The air trembled above the Imperial Capital.
More than a dozen vast imperial auras tore through the sea of stars and swept across the sky. Bearing a fierce, domineering pressure, they thundered down toward the forbidden grounds east of the Imperial Capital—the White Emperor Manor.
Their auras were ice-cold. Killing intent surged, and blood clouds blotted out the sky.
They were the Saint Emperors of Great Black Heaven and the Blood God Cult!
Hidden among the streets and buildings, Li Yun looked up. A glint sharpened in his eyes as he instantly recognized them.
"Damn!!!"
"Weren't the Blood God Cult and Great Black Heaven supposed to be mortal threats to White Emperor City? How can their people show up at White Emperor City's base so openly?"
"Has White Emperor City stopped treating them as enemies? Or is it because this is the Through-Ancient Dynasty, far from White Emperor City's heartland, so they aren't afraid of being found out?"
Li Yun had already decided to launch a surprise attack on White Emperor City's base. But this turn of events shocked him, and he had to suppress the urge to strike at once.
He was reckless, not stupid.
With so many Saint Emperors gathered together, who knew what they were plotting?
One misstep could trap him there, and by then regret would come too late.
Just as Li Yun drew his aura in even further and prepared to retreat from White Emperor City's base, another startling development arose.
From the imperial palace at the heart of the Imperial Capital, the seat of the Through-Ancient Dynasty's supreme power, fourteen incomparably mighty auras burst forth.
They were the Imperial Clan's Saint Emperors, led by Saint Emperor Seal Heaven.
The fourteen Imperial Clan Saint Emperors turned into streaks of light and hurtled east toward White