Capital City.
The Empress appeared within her bedchamber.
She wore a golden Dragon Robe, her entire body radiating the utmost imperial majesty. The energy fluctuations emanating from her had astonishingly reached the Transcendent Realm.
Shadow Guard Commander Phoenix attended at the Empress's side. Phoenix's aura was likewise incomparably powerful. Though she had not reached the Empress's Transcendent Realm, she had entered the Through Profound Realm.
At this moment.
Phoenix said with a smile.
"Your Majesty, the Blood Sect's methods are truly ingenious. Using all living beings as pills, they helped us attain such powerful Martial Dao realms in so short a time. It seems the Blood Sect truly differs from Qianqiu Pavilion. Qianqiu Pavilion sees us as ants, while the Blood Sect sincerely wishes to cooperate with us!"
"Hmph!"
After hearing Phoenix's words, the Empress also snorted coldly and said.
"If the Blood Sect did not show enough sincerity, why would I be willing to help them? During this time, I have offered up more than ten million lives. Even if I forcibly sealed off the news, I fear I cannot hide it from Ying Huai's eyes. It seems I must bear this rolling infamy!"
"What did ten million lives matter?"
Phoenix chuckled. "For Your Majesty's eternal hegemony, what if another ten million—or even a hundred million commoners—died?"
"Indeed!"
The Empress nodded. "All living beings are like ants. Only I am the Son of Heaven. If these ants can help me achieve my great undertaking, then they have died where they should!"
At this moment.
Phoenix spoke again, her voice vicious.
"Your Majesty, Li Chunfeng and Ying Huai of the Imperial Observatory have repeatedly deceived their sovereign and defied their superiors. We could do nothing to them before, but now they are nothing but a joke in our eyes. Should