The Life Hall of the Ancient Life Clan.

The hall was cold and quiet.

Yet, the hall was teeming with dense life forms.

Each life form possessed a kind of ancient golden Origin Life Soul Energy.

This Soul Energy was extremely powerful and robust, like it had been concentrated to the peak essence of the Life Ancient Tree.

However, at this moment, all the life forms remained silent, not daring to utter a single breath.

They all looked with anxiety and fear at the woman in golden battle armor sitting above in the hall.

The woman’s appearance was obscured, hidden beneath a mask like a golden leaf.

At this time, she sat coldly on a throne like a Golden Armor Battleship, her gaze cold and fierce as she looked at the two Holy Spirits kneeling below.

Yes, Holy Spirits.

Could Holy Spirits kneel as well? 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Holy Spirits, too.

Holy Spirits are kings, and kings must kneel, showcasing the astounding identity of the woman sitting on the Golden Armor Battleship throne.

But now, even if the enormous Life Hall was filled with life forms and Holy Spirits, it was dead silent, without the sound of breathing.

It was as if there was no life form present here at all.

The situation was incredibly surprising, yet even more astonishing was that two female Holy Spirits, as kings, knelt in wait of an unknown punishment.

"So, you finally know to return? Or do you just return as Holy Spirits while your heart remains elsewhere?"

The woman with the golden leaf mask said coldly.

Her words were filled with endless sarcasm and mockery.

This tone was icy, sending chills through one’s heart.

After she spoke these words, the two kneeling women trembled slightly for unknown reasons, but neither explained themselves, instead keeping their foreheads pressed against the ground to show utmost reverence to the female leader.

"I opened a Holy Spirit Gate and discovered a strange place."

The woman with the golden mask suddenly smiled.

She seemed to switch from cold arrogance to sudden excitement.

Her emotional fluctuations were unpredictable, leaving one caught off guard.

However, unaware life forms would never know that the leader in such a state was the most terrifying.

"Upon transcending in the high layers of the Star River, planes, and Cosmic Space, I found a square solid."

"I named this thing the ’Evil Dragon Magic Cube.’

A planet is round, essentially an extreme state of a polyhedron, when a planet becomes irregular, the rules within are also irregular."

"What I saw is a square shape — perfectly square, locking endlessly complex structures inside, where we are the highest Holy Spirits."

"But what lies outside, you likely can never imagine."

The woman spoke inexplicably.

Then, her gaze turned towards the two women kneeling and said, "I cannot leave this Emperor Ancient Clan, so I need to send people out to conduct experiments, and your crimes, unless you return with valuable findings after exploration, are absolutely unforgivable!"

"Feng Zishuang? Zhou Lingyi? You have even forgotten your real names."

"However, no need for you to remember them now, as your real names have long been erased from the Emperor Ancient Clan’s genealogy."

"Should you succeed in returning, you will gain new glory."

"But if you fail, then there’s no need for me to deal with you, as the space outside will be your burial ground."

The leader with the golden mask spoke coldly.

At this moment, she became extremely ruthless.

These emotional changes were a constant, perpetually shifting, as terrifying as the creation and destruction of worlds accompanying these emotional shifts.

This was a woman whose realm could not be described; even as powerful as Zhou Lingyi and Feng Zishuang, they seemed powerless before her.

"Mother Empress."

Feng Zishuang and Zhou Lingyi spoke almost simultaneously.

Their tone was exceptionally respectful and extremely cautious.

It was as if speaking required an immense effort of courage.

Yet as the two spoke, they shared a knowing glance.

Elder, Feng Zishuang fell silent, and Zhou Lingyi spoke up, "Mother Empress, regarding the matter of the Purple Flame Monarch, currently, they are still—"

"No need to say, for now I won’t concern myself with their actions, but the Emperor Ancient Clan is not their shelter, after all, I have temporarily balanced with the ’Evil Emperor,’ and I do not wish to complicate things."

"Furthermore, during this time, you may freely escape this Starry Sky, go beyond the cubic world to see outside."

"If you return, past matters shall be bygones. If not, I will ally with the Evil Emperor, and then it will merely be that the Emperor Ancient Clan is subordinate to the Emperor Soul Clan."

"Moreover, the Soul Emperor has made some concessions in this regard, offering tempting conditions that make my heart move."

Said the woman with the golden mask calmly.

When she said this, it seemed on the surface to be merely a temporary balance, but in an instant, the faces of Feng Zishuang and Zhou Lingyi turned dark.

Because they already knew the answer.

As for the so-called external void—beyond the starry sky is nothingness, an endless desolate domain, devoid of life.

