1127: One after another

After Elizabeth VI entered the palace, she found a figure standing in the hall, with her back to the door, staring intently at a painting hanging in the hall.

The painting depicted a beautiful woman seated on a throne, wearing a crown and luxurious attire, with a serene and majestic countenance; she extended her hand, and before her, a tall knight with a resolute face knelt on one knee, as if receiving the most precious thing in the world, about to perform a hand-kissing ceremony.

This painting was a famous work of the Day-Never-Setting Empire—"Ciaakina and Her Most Loyal Knight."

Moreover, unlike the copied versions circulating on the market, this was the original, which had been collected by the already abdicated Ciaakina.

“Grand-Ancestor, you actually left seclusion early?!”

Elizabeth VI’s gaze swept over the painting and landed on the figure in front of her, asking with surprise and joy.

“With such a big commotion, how could this old one not react.”

After a long while, the figure with her back to Elizabeth VI sighed faintly, then turned around and looked at Elizabeth VI with affection.

This was an old woman with white hair and a face full of wrinkles, whose appearance was vaguely similar to the woman in the painting; though aged, she exuded an unapproachable nobility and majesty.

Even with her loving eyes and gentle expression, she could not conceal much.

This old woman was precisely Ciaakina from the painting, Elizabeth III, whose full name was Elizabeth Alexandra Jiaqina Windsor.

She was a legendary figure, renowned in the Day-Never-Setting Empire and even the entire Blue Star World.

In the Early Stage of the will of the heavens’ revival and the great changes on Blue Star World, she used decisive measures to resolve the internal chaos of the Day-Never-Setting Empire and broke through all obstacles, leading the Day-Never-Setting Empire back into the ranks of the world's powerful nations.

During the first two hundred years of the will of the heavens’ revival, countless Awakeners fell under her charm and peerless grace.

Even now, though Ciaakina is so old that she needs to extend her Lifespan with countless Heaven And Earth Treasure in her manor, and has not made a move for over a hundred years, she is undoubtedly one of the top Supreme Experts of the current era.

Before Zhang Dingguo of the Dragon Country broke through to the 11th Stage and became a Dominator, Ciaakina was even revered as the Blue Star World’s Supreme Expert in the Day-Never-Setting Empire and the countries led by it!

“Grand-Ancestor, this time you came out of seclusion, have you successfully broken through to the 11th Stage?”

Elizabeth VI stepped forward and supported the old woman’s arm, asking cautiously.

“How can it be so easy to Breakthrough to the 11th Stage? This old one does not have the courage of Zhang Dingguo of the Dragon Country, who dared to drag his broken body into the Blood Clan World to fight the Blood Clan Progenitor, facing death as if returning home; I can only accept wasting away my years before an unbreakable Realm barrier.”

Jiaqina Windsor patted Elizabeth’s hand, speaking with a hint of emotion.

“Zhang Dingguo of the Dragon Country was just lucky. His Lifespan was nearing its limit at the time, with only one last battle left in him. Entering the Blood Clan World to fight the Blood Clan Progenitor was merely his desperate gamble, wanting to secure greater benefits for himself and the Dragon Country. He didn't expect to hit the jackpot.”

“Grand-Ancestor, you naturally don’t need to take such risks like him. You will definitely be able to smoothly Breakthrough to the 11th Stage.”

Elizabeth VI, who understood the matter, said with a charming smile.

A noble son does not sit under a crumbling wall; members of the imperial family with such noble birth like her always looked down upon the boorish men of the Dragon Country who did not understand propriety.

“Shut up!”

But Elizabeth VI did not expect that Jiaqina would throw her aside after hearing her words.

“Have you been Queen of the Empire for so many years and only learned to be arrogant and look down on everything?”

“An 11th Stage Dominator-level Expert has a Lifespan of a thousand years, and their great power is enough to dominate the rise and fall of a large world. How can you casually belittle him?”

Jiaqina’s cold words carried undisguised chill.

“This…”

Elizabeth VI trembled, ignoring the dust on her luxurious clothes, and immediately knelt on the ground, kowtowing:

“Grand-Ancestor, I know I was wrong!”

“Please don’t be angry, it’s not worth it to harm your health because of me.”

“It seems that a life of ease has made you as foolish as pigs.”

Jiaqina lowered her eyelids, concealing a hint of dark killing intent.

Such a young, enviable, vibrant body, she had not possessed for hundreds of years.

Now, this foolish descendant, like a pig, did not cherish it at all.

“Enough!”

The killing intent in her eyes flashed and disappeared, and Jiaqina’s expression returned to benevolence. She waved her hand, sending out a burst of power to help Elizabeth VI up, then turned and sat down on a chair.

“You must remember, since the revival of the will of the heavens, any opponent outside the Empire can be underestimated, but only the Dragon Country cannot be underestimated.”

“This country possesses a Life Qi that we cannot hope to match!”

Leaning back in the chair, Jiaqina’s face was filled with emotion.

“In this world, if there are more people with long Lifespan, there will be more old monsters occupying positions without contributing!”

“They covet power and fear death!”

“However, that Eastern country never lacks people who face death, no matter their status or power, they possess the determination to calmly face death and willingly pave the way for future generations.”

“Do you think Zhang Dingguo was just lucky to be the first to reach the 11th Stage?”

“No, he was not!”

“When he entered the Blood Clan World, he already held a death wish, signing a harsh contract with us, intending to die with the Blood Clan Progenitor, solely to achieve that nation-protecting Divine Artifact of the Dragon Country.”

“It was only by doing so that he could find life in death and achieve this unprecedented accomplishment.”

Jiaqina said with emotion, a hint of loneliness appearing on her aged face.

Before entering the Blood Clan World, experts like her actually had this opportunity, but everyone, including her, simply did not have such determination.

“They advanced wave after wave, the rise of the Dragon Country is unstoppable!”

Thinking of a piece of news she had recently obtained through secret means, Jiaqina couldn't help but sigh.

The younger generation of the Dragon Country already has peerless Prodigies rising like a great sun, about to illuminate all directions and suppress a Realm…

But looking at the Empire, looking at the entire Blue Star World, there is simply no one who can be compared to them.

This, one must say, is a kind of sorrow!

“This old one will now enter seclusion to Breakthrough to the 11th Stage. For a while, contact with the Eagle Country can be put aside, and on the Myriad Heavens Battlefield, some trade with Dawn Fortress can be opened up.”

“But do not have too close contact. After today's changes, the world's power structure will likely undergo turbulence again.”

Looking at Elizabeth VI, who stood opposite her, meek and submissive, Jiaqina felt even more irritable. After giving a few instructions to her junior, she waved her hand and expelled her from the palace.

“Undercurrents are surging. After the great change seven hundred years ago, Blue Star World is about to usher in a period of turmoil again!”

As the palace gates completely closed, Elizabeth VI vaguely heard her Grand-Ancestor muttering something.