Chapter 847: Great Zhou and Chu Cannot Coexist; a King's Dominion Cannot Rest in One Corner. The hour of the dragon.
Inside the Chu King's Palace, bells and drums resounded together.
Their deep, desolate notes echoed one after another across the skies above all of Wu Commandery.
The tightly shut palace gates slowly swung open to either side.
"By decree of His Highness the King of Chu, all Divine Mansion Realm cultivators are summoned to an audience!"
Amplified by spiritual power, Old Jiang's voice thundered out from the palace.
The Divine Mansion Realm Great Experts grew solemn.
They slowly walked into the palace.
The Council Hall.
The main hall of the Chu King's Palace.
Above the jade steps.
Banners snapped in the wind, and armored soldiers stood in dense ranks.
Not one of these soldiers had a cultivation below the Qi and Blood Realm.
Inside the great hall.
The space was vast and magnificent.
Nine jade pillars carved with coiling dragons, each so thick that dozens of men were needed to encircle it, supported the towering hall.
At the farthest end of the hall.
Atop a nine-tiered white jade dais.
A black-and-gold Dragon Throne stood in silence.
The Dragon Throne was empty.
Yet that small throne seemed to possess some inexplicable power.
Anyone who looked upon it felt an involuntary urge to bow their head.
This time, every Divine Mansion Realm cultivator under Li Xinge's command had gathered.
Even Zhao Wujiu, the governor stationed far away in Desolation Province, had hurried over with Li Yin, the Great Priest of the Witch God Hall.
The Divine Mansion Realm Great Experts took their seats according to their strength and standing.
The enormous hall.
Was silent as the grave.
A falling needle could have been heard.
No one knew how much time