Temporarily Avoid?

Yuqing Domain, center.

The void was boundless, silent and profound.

A colossal palace floated amid the cold Stellar Sea, gathering starlight between its sharp edges and corners like a pearl set into the pitch-black vault of night, proclaiming its status as the core of Yuqing Domain's power.

The vast void platform before the hall was especially empty and deathly still at this moment.

Then, faint spatial ripples suddenly shattered the silence.

Figures emerged from the depths of space as though tearing through a curtain. They were none other than Domain Lord Qu Hongwen and the domain's sixty-seven highest councilors.

Qu Hongwen wore a somewhat worn gray robe and stood at the forefront, his figure appearing especially thin against the backdrop of the grand hall.

As he gazed at the tightly shut doors, a trace of undisguised heartache flashed through his eyes—the [Domain Lord's Great Hall] was there, yet he, its Domain Lord, had been shut outside...

Creak~~!

Reflected in his pupils, the hall doors slowly parted to either side, and a young man came out to greet them with a warm smile.

"What day is it today? How did Domain Lord Qu find the time to visit me?"

Those words were like a bayonet, fiercely stabbing into his heart.

Qu Hongwen's eyes widened, his old face instantly flushing red as his lips trembled.

"Vis... it..."

"What? Is there a problem?" Li Qingshan stepped before the old man, smiling pleasantly. "Domain Lord Qu, don't forget—back then, it was under your warm invitation that I first noticed Yuqing Domain and designated this place as the 'First Stop of Patrol the Heavens.'"

"N-no problem!"

Qu Hongwen's chest heaved repeatedly, yet he had no choice but to suppress the turmoil in his heart. He respectfully cupped his hands and said, "Qu thanks the General