The martial artists inside and outside the Ascension Celestial Palace all raised their heads, gazing at Emperor Chu's procession amid the clouds beyond the Celestial Palace.
Quite a few people clicked their tongues and sighed. Emperor Chu's entourage was indeed grand and imposing.
Even the martial artists from the Western Domain Seventy-Two Kingdoms, who prided themselves on coming from superior kingdoms, could not help their pupils contracting when they saw such overwhelming pomp.
The Crown Prince of the Fire Immortal Kingdom, Huo Chunqiu, wore a slightly gloomy expression as he gazed at the dragon carriage of the Chu Kingdom, greed and envy mingling in his eyes.
When Emperor Chu's procession reached the front of the Celestial Palace, the maidservants leading the way split off to either side, and the dragon carriage slowly descended onto the square before the Celestial Palace.
Escorted by the Purple Dragon Legion, Emperor Chu stepped down from the dragon carriage. Prince Chen and the Third Prince, his two most favored princes, followed closely behind.
Besides them, the White-Robed Woman also walked behind Emperor Chu with Prince Chen and the Third Prince.
Only after the Third Prince and Prince Chen came the various princes and princesses of the imperial clan, followed by the Young Lords and Princesses.
"Greetings, Emperor Chu!"
"Greetings, Emperor Chu!"
As Emperor Chu walked toward the Ascension Celestial Palace and passed through the square, the martial artists within it all bowed in salute.
Emperor Chu's expression was calm, and he revealed not the slightest trace of imperial majesty. Yet merely breathing in this place caused the blood of every martial artist in the square to surge and their minds to tremble.
Some timid people had even been frightened into trembling; some bolder ones secretly raised their heads to look at the most powerful emperor