Chapter 724: Trees Planted by the Forebears, Roots Pulled by the Later Generations
BOOM! Like an Azure Bird, the Western Kunlun Palace sailed through the void of the heavens, its wings slicing through the air with incredible speed.
Atop the bird's back, the Azure Bird Mystical Array held fast, a cage suppressing the limbless Crown Prince within.
The Crown Prince's body was deathly pale, his blood seemingly drained. His face was creased, his eyes dull, and his once-black hair had turned ash-gray overnight.
Gone was the Crown Prince who had stood noble for several millennia, replaced now by an old man whose frail and withered body could barely move, a man who found even dying hard.
His lifeless eyes seemed to have departed this world already.
Standing beside the Azure Bird Mystical Array was a tall woman clad in golden armor, the last remaining Rank 1 Sovereign of the Celestial Court.
Known as the Combat Sovereign, she was a woman who did not bow to men, a Rank 1 Sovereign, naturally indicating her unparalleled abilities.
While others dallied in the Peach Blossom Villa, she was tasked with guarding the Crown Prince.
She was not one for love; unlike the other delicate celestial maidens, she was merely a part of this plot crafted by the Empress Dowager herself—a plot she could not escape from.