I had already seen the palace where the monarch resided from afar when I arrived, but only after entering it could I truly appreciate its luxury.
Aside from white jade serving as the main building material, the use of gold also imbued the palace with an air of nobility. There were countless colors between heaven and earth, but gold, as the color of the sun, remained the most dazzling and exalted wherever it appeared.
Divine Master Mi led me all the way into a side hall of the imperial palace. Since this was not a court assembly, the meeting with the monarch had been arranged there.
Along the way, Divine Master Mi also explained the monarch's circumstances and various preferences. This was to help me prepare in advance, lest I displease the monarch after entering the palace.
Of course, as the demigod in their eyes, they were even more afraid that the monarch and I would not see eye to eye, ultimately causing everything to go up in smoke. That would be the greatest loss to the Divine Kingdom.
Although I had been prepared, I was still dazzled by the female monarch before me after entering the side hall.
The young monarch was indeed as Divine Master Mi had described: breathtakingly beautiful. After changing out of her court attire into the monarch's casual robes, she sat there reviewing memorials from the court, her bearing both dignified and earnest.
The Divine Kingdom had no such thing as valuing men over women. There was only the gap in absolute strength. It was said that this female monarch's strength was no inferior to that of Divine Masters Mi and Huo. She too had been selected from among the Divine Masters.
The monarch of the Divine Kingdom was different from the rulers of ordinary