514: The gaze of the Azure Empress!

This was the first time Su Ming had seen the Immortal Emperor Cangqiong.

Pressure like the sky collapsing, divine light like a tsunami, and thousands of Great Daos wailed and submitted around her.

However, when the endless divine light slightly receded, revealing the true face behind it, Su Ming's breathing suddenly hitched.

The Immortal Emperor Cangqiong was not the dignified and overbearing old man he had imagined, nor a middle-aged emperor who swallowed mountains and rivers.

Walking out of the divine light was actually a woman of peerless elegance.

Dressed in a red imperial robe, she seemed to carry the weight of the entire Vast Immortal Domain.

Her face was cold, yet it could not hide that beauty that could captivate all living beings; a pair of phoenix eyes scanned all creation indifferently, as if everything in her eyes was no different from an ant.

After the Tide Immortal Emperor, the Vast Immortal Domain actually had a second female emperor!

From beginning to end, Su Ming had never thought about the Empress Cangqiong.

Because in the last simulation, the Empress Cangqiong had not made a Breakthrough to the Immortal Emperor Realm, nor had she been targeted by the Nine Heavens Immortal Emperor.

However, in the next second, Su Ming's expression changed slightly.

He suddenly realized a problem.

Perhaps in the last simulation, the Nine Heavens Immortal Emperor had also found the Empress Cangqiong.

It was just that this news had not been leaked.

Just as Su Ming was deep in thought.

Sword Thirteen led the way with a respectful expression; the group moved majestically toward the deeper parts of the Outer Heaven.

Just as that grand procession passed by Su Ming, the Empress Cangqiong's footsteps paused without warning.

Her gaze pierced through the crowd, crossed through space, and landed with pinpoint accuracy on Su Ming.

Just one look.

Su Ming only felt his Divine Soul being frozen, instantly pulling him back from his contemplation to reality.

That gaze didn't have the pressure of the Emperor Realm; instead, it carried a hint of familiarity.

It was as if they were not meeting for the first time, but were reuniting after a long separation.

Su Ming's mind went blank.

He thought for a long time but simply could not remember when he had ever met her.

However, before he could think further, that gaze was withdrawn, remaining as cold as ever, as if everything just now had been nothing but Su Ming's hallucination.

The Empress Cangqiong did not stay any longer; with one step, her figure vanished into the entrance of the Outer Heaven.

It wasn't until that suffocating Emperors Might had completely dissipated that Su Ming suddenly snapped back to his senses, his back drenched in cold sweat at some point.

An illusion?

No.

Su Ming was very certain that it was definitely not an illusion.

He had never met the Empress Cangqiong, yet the way she looked at him clearly seemed like she was looking at someone she had known for a very, very long time.

This realization caused an even stronger sense of doubt to well up in his heart.

Just then, Lin Tian slapped Su Ming on the shoulder.

“Come back to your senses, Little Junior Brother.”

“The people are already far away, and you still haven't pulled your eyes back?”

Lin Tian leaned in closer, winking and lowering his voice, his tone full of unmistakable gossip.

“That is the Empress Cangqiong, a top figure of the Vast Immortal Domain.”

“That look of yours... tsk tsk, you aren't actually having some thoughts, are you?”

“Your ambitions are quite grand; are you planning to bring a female emperor back to our Sword Pavilion?”

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of the several people around them suddenly became quite interesting.

Gazes fixed onto Su Ming one after another.

Zi You leaned to the side, sizing up Su Ming with great interest, a playful look on her face.

“Little Junior Brother, don't hide it.”

“If there really is a story, tell it so we can hear; you're the first person who could make the Empress stop in her tracks.”

Su Ming felt a bit of a headache from the two of them playing off each other.

Just as he was about to explain, he subconsciously turned his head and met Zhou Lingxi's gaze.

But at this moment, Zhou Lingxi's eyes, which were usually filled with a lively smile, seemed to be covered by a thin mist, and most of their light had dimmed.

Her footsteps, which had originally intended to move toward Su Ming, froze in place, and she pursed her lips without saying a word.

Her fingers unconsciously twisted the ribbon at her waist; she appeared somewhat restless and filled with an indescribable loneliness.

“If I say I don't know the Empress Cangqiong, would you believe me?”

Su Ming He shook his head helplessly..

Lin Tian curled his lip, his expression saying 'keep making things up,' as he muttered.

“Do you even believe that yourself?”

“With the way the Empress Cangqiong looked at you just now, she practically wanted to carve you into her eyes and take you away, and you're telling me you don't know her?”

Su Ming sighed, his tone full of helplessness.

“In these past few years, I've only been to the Sacred Heaven Sect once, and the rest of the time I've stayed in the Sect, never even stepping out of the front gate. Where would I go to meet someone at the Immortal Emperor Realm?”

This explanation indeed seemed flimsy to everyone; after all, as long as one wasn't blind, they could see something was off with the Empress's gaze just now.

That kind of gaze was definitely not one meant for a stranger.

Su Ming turned to look at Su Qingyuan, who hadn't spoken, as if grasping at a straw.

“Qingyuan, help me out here. Weren't we staying at the Sacred Heaven Sect all those days?”

Meeting everyone's gaze, Su Qingyuan unhurriedly spread her hands.

“Indeed, besides the Sacred Heaven Sect, he hasn't gone anywhere, let alone had the chance to come into contact with anyone from the Heavenly Palace Pavilion.”

“I can testify to that.”

With Su Qingyuan's endorsement, Lin Tian scratched his head, and most of the suspicion in his eyes dissipated.

Although he had a big mouth, he knew that Su Qingyuan never lied.

“That's strange then. Since you haven't met, what was that look the Empress gave you just now all about?”

“It couldn't be that she found you pleasing to the eye and had the idea of taking you as a disciple?”

Zi You chuckled, twirling a strand of hair around her finger.

“If he really were favored by the Empress, our Little Junior Brother would be able to skip a few years of detours in this life.”

“But looking at that display just now, it didn't seem like she was looking for a disciple.”

Su Ming ignored the banter of these two.

Upon hearing Su Ming's helpless explanation, Zhou Lingxi's tense shoulders relaxed slightly, and much of the gloom in her eyes faded.

She stole a glance at Su Ming, but a new doubt arose.

“But if they are strangers, why would the Empress Cangqiong specifically look at Brother Su Ming?”

Yeah, why?

Su Ming couldn't figure it out himself either.

Su Qingyuan looked at Su Ming and lowered her voice, her tone carrying a bit of certainty.

“Could it be because of the Saint Heaven Immortal Emperor?”

These words fell on Su Ming's ears like a sudden clap of thunder, instantly clearing the dense fog in his mind.

“That's it!”

Su Ming slapped his forehead, a flash of annoyance crossing his face.

How could he have forgotten about this?

In the Vast Immortal Domain, there were only three Quasi-Immortal Emperors; how could there be no connection between them?

It was very likely that after Su Ming left the Sacred Heaven Sect, the Saint Heaven Immortal Emperor found the Immortal Emperor Cangqiong and then recounted everything regarding the Nine Heavens Immortal Emperor.

Once he thought of this connection, he immediately linked it to his previous speculation.

In the previous simulation, the Immortal Emperor Cangqiong had not broken through to the Immortal Emperor Realm, but this time she had.

Therefore, the Saint Heaven Immortal Emperor deduced that the Nine Heavens Immortal Emperor might cause trouble for the Immortal Emperor Cangqiong, so he went to the Heavenly Palace Pavilion...