Yin Jiao Returned to Court and Purged the Sovereign's Entourage in the Human Emperor Hall!

The blade was only three feet from Yin Jiao, yet it could descend no farther.

The next instant.

Every imperial guard charging forward inside the Human Emperor Hall fell to his knees!

Clang!

Blade after blade struck the white jade tiles, the sound sending a chill through the hearts of every civil and military official in the hall.

The imperial guards turned deathly pale, cold sweat rolling down their foreheads.

They had seen no flying sword or magical treasure, nor any immortal spell.

Yet the military oath within them, their pledge of loyalty to Great Shang, seemed to have been seized in the crushing grip of an invisible hand.

The Purple-Gold Imperial Seal lit up between Yin Jiao's brows.

Its light was not dazzling, yet it weighed upon every armored man until none could raise his head.

This was Cheng Tang's bloodline.

This was the Yin Shang orthodoxy.

This was humanity's Dao wishfire truly igniting within the Human Emperor Hall for the first time!

"Kneel."

Yin Jiao's voice was not loud.

Yet as that single word fell, the knees of the front rank buckled, crashing heavily against the floor.

Then the second rank, the third, and the halberd-bearing guards outside the hall doors fell prostrate in succession.

In the blink of an eye, not one of the trusted guards Fei Zhong and You Hun had brought could remain standing.

Deathly silence filled the hall.

Bi Gan raised his head, the jade pendant in his palm growing faintly hot.

As he gazed at the Purple-Gold Imperial Seal between Yin Jiao's brows, excitement finally surfaced in his clouded eyes.

"Your Highness..."

"This is the human king aura of Great Shang, still unextinguished!"

Queen Jiang stared blankly at her eldest son, unable to stop her tears.

The Jiao'er she remembered had still been