Peerless God Emperor

A few other extraordinary people within the same generation from the Di Family also started to win over the hearts of the people. Now, a portion of the people leaned towards them, unlike in the past, where everyone placed their focus on the prince.    

All kinds of reasons had led to the present situation, and the position of the prince seemed to be slightly unstable.    

There were even some rumours that the higher ups of the Di Family would be able to re-establish the rules of this test, and would no longer allow the participants to compete with each other like they did in the past. This time, the Di Family's heaven's pride level experts would be included in this competition.    

As a result, many people guessed that the higher ups of the Di Family might have deliberately made use of this opportunity to let a few influential people of the younger generation to personally come out and fight to form their own power, to reshuffle their cards.    

If the higher ups really had such plans, then the meaning of this test this time would be extraordinary, and it could even determine who the future leader of the Di Family was.    

If the Prince had protected his position in this struggle, then he would still be the prince of the Di Family, and no one would be able to shake his position.    

However, if he lost, the title of prince might change, and he would fall from the divine altar.    

As a result, this battle could be said to be extremely important to Di Shifeng, and any mishap could not be allowed. He did not hesitate to lower himself and rope Mu Guang and Mo Shang in, and the reason why was not difficult to understand.    

The victor was the king and the loser was the thief.    

...    

Amongst the young generation of Di Family, other than the prince Di Shifeng, there were also three other famous figures. Their current prestige seemed to be on the verge of catching up to Di Shifeng.    

The three were Di Lan, Di Hao and Di Xian.    

Although their bloodline was not as pure as Di Shifeng's, their comprehension was extremely high. Each of them cultivated many different types of powers, and their strength far surpassed their peers.    

Once, Di Shifeng was the leader of this generation in the Di Family.    

Even though Di Lan, Di Hao and Di Xian were equally outstanding and their positions within the Di Family were not as high as Di Shifeng's, ever since Di Shifeng had suffered two defeats in the Nine Regions, his position had dropped by quite a bit.    

Other than that, there were also some forces manipulating Di Shifeng's back, trying to pull him down from the position of prince.    

At that time, he was limitless and looked down upon the world, so his way of doing things was extremely powerful. Even if it was a highly respected clan elder, at times, he would still ignore it and do things his own way.    

Since Di Shifeng was currently so weak, they naturally would not let go of this opportunity to push the person they had chosen up onto the stage.    

The Di Family had reared and flourished for countless of years, flourishing in such a way that there were hundreds of secondary bloodlines, and more than a dozen direct line of descent. Di Shifeng was one of the direct descendants, while the other three were also from the direct line of descent.    

Thus, in terms of position, Di Hao and the other two were not any weaker than Di Shifeng.    

Back then, when the higher ups of the Di Family saw that Di Shifeng's bloodline was extremely pure, they chose him to be their prince. However, everything was changing, and if Di Shifeng could not shoulder the burden of being their prince, then, there had to be another person.    

In these few days, there were many people from the Di Family entering and exiting Xin Fang Garden. It was the people that Di Hao, Di Xian and Di Lan had sent out to pick the strong ones from the other islands as allies in case of need.    

After all, the rules had yet to be determined, so he might really need to use external power.    

Of course, apart from the people who tried to rope in Xin Fang Garden, they had also left a backup plan. They had made contact with some of the island's core characters, and when the time came, they would come to help.    

In the Di Family, the four powers were exerting all means to strengthen themselves.    

Of course, looking at the situation, Di Shifeng still possessed the strongest power. After all, he was still the prince of the Di Family, and his bloodline was the purest amongst the three of them. There were still many people who supported him in continuing to be the prince.    

On a lonely mountain peak on a remote island in Boundless Sea, a green-robed figure sat cross-legged with his eyes closed. A serious expression was revealed on his devilish face.    

With him at the center, the entire space seemed to be in turmoil, and even the lone peak underneath him slightly trembled.    

The wind blew, and his long hair danced in the wind. However, that figure didn't move in the slightest, as if it was a statue that was immortal since time immemorial.    

This figure was naturally Qin Xuan.    

After an unknown period of time, Qin Xuan slowly opened his eyes. A bewitching light shot out from his eyes, it was extremely dazzling, but he still sighed lightly, and was still a little bit off, what exactly was the difference?    

He had originally planned to take advantage of this opportunity to break through to the Emperor Realm.    

But it had already been a few days since he started cultivating. If he continued cultivating, he would probably miss the test, he did not have much time, and had to go to Haotian Island.    

Thinking about that, Qin Xuan stood up, he waved his hand, and a ray of light shone out from his fingertips, transforming into a picture that floated in front of him.    

