Zhao Liang's grandfather was the eldest son of Emperor Lie, and Prince Zhao's grandfather was the sixth son of Emperor Lie.
After Zhao Liang married into the Wang family, Wang Daoyuan also asked him how the Zhao royal family was so powerful back then that it was defeated by the three major sects.
The influence left by the eldest son of Emperor Lie was completely gone. No one would support Zhao Liang anymore. Instead, there would be people who wanted to kill him or use him as a cover to cause trouble.
Naturally, he no longer wants to get involved in the affairs of the Zhao royal family, and just wants to be an ordinary member of the Wang family.
He didn't take Zhao's secret seriously. When Wang Daoyuan asked, he told everything about that year.
At that time, a huge wave of monsters occurred in the Tianzhan Mountains that had never been seen in ten thousand years. More than 90% of the masters of the Zhao family were sent to the vicinity of the Tianzhan Mountains to resist the monsters.
Although the beast tide was defeated, the Zhao family's masters suffered extremely heavy losses.
The Jindan monks sent out lost more than 60%, and the Zifu monks lost about 70%.
The other affiliated families, Jindan and Zifu, also suffered more than half of their casualties.
The three major sects took this opportunity to collude with some ambitious nobles, cooperate internally and externally, and launch a surprise attack on the capital of Zhao Kingdom.
There were too few people left behind in the Zhao family. The three major sects were calculated by calculations but not ingeniously, and there were also internal ghosts to help. They successfully captured the capital of the Zhao Kingdom, destroyed the Zhao family's lair, and killed all the masters of the Zhao family who were left behind.
Emperor Zhao Lie also died on the spot, and only a few monks from the Zifu escaped.
Although the masters of the Zhao family suffered heavy losses, the remaining clan members and affiliated forces combined were still far better than the three major sects.
As long as the masters of the Zhao family and the affiliated forces unite as one, they can completely destroy the three major sects.
But the question is who will be the emperor of Zhao and command the heroes.
Emperor Lie had many sons, three of whom were capable of competing for the throne.
They are the eldest prince, the sixth prince, and the ninth prince.
The eldest prince is thoughtful, proficient in power, broad-minded, very far-sighted, and has an excellent reputation.
In addition, he is the eldest son, so he is the perfect heir to the throne.
But the eldest prince also has two major flaws. One is his mother's poor background, and the other is his poor talent for cultivation.
Although the eldest prince's mother was the empress of the Emperor Lie's main palace, she was from a casual cultivator and had no maternal power to draw on.
The eldest prince's cultivation talent is actually considered to be top-notch. For ordinary forces, it is no problem to become the heir.
But the Zhao royal family is not an ordinary force. They are just superior talents and cannot convince everyone at all.
The most important point is that the eldest prince does not have water spiritual roots.
The direct inheritance of the Zhao family is the water attribute technique, and the secret skill at the bottom of the box is Guishui Divine Thunder.
The eldest prince was unable to practice his direct lineage inheritance, and most people within the royal family did not support him.
The Sixth Prince's water-attribute spiritual root is extremely high, and it is said that it is very close to the heavenly spiritual root.
Practicing the inheritance of the direct line of the Zhao family, the cultivation level has improved rapidly, and the attainments of Guishui Divine Thunder are also very high.
Most of the masters of the Zhao royal family support the sixth prince.
It's just that the sixth prince is insidious, cruel, and short-sighted, so most forces outside the royal family look down upon him.
The Ninth Prince is a low-key person, not showing off his skills or leaking water, but he is extremely capable in doing things.
His main spiritual root is also the water spiritual root. Although his talent is worse than that of the sixth prince, he is stronger than the eldest prince.
The most important thing is that the ninth prince's maternal family is the Heyang Shi family, the founding father's family, which is extremely powerful.
At that time, the Zhao family's power was divided into three major factions.
The eldest prince is supported by most small and medium-sized forces, as well as a small number of royal forces.
Although the Wang family did not take a clear stand at that time, they had the best relationship with the eldest prince.
The sixth prince received support from most of the royal family and a few speculative forces.
For example, the Guiyuan Sword Sect, whose territory was not far from the Wang family, was overwhelmed by the Wang family, so it supported the sixth prince and wanted to become a minister of the dragon and take the opportunity to suppress the Wang family.
