The black light that had crossed the ages tore through the sky and surged into the clouds, dragging the boundless Star Array in with it without a ripple.
The old Cangyu Emperor vanished without a trace. Even the two beautiful imperial princesses beside him disappeared, without a single drop of blood being splashed down.
Yet with all eyes watching, no one could deny the Cangyu Emperor's disappearance, because the projections of the stars filling the sky could not lie.
Everything was gone.
The imperial nobles could only draw sharp breaths. They had been as arrogant as could be moments ago, and now they were just as silent.
Once the presence that had held the scene in check was gone, the only possible outcome was the tree falling and the monkeys scattering.
Only after the black light faded completely did the royals remember that the replica of the Boundless Star Array had vanished. As a Supreme Star Artifact, it had been nearly indestructible, yet now not even a single thread remained.
I looked down imperiously at the imperial nobles towering over the sky and shouted, "Who else wants to execute Heavenly Punishment on me?! Who else covets my Skyline?"
Quite a few of those with clear eyes knew that Skyline was still hanging high above them. With a single command from me, they might be the next to die.
The royals were no fools. The princes and princesses all cherished their lives. Before absolute power, the deterrence of taking a general's head amid ten thousand troops was often even more terrifying.
After the Cangyu Emperor's death, most of the thousands of nobles turned their gazes toward another person.
The woman wore a golden star robe that fluttered around her, setting off a figure as graceful as a startled swan. Her eyes