The Great Chu Imperial Dynasty, Handan Imperial Capital, the rear of the imperial palace.
Within a majestic, imposing palace hall, Chu Emperor Xiang Yu sat high in the seat of honor. More than a hundred men and women, young and old, all exuding the aura of True Immortals, stood in two ranks to either side. The atmosphere was solemn and authoritative. With so many True Immortals gathered together, their terrifying pressure made the vast hall feel as though it lay beneath ten thousand fathoms of sea. Even Great Adepts as powerful as Loose Immortals trembled inside, their faces pale as they barely managed to move slowly. Those below the Loose Immortal Realm neither dared nor were able to set half a foot inside; the slightest carelessness would see that terrifying pressure crush their bodies until they burst and died.
On the Great Chu Imperial Dynasty's side, apart from Chu Emperor Xiang Yu, only the core ministers were present: Second Father Fan Zeng, Military Marquis Lian Cheng, Steel Vajra Yu Ziqi, Heaven-Suppressing Grand Commandant Cao Jiu, Flawless Chu Chancellor Xiang Ta, Eight-Sided Minister of Guests Wu She, Ying Bu, Chen Wu, Zhongli Mei, Xiang Zhuang, and others. The remaining vassal kings, foreign tribal kings, and generals were not qualified to participate at all. Yet even martial commanders as formidable as Yu Ziqi, Ying Bu, and Zhongli Mei felt like sheep surrounded by watching tigers, their very thoughts struggling to turn.
At the head of the left-hand rank stood a handsome young man with sword-like brows and star-bright eyes, his face thick with killing intent and his bearing noble and arrogant. He was Kong Jue, son of the Five Absolutes Immortal Emperor and the third elder brother of the Heavenless Young Master whom Huan Emperor Xiao Ying had killed. Beside him stood