“At first sight.”

Upon hearing these words, Jiang Chengwan’s gaze seemed to freeze for a moment, lost in thought.

“Because, I want to keep on living.”

As if sensing the weight and cruelty underlying this statement, the smile on Jiang Chengdao’s face gradually faded.

“I’m sorry.”

Jiang Chengwan shook her head. “Brother Emperor, there’s no need to feel bad. It’s not your fault.”

Jiang Chengdao smiled faintly, then turned his head to look at the Xuanwu Guards leaving the room.

“It’s about time to settle things with that woman.”

“Yes.”

Jiang Chengwan nodded and raised her hands, rapidly forming intricate hand seals.

A powerful surge of holy spiritual power continuously emanated from her graceful figure, and then, under a tremendous force, swiftly merged into the jade seal.

After a few moments, accompanied by the activation of divine magic, countless particles suddenly shot out from the jade seal.

These particles gradually converged, forming nine golden light spheres about the size of fists, constantly revolving.

Jiang Chengwan lowered her hands and surveyed the golden orbs revolving around the jade seal. Suddenly, her gaze intensified, and her holy spiritual power erupted once again. A dense layer of ancient runes appeared simultaneously on the surface of all the spheres.

Simultaneously, the twenty city gates of Luojing City started to eerily tremble.

“What’s happening?!”

The guards at the city gates looked around in horror.

But before they could discern anything unusual, a series of heavy, muffled crashes echoed from the gateways.

Boom! Boom! Boom!!

The thick city gates fell heavily.

Not only that, but on the face of each city gate, a formation with the character “Seal” in the middle emerged, slowly rotating.

Just as the final gate fell, four beams of light suddenly soared into the sky from the top of the city towers in all four directions. Within each beam, a semi-transparent golden energy barrier rapidly formed, completely enveloping Luojing City, isolating it from the outside world.

At this moment, Luojing City appeared like a closed-off small world. Without special means, not only could no flying creatures enter, not even a fly could make its way in or out.

And the standing garrison in Luojing City, even with the addition of the Imperial Guards, numbered less than two hundred thousand.