447: Chapter 457 A Sudden Unexpected Turn of Events! The Empress Who Was Schemed Against!

"Price?"

Empress Fanyin stared at Su Feng's highly oppressive gaze and was about to speak.

As the only Peak Great Emperor Realm of the Great Thousand Star Domain, even trapped by the constraints of Heavenly Dao, she still had her own pride.

She just wanted to tell Su Feng that the foundation of the Brilliant Star Sea was definitely not that easy to manipulate.

However, before her words could even leave her mouth, those ethereal and profound eyes suddenly constricted.

Almost instantly, all color drained from Empress Fanyin's breathtakingly holy face, and her Dao aura, which had originally been as calm as water, surged violently.

Su Feng's hand holding the glazed cup paused slightly, acutely perceiving this anomaly. He raised his brows slightly and asked indifferently, "What's wrong?"

Empress Fanyin abruptly stood up, her chest heaving violently, her eyes filled with disbelief and solemnity.

She took a deep breath, her voice trembling slightly:

"Jin Kui… has run away."

Along with Empress Fanyin's trembling words, the scene of the Incarnation descending upon the abandoned Star Domain half an hour ago slowly emerged in the Void Realm before her and Su Feng through Origin sharing.

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Deep within the dim and extinguished abandoned dead star.

A massive underground palace was tightly enveloped by ink-thick Devilish Qi, and the air was filled with a nauseating, foul stench.

That was the resentment left behind after tens of thousands of high-tier Cultivators had their Origin sucked dry alive, turning them into corpses.

The Void Realm suddenly twisted.

A brilliant golden lotus tore through layers of demonic mist, carrying supreme, inviolable, and sacred might as it crashed down above the underground palace.

Empress Fanyin's Incarnation stood upon the lotus platform, her cold gaze sweeping over the purgatory-like misery below, a flash of disgust crossing the depths of her eyes.

"Su Feng was right; this place has completely degenerated into a devil's den."

She thought to herself.

Although she was merely an Incarnation, possessing fifty percent of her true body's power, she still possessed the strength of the Peak Great Emperor Realm.

Facing a demonized Azure Dragon who was merely in the Early Stage of the Great Emperor Realm and a half-dead Old Master Jin, this should have been a one-sided crushing defeat with zero suspense.

"Jin Kui, Azure Dragon."

The Incarnation's voice was like evening drums and morning bells, carrying sonic Law waves capable of shattering Devilish Qi as it exploded within the grand hall.

"Degenerating willingly and associating with Realm Demons. Today, this Emperor shall cleanse our ranks for the Great Thousand Star Domain."

In front of the altar, the Azure Dragon Emperor, who was presiding over the transformation ritual, abruptly raised his head.

When he saw that brilliantly golden lotus, a trace of shock instantly flashed across his face, which was covered in black scales, and he subconsciously retreated behind Old Master Jin.

Meanwhile, Old Master Jin, who had originally been sitting cross-legged on the rush cushion with a withered appearance, suddenly stiffened his body.

He slowly raised his head, his turbid whites of the eyes long since swallowed by an abyss-like pitch-black darkness.

Looking at Fanyin's Incarnation in the sky, the panic on his face lasted for only half a second before abruptly twisting into a morbid, ferocious grin.

"Cleanse our ranks? Hahahahaha…"

Jin Kui's hoarse laughter was like the crying of a night owl, echoing through the empty underground palace and exuding a bone-deep malice.

"Fanyin! You self-righteous bitch, how dare you come here!"

The Incarnation frowned slightly, the golden lotus blooming as thousands of musical rhythm Laws transformed into musical notes pointing toward below.

"A year ago, considering our past relationship, this Emperor protected you from Su Feng's hands. Instead of knowing gratitude, you threw yourself into the Demonic Path!"

"Gratitude?! Bah!"

Jin Kui abruptly stood up, and his originally hunched and shriveled body suddenly emitted explosions like popping beans.

He tore apart the layer of withered skin on his body, revealing a terrifying demonic physique beneath covered in gruesome black bone spurs!

