The Di Court couldn't possibly have made no preparations at all for the many prodigies, Shi Lan among them, heading beyond the realm.
These people were the future of the Lingyang human race. Losing even one of them would be a devastating blow to humanity.
Just like Di Luosha back then: the moment her identity was exposed, she was hunted by a group of Human Emperors and Demon Emperors. The ambushes Shi Lan would draw would only be more terrifying; there would inevitably be great demons at the Emperor Grade extreme.
Spears in the open were easy to dodge; arrows in the dark were hard to guard against.
Rather than spend every day guarding against thieves, it was better to lure the snake from its hole and wipe them all out in one stroke.
The passage through the domain gate was pitch-dark. Faint starlight could be seen streaming past beyond it, utterly unlike the spacetime passages constructed by the system.
Nearly half an hour later, a glimmer of light finally appeared before Shi Lan. She stepped onto solid ground, and the instant her feet touched down, her vast divine sense swept outward.
Three great suns hung in the sky, their light dazzling. The land stretched barren as far as the eye could see for ten thousand li in every direction, not a blade of grass in sight, the air thick with desolation.
The moment she stepped into this place, Shi Lan sensed a strange, intangible aura, as if it were seeping into her flesh and making her uncomfortable.
She was now in a simple military camp, garrisoned by nearly ten thousand Imperial Blood Army soldiers. Three Human Emperors alone were stationed there, along with over a hundred mighty Heavenly Human Realm cultivators. High-grade formation runes were carved above