Even a female Holy Spirit will surely perish if she steps into it and breaks through this existing world.

Just like a fish in water having to go to the desert, the result is self-evident.

This is making them send themselves to death.

But this is the command of the Mother Empress, and they cannot disobey it, for the Mother Empress is their true mother, their Mother Queen.

"Life Ancient Tree, Evil Dragon Soul Energy, have you both completed this task, leaving nothing behind?"

"The Purple Flame Monarch in this space must also pay some reward, only then does it count as a transaction."

"Otherwise, they have no qualification to stay here and enjoy peace. Our peace is bought with the endless Life Origin of clansmen."

The woman with the golden mask suddenly mentioned this.

At this moment, Zhou Lingyi’s face suddenly became much paler.

At that moment, even Zhou Lingyi’s body seemed slightly unsteady.

"Hmm? Your Origin has lost half? You—"

"How dare you! You actually stripped your body of the Life Ancient Tree and turned it into a seed, implanting it in the Evil Dragon’s body? Zhou Lingyi! You deserve to die a thousand times over!"

"Mother Empress, forgive me!"

At that moment, Feng Zishuang almost instantly kowtowed repeatedly, pleading bitterly.

While Zhou Lingyi merely knelt silently, not making any excuse for herself.

Because when she made the choice, she already knew this day would inevitably come.

"Forgiveness? The Life Ancient Tree of our Ancient Life Clan and Emperor Ancient Clan is the life meridian that the endless Life Origin of our clansmen congregates into! You ungrateful wretch!"

The woman with the golden mask immediately flew into a rage, the kind of fury that caused a terrifying destructive Evil Spirit Power to emanate from her body, and as soon as the power manifested, it made the Heaven and Earth endlessly dark.

A thick black cloud immediately pressed down on this massive Life Ancient Palace.

And this situation mirrored exactly the precursor to the Word Spirit Race’s Soul Poison Catastrophe outbreak.

"Mother Empress, you must know, that Purple Flame Monarch has now achieved the Thirteen Monarch Seals, possessing an independent King Immortal Principle, also has thirteen Evil Spirit avatars. As soon as the Evil Dragon Inheritance achieves Great Success, it will surely surpass the Soul Emperor and Evil Emperor!"

"By then, he will be more worth befriending than the Soul Emperor and Evil Emperor!"

Feng Zishuang immediately stated.

She was very afraid that if she spoke too late, Zhou Lingyi would immediately turn into endless Life Origin, completely devoured by the Life Ancient Tree here.

If that happens, Zhou Lingyi would be completely beyond saving.

For the Mother Empress, if she genuinely intends to act, they could be turned into endless Life Soul Energy in an instant, completely disappearing.

Because their entire lives are grown from the life roots of the Mother Empress.

Because the Mother Empress is a Life Ancient Tree, the oldest one.

And Feng Zishuang and Zhou Lingyi are branches on its roots.

At this moment, Feng Zishuang was very terrified, extremely scared.

In fact, Feng Zishuang had always been doubtful about the origin of the Life Ancient Tree in the Elf Domain, but she had always thought it was the revived Life Ancient Tree, yet it turned out to be the Life Ancient Tree forged from Zhou Lingyi’s extracted meridian!

Now that she knows, she finally understands how much Zhou Lingyi has sacrificed for it.

Feng Zishuang’s explanation made the woman with the golden leaf mask slightly pause for a moment.

"That waste? Capable of nothing but ruin! I nearly completely understand his past, and I think this person basically won’t amount to much. Moreover, very possibly he will get lost, utterly destroyed, in the Ancient Evil Dragon Inheritance."

"Perhaps, on the Evil Emperor’s side, there will be another King."

The woman with the golden mask laughed coldly, speaking mockingly.

Mentioning the ’Purple Flame Monarch’, the woman with the golden mask seemed extremely disdainful, contemptuous, and sarcastic.

That attitude seemed somewhat excessive.

But Feng Zishuang and Zhou Lingyi certainly did not delve into any reasons, only feeling it was Mother Empress’s animosity towards Zhou Yan.

After all, because of Zhou Yan, they betrayed the Emperor Ancient Clan.

Because of Zhou Yan, they not only did not contribute to the Emperor Ancient Clan but rather brought shame upon the Emperor Ancient Clan, making it a laughing stock among the Emperor Soul Clan and Emperor Spirit Clan.

Bringing shame to the Emperor Ancient Clan.

Under such circumstances, how could Feng Zishuang think of any other reason?

And at this moment, the woman with the golden leaf mask’s emotions were clearly somewhat unstable.

However, her emotions had always been so peculiar that even if they were unstable at this time, no living being would be aware of it.