At this moment.
Inside the imperial palace hall, the many great powers who had been brimming with killing intent moments ago now stared at Li Xinnian standing at the center in utter disbelief. Their killing intent had long since withdrawn, leaving only relief in their hearts. As for One-Word Immortal Master, who had chosen to submit to the Divine Sect, his entire body now trembled uncontrollably.
Even those standing beside Li Xinnian listened in horror as Mortal World Immortal read out the decree and Li Xinnian issued his orders.
Once Li Xinjue accepted the order, they had already understood what had happened.
"Impossible..."
Even the Lesser Commander of Fate lowered his head and let out a startled cry.
Wei Gang's pupils contracted sharply. The Lesser Commander of Fate's murmur echoed through the ears of everyone in the hall as well. "Decades of infiltration—every single one of them was found. The people of Azure Cloud Prefecture had restrained themselves for decades, all for the sake of wiping out their internal enemies in an instant. In other words, not a single one of Azure Cloud Prefecture's upper ranks chose to submit. Nearly all of them joined this encirclement against Heaven-Chosen Divine Sect spies, even indirectly rooting out many people with ulterior motives."
"If that is the case... then it also means that everyone in Azure Cloud Prefecture, from top to bottom, stands with the Azure Cloud Li Family. Even if the Heaven-Chosen Divine Sect wants to deal with the Li Family and seize the south, once they reach Azure Cloud Prefecture's territory, unless..."
Wei Gang recalled what Yaowen of the Li Family had told him atop the city wall that night. Only now did he understand that the spark he had received had already become a prairie fire in the south. For