177: The methods of an imperial prince are beyond your comprehension, sister.

At the same time, the Jiang Family Fleet, which enveloped the entire Cangwu Great World, began its final Formation debugging.

Tens of thousands of pitch-black warships moved slowly in the Void Realm, eventually forming an unprecedentedly massive Formation diagram.

The core of the Formation diagram consisted of one hundred and eight dragon-headed flagship vessels.

Embedded in the bow of each flagship was a Top-Grade Spirit Stone the size of a star, currently radiating a blinding brilliance.

Countless golden chains composed of pure energy...

...extended from these warships, interlacing within the Void Realm.

They eventually converged into a giant net that blotted out the sky, enveloping the entire Cangwu Great World within it.

This was one of the Jiang Family's trump cards—the [Great Heavens Star-Shifting Formation].

A supreme Formation capable of migrating an entire Great World!

Second Ancestor Jiang Wuya, the Fifth Ancestor, the Sixth Ancestor, and Ye Lingxian—the four Great Emperors—each presided over one of the four cardinal directions of the Formation.

Their bodies surged with vast Emperors Might, and their Divine Thoughts were as deep as an abyss as they meticulously inspected every node of the Formation.

Even though the Old Ancestors had used this Formation to move several Cangwus already...

...they still couldn't help but feel nervous when it was truly time to activate it.

"Old Fifth, how is it on your end? Are the void coordinates stable? Don't end up dragging us halfway through only to dump us into some godforsaken forbidden zone."

The Sixth Ancestor's loud voice echoed through the Void Realm.

"Shut up. You don't need to worry about my business."

The Fifth Ancestor's ethereal voice drifted over, tinged with a bit of impatience.

"Hey, you old geezer..."

"Enough, both of you be quiet."

Second Ancestor Jiang Wuya coldly interrupted their daily bickering. "Get into position. Yuaner's plan has already begun; be ready to activate the Formation at any moment."

"Old Sixth, where is your true body?"

"Don't be in such a hurry. Isn't it helping Yuaner keep an eye on that little female emperor in the Zhendi Pavilion?"

"She's already suppressed, what could possibly happen? Hurry up; the time the Eldest gave us is running out."

The Second Ancestor shook his head helplessly.

Just as the ancestors were conversing, at the core of the main Formation, Formation Masters of the Quasi-Emperor and Saint Realm simultaneously performed hand seals.

Buzz—

The [Great Heavens Star-Shifting Formation] let out an earth-shattering roar.

The golden giant net enveloping the Cangwu shone with immense brilliance at that moment. Pillars of energy as thick as mountains descended like tentacles reaching into water, beginning to slowly penetrate the Cangwu barriers of the Cangwu Great World.

The extraction had officially begun!

In an instant, the entire Cangwu Great World trembled violently.

Above the firmament, clouds and winds surged backward amidst thunder and lightning; upon the earth, mountains split apart and rivers flowed in reverse.

A surge of fury and resistance originating from the Cangwu's Origin transformed into an endless storm of Laws, surging crazily toward the Jiang Family Fleet.

"Hmph, a mere firefly's light dares to compete with the bright moon?"

Second Ancestor Jiang Wuya gave a cold snort, and the vision of his Asura Nirvanic Saint Body soared into the sky.

That overbearingly peerless aura of nirvanic extinction turned into a black canopy, blocking all the Law storms outside.

"The Heavenly Dao backlash has begun; it's weaker than expected."

The Fifth Ancestor calculated with his fingers.

"It seems Yuaner's plan on that side is working."

"Weak? I don't think so!"

The Sixth Ancestor suddenly cried out, pointing into the distance. "Look at what that is."

Everyone looked in the direction he pointed, only to see that deep within the churning thunderclouds, a pair of unimaginably massive eyes composed of pure lightning slowly opened.

In those eyes, there was no emotion whatsoever, only cold destruction and judgment.

The Eye of the Heavenly Dao!

Immediately after, countless pitch-black cracks spread through the Void Realm, and innumerable Heart Demon illusions swarmed out from the fissures.

They let out silent roars, penetrating the warships' defenses and heading straight for the Sea of Consciousness of the several Great Emperors.

Lightning Tribulation to refine the body, Heart Demons to execute the soul!

