The Sword of Somplak
The Xiao Imperial Palace

Being treated like that made Ucup uncomfortable, he said, “If it is my kindness to make an emperor like you kneel, then I will make sure there will be no more good next for you.”

Embittered Emperor Zhao Dang heard it, then he replied, “Young Master, you amaze me so much. Forever, your bud I can't reply.”

Ucup chuckled softly while shaking his head. Emperor Zhao Dang frowned not understanding the location of the cuteness that made Ucup chuckle.

“Sorry, Young Master, did I say wrong?” ask Emperor.

“Not ... Never mind, I don't want to waste much time anymore,” replied Ucup who then swung his hand to make everyone fall asleep and then pulled him into the realm of the soul.

“Susi! Don't wake our guests!” pinta Ucup's.

“Good, Young Master,” says Xue Xie.

After giving the instructions, Ucup continued the step of looking for the exit of the sect's secret room. He scanned every corner around him.

This secret room looks strange. Why is there no exit from this room?” Ucup kept thinking about it while scanning all areas.

“Isn't the way you entered through the tokens of a sect member? Search!” said Prince Xiao Li Dan reminding him.

“Ha-ha! Oh my goodness, I forgot about it.” Ucup immediately rushed back into the previous room.

Many times Ucup checked the spatial rings of the sect members, not a single token was found. Seeing the absence of any precious treasures within the spatial rings of all the sect members he examined, raised Ucup's suspicions to everyone from the Zhao Empire.

“Brother Long, find me the tokens that the people from the Zhao Empire took! One of them took it.

“Good, Your Majesty,” said Long An who instantly scanned everyone who was asleep.

“There are four tokens that I found from the spatial ring of a noble youth, but I don't know which token is meant, ..., catch it!” long An threw the four.

Ucup caught all four with one catch. A round-shaped token and three others that looked like artifacts were meticulously noticed by Ucup.  

“Alright, I'll try one by one,” Ucup murmured after checking it out.

Ucup starts with a round-shaped token and drains a little of its natural energy into the token. A beam of light shot out from the middle of the token which instantly opened a circle of portals above it. After the portal hole opened perfectly, Ucup immediately jumped into it and landed in the middle of the forest.

“Eh, isn't this the first forest to enter the Wolf Forest region?” thought Ucup remembered it.

He then circulated a sweeping view of the entire forest around him to ascertain his estimate. However, not far from him, there were sounds of footsteps from some sect members walking towards him. 

“Stop or leave?” Ucup thought about it, “leave it.”

After making up his mind, Ucup climbed a nearby tree then asked Long An out of the soul realm. After which, Ucup and Long An sped towards Luyan City.

“Your Majesty, why were they left alive?” long An asked a little regretfully.

“Let them investigate first. From there, they would gather many sect members who were outside the headquarters to look for me. Wouldn't it be better for me to annihilate them all with a single hit?” answer Ucup explained.

“Pardon this stupid servant,” said Long An just found out the reason behind it.

Ucup laughed as he stroked the red scales on Long An's back, he then said, “Speed up your pace! Our time is precious.”

Arriving at Luyan City, Ucup asks Long An to drop her off in front of the entrance of the Peach Flower restaurant. He stepped in and directly climbed onto the second floor which had a room spacious enough to accommodate everyone from the Zhao Empire.

Shortly after, Ucup pulled back all of the people of the Zhao Empire and then resuscitated them all. Being in the middle of a restaurant building makes everyone who has just opened their eyes turn their heads to see the situation around. 

“Emperor Zhao, this is the place I talked about earlier. As an emperor, you can arrange for everyone to use this place well. Some buildings around this restaurant can also be used, but I suggest staying here,” Ucup explained.

Emperor Zhao Dang still silently did not respond to Ucup's words, seen from the look in his eyes that looked at Ucup with a blank look.

“It looks like your life hasn't gathered everything. Alright, I will go to the Xiao Imperial Palace, there is Bing Shi and his family who will guard you all here,” Ucup added then called Bing Shi out of the soul realm.

“Let them be for me, if there is any movement from sect members, follow me immediately in the palace!” Ucup.

“Good, Your Honor,” says Bing Shi.

After giving the arrangements, Ucup rushed out of the restaurant and resumed his journey to the Xiao Imperial Palace.

Some time later, Ucup arrived in front of a very majestic palace gate. Seen by him, a pile of bones scattered in the front yard of the palace. Ucup opened the gate and stepped into the palace courtyard while burning all the remnants of the wars that occurred in the past.

Being in front of the palace's main door, Ucup squinted his eyes at the two layers of energy that enveloped him.

“Why is the energy of both so contradictory?” thought Ucup after observing him.

“Your Majesty, the outermost energy layer comes from demonic energy, and in the second layer is god energy,” Long An said knowing it.

“So apparently. Thank you, Long An. I'll try to rip it,” reply Ucup and then touch it.

Brmr!

The layer of demonic energy trembled, yet it did not bring out any damage after being touched by Ucup.

“You must hit him hard, Lord Ucup. This protective seal of demonic energy is extremely powerful, it cannot be just by touching it,” Prince Xiao Li Dan said.

Ucup removed the seal of the universe energy completely. Tightly, he clenched his right hand and then swung it very strongly.

Bugh!

Kraak! Booms!

Ucup took a few steps back with an astonished look at him. His punch created an enormous shockwave, capable of making the two layers of protective shatters simultaneously. 

Not until there, the shock wave created made the palace buildings experience cracks in various places. Even the waves continued to surge far behind the palace buildings. 

The rumbling sounded increasingly violent filled the air of mortal nature. 

“What happened? Why can that be?” Ucup was surprised to see it himself.

There was no answer to all the questions in his mind. Ucup did not want to bother with it, he then stepped back towards the palace door which was now unprotected by the energy seal.

As soon as Ucup pushed the big door in front of him, the palace door opened by itself. Ucup gawking at him.

“Is this door automatic?” ask Ucup.

“No, perhaps from the impact of the energy you exerted earlier,” replied Prince Xiao Li Dan. 

“Yes, it makes sense too,” timpal Ucup that directly entered the area within the palace.