The Divine Sun Palace flew above the flaming clouds. Wudi stood at the entrance and peered at the universe’s depths, where there was a blood-red point. It was the Heartfiend’s astralship, which hadn’t left yet.

“Now that the wasteland bug is dead, that astralship’s our last problem,” Wudi said.

“What should we do?” There was a gentle and dignified woman behind him—the celestial orderian empress. She had been helping Wudi and his son manage the celestial orderians.

“When Tianming’s done with the Kunlan Lake, we’ll use the Ninedragon Imperial Tomb to destroy that astralship....