The Princess Royal's injuries had worsened again.
Li Xinge's Great Sun True Fire was still burning within her.
The emperor was about to use the Emperor's Imperial Seal to suppress Jiang Qinghuang completely, no matter the cost, when he saw her condition suddenly worsen.
He froze for a moment.
Then he laughed.
"Rebellious daughter, you see? Such is heaven's will."
Jiang Qinghuang raised her head.
"Heaven's will?"
She gave a string of cold laughs.
"Jiang Chonglou, you dare speak of heaven's will? Without Li Xinge, you wouldn't even be worthy of standing against me."
The emperor's face darkened.
He said nothing more.
The Emperor's Imperial Seal blazed with light.
Just as he was about to unleash its full power,
the void trembled.
Two figures appeared side by side high in the sky, their auras as still as deep pools and as imposing as mountains, their depths unfathomable.
The emperor stopped.
"Second Progenitor? Prince Wuning?"
The newcomers were Jiang Wuji and Prince Wuning.
Jiang Wuji glanced at the emperor.
"Emperor, put away the Emperor's Imperial Seal," he said evenly. "You've done enough. Leave Jiang Qinghuang to Wuyang and me."
The emperor's expression shifted.
In the end, he nodded.
But he did not put the seal away.
Instead, he kept his gaze fixed hungrily on the Princess Royal.
Jiang Wuji looked away from the emperor.
Then he turned to Jiang Qinghuang.
As he watched her refuse to yield even in the face of death,
a trace of regret crossed Jiang Wuji's eyes.
If the situation had not been so urgent,
he truly would not have wanted to attack Jiang Qinghuang.
After all,
her talent and potential were plain to see.
Without another word,
the two unleashed the overwhelming might of the Half-Saint Realm, bearing down on the Princess Royal.
Faced with two