The passage finally extended to the white jade plaza in front of the immortal palace's Main Hall, landing steadily before dissipating into dots of spiritual light.
The ice jiao carriage came to a stop, and the carriage curtain moved without wind, lifting to both sides.
A figure dressed in ice-blue palace attire, with a cold face and an Aura of biting cold and supreme majesty, stepped slowly out of the carriage.
It was Empress Ling Shuang!
The moment she stepped onto the white jade plaza, a chill quietly spread out with her as the center.
Instantly, the temperature on the plaza dropped slightly.
Ten Female Generals followed closely behind, lining up behind her, their expressions serious, like ten unsheathed ice blades.
Almost at the same time Empress Ling Shuang stepped out of the carriage.
The heavy doors of the Main Hall slid open silently.
A figure with silver hair like snow, dressed in moon-white palace attire and possessing a cool, ethereal temperament, walked slowly out of the hall.
It was Gu Han.
The two were separated by a hundred zhang, their gazes meeting in the air.
In that instant, it was as if even time froze for a moment.
One was the famous Empress Ling Shuang who ruled the Northern Territory.
The other was the Yaochi Empress who had risen mysteriously and recently become famous everywhere.
Their eyes met.
No sparks flew, no Auras clashed.
There was only a mutual scrutiny and appraisal that was calm to the extreme, yet seemed capable of crushing the sky.
"Gu Han?"
Empress Ling Shuang spoke first, her voice clear like an ice spring hitting a rock, yet carrying an innate cold arrogance and directness.
"Indeed."
Gu Han nodded slightly, her gaze calmly meeting the other's gaze that seemed capable of freezing the Soul.
"Your Excellency, for what reason have you come?"
Empress Ling Shuang took a step forward, her gaze firmly locked onto Gu Han, saying word by word:
"I have come for only two things."
"First, to see with my own eyes what kind of person this Gu Han is, who is revered by the Southern Territory as the 'Yaochi Empress'!"
"Second,"
She paused slightly, the sharp light in her eyes like an unsheathed ice blade piercing straight at Gu Han:
"I want to personally weigh whether your title of 'Empress' is... worthy of its name!"
The last four words were like falling hailstones, carrying undisguised Battle Intent and provocation!
The moment her voice fell, with Empress Ling Shuang as the center, a vast and terrifying chill erupted!
It wasn't simple spiritual pressure, but the manifestation of her understanding of the "Ice Dao Principle"!
In an instant, the temperature of the entire white jade plaza plummeted below freezing!
The ground, pillars, and even the Spiritual Qi flowing in the air began to rapidly condense into thick layers of ice, making a "cracking" sound of freezing!
In the sky, countless snowflakes were generated out of thin air, fluttering down.
Every snowflake contained a sharp icy dao intent, as if it could freeze the Divine Soul!
However, facing this overwhelming power.
Gu Han, standing in front of the hall, seemed completely oblivious.
Not even the corner of her clothes fluttered.
As those falling snowflakes approached within three zhang of her, they silently melted and vaporized as if they had never existed.
The white jade ground beneath her feet remained warm and smooth, without a single bit of frost.
Gu Han just stood there quietly, looking calmly at the fully unleashed Empress Ling Shuang.
As if the other party's earth-shaking power was nothing more than a slightly cool breeze on a spring day.
"You want to 'weigh' it?"
Gu Han spoke, her voice flat, yet it clearly pierced through the biting cold wind and the sound of cracking ice crystals.
"Very well."
She slowly raised her right hand, palm up, making a gesture of "please."
"How about a Battle Beyond the Heavens?"
No anger, no fear, only a natural composure.
If you want to fight, then let's fight!
As long as you don't do it on my territory, I'll fight you!
The Battle Intent in Empress Ling Shuang's eyes grew even stronger, her ice-blue eyes shining remarkably bright!
"Good!"
She spat out only one word, and her figure already soared into the sky, turning into a streak of light that instantly vanished into the Nine Heavens!
Gu Han also took a step forward, her figure disappearing from the spot.
The next moment, beyond the Nine Heavens, in the endless starry sky.
Two figures of peerless grace faced each other from a thousand miles away.
Below was the Canglan Continent, and above was the cold and silent vast galaxy.
This was the stage where powerhouses of the Immortal Ascension Realm could let loose and fight to their heart's content!
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