Capítulo 102: Meridians Opening

While Konrad's "fleshly" cultivation carried on, house Kracht overflowed with bluster, and the Holy Flame city stirred. The invitations sent by the Kracht took too many by surprise, but the astute quickly realized that this was nothing but a desperate measure to oppose the impending Kracht assets absorption by the imperial family.

With that in mind, attending the wedding carried many implications.

"If we don't attend, we offend house Kracht. If we attend, we offend the imperial family. Weighing the pros and cons, who dares show up? Only a fool would join those troubled waters."

Although Wolfgang was known as the mightiest Uradel count, he was, after all, just a count. Only a scant few supposed his cultivation had already broken through to the Semi-Holy Rank. And even if it did, so what?

To say nothing of a new Semi-Saint, even if it were for high-level Semi-Saints such as the twelve dukes, those nobles wouldn't risk offending the imperial family.