Above the Ye Residence in Tianfeng City.
The golden imperial shadow manifested by the imperial talisman remained in a stalemate with Gu Han's invisible force of spatial collapse.
Although the light of the imperial talisman had dimmed somewhat, it had ultimately blocked that destructive strike.
The Captain of the Azure Dragon Guards and his subordinates were still unable to move.
However, the despair in their eyes had lessened slightly, replaced by the heart-pounding sensation of surviving a disaster and an infinite reverence for Her Majesty the Empress.
Gu Han did not continue to increase her power.
She simply watched the golden phantom quietly, as if waiting for something.
Ye Linger and A Yao leaned close to her side.
A Yao looked curiously at the "pretty golden shadow" in the sky and asked in a low voice:
"Master Mother, what is that?"
Gu Han gently rubbed her head and smiled slightly:
"It's a... somewhat interesting little toy."
At that moment—
The space above the Ye Residence suddenly rippled like a lake surface into which a stone had been thrown.
A pressure more vast and more real than the Vermilion Bird Imperial Shadow, appearing as high as the heavens and earth, quietly spread out.
This pressure was not overbearing, yet it carried an unquestionable supremacy.
It caused everyone who felt it to experience an urge to prostrate themselves from the depths of their Souls.
Following that, under the gaze of countless eyes shocked nearly to the point of dullness.
A figure of peerless elegance, dressed in a nine-colored phoenix-patterned palace gown, stepped slowly out from those ripples.
Her Face was exquisitely beautiful, as if it gathered all the imagination of 'beauty' and 'nobility' in the world.
Her brows were like distant mountains shrouded in mist, her eyes like autumn waters, her skin more translucent than snow, and her lips naturally red without any pigment.
Her black hair cascaded like a waterfall, with only a portion pinned up by a simple phoenix hairpin, while the rest fell naturally to her waist.
She simply stood there, and it was as if she had become the center of heaven and earth.
The sun, moon, and stars lost their luster before her, and the mountains and rivers bowed their heads.
The newcomer was none other than the ruler of the Eastern Region, Empress Qing Xuan!
"Greetings, Your Majesty the Empress!"
"Peace be upon Your Majesty!"
Ye Lingyun and other high-ranking members of the Ye family, as well as many Cultivators in the distance who recognized the Empress's identity, instantly knelt in unison, their voices trembling with excitement.
Even those unruly Loose Cultivators lowered their heads deeply at this moment, not daring to look directly at her.
Though the Azure Dragon Guards could not move, their eyes burst with a light of fanaticism and piety.
Empress Qing Xuan did not pay attention to the worship of the crowd.
From the moment she appeared, her gaze was firmly locked onto the woman with snow-white silver hair and a cold, transcendent aura on the plaza below.
Their eyes met.
Time and space seemed to freeze at this instant.
One was a peerless Empress who had ruled the Eastern Region for tens of thousands of years with a resounding reputation.
The other was a mysterious and unfathomable Palace Mistress of an immortal palace from the Southern Region.
Their gazes met in the air; there were no sparks, no hostility, only a kind of inquisitive and calm mutual appraisal.
Empress Qing Xuan looked at Gu Han, observing those eyes that were as calm as an ancient frozen pool, yet seemed to contain an endless sea of stars.
The astonishment in her heart grew even stronger.
Observing from a close distance, she still could not see through the other party!
The other party seemed to be shrouded in a layer of impenetrable mist that blocked all prying eyes.
What made her heart turn even colder was that the way the other party looked at her was too calm.
There was no reverence, no surprise, no hostility, not even much of a ripple.
It was like... looking at a stranger of equal status.
This calmness instead made Empress Qing Xuan more certain that the other's strength was absolutely not inferior to her own.
"This Empress is Qing Xuan."
Empress Qing Xuan spoke slowly, her voice ethereal and pleasant, yet carrying a natural majesty.
"Is Your Excellency the Palace Mistress of the Jade Pool Immortal Palace, Gu Han?"
Gu Han nodded slightly, her expression remaining indifferent:
"Indeed."
"Palace Master Gu has come from afar to visit the Eastern Region, yet has come into conflict with my Azure Dragon Guards. I wonder what the reason is?"
Empress Qing Xuan's tone was peaceful, with no detectable joy or anger, as if it were just a casual inquiry.
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