Chapter 400 - 141: Her Female Identity Revealed, Infinite Blood River Devouring Heaven and Earth, Dragon-Suppressing Seal Missing

This astonishing scene drew everyone’s attention.

The many fleeing experts of the Blood Immortal Sect were even more terrified, a lingering dread settling in. They fled without the slightest hesitation.

’I can’t believe this battle actually pushed Emperor Xia to enter that realm ahead of schedule. We ended up helping her instead...’

’We’ve trained painstakingly for years, unable to advance a single step, but this little slip of a girl has surpassed us all, ascending a step ahead of us.’

’This is so infuriating.’

’Hmph. She’s only relying on the National Fortune of Great Xia. That’s an external power without any true foundation. She’s like a rootless water plant; once Great Xia collapses, her entire cultivation base will wash away with it.’

The three figures who had fought Emperor Xia in Changsheng Hall, all on the verge of the Tribulation Bridge Realm, paused for a moment in frustration. Then, they transformed into blood-red shadows, cast a Secret Skill, and vanished into the Void.

If they waited for Emperor Xia to complete her breakthrough and successfully enter the Eighth Realm, she would certainly come to settle the score with them at the first opportunity.

The Seventh Realm and the Eighth Realm were worlds apart—not on the same level at all.

Eighth Realm cultivators were in harmony with the Dao. In ancient times, the realm was even known as the Dao Realm.

The realms before it, up to the Seventh Realm, were collectively known as the Mortal Realm. The physical body was still in a mortal state, having not yet touched the threshold of the Dao.

It was trivially easy for an Eighth Realm cultivator to kill someone in the Seventh Realm. Even if their own physical body was destroyed, an Eighth Realm cultivator could be reborn through their Divine Soul.

They didn’t even entertain the thought of stopping Emperor Xia’s Realm-Breaking.

Such a massive commotion had long since alerted the old monsters hiding within the Imperial Capital. Only a true fool would do something so suicidal.

Besides, the Blood Immortal Sect had already achieved its objective. By activating the Secret Array, they could corrupt Great Xia’s National Treasure. The entire empire was sure to descend into chaos.

’However, from this day forward, there will be no Emperor in Great Xia. Now that she’s dared to reveal her identity as a woman, she will face pressure unlike any she has ever known.’

"Heh heh..."

From mansions and pavilions across the city, countless gazes filled with shock and astonishment turned toward the depths of the Imperial Palace.

In another district lay a dense cityscape of pavilions and palaces. It was a magnificent sight of carved railings and jade masonry, with buildings packed as tightly as the scales of a fish.

Deep within this district, Divine Mountains dotted with cave abodes hung high in the air. Silver waterfalls cascaded down, and the spiritual energy was so dense it was on the verge of liquefying. One could even glimpse ancient, primordial beasts.

At that moment, inside several meditation chambers, a few old men wreathed in Dragon Energy opened their eyes simultaneously and gazed toward the Imperial Palace.

’Xia Junxi is actually Realm-Breaking?’

’This is truly unexpected.’

’The Imperial Extreme World-Suppressing Scripture she practices has always been missing its latter half. Without guidance from the Imperial Clan Court, she could have searched her entire life and never found a single clue. And yet now, she has used the National Fortune to break through that barrier...’

’Perhaps there’s something strange about the National Treasure. After all, the Imperial Extreme World-Suppressing Scripture, the Imperial Extreme Scripture, and the Imperial Extremity Scripture of All Living Beings were all originally derived from it. She may have accidentally uncovered one of its mysteries.’

The patterns on the old men’s robes were ancient. Their eyes were deep and weary, as if they had witnessed countless ages of the Red Dust, weathered by the trials of the world.

As they watched the magnificent divine light that overshadowed everything in its brilliance, their gazes turned cold, and their expressions grew grim.

The Imperial Clan Court held a transcendent status, but it had no authority to interfere with the imperial court. The Royal Family’s rules were strict, after all. Besides the Imperial Clan Court, there was also Dragon Guard Mountain, which had always remained hidden in the shadows.

However, Dragon Guard Mountain would generally not reveal itself unless the Great Xia empire was on the verge of being overthrown and destroyed.

But ever since Emperor Xia took the throne, she had continuously cut the stipends and resources allocated to the Imperial Clan Court, redirecting the funds back to the national treasury. This money was used to establish the Soaring Dragon Academy to cultivate new talent, equip the military, expand the army, defend the borders, and provide relief for disasters, both natural and man-made.

The Imperial Clan Court had always been a place where the older generation of the Royal Family could cultivate in seclusion and live out their days, and where disciples of the Royal Family were trained.

Precisely for this reason, countless resources were funneled into it every year.

To put it bluntly, a single elder of the Imperial Clan Court possessed more wealth and resources than entire thousand-year-old Noble Families.

The Imperial Clan Court would skim at least half of the resources destined for the national treasury each year.

In the first year of Emperor Xia’s reign, the Imperial Clan Court, seeing her youth, had brazenly plundered resources, even reaching directly into the national treasury. But Emperor Xia had a ruthless streak; right in front of all her court officials, she issued an edict slashing the Imperial Clan Court’s resources, leading to a complete falling out between them.

This incident was no secret in the Imperial Capital, and many ministers secretly applauded her for it.

’What is Jiang Lintian thinking? He actually helped Xia Junxi during the Southern Hunting exercise?’

’We sent him plenty of treasures over the years. Don’t tell me he’s struck a private deal with Emperor Xia? What a truly mercenary bastard.’

Within the Imperial Clan Court, the elders had already learned what transpired in the Qianyuan Cave Realm. Their faces were grim as their gazes fixed on the depths of the Imperial Palace.

The entire Imperial Palace was shrouded in endless Dragon Energy, veiled in a hazy, misty light. Standing at its center was Emperor Xia. Her black hair danced and her Dragon Robe billowed as she was enveloped in countless streams of auspicious, divine radiance, making her appear like a supreme empress.

This was not her avatar. The moment the vast, majestic Dragon Energy surged into her, she had merged with her true self. Otherwise, the power of an avatar alone would have been insufficient to breach the threshold of the Eighth Realm Tribulation Bridge Realm.

At this moment, blessed by an inexplicable power from within the Dragon-Suppressing Seal, the entire Imperial Capital seemed to have become her own body. Her gaze could reach every corner. This grand momentum of heaven and earth rolled forth like a mighty river, boundless and majestic, impossible to describe with words.