I Love the World

Ji Prefecture, royal court.

The vast palace's domed ceiling soared overhead, and candlelight shimmered across the golden-brick floor.

Empress Ji reclined against a black-and-gold throne. Her dark armor set off her frost-pale skin, and raven-feather hair fell over her shoulders.

"Reporting to the Empress: Zhao Zhugui's body is indeed unusual, but its structure is no different from an ordinary person's. He may contain the power of will within him, but he shows no strength at all in the Will Path."

A white-robed old man knelt on one knee as he delivered his report.

"He has no strength in the Will Path, yet people can sense the power of will within him..."

Empress Ji's face was peerlessly beautiful, but her voice always carried a trace of icy chill.

At the sound of her voice, the kneeling old man lowered his head even further.

"That is what puzzles this minister as well. We'll need to study him repeatedly to understand the specifics."

A smile appeared at the corner of Empress Ji's mouth.

"You're just as useless as ever. And what is that Formation on him?"

The white-robed old man trembled.

"It is an unprecedented Divine-level Grand Formation, one that coexists with Zhao Zhugui. I implore Empress Ji to order us to torture him."

A detached look appeared in Empress Ji's eyes.

"Torture him to force him to use that divine formation, then have one of you learn it.

How long will it take to master a Divine-level Grand Formation?

A day? Two days? Or five years, ten years?!"

A look of impatience surfaced in her eyes.

Did Ji Prefecture have a Divine-level Grand Formation?

Did the Five Clans? Did Great Xia?

They did.

How could the Human Race's ten-thousand-year history of Martial Dao have left no Divine-level Grand Formations behind?

But was