Even when confronted with the identity of the Demon-Suppression Army, the middle-aged man refused to yield. He had plenty of confidence.
The Imperial Court tacitly allowed territories to be contested. Even if he offended a Demon-Suppression General, the consequences wouldn't be too severe.
At most, a Demon-Suppression General would have Primordial Spirit Realm cultivation. The Heart-Locking Pavilion didn't care.
Their pavilion master had once accompanied the Imperial Lord on a campaign beyond the domains. It was only right that they should have a share of the Illusion Star Domain.
Shi Lan had some impression of the Heart-Locking Pavilion from her memories. It was a second-rank power with a relatively recent lineage, and its pavilion master was a newly ascended Human Emperor.
With no desire to invite further trouble, Shi Lan turned and returned to the carriage. The eight heavenly horses wheeled around and raced toward the depths of the starry sky.
The chaos in the Illusion Star Domain far exceeded Shi Lan's expectations. In the half month she spent traveling, she was intercepted seven times and ambushed once.
Her attackers didn't bother asking why. They struck viciously from hiding, and their cultivation was formidable: at the peak of the Primordial Spirit Realm, just one step from the Heavenly Human Realm.
Though Shi Lan had severed her Immortal Dao Primordial Spirit, the profound foundations she had built were far beyond those of ordinary cultivators.
The moment her attacker moved, Shi Lan's spiritual sense detected him. With a single thought, she manifested her Primordial Spirit's golden body from afar and unleashed a Heavenly Extreme Seal, killing him a thousand zhang away.
But the energy fluctuations from their clash were too violent. The eight heavenly horses were injured, and their speed plummeted.
Within the Illusion Star Domain, the interior of a