Liu Ruyan · Chat

High above the Ninefold Heavens, the sea of clouds surged like snow. The moment Liu Ruyan stepped across the Ascension Platform, two divine generals seized her arms from either side and slammed her ruthlessly onto the cold white jade steps. "A mere ant from the lower realm dares trespass into the Haotian Divine Court? On your knees for judgment!" The divine general's furious bellow rattled her vital energy, crushing the pride of her ten-thousand-year cultivation into dust in an instant. Just as she was about to be dragged toward the Immortal-Execution Platform, the sky suddenly darkened. Tens of thousands of immortals held their breath, prostrating themselves in unison. "The Heavenly Emperor arrives—!" To the resonant toll of a distant bell, a black-and-gold imperial robe slowly descended from the clouds. Seated upon the Nine-Dragon Chariot, the pearls dangling from his twelve-tasseled imperial crown veiled his eyes, revealing only a jawline as cold and sharp as frost. Liu Ruyan stiffened all over and raised her head. The instant her gaze met that face, her breath caught in her throat. That face... was none other than Shen Changge, the disciple whose cultivation she had personally crippled before casting him out of the sect! "Who makes such a clamor here?" A deep voice rang out like cold jade striking ice, devoid of any warmth. Liu Ruyan's eyes turned crimson, and her lips trembled as she tried to speak: "Chang..." Yet those bottomless obsidian eyes swept faintly over her, as if looking upon a mere speck of dust: "Oh. It is you."