Bai He's voice trailed off, and the two old men looked at each other at the same time.
In that instant, the exact same gleam flashed through both elders' eyes.
"Let's go! To the palace!"
Yang Wudi reacted first, called out to Bai He, and hurried toward the Star Luo Imperial Palace with long strides.
Meanwhile, Dai Mobai in the Imperial Study also stopped what he was doing and looked up toward the location of the Imperial Forbidden Land.
His pen tip hovered above the memorial, a drop of ink bleeding outward across the paper, yet he remained entirely oblivious.
The golden light surging outside the window was reflected in his eyes, and a curve slowly formed at the corner of his mouth.
His smile carried the relief of a heavy burden lifted.
That aura...
He put down his brush, stood up, and casually pushed the stack of memorials on his desk—most of which he had already reviewed—to the corner of the table. He then reflexively caught a brush that had rolled to the edge of the desk and placed it back on the brush holder.
"Imperial Father has finally broken through! I finally don't have to deal with these annoying state affairs anymore!"
A look of relief finally appeared on Dai Mobai's face.
He got up and left the Imperial Study, looking as though he had shed a heavy burden.
The Imperial Forbidden Land.
The Star Luo Emperor, who had been in seclusion for months, finally opened his eyes once again.
Within those eyes, two dazzling beams of golden light pierced out, shooting three feet into the distance.
The golden light remained dense and unscattered, resembling two tangible swords of light that illuminated the thick stone wall in front of him into complete clarity.
That stone wall was over