Boom—!

Waves of terrifying purple demonic might rushed straight into the sky like a volcanic eruption, showing no signs of weakness.

Having been modified by the demon egg, Jin Kui's strength had multiplied several times over.

The Incarnation's pupils shrank abruptly.

This is impossible! Jin Kui's Lifespan had been running out, yet now he was as good as reborn.

"You thought I really only had half a life left?"

Jin Kui's eyes were bloodshot, and he roared like a madman:

"When I begged you to act back then, you were only willing to spare my life as if giving charity, refusing to kill Su Feng for me! You used up that favor and made me limp along like a stray dog!"

"Since you, this so-called guardian of the Brilliant Star Domain, won't help me, then I'll find a master who can!"

The moment his voice fell, Jin Kui fiercely bit the tip of his tongue, spitting out a mouthful of pitch-black demonic blood, and his hands formed an extremely bizarre seal.

"Originally, this move was prepared to deal with Su Feng, but I didn't expect you to deliver yourself to my doorstep!"

"Then let you see just how strong Lord Brood Mother is!!"

"Obstinate and unrepentant."

The Incarnation's face was as cold as frost, and she stopped talking nonsense.

Between the flipping of her jade hand, a nine-tiered golden pagoda condensed from the pure Laws of the Brilliant Star Sea crashed down violently, attempting to suppress and slaughter the entire underground palace along with Jin Kui into nothingness.

However, not only did Jin Kui not dodge, instead he laughed hysterically against that nine-tiered golden pagoda.

"Requesting Lord Brood Mother to bestow the Law—Realm Demon Mirror, rise!"

Hum—!

Within the Void Realm, twelve huge diamond-shaped demonic mirrors burst out of the ground around the underground palace without warning, directly sealing off tens of millions of miles of heaven and earth.

Upon the demonic mirrors, there were no Law fluctuations of the Great Thousand Star Domain, but instead they lingered with a demonic power that made one's Soul tremble.

When the nine-tiered golden pagoda smashed into the range sealed by the demonic mirrors, the Laws of the Great Thousand Star Domain acted as if they had encountered their nemesis, melting away silently like snow and ice!

"What?!"

The Incarnation's expression changed drastically in shock; she had never seen a power capable of dissolving the rules of a Peak Great Emperor.

"Jiejiejie… Fanyin, your knowledge is far too superficial."

Jin Kui's demonic physique half-merged into a demonic mirror, overlooking the Incarnation suppressed in the center of the Formation from high above.

"This Demonic Mirror Formation was bestowed upon me by Lord Brood Mother. Although it cannot kill you, transmitting the demon egg's pollution backward along your Divine Soul to your true body is more than enough!"

He knew the foundation of a Peak Great Emperor too well. If this Incarnation were driven to desperation and chose self-detonation, he wouldn't be able to handle it either.

"Azure Dragon, leave maintaining the grand Formation here to you. Let our Empress taste the flavor of being demonized!"

Jin Kui gave a grim laugh, completely refusing to give the Incarnation any chance to counterattack.

Swish!

He transformed into a streak of black light, tearing through the Void Realm without hesitation and escaping into the endless Star Domain.

He had a task assigned by the Brood Mother: to ignite that long-brewing, comprehensive riot sufficient to overturn the entire Great Thousand Star Domain!

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The scene stopped abruptly right here.

The space fell into a dead silence.

"Not only did he run away…"

Empress Fanyin gripped the edge of the jade desk tightly, her fingertips turning white from the force.

Her breathtakingly beautiful face was filled with unprecedented humiliation and panic, "He locked my Incarnation tightly inside the demonic array. Right now, that high-dimensional Devilish Qi is backlashing against my true body!"

Before her voice fell, she abruptly clutched her chest.

"Puff—!"

A mouthful of the Great Emperor's essential blood mixed with black Devilish Qi uncontrollably spewed into the glazed teacup.

The guardian of the Brilliant Star Domain had lost everything at this very moment!