Xue Ye was so terrified that he collapsed to the ground. His voice trembled as he said, "N-no, please don't. You're the greatest being on the continent. I beg you, don't kill me."
Qian Xun'an sighed. "Xue Ye! You should understand why I came here today."
Xue Ye's body was already trembling uncontrollably. "I was wrong. I truly know I was wrong. If you spare me, I promise I'll serve you forever."
Qian Xun'an fell silent for a moment. "Do you think I'd believe you?"
As he spoke, he raised his right hand and gently pressed it against Xue Ye's forehead. "Die."
"Don't!" The soldiers of the Heaven Dou Empire immediately charged at Qian Ye.
Despair filled Xue Ye's face, but madness and fury burned in his eyes.
"No—!" His anguished roar seethed with resentment and venom. But Qian Xun'an paid him no heed. He spread his arms, and golden light burst from his palms, transforming into a golden sea that instantly covered every inch of the palace grounds.
The piercing screams gradually faded. Xue Ye seemed to crumble away like something weathered by the wind, dissolving into the golden light until nothing remained.
That wasn't all. Qian Xun'an's terrifying Soul Power spread outward, and an endless force swept toward the Heaven Dou Empire's soldiers charging at him.
Not one of the soldiers could withstand the force. They were all reduced to dust before they could even scream.
In just a few breaths, the vast Imperial Palace had been reduced to ruins.
Qian Renxue came to Qian Xun'an's side. She stared at the devastation before them, utterly stunned.
She had spent twenty years plotting and preparing to kill Xue Ye. Yet now, her uncle had accomplished it in a single day.
What's more, he had turned the entire Heaven Dou