The night was black as ink over the palace in Heaven Dou Imperial City.
Xue Ye, the Heaven Dou Emperor, was in the prime of his life, his bearing spirited and imposing. Dressed in yellow robes, he stood before the golden dragon throne with his hands behind his back, gazing down at those below.
Wisdom gleamed in his eyes, and a faint smile touched his lips, as though he could already see the Heaven Dou Empire's future glory. The sight inspired involuntary awe.
"Your Majesty, I have dispatched my men to Spirit City to investigate, as you commanded."
A middle-aged man hurried inside, knelt before Xue Ye, and respectfully delivered his report.
"Good. What have you discovered?" Xue Ye asked.
"Your Majesty, people can currently enter Spirit City, but no one can leave. Our spies have been unable to send out much information, but..."
The middle-aged man began to stammer.
"But what? Speak." Xue Ye swept his sleeve aside, urging him on impatiently.
"There are rumors that an elder of Spirit Hall was injured," the middle-aged man said.
Only then did Xue Ye nod and motion for him to withdraw.
After the guard withdrew, Xue Ye frowned and murmured to himself, "Who in Spirit Hall was injured so badly that they had to invite Ye Renxin to treat them?"
"Surely a mere elder wouldn't warrant that. Could it be...?"
In Qian Chongling's four-room residence in Spirit City.
Clad in a sexy, pale-purple lace nightdress, Bibi Dong was playing with the baby in the cradle-Qian Guangyue, her daughter with Qian Chongling.
Bibi Dong's pale-purple hair was piled high on her head, and a pale-blue nightdress hugged her voluptuous, mature figure. As the cool night breeze brushed past, a faint fragrance drifted from her body.
Hers was a face of peerless