Outside, all was still as water.
Several Cultivators of the Sage Manifestation Realm stood guard here, maintaining their vigilance without the slightest lapse.
The moment a rift appeared in the sky, they snapped to attention, stared at it, and took up defensive stances.
They knew danger lurked here, but nothing had happened in a long time. Their recent shifts had been dull.
Now that the rift was stirring, their hearts, which had begun to relax, leaped back into their throats.
As they peered at the rift, the Plague Emperor's figure slowly emerged.
The sight of her brought them visible relief.
The Plague Emperor wasted no words. After sweeping her gaze over them, she said, "I have an extremely important message for you to deliver to Lord Qin. It is more important than anything I've sent before. If anything goes wrong, the entire Great Qian Kingdom could be destroyed."
Only after relaying the message did she stop. She glanced at the Sage Manifestation Realm Cultivators and said, "Deliver it at once. Only then can you preserve the foundations of the Great Qian Kingdom."
With that, the Plague Emperor did not linger.
If she stayed too long, she would likely expose herself, and that would be exceedingly dangerous.
She turned into a streak of light and vanished.
The Sage Manifestation Realm Cultivator who had received the message looked stunned.
Unable to contain his shock, he immediately took out the Jade Stone used to contact the Imperial Capital.
He had never imagined anything so bizarre could happen.
This crisis was far more dangerous than the incidents involving the All-Destroying Puppet and the Ancestral Machine Emperor.
Once he had made contact, the other Sage Manifestation Realm Cultivators gathered around him, curious to know what had happened.
He hid nothing. After gathering his thoughts, he