The delicate, jade-like hand seemed soft and frail, but as it extended, it carried an incomparably powerful suppressive might.

It was as if the power of heaven and earth had converged within that three-inch palm!

Under the pressure from the Great Emperor, the brocade-robed old man's face twisted in agony, as if he were on the brink of collapse. Blood seeped from his clenched teeth and a sinister crackling echoed from his bones. His head drooped slowly until his forehead touched the ground.

The brocade-robed old man naturally understood why Luo Xian wanted to kill him. He just hadn't expected her to actually dare to do it.

"Your Majesty... save me!"

He had used nearly all his strength just to rasp out those words.

In the next moment, the terrifying pressure vanished without a trace.

Luo Xian withdrew her extended hand slightly, her gaze lifting to the tall figure that had suddenly appeared behind the brocade-robed old man.

He was a handsome young man in a magnificent robe, exuding an air of nobility. The ancient weariness in his eyes starkly contradicted his youthful appearance.

The young man's name was Luo Hao. He was the second young master of the Lingtian Plateau's Luo Family and the current Emperor of the Heaven Azure Empire.

...

Utter silence reigned before the shattered stone gate.

Luo Xian and her brother, Luo Hao, stood quietly gazing at each other, not speaking for a long time. As their eyes met, the very space around them seemed to freeze. Pebbles on the ground began to dance, the blazing sun lost its brilliance, and a murderous aura wavered over the grass and trees.

The brocade-robed old man, still prostrate on the ground, trembled uncontrollably. He didn't dare make the slightest sound, not even daring to breathe too deeply.

There is nothing more terrifying in this world, he thought, than a standoff between these two siblings.

In the heavy silence, Luo Hao was the first to avert his gaze. "Mei Nu, you may withdraw."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

As if granted amnesty, the brocade-robed old man scrambled away, vanishing in an instant.

Luo Xian said coolly, "Did you send Mei Nu to report to me merely to test my attitude?"

Luo Hao turned to the side, standing with his hands clasped behind his back. He spoke slowly, "All these years, you have never left this place. Even when Pink attacked and I was nearly killed, you didn't move a single step."

"But now, upon hearing that Tian'er has appeared in the Lower Realm, you can no longer sit still... As I thought, you truly do care for him."

Luo Xian replied coolly, "I once cared for you in the same way."

Luo Hao smiled. "Your feelings for Tian'er... they aren't just sisterly affection, are they?"

Luo Xian's expression was impassive. She ignored his question, saying, "Imprisoning me here for so many years has given me more than enough time to sharpen my sword."

Luo Hao asked, "A sword sharp enough to kill me?"

Luo Xian replied, "You deserve to die."

Suddenly, Luo Hao turned to face her, a wounded expression on his face. "For a bastard you picked up from the outside, are you really going to kill your own brother?"

Luo Xian's expression remained frigid. "I have no brother like you."

"But blood is thicker than water," Luo Hao said earnestly. "That cannot be changed."

"Sister, even before Mei Nu came to test you, I had already dispatched men to forcibly open the Starry Sky Ancient Path to the Lower Realm."

"Without his Life-bound Green Lotus, how do you think Tian'er can possibly survive?"

Luo Xian looked at him with disdain. "The fact you sent people to the Lower Realm the moment you received the news proves how terrified you are of him. You're afraid he will return."

"Trash is trash. The only thing you're good at is hiding in the shadows and plotting your filthy little schemes."

"You, Luo Hao, are not fit to be compared to even one of his toes."

Hearing this, Luo Hao's face gradually darkened. "Luo Xian, you have only two paths."

"The first is to return to your seclusion and, when the time comes, obediently fulfill your marriage contract."

"The second is that for the future of the Heaven Azure Empire and the Luo Family, I will have no choice but to eliminate my own kin for the sake of the greater good."

As his voice fell, dozens of powerful auras descended from the sky, landing amongst the towering buildings.

Luo Xian's gaze swept over them coolly as her own aura surged, a murderous intent blossoming in her eyes. "I don't need you to choose my path for me."

Seeing that Luo Xian was genuinely preparing to fight, Luo Hao grew anxious, but his anxiety was overshadowed by rage.

"Sister, must you be so obstinate?!"

"Keeping you confined here all these years was for your own good! I was protecting you!"

"Tian'er fell into the demonic path and slaughtered the innocent, plunging the Three Thousand Worlds into misery and opposing the righteous Heavenly Dao!"

"A monster like him deserves to die ten thousand deaths, yet you continue to shield him. I have no idea what sort of bewitching potion he's fed you!"

"For years, to protect you from the judgment of the righteous powers, I have sacrificed so much negotiating with them just to arrange this marriage for you."

"And now, simply because you heard news that the bastard has reappeared, you're going to throw all my years of effort away... Sister, you are truly heartless!"

Luo Xian let out a cold laugh. "Are you finished with your performance?"

"If you are, then it's time for you to meet your end."

Luo Hao stared at Luo Xian and began to back away, his expression savage. "I always held out a glimmer of hope that you would see the error of your ways and turn back. But it seems I was just deluding myself."

"Xianxian!"

A sudden cry echoed through the air.

Hearing that voice, Luo Xian's heart softened for an instant.

A beautiful woman in a white dress hurried to Luo Hao's side, her face fraught with urgency and her eyes shimmering with tears.

"Xianxian, Mother is begging you, please stop... I can't bear to see you two harm each other!"

Luo Xian clenched her fists, her tone frigid. "So now you decide to show yourself? Where were you when Tian'er was in peril?"

The woman in white felt a pain like a knife twisting in her heart, so sharp it nearly suffocated her.

"Tian'er... I failed him. But at the time, I was truly powerless. His transgressions were too deep."

"Hahahaha..."

Luo Xian suddenly began to laugh, her voice filled with scorn and disdain.

"You enjoy everything he gave you, yet you dare to say he was the one in the wrong?"

"Luo Hao... Mother... you both truly disappoint me."

Luo Hao's gaze turned frigid. "Still so obstinate."

"Seize her!"

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