Shen Gongbao's voice held no warmth.
Like a slab of ten-thousand-year mystic ice, it crashed into the warm spring scene of Star Picking Tower.
Su Daji's body stiffened.
She looked at the man in the black uniform before her. There was no greed on his face, no fear, no desire.
Only something that felt alien to her from the depths of her Yao Soul.
Process.
"Come with me."
Shen Gongbao repeated himself, as though issuing an unquestionable order.
"You!"
Daji's crimson-painted nails nearly dug into her palm.
Overwhelming demonic aura churned behind her, forming the phantom of Nine Fox Tails that stirred the winds and clouds.
Yet Shen Gongbao merely raised the Jade Slip in his hand calmly.
"Warning. The target has been detected engaging in ineffective armed intimidation. This behavior will be recorded as 'resisting to the bitter end' and appended to your Performance Report."
That cold electronic voice rang out from the Jade Slip once more.
The phantom of the Nine Fox Tails froze instantly, then dissipated inch by inch.
Daji's face turned whiter than snow.
She understood.
The man before her was neither immortal nor god.
He was a walking Heavenly Dao Program.
She could not threaten him, seduce him, or defeat him.
Because he was the rules themselves.
"Fine."
After a long while, she forced out a single word through clenched teeth.
She turned around and cast one last look at the royal palace she had ruled for years.
The guards who usually revered and feared her like a deity now kept their distance, their eyes full of terror and curiosity.
She knew that from the moment she stepped through those palace gates—
She would no longer be the Consort Su who had captivated the world.
She would become a... case file.
"Under the Cross-Regional Law