Soot-black smoke spread like a sea, melted by the blazing sun.
Thunder rolled for ten thousand miles, overturning the Azure Dragon!
The battle unfolding within Heavenly Lord City had practically plowed through the skies above Fallen Immortal Forest.
In this battle, when the Prince of Jin's estate charged into Fallen Immortal Forest, Martial Dao grandmaster Ji Jinglu took the lead, transforming into a blazing sun of qi and blood and blasting straight through the paths within Fallen Immortal Forest, carving a direct route all the way to outside Heavenly Lord City.
But the main force in this great battle was the Prince of Jin, Ji Xuanzhen.
This clan prince stood exceedingly high in seniority, a blood prince enfeoffed during Emperor Jingqin's reign. By status, within the imperial clan, he ranked only slightly below Ji Yumin, Minister of the Imperial Clan Court; by blood relation, even the current Son of Heaven had to call him Ancestor.
He had personally endured the humiliation of the Five Nations' Sons of Heaven gathering in Heavenly Capital, and he had also witnessed Emperor Xian's painstaking efforts and helpless inability to turn the tide.
He had slain Heavenly Demons beyond the domains, and he had once raised Chiwen in his palm.
Now, as Ji Fengzhou ascended the throne and resolved to consolidate the Central Empire's hegemony, he returned from beyond the heavens. After many years, this was the first time he had truly displayed the might of Great Jing's imperial house before all under heaven.
On the third day of the third month, when Zong Dezhen pried the name "King Zhao" from Original Heavenly God's mouth, he and Ji Jinglu had already arrived. They had merely halted at the Military Ruins, concealing their tracks and hiding their forms, letting none know.
This night of waiting was