"Blame it all on you!" he cursed Yinghuo.
"What the hell does it have to do with me?" Yinghuo took the blame for no reason.
The matter of the Divine Chicken blowing up the Destiny Eye Beast was even more explosive than a lifebound beast giving birth to an Astral Realm. It had long become a favorite topic of conversation throughout the Imperial Ruins.
Many Imperial Army soldiers had come this time specifically to behold the legendary Divine Chicken that could not be killed even when hunted down.
Yet, to most people's disappointment, they had come up empty-handed!
Only after the Mechanical Dragon fully settled and a crowd boarded did they learn that Lady An Ning had already taken Li Tianming away through the Mechanical Dragon's side door, using her father's summons as an excuse!
"Heavenly Marshal's summons?"
"Then this kid has truly risen step by step into the clouds!"
"I heard the latest promotion list has already been announced. Because of his outstanding military merits, Li Tianming has been promoted to Forward General Staff Officer! And he's Lady An Ning's staff officer, at that!"
"Damn, damn, damn! Doesn't that mean he gets to follow Lady An Ning at her side every day? That little white-haired brat's romantic luck is heaven-defying."
"Envy, jealousy, hatred!"
"If only I had a Divine Chicken too...!"
On the streets of the Imperial Ruins.
An Ning rode a small cosmic vessel resembling a bridal sedan chair toward the "An Heavenly Emperor Manor."
The An Heavenly Emperor Manor stood at the heart of the Imperial Ruins' imperial clan territory. It was the headquarters of the An Clan, one branch of the imperial clan. Its scale naturally dwarfed even the Yuwen Primordial Clan's by more than a thousandfold!
Within the Xuanting Imperial Clan, beneath the royal