The Empress gave a slight nod, then said, "Those Nascent Soul cultivators from the Cicada Tower have all been gathered in the Imperial Prison."
"With the Imperial Prison's formations suppressing and guarding them, and the Branch Lord of the Cicada Tower personally overseeing the place, I doubt anything major will happen."
The Emperor said gravely, "My Empress, take charge of state affairs for a few days in my stead. I must return to the ancestral grounds and retrieve the Imperial Seal and the Emperor Sword. I will personally investigate the Cicada Tower scouts."
The Empress replied, "Yes."
After a moment's thought, she asked, "What of Yue Ji?"
As the Emperor rose, he said, "The Grand Emperor said that was an opportunity for the younger generation. He has no intention of intervening."
"But Yue Ji has already set off for Qingyao Mountain. He must have business with the Demon Emperor."
With that, Zhong Kui Youzhi's figure vanished at once.
The Empress secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Since the Grand Emperor had called it an opportunity, Yue Ji and Jingyi would be safe for the time being...
Just as she was thinking this, the scene around her changed.
The resplendent palace halls became a magnificent, shadowy great hall.
A screen stood before the crowd, and beyond it, clouds roiled and rain poured across the gauzy silk...
The Empress had become one of the onlooking True Inheritances. Together with the others, she watched the scene, while all manner of sounds continued to reach her ears.
Her expression froze. In an instant, she was seething with fury!
Those shameless fiends of the demonic sect!
The Empress immediately tried to act, but soon discovered that she couldn't do anything that went against the flow of time...
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Suzhen Heaven.
Deep within the brilliant clouds.