"Blood Demon Sect's Avatar Blood Demon Talisman?"
Gazing at the talisman in its palm, the bizarre, terrifying figure continued murmuring softly, "Even the Vajra Demonic Ape's true body was at most in the early Meridian Condensing Realm, yet this Avatar Talisman unleashed power approaching the Bone Tempering Realm."
"That's truly rare..."
It toyed with the damaged talisman, looking it over from every angle with great curiosity. For a moment, it could not bear to throw it away.
After pondering for a while, its form suddenly changed, transforming back into "Gao Ya" before leaving the Imperial Study.
The Empress walked alone through the complicated palace grounds for a long time. She then arrived at a secluded sleeping hall and casually fiddled with a switch in the wall, opening a secret chamber.
Inside the secret chamber were numerous rare objects.
It glanced at the brocade box on the uppermost level, then placed the damaged talisman in the storage cabinet beside it, intending to study it carefully later.
After finishing this, it returned to the Empress's palace. Inside the hall, a new Jin Emperor was waiting.
Outside the palace, a figure silently watched everything. Not the slightest trace of aura emanated from him, as though he had merged into the entire world. Even with palace maids and eunuchs right before him, none could discover where he was.
"I hope the people from the Flowing Cloud Sword Sect can truly injure it. Otherwise, that essence blood won't be easy to obtain."
The man muttered under his breath.
"How is the situation inside the Imperial Palace?"
An old man with snow-white hair asked Gao Tianyun, who had just ended his communication.
Gao Tianyun's expression was somewhat grim. "Something must have gone wrong."
"What makes you say that?" The old man slightly furrowed his brows.
"Elder