Under the gaze of countless onlookers, the slender figure within the pillar of light that pierced heaven and earth finally moved her long, straight jade-like legs and stepped gracefully out.
Every step she took carried the calm poise of one who looked down upon all living things. Slowly, yet indisputably, she descended into the focus of every Ancient Dragon Island clansman's gaze.
The woman who appeared was draped in magnificent purple-gold robes. The dragon and phoenix totems embroidered upon her skirt were lifelike, as though they might burst free of the fabric at any moment and soar through the nine heavens. At every moment, she exuded a nobility and majesty that none dared look directly upon.
Her figure was exquisite, like a carefully sculpted work of art. Her waterfall-like hair was a deep purple, cascading gently down past her slender, seemingly graspable waist before falling softly upon her curvaceous hips, lending her even more of a mature woman's charm.
The woman's beauty was breathtaking, and all traces of her former childishness had vanished.
Her once-clear purple eyes had now completely transformed into a deep, dazzling purple-gold, like two gems containing the mysteries of the universe, flowing with a mysterious and bewitching radiance.
Under the gaze of those purple-gold eyes, it seemed that even the vast and boundless heavens and earth had to hold their breath and willingly submit.
The current Zi Yan was no longer the little girl who needed protecting. She had completely transformed into a peerless beauty capable of making all the world's splendor pale in comparison—the new Dragon Emperor in every sense of the word!
The gazes of the crowd were first instantly seized by the suffocatingly noble aura around Zi Yan, leaving them dazed. Then, as if drawn by an invisible force, every eye abruptly converged