The Ninth Prince relied on his mother's family connections to gain the support of the vast majority of high-ranking nobles.
Emperor Zhao Lie died in battle. If the three major factions could work together to defeat the three major sects, it would not be a problem.
However, the three major factions all want to put the prince they support on the throne, and they all hold an uncooperative attitude towards each other.
Fortunately, the three princes were not stupid enough to proclaim themselves emperor hastily, thus avoiding internal strife.
The three major factions each occupy one side, and the three major sects will not be idle.
They concentrated their efforts to deal with the First Prince's lineage first.
Although the eldest prince does not have the support of his family and high-level nobles, he has the highest reputation and has the support of many small and medium-sized forces.
With all the power of its supporters concentrated, it is the strongest among the three major factions.
Moreover, after the eldest prince publicly promised to destroy the three major sects to avenge his father, he immediately abdicated to the one with the greatest merit among his two younger brothers.
Insightful people among the other two princes' supporters also began to lobby the other two major factions to support the eldest prince.
Especially among the royal family, more and more people support the eldest prince.
If things go on like this, the three princes' forces may reach an agreement, and then all three major sects will have to be defeated.
In order to eliminate this biggest threat as soon as possible, the three major sects concentrated their efforts to attack the eldest prince first.
At this time, the shortcomings of the First Prince's faction were also reflected, that is, the supporters were too scattered and there was a lack of top experts around them.
The Sixth Prince's faction was the closest, but stayed on the sidelines.
The force around the eldest prince was too weak and was quickly defeated.
After hearing the news, many masters came to support, and even the ancestor of the Wang family went to the rescue and killed on the spot the Jindan elder of Can Yang Palace who came to stop the attack.
However, the rescue was not timely and the eldest prince himself died in the battle.
After the death of the eldest prince, some of his subordinate forces switched to the other two princes, and some continued to follow the eldest prince's son.
But more forces were disappointed with the Zhao family and directly surrendered to the three major sects.
After this battle, the Zhao family's power no longer has much advantage over the three major sects.
Without the eldest prince, the reputation of the sixth prince and the ninth prince was not enough, and no one could convince everyone. Zhao State also lost its last chance to put down the rebellion of the three major sects.
In the end, the eldest prince's power dispersed, leaving only Zhao Liang, his grandson.
The sixth prince was the second to be attacked. As a result, the sixth prince was too useless and only thought about protecting himself if the war went against him.
He had the support of King Linhai, and finally withdrew to Linhai Prefecture with his most loyal confidants.
During the retreat, the Supreme Elder, who was in the late Jindan stage of the Setting Sun Palace, led more than ten Jindan monks to pursue him.
The ancestor of the Wang family, Wang Chengzu, and several Jindan monks went to protect the sixth prince.
Wang Chengzu used his cultivation in the middle stage of the Golden Core to use Ten Thousand Dragons to Overwhelm the Sea and forcibly killed the Supreme Elder of Canyang Palace.
The golden elixir monks from the three major sects were all frightened, and no one dared to confront him, so the sixth prince was able to escape.
After the Sixth Prince fled to Linhai Prefecture, the remaining Zhao family forces were dominated by the Ninth Prince.
The Ninth Prince also showed extraordinary abilities, commanding the remaining forces and fighting bloody battles with the three major sects.
After the death of the eldest prince, the Zhao family's strength advantage was no longer great.
After the Sixth Prince was defeated, he took away a group of masters.
At this time, the strength in the hands of the Ninth Prince was far inferior to that of the three major sects combined.
Even so, the Ninth Prince still gathered a powerful force.
After dealing with the three major sects for more than twenty years, he killed several Jindan monks from the three major sects, dozens of purple mansions, and hundreds of foundations, which dealt a heavy blow to the three major sects.
Until now, the high-end combat power of the three major sects has not been able to return to the pre-war level.
The forces supporting the Ninth Prince were also completely lost, and even the ancestors of the Wang family died in the battle.
There were only three or two big cats and kittens left, and they fled to various dangerous places to hide. Green Liuzhou was one of the gathering places for the remaining forces of the Ninth Prince.
However, there is no news that the Ninth Prince was killed, so he is probably still alive.
The most miserable lineage of the eldest prince still left one Zhao Liang.
It is even less likely that the Ninth Prince lineage will be completely exterminated.