After a good while of silence, Zhao Jundu broke the tense atmosphere. “This matter is too important. Let’s report back to the Unending Palace and let the Imperial court decide. Defeating the demonkin is the more important mission. We’ll deal a heavy blow to them no matter what they’re planning.”

Song Zining said after some thought, “It’s decided then! We rest one night and set out the next morning!”

At dawn the next day, the Imperial army moved out and advanced toward the demonkin door.

…

Imperial Capital, the Pointer Monarch’s study. The monarch lifted his weasel-hair brush and wrote down a powerful word, “Yuan.” Ji Tianqing was standing nearby. She muttered the word a couple of times, her heart filled with so many emotions that she didn’t know what to say.

The Pointer Monarch glanced at the word from different angles and said in great satisfaction, “Ji Yuan. Not bad, right? A single word encompassing the laws of the entire world.”

Ji Tianqing sighed. She was clad in plain attire, and her body had returned to its former shape.

The Pointer Monarch...