantage, was still one of the best choices for them.

The Church of Auranys itself, which had the final say in the matter, also agreed.

The bishop provided around ten holy guards from the cathedral to accompany the force of just over a thousand men that Margareth was able to assemble.

The vast majority of this army was made up of locals who had come for work but had not yet converted.

After another week of preparation, they were finally ready to leave. A large convoy formed around the Burning Red Pavilion.

Meilin had already placed an order for weapons and armor since the day she received that message, enough to arm an army of ten thousand men.

The price was astronomical, but she paid no attention, preparing a perfect contract for the third prince to sign.

If they won the war, the royal government would be responsible for paying back the loan equivalent to the purchase price of the weapons plus interest of thirty-five percent a year.

If they lost, the third prince's private residences could be auctioned off to pay the full amount of the loan.

Since he would be dead if he lost, the third prince had no reason to refuse that contract.

Of course, that wasn't an absolute guarantee. The second prince could simply seize the third prince's residences and refuse to pay, but even in this case, Meilin had a solution.

The contract would be signed with the Empire of the Illuminated Sky as the main guarantor that it would be fulfilled, something she could easily achieve with her father's help.

With a legally valid contract recognized by such a power, there was nothing the second prince could do...

"I'm a genius, hehehe..." Meilin gave a muffled giggle as she rested in Qingyi's embrace in a luxurious carriage.

"Yes, you are." The handsome young man laughed, patting Meilin on the butt before turning his face away, realizing that the carriage had started to move.

It was time for him to finally meet the third prince in person.

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