You in Me, Me in You!!

"Thanks to you, we made it back this quickly. Otherwise, we'd have had to wait several more months," Shen Wuni said with a faint smile.

One Taboo after another appeared in the Gu Family's ancestral grounds.

"The Gu Family's third branch. Leave no one alive. As for the rest, those who should get out of the Empire can get out," Shen Wuni said.

No more words were needed!!!

The nine Taboos of the Red Dragon Army struck, wiping out the Gu Family's third branch—all three of its offshoots.

The Gu Family's Taboos did nothing. They didn't dare.

The Empire had shown its hand. Even if they struck back, could they hold it off? And then what—openly oppose the Empire?

That would be asking to die.

The Gu Family's current head and its Taboos understood that better than anyone.

Inside a small world.

The Supreme God who had once invaded the Empire stood there as the sky shattered. A Taboo stepped out through the breach.

"So you've come." The Supreme God looked at the newcomer, bitterness in his eyes. He had been wrong about one thing from the start.

The Empire was still the Empire. If it hadn't attacked you, that was only because it hadn't wanted to.

Once it decided to strike, evidence no longer mattered.

Besides, the Empire had evidence now.

Why had the other Families said nothing? Did the Gu Family have no allies?

Of course it did—quite a few, in fact. But the Expeditionary Army had returned. This was the real reason for its return.

Those Families had wisely fallen silent.

They had no choice. With the Expeditionary Army back, the Empire could act without restraint. Whoever caused trouble would be crushed first. It was that simple.

Being from a particular Family gave no one the right