This was the counterattack method of a Great World's Heavenly Dao, sufficient to make a Quasi-Emperor lose themselves to Heart Demons and shatter their Dao Heart.

However, the several ancestors of the Jiang Family merely curled their lips in disdain.

"That's it?"

The Fifth Ancestor's figure blurred in the Void Realm, dodging the lock-on of all the Lightning Tribulations. "Truly... at their wit's end."

"These Heavenly Daos use the same tricks over and over again," the Sixth Ancestor said, shaking his head.

The ultimate methods of every Great World were nothing more than Heart Demons, Lightning Tribulations, nurturing a new Emperor, and the like.

Such methods might be effective against a single Great Emperor.

But there were a total of four present here.

If they were to fight without restraint...

...it would be enough to fight a Great World into sinking and cause the Cangwu to shatter.

But it was the same old saying.

The Jiang Family wanted a complete Great World.

Not a Cangwu where all living beings were plunged into misery due to battle and the resistance of the Great World.

One must realize that these living beings were already considered property by the Jiang Family.

Since they were property, they naturally hoped the losses would be minimal.

"I wonder what percentage of loss we'll suffer this time," the Second Ancestor murmured, watching the Heavenly Dao's powerless rage.

"Based on previous Great Worlds, a forty percent loss is usually considered excellent. This time it should be less, probably around thirty percent."

The Fifth Ancestor recalled.

Among the eight Great Worlds of the Jiang Family, two had previously encountered immense resistance during transport.

Not only was there the Great World's Heavenly Dao itself, but there was also resistance from internal beings and the deterrence of external Emperor-level combatants.

In the end, they fought until they lost a full seventy percent of the Origin.

It cost countless rare resources and took hundreds of thousands of years of recuperation to recover.

"It still depends on Yuaner's side. If that female emperor is sensible and voluntarily relinquishes her Fruit Position, the loss should be further reduced."

If a female emperor who had proved the Dao in the Cangwu Great World was willing to help...

...it would naturally be for the best.

However, such a situation was almost impossible.

Therefore, the Jiang Family didn't count on swaying Han Yueyi.

Instead, they started with Lin Yue, helping her Attain the Dao as a female emperor to reduce the Jiang Family's losses.

This way, the Jiang Family would directly gain an additional female emperor.

As for the future...

In Yuaner's words, it would depend on her future performance... Meanwhile...

Zhendi Pavilion.

In the pure white, deathly silent space, only the continuously looping coronation footage on the light screen remained, along with Han Yueyi's heavy, beast-like breathing.

She was no longer screaming or struggling; she just huddled in a corner like a stone statue, staring blankly at the light screen, allowing those heart-wrenching images to slice through her Divine Soul over and over again.

After an unknown amount of time, the door that isolated everything was pushed open once more.

The person who walked in was the one she currently least wanted to see and hated to the bone—Lin Yue.

Today, Lin Yue was not wearing the black imperial robes that symbolized imperial power, but had changed into an elegant, moon-white palace dress.

Her makeup was exquisite, her expression calm, and her steps composed; the majesty belonging to a new sovereign had already permeated her very bones.

"Sister."

Lin Yue stood still before her, her voice so flat that not a single ripple could be heard. "I hope you have been well."

"Get out!"

Han Yueyi finally had a reaction. She snapped her head up. "You bitch, what right do you have to call me sister!"

"Right?"

Lin Yue gave a light chuckle, which sounded exceptionally piercing in this deathly silent space. "By the fact that I am now the Empress of Cangwu, while you are merely a prisoner who can't even stand up. Is that right enough?"

She looked down at Han Yueyi from above, her eyes carrying a hint of pleasure and a trace of pity that even she herself hadn't noticed.

"What did you come here for? To see me as a joke? Or to flaunt that throne you begged for at a man's feet?"

Han Yueyi spoke through gritted teeth, every word seemingly squeezed from the gaps between them.

"The winner takes all; didn't you teach me that, sister?"

Lin Yue smiled slightly, her face possessing the mature charm of a girl who had transformed into a woman.

"Furthermore, that Emperor's Son is far more formidable than you imagine, sister. His heaven-reaching methods are simply not something mortal women like us can resist."