The sun sank behind the western mountains.
That night, Heaven-Reaching City lay silent.
The Eldest Princess's Residence.
Perhaps the day's commotion had been too great, and too many supreme powerhouses of the Five Realms had appeared. Even someone as proud as Tan Chengcheng had been frightened. Upon returning to the Eldest Princess's Residence, she did not retire to her own chambers, but brought a reclining chair to the bedroom in the courtyard arranged for Zhang Yuan and Xiao Yuanjun.
Zhang Yuan sat cross-legged on the bed. Rather than refining his Sword Qi, he frowned in thought.
The fall of the [Jade Uncarved Spirit True Grotto-Heaven] and the [Wonderous Dharma Jade Terrace Blessed Land] had thrown the Great Heng Dynasty into chaos. The Great Heng Empress had already left Heaven-Reaching City to deal with the aftermath throughout the dynasty, rescuing countless commoners from fire and flood.
Although the Great Heng Empress had left Heaven-Reaching City, and the two of them were not inside the Imperial City, she had still raised a national fortune barrier over Heaven-Reaching City, preventing their escape.
There were still three main matters at hand.
The Great Heng Founder.
The Central Heaven conceptual image that was about to emerge.
And taking Ao Xiu home.
For anyone at the Celestial Person level, each of these three matters was a question of life and death.
The Great Heng Founder and taking Ao Xiu home involved a Divine Master and the Azure Firmament Dust-Dyed Realm's two Dragon Clans, respectively, while the emergence of the Central Heaven conceptual image would draw young prodigies from the Five Realms to compete for it.
Judging by how the Azure Firmament Dust-Dyed Realm's Celestial Persons operated, those so-called young prodigies of the Dust-Dyed Realm would probably all be at celestial person perfection, like Wenren Shangzhi, Deng