Gui Ling 37th Planetary System, Seventh Planet.
A vast dining hall, with all manner of steaming delicacies spread across the tables. They had clearly been made only moments ago.
Chi Jiuyu sat floating at the head of the table. Even a single plate was almost bigger than her entire body.
To her right sat Chang Yao, the Void Return alien.
"So you were actually tricked into coming here?"
As she asked, Chi Jiuyu flicked a finger and sent out a thread of sword energy, slicing off a piece of golden roast meat glistening with sauce.
She used the thread to reel it in and popped it into her mouth.
She had to admit, she quite liked the feeling of eating huge mouthfuls of meat.
"Yes. Before coming here, I didn't know the Immortal Envoy was coming to carry out a mission..." Chang Yao said with a bitter smile. "Much less that this place was under investigation."
"Tsk, tsk!" Chi Jiuyu nodded, her mouth slick with grease. "So they really are a bunch of scoundrels, huh!"
"The Immortal Envoy is wise!" Chang Yao grew rather animated. "Although the original purpose of our Interstellar Council was to maintain peace among the various races, after all these years, some friction was inevitable. Take Han Lin, for instance. He's one of the most despicable..."
He certainly wasn't going to pass up this chance to tattle—
No!
This was a chance to bask in the Immortal Envoy's glory and purge the Interstellar Council!
He immediately reported every councilor in the Fu Ling Interstellar Council with whom he had ever had friction or a conflict.
"To speak frankly, our Interstellar Council is in dire need of a leader like you, Immortal Envoy—fair, impartial, incorruptible, and the most supremely gifted prodigy in the cosmos!"
Since they had