As the last ripple of energy slowly subsided across Cuiwei Star's heavens.
The shattered Imperial Capital once more sank into deathly silence.
Soon, Xuanjian Mansion's Starship Fleet pierced through the remaining clouds and slowly descended upon the Imperial City square, now reduced to ruins.
An Lingzhen and Qu Qingyao led a group of core cultivators onto this scorched earth.
Yet the apocalyptic sight before them shook them to their very souls!
As far as the eye could see were collapsed palace halls, torn earth, and the golden remnant of a dharma manifestation slowly dissolving into nothingness!
The air was also thick with the violent aftershocks of laws!
As though it were recounting just how earth-shattering the battle moments ago had been.
"Did the Mansion Lord... really level the entire Jade Dragon Divine Dynasty by himself?"
A cultivator who had only recently joined Xuanjian Mansion stared at the utterly shattered land in the distance, his voice trembling uncontrollably.
"Why else?"
An Lingzhen's voice was light. She then let out a long breath of relief and rose, darting toward the only figure still standing in the field.
"..."
Ye Li stood atop the ruins, with a rare trace of ease on his face.
The terrifying pressure surrounding him was slowly receding.
His deep-purple Daoist robe was spotless, yet a lingering golden gleam remained deep within his eyes, enough to make one's heart tremble.
"General." An Lingzhen bowed respectfully, unable to conceal the excitement in her voice. "The remaining Jade Dragon enemies attempting to flee have all been intercepted. Resource vaults across the territory are being inventoried and taken over."
Ye Li nodded faintly. His gaze swept over the crowd before finally settling on the center of the enormous crater not far away.
There, the Jade Dragon Empress's body lay limp on the