A Fight Difficult to Bring to an End

"Are you absolutely certain that person was Zhu Jiuyin?"

"It was definitely him. I know his presence far too well. Even if he turned into a woman, I could still recognize him!"

In the Palace of Peace and Happiness, Li Guang had dutifully obeyed orders and engaged in a battle of techniques.

Since the new emperor was not plotting a rebellion, Li Guang could only accept the arrangements at the Palace of Peace and Happiness as usual.

His gaze swept over the grand empress dowager, who could only lie flat on a blanket, and he felt that the new emperor had missed the best opportunity to rebel.

The grand empress dowager was so gravely ill that she could barely get up. A full twenty-seven silver needles had been inserted into her body, leaving her completely incapable of wielding a cultivator's normal strength.

There was not even any need for him to act. If any imperial guard shot at the grand empress dowager from two hundred meters away, the person with the highest authority in the Great Han Dynasty would surely perish.

Hearing the grand empress dowager's question, Li Guang nodded emphatically.

With the Nine Dragons Cauldron protecting him, Li Guang was not worried about being struck by backlash from His Eminence during the battle of techniques.

The enormous cauldron was guarded by nine dragon souls. It could launch long-range attacks across space and also protect anyone who borrowed it for a battle of techniques.

Perhaps because she had been careless, perhaps because using the Nine Dragons Cauldron consumed too much power, or perhaps for some other reason, the grand empress dowager had not used the cauldron. Instead, she had waited until she lost her own battle of techniques before having Li Guang borrow it.

Li Guang sometimes really did harbor