"You knew long ago that the child was our lord's inheritor. You made him your imperial son-in-law to make the Supreme lower his guard. A fine move, but..."
The Red Frontier Empress sighed softly and said in a low voice, "Who could have imagined that child would be so extraordinary? I, too, thought he was merely an ordinary inheritor our lord had left behind at the end of his road. Yet..."
The others fell silent at her words.
Indeed... they had all misjudged him. Who could have imagined that the youth would ultimately prove so dazzling, so peerless?
Invincible in the true immortal realm, he had fought the Southern Region alone. Even the Supreme's Personal Disciple had fallen at his hands.
Their lord had long since perished. However fine the inheritance he left behind, how could it compare to the Supreme's personal instruction?
Yet even so, with a soul lifespan of only a hundred years, that child had shaken the Southern Region and subdued the Supreme's Direct Disciple.
"Imperial Daughter Shi Miao's Reincarnated Body also appeared and was destroyed. Fortunately, she seems to have comprehended an extraordinary power of time. She actually endured within the River of Time without perishing, so she hasn't truly fallen."
"That means Imperial Daughter Shi Miao's soul core hasn't withered. So long as a great emperor doesn't personally destroy and suppress her, we can still see her again."
"When that youth and Imperial Daughter Shi Miao's Reincarnated Body grow strong again, it will be time for us to sound the horn of counterattack and clear our lord's name!"
They exchanged glances, solemn resolve glimmering deep in their eyes.
The ancient emperors of the seven dynasties had all survived from a hundred thousand years ago. How could they not know the truth behind that upheaval?
But