"I am Bu Yuntian, Grand Elder of the Vajra Sect!"
The old man stood in the Great Hall, his imposing aura terrifying.
He stroked his beard and looked at Jiang Lan.
He did not even bow to her.
Jiang Lan sneered. "Since when did the Vajra Sect have any say in the affairs of my Imperial Family?"
"Leave at once!"
"Your Majesty, you are mistaken!" Jiang Xun hurriedly said. "Senior Bu is a Spirit Transformation Stage cultivator. Though we belong to the Imperial Family, we must still show such a senior the most basic respect!"
"After all, this is not the mortal world. This is the Cultivation World!"
"In the Cultivation World, strength still reigns supreme!"
Jiang Xun smiled smugly. "Forgive your subject for saying something deeply disrespectful, but if this senior were to attack Your Majesty now, we would be powerless to stop him!"
"You..." Jiang Lan nearly exploded with anger.
She looked around at the assembled civil and military officials.
Almost all of them had their heads lowered, saying nothing.
These were the new officials she had appointed after purging the previous emperor's lackeys.
She had never expected that, at a critical moment, they still would not stand with her.
"Your Majesty!" Jiang Xun continued to pressure her. "Today, we merely ask Your Majesty to appoint a Crown Prince, not surrender the throne. Please issue the decree at once!"
"Little girl!" Bu Yuntian looked coldly at Jiang Lan. "My patience is limited!"
"So what?" Jiang Lan said. "Would you dare kill me?"
"Oh?" Bu Yuntian said. "Heh... why is Your Majesty so naive? Do you not understand the Imperial Family's current predicament?"
"Do you still not understand what it means for strength to reign supreme in the Cultivation World?"
"Your Majesty has only two paths today!"
"The first: