166: Do you think you're on the fifth floor?

Three days' time is but a fleeting moment to a cultivator.

But these three days felt like a lifetime to the two forces within the Void Realm.

The massive Jiang Family Fleet of the Jiang Family Allied Forces, like a wounded beast, slowly retreated a full thirty million miles.

The light of the Formations on several warships was dim, and some even emitted unextinguished black smoke.

Their hulls were covered in hideous gashes, appearing as if they had suffered a great loss of Origin Qi and were in a state of low morale and disarray.

This scene was clearly displayed before the eyes of every female cultivator through the Water Mirror of the Cangwu Divine Palace.

In stark contrast, within the Nine Heavens Cold Moon Grand Array, there was an ocean of celebration.

"Hahaha! I told you those male brutes were just all show. After being struck once by Her Majesty, they were so scared they ran away with their tails between their legs!"

"It's more than just running! Look at how pathetic they are; who knows how many died. They're probably hiding in their shells licking their wounds right now!"

"Her Majesty's Divine Might! Your Highness Yueying is brilliant! After this battle, the name of Azure will surely resonate throughout the heavens!"

The joy of victory and an innate sense of superiority, like the mellowest wine, intoxicated the entire Cangwu Great World.

They had long forgotten their previous crushing defeats and fears.

They only remembered how Her Majesty the Empress had turned the tide with thunderous momentum, and how Her Highness Yueying had ventured into the tiger's den to bring back decisive intelligence.

Within the Cangwu Divine Palace, the atmosphere reached a fever pitch of fanaticism.

Han Yueyi sat upon the emperors throne, looking down at her impassioned subjects below.

On that jade-like face, frozen for a thousand years, a rare smile of arrogance emerged.

Everything was within her grasp.

The intelligence brought back by her sister perfectly confirmed all her suspicions.

The enemies were divided internally and easily broken; those two fallen Empresses harbored ulterior motives and could be turned at any time;

And that so-called Jiang Family Imperial Son was merely a straw man built up by Medicinal Pills.

From the very beginning, there was no suspense in this war.

She raised her hand, and the hall instantly fell silent. Everyone's gaze converged on her, filled with fanatical adoration.

"Soldiers."

Han Yueyi's voice spread throughout the Cangwu via the Formation, carrying an unquestionable authority and incitement.

"Three days of rest and reorganization have been enough. Those ants from the outside Cangwu are currently immersed in the fluke of their survival. They will never expect that the thunderous wrath of my Azure will descend once more!"

"The intelligence is certain. The Formations of the enemy's core warships will enter their weakest period in one hour!"

She suddenly stood up, and a terrifying Emperors Might, drawing upon the power of the entire Cangwu, erupted violently, making even the Void Realm tremble.

"In this battle, this Empress will utilize the final foundation of my Azure, awakening the slumbering Moon God Guards!"

"This Empress will personally activate the strongest killing move of the Nine Heavens Cold Moon Grand Array—【Eternal Night】. With one strike, the dragon head warship, that symbol of malevolence, shall be completely erased from this Cangwu!"

"In this battle, success!"

"In this battle, victory is certain!"

Moon God Guards!

Hearing those three words, all the Quasi-Emperors in the hall gasped, their faces immediately showing even more fanatical joy.

They were a legion of female cultivators who, since the birth of Azure, had been willing to be refined into Puppets after their Lifespan was exhausted.

Each one possessed combat power comparable to the 13th Realm Great Saint Realm, fearless of death—they were the trump card of Azure.

Her Majesty was actually going to use this final trump card; it seemed she intended to settle the matter in a single battle!

"Your Majesty is wise!"

"Follow Her Majesty into battle and trample the other Cangwu!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

Roars like mountain tsunamis gathered into a will strong enough to shake the heavens and earth.

Under Han Yueyi's command, the entire Cangwu Great World—this ancient and massive war machine—let out a deafening final roar.

Above the Grand Array, that ice-blue cold moon gradually turned deep and pitch-black, as if it were to swallow all the light in the Cangwu.

A terrifying Aura representing ending, silence, and eternal darkness began to permeate.

【Eternal Night】.

This was not just a killing move of the Formation; it was a forbidden strike triggered by the Cangwu's Origin and the sacrifice of the Luck of a portion of living beings. Its power was enough to instantly heavily injure an unprepared Great Emperor of the same realm!

Meanwhile, in the deepest Forbidden Ground of the Cangwu Divine Palace.

Ancient coffins carved from moonlight crystal slowly opened, and valiant female warriors wearing silver-white armor, with the fire of the Soul burning in their eyes, awoke from their slumber.

They were the Moon God Guards!

"Boom—"

Accompanied by an earth-shattering roar, the light barrier of the Nine Heavens Cold Moon Grand Array, under Han Yueyi's personal guidance, violently opened a massive gap.

She took the lead, transforming into a divine rainbow carrying endless darkness and icy killing intent.

Behind her followed the full force of the Azure army and the Moon God Guard legion, which exuded an archaic Aura, like a black sharp sword piercing straight toward the most prominent dragon head warship of the Jiang Family Fleet!

Their speed reached the extreme, and their Aura was resolute to the limit!

However, at the very moment they rushed out of the Grand Array and stepped into that cold Void Realm.

A sudden change occurred!

The Jiang Family Fleet, which had been retreating in panic, stopped all their movements simultaneously.

On all the warships.

The dim light of the Formations instantly became dazzlingly bright, the gashes on the damaged hulls healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the lingering black smoke vanished without a trace.

Terrifying Auras, majestic, somber, and filled with slaughtering intent.

They rose into the sky from tens of thousands of warships, gathering into a torrent of steel and death, completely turning this part of the Void Realm into a Domain of absolute killing.

"This... what is going on?!"

Han Yueyi, who was at the very front, felt her heart leap as a strong sense of unease surged within her.

Weren't they suffering from a great loss of Origin Qi?

This Aura... was stronger than at any time before!

Before she could think further, she saw a familiar figure step out from the dragon head warship.

It was the Jiang Family Second Ancestor, Second Ancestor Jiang Wuya.

At this moment, where was there any sign of him being injured?

His expression was cold, his black robes billowed, and the Aura of annihilation and slaughter around him was condensed to the extreme. He looked at her with cold eyes, like a predator looking at prey that had jumped into a trap.

"You... you weren't injured?!"

Han Yueyi cried out in a lost voice, her face full of disbelief.

Second Ancestor Jiang Wuya did not answer her; he only slowly raised his hand.

At that same moment, in the Void Realm behind Han Yueyi's army—the area they had just rushed out of—space fluctuated violently like the surface of water.

Tens of thousands of experts dressed in the standard black robes of the Jiang Family, their Auras as deep as an abyss, emerged silently, forming a seamless net that completely sealed off all their paths of retreat.

Leading them was the rogue Great Emperor she despised immensely, the Sixth Ancestor Sixth Ancestor.

"Heh, crazy woman, didn't expect this, did you?"

The Sixth Ancestor carried his unworthy imitation emperor slaying sword, digging his ear with a playful expression.

"You thought we were on the first level, but actually, we've been waiting for you on the fifth level."

Behind him, the Auras of dozens of Quasi-Emperors from the Jiang Family's side erupted violently, connecting together and causing the Void Realm to vibrate.

Wolves in front, tigers behind!

They... were surrounded!

"It's a trap!"

Han Yueyi's mind buzzed, going completely blank.

What weak period of the warships, what internal strife of the enemy, what loss of Origin Qi... it was all fake!

This was a trap!

A seamless trap tailored specifically for her from the very beginning!

"No! Impossible!"

She screamed frantically, unable to accept this cruel reality.

No, she still had a chance!

She still had the Yaochi Empress and that Zither Empress she could turn!

She suddenly turned her head, looking toward the Yaochi Holy Land and the dragon head warship.

On the Crescent Moon Ship, Ye Lingxian lazily stretched, her eyes that saw through all things in the Cangwu filled with the playfulness of a cat toyed with a mouse.

And on the dragon head warship, Liu Shenyin held her ancient zither, standing quietly behind that black-robed Imperial Son, her cool gaze carrying a hint of pity.

They had no intention of turning at all!

It's over.

Everything is over.

Han Yueyi felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar, her whole body cold.

But she was, after all, a generation's Empress, and her Heart-Nature was far more resilient than that of ordinary beings.

After a brief moment of distraction and despair, an even more frenzied killing intent and ruthlessness surged into her heart.

"So what if it's a trap!"

She let out a shrill roar, her ice-blue Phoenix eyes already blood-red.

"Today, this Empress carries the Luck of Azure and enjoys the power of ten thousand Daos, comparable to a Great Emperor Late Stage, why would I fear the likes of you!"

She pinned all her hopes on her final trump card.

She still had the Nine Heavens Cold Moon Grand Array.

She still had the power of the Azure Cangwu.

With one side weakening and the other strengthening, she might not necessarily lose!

"Nine Heavens Cold Moon, hear my command! Eternal Night... descend!"

She frantically drove her Divine Soul, attempting to trigger the already prepared Nine Heavens Cold Moon Grand Array to launch that forbidden strike capable of destroying heaven and earth.

As long as she could destroy the opponent's dragon head warship, kill the leading Imperial Son, and force these Great Emperors to return for rescue, they would still have a slim chance of survival!

However, this time, that Cangwu-spanning Grand Array, which had been connected to her mind and had accompanied her for a thousand years, was like it had lost connection, sending back no response whatsoever.

Within the Void Realm, there was a deathly silence.