Cuiwei Star Domain, Jade Dragon Divine Dynasty.
Within a grand and magnificent palace.
A black-haired woman clad in a dark imperial robe reclined before a desk.
She supported her smooth chin with one hand, the intricate golden ornaments hanging from her earlobes swaying gently, adding several more layers of unchallengeable majesty to her already regal bearing.
At this moment, she looked down from above at the burly man below the hall, tears streaming down his face.
"Please show mercy, Your Majesty! Withdraw your troops!"
The young man kneeling on the ground kept kowtowing, his voice hoarse with desperation:
"The war has continued until now, and a million of our citizens have already perished. Our mountains and rivers lie shattered... If this continues, the billions of living beings in our nation may all be displaced, and our heritage may be severed!"
Hearing this, the Jade Dragon Empress merely lifted her eyelids helplessly and said casually:
"I had thought you went to such lengths to seek an audience over some great matter."
"So it was merely this tiresome plea for mercy."
She leaned forward slightly, her gaze icy. "Mortal, understand your position."
"It was your repeated failure to meet the required tribute that obstructed the progress of My grand ambitions."
"The fact that I have not directly shattered your planet is already My mercy."
"Your Majesty, please see clearly!"
The young man abruptly raised his head and hurriedly defended himself:
"It is not that our nation deliberately neglected its duties. The amount demanded by the Divine Dynasty is simply too enormous. Even if our small nation exhausted all its resources, we could scarcely gather it!"
"The entire nation has long been suffering beyond endurance, and that is why..."
"Insolence!" Before he could finish, a golden-armored divine general standing beneath the high platform