When I Ruled the Three Thousand Dao Realms, Your True Self Was Still Suckling at Your Mother's Breast

Time and space froze. All things stood still.

Nobody could move. Even their thoughts were frozen, as if they had instantly become paper dolls with warmth.

The same was true of the five Quasi-Immortal Emperors, including Ji Cheng and Elder Lin. Their cultivation was formidable, so they sensed something even more terrifying.

They felt as though they had fallen into an endless ocean. Black clouds loomed overhead, thunder roared without pause, and lightning flashed. They were like mortals struggling in the waters, despair welling in their hearts.

The five drew a sharp breath, realizing that an utterly terrifying being had intervened!

Who was it?

Ji Cheng and the others cried out silently in their hearts. The General Academy was handling its business—who would dare to be so foolish as to interfere?

In the distant sky, a woman approached at an unhurried pace. She wore palace robes, her hair swept up high. Elegant and noble, she radiated the absolute bearing of a ruler.

She stopped before the only person who could still move freely, Zhou Qingran, and smiled faintly. "You must be Qingran?"

Zhou Qingran looked at Ji Cheng and everyone else, all frozen in place. She realized the woman before her had to be an utterly terrifying being. "Does Senior know me?"

The woman chuckled, gazing at Zhou Qingran with unconcealed fondness. She raised a hand and patted Zhou Qingran on the head. "Your master entrusted you to me. I came here to take you away."

Zhou Qingran instinctively tried to dodge the woman's hand, but it still came to rest on her head. Surprised, she looked at the woman and asked, "My master? Are you and my master... friends?"

The woman nodded. Seeing Zhou Qingran covered in blood, a hint of heartache surfaced in her eyes.

Without any visible