Tianmu Kingdom.
The Golden Divine Wood that pierced straight into the heavens stood in the lake. Amid endless divine radiance rose a magnificent, towering palace.
Countless black World Beasts rested quietly outside.
Inside the palace, the handsome, androgynous Purple Wood God King sat upon her throne in a splendid purple royal robe, her hands gripping its armrests. The armrests had already been crushed, seemingly foretelling just how terrible her mood was.
"Jiujiang. Master." Purple Wood God King forced out the words one by one through clenched teeth.
An endless aura brewed, and space itself seemed frozen solid. The entire palace was oppressively tense.
When she had first received news that Master Jiujiang had passed the Tenth Layer of Yuan Shen Palace and become a hall master of Wujian Tower, Purple Wood God King had immediately lost her composure.
Even the throne's armrests had been crushed in her grip.
She did not know how many times this Master Jiujiang had disrupted her state of mind.
She understood perfectly what it meant to pass the Tenth Layer of Yuan Shen Palace.
Just think of it—the Invincible Supreme of Great Yue Kingdom had also passed the Tenth Layer.
At the thought that Master Jiujiang, her mortal enemy, might become the second Lord of Great Yue Kingdom in the future, Purple Wood God King shuddered with fear.
Purple Wood God King gritted her teeth.
She had already regarded this hidden threat with enough importance. She had even exhausted every possible method and spared no cost to eliminate him, exchanging for the Flower of the Mortal World from Ancestor Wu Kui and directly sending people into the Wujian Universe to kill Master Jiujiang!
But they had all failed!
She had not expected Master Jiujiang to grow so quickly!
Rumors were now spreading everywhere that Master