"Hmm...?"
Inside the great hall, the sudden voice startled everyone present.
The Imperial Palace had been sealed off by formations and restrictions today. Who could actually disregard those restrictions?
"Bang...!"
Suddenly, the palace hall doors exploded, turning into splinters and drifting dust.
A surge of astonishing force swept through the hall, knocking those inside off balance and making their vision swim.
The next moment, four figures floated in.
All four wore black martial outfits and had burly physiques. Heaven and Earth Origin Power surged around them, while the faint beginnings of laws were taking shape within their bodies.
"Half-Step Source Emperor Realm."
The young man in white and the blood-robed man and woman beside him all narrowed their eyes slightly at the sight of the four.
Yet after entering the hall, the four respectfully took their places on either side.
Then a young man in blue robes strolled into the hall.
He stood tall and straight, with an otherworldly bearing, extraordinarily handsome features, and an air of looking down upon all beneath him.
Although he revealed no aura, the moment he stepped into the hall-
The space inside, which had been filled with the white-robed young man's presence and nearly frozen solid-
Thawed like frost at his arrival, and all energy resumed its flow.
Even the blood-colored threads in the white-robed young man's palm, which had been steadily infiltrating and taking control of everyone-
Fluctuated violently after the newcomer entered, until they could no longer hold and withdrew into the white-robed young man's hand.
"Hmm...?"
At that moment, the white-robed young man's pupils contracted. He abruptly fixed his gaze on the newcomer, a trace of surprise and uncertainty involuntarily showing in his eyes.
Before he could ask anything-
Emperor Xuan, Huangfu Hong, and all the civil and military officials in