In the great hall of Southern Heaven's Imperial Palace, Lu Qingyan's pale green eyes were filled with indifference and calm.
Nothing around her seemed worth fearing.
Lu Qingyan came from a prominent clan of the Southern Heaven Empire. Her ancestor had been one of its four founding divine generals.
For thousands of years, the Lu Family had produced one talented descendant after another, maintaining its status and flourishing.
However, after the debauched new emperor ascended the throne, senseless oppression and persecution followed one after another, sparing neither friend nor foe.
Many of the Southern Heaven Empire's once-prominent clans had gradually withered away.
Even the fact that Lu Qingyan's mother was the late emperor's younger sister had failed to stop this mad emperor from slaughtering her family.
Under this twisted emperor's crazed slaughter, the Lu Family had been reduced to less than a tenth of its former population, and most of the survivors belonged to distant branches of low standing.
Had Lu Qingyan not spent these years away, cultivating under her ancestor, she would probably have fallen victim to him long ago.
Her ancestor's abilities should have been more than enough to keep her safe.
But faced with the near-extermination of her clan, she had decided to resist at the cost of her own life and make this damned, mad emperor pay dearly.
She had thought her plan was cautious and meticulous enough.
Yet she had never expected that this damned emperor would rely on those aliens to not only find her hidden within memories, but even break through the power of time protecting her.
Wang Hao's eyes were filled with greed, his scarlet tongue repeatedly licking his lips.
"My adorable little sister, my perfect little sister, do you know how long your brother has waited for this day?"
Lu Qingyan's