In an instant, Patriarch Ling Yi felt as if a blazing sun had suddenly risen within her belly. A searing heat exploded through her limbs and bones, and the blood and qi throughout her body boiled wildly. [Here, 75 characters have been harmonized]
Her eyes, as cold as ice that had never melted since antiquity, instantly [Here, 20 characters have been harmonized]
On the platform of multicolored clouds, Mo Lilan wore an expressionless face, as if she had done something utterly insignificant.
Patriarch Su Ji sat naked on the throne in the center, equally calm and unruffled, as though everything before her were as ordinary as eating or drinking.
At this moment, below the long flight of steps, the third patriarch of Wushi Villa stepped forward. Her voice was low and hard. "I am Emperor Yi Xi."
"Today, I seek to take charge of the villa in the lower realm."
"Those who object, ascend the steps at once."
With that, she swept her sleeve and stepped onto the seven-colored staircase.
Just as when the two patriarchs before her had ascended the throne, the countless Wushi Villa cultivators gathered to watch held their breath, their expressions respectful. Not one showed the slightest discontent.
However, just as Patriarch Yi Xi had stepped onto the fourth stair, a sound suddenly came from afar. [Here, 18 characters have been harmonized]
Following the noise with their eyes, they saw that at the end of the long staircase, on the throne to the left, Patriarch Ling Yi [Here, 150 characters have been harmonized]
Yet everyone in Wushi Villa seemed to turn a blind eye. Every gaze, every bit of attention, was fixed on Patriarch Yi Xi's ascension, and no one paid the slightest heed to Patriarch Ling Yi's abnormality.
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