Purple Pole Imperial Star, Great Sheng Imperial Capital.
The immortal vessel had only just arrived when a vast surge of Immortal Essence came crashing down from above, blanketing everything.
Following the direction from which the Immortal Essence came, Chu Sheng lowered his head and looked down.
Dozens of figures stood silently in the plaza below.
At their head stood a woman clad in a long, wide-sleeved robe of blue-gray.
The faint lines at the corners of her eyes did not diminish her elegance. Instead, they lent her an added air of mature, voluptuous charm.
She simply stood there in silence.
Yet the terrifying pressure she exuded made heaven and earth bow before her...
Beside her stood a woman dressed in an apricot-colored palace gown.
She bore a thirty-percent resemblance to Zhao Lingxi, yet her temperament was cold and aloof, exactly like Mu Hanxi's.
Chu Sheng's gaze settled on the leading woman.
So this was the Great Sheng Dynasty's State Preceptor?
What he could not understand was why this woman bore killing intent toward him when they had never met before.
Mu Hanxi's gaze remained calm as she slowly stepped forward.
"Chu Sheng."
"You acted wantonly upon Xinglan Star Continent, destroying an entire continent and bringing ruin upon countless living beings. That is your first crime. Within the Chaotic Star Sea, you killed the son of the North Region Lord of the Myriad Dharma Immortal Alliance without restraint, deliberately provoking war between the two nations and plunging countless citizens of Great Sheng into misery. That is your second crime."
"I am the State Preceptor who protects Great Sheng. Entrusted by His Majesty, I have safeguarded the dynasty's peace for ten thousand years. For the sake of the realm and its people, I hereby sentence you to be cast into the Demon-Locking