He had asked Lu Jun to give him this map, so he was afraid that if an accident happened, they would have no choice but to split up. With this map, he would be able to head to Haotian Island alone.    

Sweeping across the map, not long after, Qin Xuan's eyes revealed traces of happiness, he had obviously found the location of the Haotian Island.    

The Haotian Island was in his northeast direction. If he were to fly at full speed, he would arrive in about two days.    

After that, Qin Xuan kept the map and stepped into the void, disappearing from the world.    

...    

In the Haotian Island, in a magnificent palace, many figures were gathered here.    

The figures in the hall were all high ranking members of Di Family, and the majority of them were Saints. All of them were gathered in groups of two or three, as though they were discussing something, and the sounds were extremely noisy.    

And at the very top of the great hall, there was a figure sitting on the throne of the emperor. He looked to be around forty years old, had a handsome and powerful face, deep eyes, had a crown on his head, and was wearing a five-clawed golden dragon robe.    

He sat upright on his throne, his deep gaze looking down on the crowd below him. He unconsciously exuded a powerful aura, causing everyone who looked at him to have a trace of reverence in their eyes.    

This middle-aged man was the current patriarch of the Di Family, Di Chang.    

"Alright, calm down." Di Zhangkong's eyes swept over the crowd below him as he uttered these words.    

His voice wasn't loud, but the instant his voice fell, the previously rowdy main hall instantly fell silent, and all sounds died down.    

At this moment, everyone's eyes were fixated on the figure of Di Zhangkong, waiting for his final decision.    

"Great Elder, are you still going to continue choosing Di Shifeng as the prince?" Di Zhangkong stared at a silhouette as he asked.    

"That's right, Di Shifeng's innate talent is outstanding enough, and coupled with his pure bloodline, he is entirely qualified to be the prince. Moreover, Di Hao, Di Xian and Di Lan have all lost to him before, so if he were to withdraw from Di Shifeng's position due to two battles, then the other three are even less qualified."    

The tone of the Grand Elder's voice was sonorous, as though he was speaking with determination.    

But he knew that this was only a part of the reason. Another reason was that the Great Clan Elder and Di Shifeng were of the same bloodline.    

There were more than ten direct line blood vessels in the Di Family, and usually, contradictions would arise because of the competition for resources. If the crown prince was from their bloodline, then their bloodline would undoubtedly be at an even greater advantage.    

The others all had the same thought.    

He wanted to rely on the power of the Son to strengthen his lineage.    

Although Di Zhangkong was well aware of all of this, he still turned a blind eye to it and pretended to not know anything, this kind of competition had always existed. He was also the crown prince back then, and because of his existence, his bloodline status rose by a lot, becoming the strongest bloodline in the Di Family.    

Di Lan came from the same bloodline as him.    

If Di Shifeng's bloodline wasn't that pure, he would naturally wish for Di Lan to become the Holy Son. But as the Patriarch, the fate of the Di Family was in his hands, so he had to consider things from the perspective of the future development of the Di Family and not show favoritism.    

It was because of this that he had unhesitantly made Di Shifeng the Holy Son all those years ago, and had not considered Di Lan.    

But Di Shifeng had lost two consecutive battles, and to someone from the outside world at that. This caused Di Family's face to turn ugly, and his heart was shaken a little.    

"It's true that Di Shifeng's talent is outstanding, but he has already lost two matches, and one of them was even defeated by someone from another realm. With such humiliation, he is no longer fit to continue being the prince."    

Another voice came out, only to see a green robed elder speaking, he continued: "As for the time Di Shifeng defeated Di Lan and the other two, that was only in the past, and may not be the case now."    

This green robed elder was the second elder, from the same line as Di Zhangkong and Di Lan.    

Di Shifeng had suddenly appeared out of nowhere and snatched away all these things. This had even caused the status of their bloodline to drop, and the amount of resources they had to receive had decreased by a lot. The Second Elder was naturally unwilling to take this opportunity to take back a city.    

"That's right. Being strong in the past doesn't mean that we're still strong now. How many heaven's pride experts have fallen in the end and never rise again? I think it's better to let them fight it out. It'll be fair to everyone." It was the Third Elder, of Di Xian's bloodline.    

Di Zhangkong's eyes flashed as he looked down at the silhouette below. "Fourth Elder, is that what you mean?"    

"That's right, and it's also an opportunity to show the power of our Di Family's younger generation, killing two birds with one stone." Fourth Elder answered with a clear and loud voice, his face was filled with righteousness, as if he was truly considering the honor of Di Family.    

Since he and Di Hao were of the same bloodline, he naturally hoped to choose a new disciple.