Inside and outside the Purple Green Kingdom's imperial palace—
Crown Prince Purple Green sat upon the dragon throne, while Xu Qing stood in the plaza outside the grand hall.
Their gazes met across the distance.
Xu Qing still remembered their last encounter—in the human imperial capital, at the moment of his death.
And the time before that—in the rain-soaked forests of Yinghuang Province, where Crown Prince Purple Green had held Lord Sixth's severed head.
Scene after scene flashed through Xu Qing's mind as their eyes locked.
But unlike before… this time, Xu Qing's gaze was calm.
At such close proximity, he could clearly sense Crown Prince Purple Green's cultivation—only at the Divine Platform realm.
Back in the human imperial capital, Crown Prince Purple Green had used the Empress's ascension as his own ritual to step into the Divine Platform.
Yet it seemed that over the years, he had halted his progress.
He remained at Divine Platform.
