Welcome Back Victorious, Your Imperial Majesty! (4K) (Continued)

Having said that, Chuan Ying ignored Ning Fei, turned toward the Undying Heavenly Empress, gave her a distant, irreverent bow with a teasing smile, and said:

"Heavenly Empress, now that matters here are settled, it is time for Chuan to return... There are still some trivial matters to deal with over there. Farewell."

The Undying Heavenly Empress merely swept her gaze over him, nodded faintly, and said nothing more.

Chuan Ying laughed heartily. With a flicker of his figure, he vanished into the starry sky as though he had never been there.

Ning Fei stood where he was, looking in the direction Chuan Ying had vanished, then at the Undying Heavenly Empress. He opened his mouth,

but in the end, he said nothing. He merely led the old horse silently and turned toward the depths of the Ancient Star, his back bleak and solitary.

Tap... tap...

Leading his horse, Ning Fei slowly faded from this starfield.

He understood perfectly well that although Chuan Ying had appeared flippant and grinning just now, even offering a distant salute to his "beloved" before leaving, the killing intent emanating from his very bones had made Ning Fei wary from beginning to end.

After countless years of silence,

when the other party recovered from his injuries and returned to consciousness, old grudges and grievances drove his hostility toward the Undying Divine Dynasty—which had ruled the universe for ages after inheriting the remnants of the fallen Heavenly Court—to an extreme.

He especially hated the Undying Heavenly Emperor. The man had once been one of Emperor Zun's most favored candidates, yet had resorted to underhanded schemes and struck when Emperor Zun was down.

However, he had remained dormant for far too long. By then, not only was the Undying Heavenly Emperor gone,

but even the supreme