As purple starlight flickered, Bai Yi took one step onto the purple-gold carpet before him.
With every step, he crossed the span of an entire One-Star Land. Surrounded by the spatial Spiritual Resonance of the purple-gold carpet, he arrived beneath the imperial court in a brief moment.
"Welcome, honored envoy!"
Beside the palace, a Spirit Transformation courtier called out loudly.
Starlight rose in bursts like fireworks. The ancient, gold-inlaid doors of the imperial court, covered in Dao Patterns, slowly swung open.
A vast, terrifying pressure burst outward. As a golden light shone, Bai Yi entered the imperial court, led by the Spirit Transformation courtier.
In the void on either side, enormous forms condensed from Incense and Fire Prayer Power sat like stars.
Bai Yi looked ahead. Behind the many ministers of the Linnan Kingdom sat a solemn man of immense stature, dressed in a black-and-gold imperial robe, upon the distant heights of the imperial court.
A rich cultivation base at Great Perfection of Spirit Transformation, comparable to that of a Domain-Suppressing City elder, filled the entire imperial court around him.
"Bai Yi, a disciple of the Inner City of Domain-Suppressing City, pays his respects to the Linnan Kingdom Holy Emperor."
Bai Yi stepped into the center of the imperial court. Waves of vast Divine Sense enveloped him.
Sword Qi swirled around him. Bai Yi's expression remained calm, his body as steady as Azure Edge beneath the surging Divine Sense. He nodded respectfully to the Linnan Kingdom Holy Emperor on the throne.
"What an arrogant sword bone."
"No wonder he's a disciple of that madman, Xiang Kuang."
Looking at Bai Yi, who stood unmoving below, the Linnan Kingdom Holy Emperor laughed heartily and waved his hand. The pressure that had filled the imperial court vanished in an instant.
The divine aura