Inside the Imperial Palace.
The atmosphere was grim to the extreme.
The Empress looked at Ying Huai's icy expression and was so enraged that she laughed instead. "Good, good, good, Ying Huai. You treacherous rebel, I would like to see just what heaven-defying backing you found that made you dare dream of murdering your sovereign and staging a rebellion!"
"Your Majesty need not pin such a massive charge as regicide and rebellion upon this subject!"
Ying Huai shook his head.
"As this subject sees it, if all the rulers under heaven are dim-witted tyrants like you, then this world would be better off without rulers! Sect Master Ke, I ask that you take action and eliminate the Empress. No matter how great the infamy, I, Ying Huai, will bear it alone!"
As Ying Huai's words fell.
A figure emerged from the shadows.
This man wore a blue robe, his hair loose around his shoulders and his face stern and imposing. A pale blue longsword hung at his waist. He quickly stepped in front of Ying Huai and stared coldly at the Empress.
The aura emanating from this man.
Made the Empress feel a tremor of fear.
After devouring a Blood Pill condensed from millions of living beings, the Empress had reached the Transcendent Realm.
Yet she still instinctively feared this man in blue. There was only one possibility: this man in blue had surpassed the Transcendent Realm and reached the Celestial Phenomenon Realm!
The Empress's face darkened as she clenched her fists tightly.
She had never expected Ying Huai to find an expert of the Celestial Phenomenon Realm. Panic rose within her as she looked at the man in blue and asked coldly, "Who are you, Your Excellency?"
"I am Ke Zhen'e, Sect Master of the Dao Seeking Sect!"
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