When Fang Qing sensed people from the lower realm, he appeared atop the Nine-layered Immortal Welcoming Platform outside the Imperial Palace, a place specifically used to receive important figures or hold grand ceremonies.
The place had long received his divine sense message. A squad of sharp-aura personal guards had cleared the area and imposed martial law; no idle bystanders were allowed near.
At the center of the Immortal Welcoming Platform, the enormous Ascension Reception Array, engraved with complex Space Runes and spanning a hundred zhang in diameter, was radiating dazzling seven-colored light as violent spatial fluctuations surged.
The light flashed repeatedly, and one sturdy yet slightly unsteady figure after another emerged, forcibly stabilizing themselves as they appeared.
The man at the front was not particularly burly, yet he gave off the unshakable weight of a Primordial Divine Mountain.
Faint golden Divine Radiance flowed beneath his skin, as though billions of trumpeting Ancient Giant Elephants lay dormant within him. His aura was tyrannical and fierce, and his Cultivation Level had already firmly reached the peak of the first layer of the Shattered Realm, only a step away from the second.
It was Yang Qi!
His eyes flashed like lightning as he warily and swiftly surveyed the unfamiliar yet magnificent surroundings and the powerful guards. But when his gaze landed on the smiling figure standing before him, his taut body suddenly relaxed, and unbelievable ecstasy burst from his eyes.
Following behind Yang Qi was a graceful figure shrouded in faint Xuanming Cold Qi—the Empress Xuanming.
She still retained her cold beauty and mature charm. Her Cultivation Level had likewise reached the peak of the first layer of the Shattered Realm, and her gaze was sharp yet calm.
Then came more flashing light—Long Zhuri, Gu Pojun, Wu Tongtian, Blood Rose, Han Che, Tai