Deep in the skies above Wenzhou.
A silver boat, gleaming like flowing light, whistled through the vast starry sky toward the boundary walls of a deeper realm.
Lu Hongpao's red robes fluttered as she smiled and said, "If you get the chance someday, which Heavenly Emperor would you want to kill first?"
Su Yi sat to one side with a wine jug in hand and replied casually, "Best if I can kill them all in one go, so they don't hide and make themselves troublesome to find."
Lu Hongpao considered it seriously. "Among Heavenly Emperors, it is hardest to determine victory or defeat. If you want to kill all those Heavenly Emperor-level enemies in one breath someday, you'll need overwhelming power. Difficult—far too difficult."
Then she smiled. "But I believe you can do it!"
Su Yi glanced at Lu Hongpao. "A killing calamity could strike at any moment. You'd better be careful."
Lu Hongpao lightly rubbed her cheek with a finger, unconcerned. "What fucking use is being careful? When soldiers come, generals block them; when water comes, earth dams it."
Just as she said that—
Boom!!
The distant starry sky suddenly shuddered. Countless dazzling golden divine rainbows shot forth, weaving themselves into a towering golden platform as majestic as a mountain.
A figure stood upon the platform, broad and lofty, radiating boundless light. Even that region of starry sky trembled in response.
"Lu Hongpao, are you determined to protect that sinful creature?"
The lofty figure spoke, its voice shaking the four quarters of the starry sky. Ripples spread through space, and countless stars swayed as if on the verge of falling.
Su Yi recognized him at once. It was the Ascension Heavenly Emperor of the Seven Fiends Heavenly Court.
Back then, in the boundless starry sky beyond the God Domain,