Shrouding the Heavens: Those Years as the Empress's Strictest Master - Chapter 147

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The elegant woman in a goose-yellow gown took long strides as she descended the stairs alongside her sister.

Her steps were light, as though each one landed upon someone's heart.

Yet beneath the veil that hid her from view, an inescapable trace of complicated sorrow lingered between her exquisite brows.

The cultivators gathered here came from all walks of life, but quite a few recognized the identities of the two women.

They were none other than the Chi Family's twin beauties, who had spent many years cultivating beyond the stars.

The two had traveled together all this way, enduring countless trials. Over the years, both of their cultivation had advanced rapidly.

Chi Yao had now touched upon the Saint Realm. She was merely still polishing her foundation; after enough patient refinement, all that remained was a breakthrough and tribulation. Chi Xuan, meanwhile, had already become a Half-Saint.

They had stopped at this waystation, first to rest briefly, and second to verify the news regarding a certain ruin.

At this moment, after the twin lotuses descended the stairs, they sat in a corner of the waystation tavern and listened to the cultivators around them boasting loudly:

"...Have you heard? Something huge happened over at Fallen God Sea, near the Golden Ancient Road!"

"Heard? I was in a nearby starfield at the time and vaguely sensed that something was wrong! When the news spread afterward, it was absolutely terrifying!"

"Tell us already. What happened?"

"It was the Big Dipper Divine Church from Burial Emperor Star!

Four Great Saints, carrying powerful artifacts, joined forces to hunt down the traitorous saintess, Shao Hanyun! They were about to succeed when a baleful star suddenly appeared!"

"A baleful star? Who was it? Could it have been some peerless Quasi-Emperor? How else could he make