As the gathered forces of the Grand Dream Dynasty launched their attacks, Jiang HuanYu finally made his move.
He raised his right hand slowly, and in the next instant, an overwhelming Heavenly Realm pressure erupted from him like a tidal wave. The ferocious energy swept outward, obliterating everything in its path.
Jiang HuanYu held nothing back. His Heavenly Realm power shone like holy light, enveloping the forces of the Grand Dream Dynasty in an instant.
The combined attacks of the Nascent Soul Realm cultivators were shattered into fragments by his immense pressure.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The elite guards and Earth Realm powerhouses of the Grand Dream Dynasty couldn't withstand the force. Under the crushing weight of Jiang HuanYu's power, their bodies and souls exploded into clouds of blood mist.
The skies were painted red with the aftermath of the carnage.
When the chaos subsided, only two individuals remained alive besides Jiang HuanYu: Xiao Junchen, the emperor of the Grand Dream Dynasty, and an elderly man at the Peak Earth Realm.
Xiao Junchen stood frozen, his face pale and his eyes wide with disbelief. He seemed petrified, unable to process what had just happened.
Everyone else was obliterated.
Jiang HuanYu had annihilated the forces of the Grand Dream Dynasty with sheer power.
What shocked Xiao Junchen even more was Jiang HuanYu's cultivation level.
Heavenly Realm!
A cultivator in his early twenties, already at the Heavenly Realm?
This was absurd, a level of talent and power unheard of in the history of the Northern Domain.
As Jiang HuanYu began walking toward him, Xiao Junchen snapped out of his stupor, his voice trembling with fear:
"Jiang HuanYu… y-you can't kill me!"
"The Grand Dream Dynasty is allied with Burning Heaven Island now. If you dare harm me, my elder brother will never let you go!"
Burning Heaven Island, one of the top-tier forces in the Northern Domain, was a powerful faction rivaling even the Blood Shadow Tower. Like the Blood Shadow Tower, it had Heavenly Realm powerhouses and was among the elite forces of the region.
"Oh, Burning Heaven Island?" Jiang HuanYu smirked.
He stopped walking and turned to the elderly man standing nearby.
"Then you must be from Burning Heaven Island as well?"
The old man, trembling slightly, quickly replied:
"Correct! I am Sai Linmu, the Third Elder of Burning Heaven Island."
Hearing Jiang HuanYu stop after hearing the name of Burning Heaven Island, Sai Linmu mistakenly believed Jiang HuanYu feared their reputation.
"That's right! Burning Heaven Island and the Grand Dream Dynasty are allies. We share both fortune and hardship, advancing and retreating together."
"So, for the sake of Burning Heaven Island, let us end this matter here. If you leave now, I will not pursue you further."
Sai Linmu's tone was measured, though his true intent was to save his own life. In the presence of a Heavenly Realm cultivator, he dared not be overly arrogant.
But Jiang HuanYu merely laughed, his hand slowly gathering energy.
"Allies, you say? That makes things simpler."
"In that case, Burning Heaven Island and the Grand Dream Dynasty can perish together."
"What?!"
Before Sai Linmu could react, Jiang HuanYu unleashed a massive palm strike.
The blow hit Sai Linmu like a firework, his body exploding into a brilliant burst of blood and gore.
The crimson display lit up the sky, vivid and mesmerizing yet horrifying in its brutality.
Xiao Junchen, witnessing Sai Linmu's violent end, panicked. He bit his tongue and activated a secret technique in a desperate attempt to escape.
But before he could flee, Jiang HuanYu reached out with his hand. An invisible force clamped down on Xiao Junchen's neck, lifting him high into the air.
"Cough… cough…"
Xiao Junchen's face turned red as his soul felt suffocated under Jiang HuanYu's crushing power. He kicked and struggled, but it was futile against the overwhelming force.
With a slight squeeze, Jiang HuanYu snapped Xiao Junchen's neck, letting his lifeless body fall to the ground.
After eliminating the Grand Dream Dynasty's forces, Jiang HuanYu extended his divine sense throughout the palace, searching for the presence of Xiao Qingli, the third princess.
However, he was surprised to find that Xiao Qingli was not in her chambers.
Undeterred, he spread his divine sense to cover every corner of the palace.
Finally, he detected her presence deep within the treasury of the Grand Dream Dynasty's palace.
"Found you."
Jiang HuanYu smiled coldly.
With a wave of his hand, he sealed off the treasury from the outside world, ensuring that nothing within could detect the chaos happening outside.
Having isolated the treasury, Jiang HuanYu unleashed the full extent of his Heavenly Realm aura across the Grand Dream Dynasty's capital.
His overwhelming power spread throughout the city, resulting in a brutal massacre of officials and soldiers alike, leaving none alive to resist the Jiang Dynasty.