Should Anyone Offend Again, Let This Palace Be Their Warning

A circular shield burst into being around him, dazzling as lightning.

He stood beneath the dark clouds like a god descended from heaven.

Then Zhou Qing thrust up a hand, drawing on the vast dragon-vein energy beneath the imperial capital. In an instant, thousands of yellow beams shot skyward like columns of water, then wove together like a great net. They gathered into a golden sword that stretched across the heavens, seemingly forged from pure Imperial Dragon Aura. Three thousand meters long, it slashed down at the Starship.

Imperial Heaven-Slaying Sword!

That strike held his will as the Human Sovereign and the destiny of his dynasty. Its power was enough to cleave a river in the heavens.

Every wisp of its aura could kill a Golden Core Realm cultivator!

Thousands upon thousands of those wisps had gathered into a sacred sword. It tore through space, leaving long fissures wherever its edge passed.

The imperial clanspeople below stared in astonishment, jaws slack. Few had ever seen the Human Sovereign so furious. His power was staggering.

Even inside the cabin, Chen Xia's pupils contracted. What a formidable aura. He truly is an early Tribulation Transcendence Stage expert!

For a moment, Chen Xia felt the heart-stopping urge to activate the teleportation array and flee.

Fortunately, he was inside the Starship. He had no need to do that.

The Starship made no move to evade that heaven-and-earth-destroying strike.

A seemingly thin, deep-blue shield sprang up over its hull. Countless intricate energy Runes flowed across it, bright as daylight, while it gave off a steady hum.

Boom!!!

The golden sword struck the shield, unleashing light more blinding than the sun.

A violent shock wave spread outward like a tsunami, ripping whole swaths of buildings from the outskirts of the imperial capital. Even the distant city