After clarifying the situation, Feng Qingxian raised her eyes to look at Hai Yunsheng.
Although she appeared calm, to Hai Yunsheng, this was undoubtedly the most terrifying expression.
"Em... Empress, it's a misunderstanding... this is all a misunderstanding..."
However, Feng Qingxian didn't intend to let him explain, nor did she ask any further questions.
Golden flames began to swirl around her, and in an instant, the storm domain that Hai Yunsheng had set up was completely dissolved by the raging inferno!
Then, Feng Qingxian raised her jade-like hand and waved it in the air towards Hai Yunsheng.
A torrent of flames, like a tsunami, swept towards Hai Yunsheng. Wherever it passed, even the stable space of the heavenly domain warped and distorted.
Seeing this, Hai Yunsheng's face filled with dread. At the same time, he reacted to the long saber above his head.
"Damn it! I'll go all out!"
Hai Yunsheng gritted his teeth and unleashed a strike with 120% of his accumulated power.
"Blade of the Wind God!"
As his saber descended, the wind condensed intensely, and Hai Yunsheng himself seemed to merge with the strike.
The raging storm transformed into the decisiveness of this single blow, as if it could cleave through mountains and earth.
However, even such a peerless strike, facing Feng Qingxian's casually unleashed torrent of flames, collapsed the moment they met.
Another earth-shattering roar echoed, the collision of wind and fire igniting an incredibly violent explosion.
The powerful aftershocks and airwaves sent cultivators who were closer flying back for hundreds, even thousands of meters.
The entire Moon Spirit Mountain was pulverized by this clash, its continuous mountain ranges flattened into a plain by the explosion.
"Whoa... this is truly a battle of the peak! The power is too terrifying!"
Many of the onlookers were witnessing a battle of this caliber for the first time, utterly stunned by its immense destructive force.
After the aftershocks dissipated, they were even more shocked to discover that Hai Yunsheng, who had been so imposing just moments before, was now kneeling in a deep crater.
His clothes were tattered, his skin and hair scorched, and he could only prop himself up with his long saber, having lost all semblance of dignity as a vice-city lord.
"Empress, please spare my life! I'll never dare again!"
Severely injured, Hai Yunsheng hastily pleaded for mercy, hoping for forgiveness from the benevolent Empress.
"You are magnanimous, please let me off this time!"
He knelt on both knees and repeatedly kowtowed to Feng Qingxian, his demeanor appearing extremely sincere.
"Hmm? I didn't kill him in one go?"
Feng Qingxian raised an eyebrow and murmured to herself, shaking her head.
"What a sin..."
With that, she raised her hand again.
This time, within the sea of flames surrounding Hai Yunsheng, several fiery phoenixes materialized.
Upon seeing this, Hai Yunsheng's face grew even more terrified.
"Empress, spare..."
But it was clear that Feng Qingxian had not paid attention to a single word he said, nor had she spoken a single word to him.
Whether it was questioning or threatening, she was completely uninterested. In other words, killing him was Feng Qingxian's sole objective.
As four fiery phoenixes, imbued with overwhelming power, screeched and surged towards Hai Yunsheng, he was met with his end.
All that remained was Hai Yunsheng's terrified gaze and his shrill screams, before he was instantly incinerated into ashes.
Truly, a complete process from death to cremation!
At this moment, many swallowed hard. Was it over? Just like that?
"Emperor-level expert, this is an Emperor-level expert! Truly terrifying..."
It was evident that this projection was likely that of the Heavenly Phoenix Empress.
A projection with only a tenth of the original body's power had, with a flick of her hand, crushed a vice-city lord from one of the sixteen cities.
Throughout the entire process, even they could feel Hai Yunsheng's helplessness against such overwhelming power.
Meanwhile, for Feng Qingxian, killing Hai Yunsheng seemed as natural as breathing.
She then regained her smile and looked at Ye Yun, asking.
"Well, what do you think?"
"So... so powerful."
Ye Yun sincerely exclaimed. Emperor-level experts, truly terrifying...
It seemed he had underestimated the weight of Emperor-level experts.
He really needed to cultivate diligently in the future, otherwise, when he met Xingwu, who had recovered her Emperor-level cultivation, he would be suppressed by her everywhere.
However, Feng Qingxian said with a hint of annoyance.
"Just powerful? Is there nothing else to say?"
"Uh... thank you for saving me."
Ye Yun offered his thanks with utmost sincerity, and Feng Qingxian gave him a sincere eye-roll in return.
"Tch, what a dull man."
Feng Qingxian snorted and turned away.
Her attitude suggested, "I'm unhappy, come and appease me!"
Unfortunately, this had no effect on Ye Yun. After all, she wasn't Xingwu, and Ye Yun didn't want to be like a little brother...
However, Ye Yun still felt he should say something. But Feng Qingxian seemed to have noticed something and spoke casually towards a group of people in the crowd.
"I didn't notice before, there are a few distinguished guests from the Astrology Immortal Sect here. Are you hiding there, wanting to play hide-and-seek?"
Her mocking voice made Ye Yun frown, and he followed her gaze.
A few seconds later, five figures emerged from the crowd.
"It seems we couldn't escape your keen eyes."
The gray-robed woman reluctantly led her companions out and bowed to Feng Qingxian.
"I am Fang Ruolan, the Vice Sect Master of the Astrology Immortal Sect, greetings, Empress senior."
Fang Ruolan's appearance directly caused Fang Zhiwei, who was beside Ye Yun, to show a look of surprise and delight.
"Aunt! You're here too!"
She joyfully rushed forward and grabbed Fang Ruolan's arm.
"I haven't seen you for so many days, I miss you so much!"
Hearing this, Fang Ruolan affectionately stroked her head and said with a smile.
"You little girl, do you know how much we worried about you not long ago?"
Fang Zhiwei stuck out her tongue in response.
"I was with my Master Father, so nothing would happen to me."
Although Ye Yun had anticipated that people from the Astrology Immortal Sect would appear, seeing the closeness between the two women truly put him at ease.
It seemed Fang Zhiwei's situation at home was far from as dire as Bai family's and Xiaoxiao's.
At this moment, Feng Qingxian glanced at them and then at Ye Yun, saying.
"In this situation, there's no need for this Empress to intervene, right?"
"Uh, I think not."
"Very well, my time is also up, you can handle the rest yourself."
Feng Qingxian had already investigated Ye Yun and Fang Zhiwei's affairs. Seeing that there were no major issues, she felt relieved and prepared to leave.
Even so, she still glanced at Fang Ruolan and the others, saying in a calm tone.
"This Empress hopes you will remember that this fellow is special to me."
"If anything happens to him, or if he gets injured, the Astrology Immortal Sect will be the next Divine Sword Mountain."
After delivering this warning, she paid no further attention to Fang Ruolan.
Finally, she looked at Ye Yun and snorted lightly.
"After things are settled, don't just hang around outside. Go home early."
"Uh, okay..."
Ye Yun inexplicably felt like he was out playing with friends and got a video call from his wife telling him to come home...
After speaking, Feng Qingxian's figure dispersed into a fiery light and vanished as mysteriously as she had arrived.
"Sigh, that woman, she's finally gone..."
Ye Yun felt a headache coming on. Then, as he turned his head, he found everyone looking at him with strange expressions.
"Uh, your gazes... what do they mean?"
It was Fang Ruolan who finally asked him with a hint of uncertainty.
"I say, what is your relationship with that Heavenly Phoenix Empress?"
Her words caused even Lin Xueyan and the others to cast suspicious glances at Ye Yun.
Their gazes seemed to say, "Quickly explain honestly, what happened between you and that woman?!"