The Myriad Laws Celestial Domain.
Despite the Star Sea Alliance's tireless efforts to suppress the news,
the earth-shattering upheaval on the Qingfeng Continent had yet to cause much of a stir in the outside world.
On the surface, the entire domain maintained its usual order, as though the War Pact that had put the honor of two heavenly domains at stake had simply ended in a complete victory for humanity.
As for why the prefecture lord who had turned the tide had yet to return?
There was speculation, but under the alliance's heavy-handed pressure, no one dared discuss it openly.
At that moment.
Inside the headquarters of the Cosmic Profound Mirror Prefecture, in what had once been the Gale Star Domain and was now renamed the [Ceremony Star Domain].
The main hall of the Residence towered into the clouds, its atmosphere quiet and still.
Dressed in a long robe, An Lingzhen sat behind her desk, steadily handling urgent documents from the various branches.
Her expression was composed, her strokes firm and assured as she reviewed the files.
She already carried much of the dignity and authority befitting the chief steward of a Residence.
Only in unguarded moments, when no one was watching, did a flicker of anxiety cross her brow.
"You may go."
Having finished approving the file on resource allocation,
An Lingzhen casually handed it to the attendant below the dais, her tone calm.
"Yes, Steward An."
The attendant bowed respectfully, then withdrew.
The great doors slowly closed.
Only when she was alone in the hall
did An Lingzhen finally relax a little, worry she could scarcely conceal surfacing on her face.
Almost instinctively, she looked toward the upper-left corner of her desk.
There lay a lustrous, translucent jade slip.
An exceptionally tenacious pale-gold glow flowed within it.
It